Crackpots

You know he won’t be able to resist bragging about all the totally insane things he’s already done today and will claim victory over NBC News. PBS NewsHour reports: President Donald Trump is making a public show Wednesday of trying to win over Democratic votes for the Republican tax cut package, even as GOP officials have written that off as …

The Birmingham News reports: Thousands of felons across Alabama have registered to vote in recent weeks, according to Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, who is heading up a statewide effort to get felons to the voting booth. Glasgow’s goal is to get as many felons as possible signed up to vote before the deadline to be able to cast a ballot in …

The Hill reports: The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is opening a case file to address allegations that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway violated federal law when she made comments about GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore’s Democratic challenger. Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel last week …

Newsweek reports: There will be no armistice in the ugly feud between President Donald Trump and CNN this holiday season. The cable news network announced late Tuesday night that it will boycott the White House’s annual Christmas party for members of the media, news that will come as an early Christmas gift for Trump and his staff. “In light of …

Raw Story reports: A Fox News panel on Tuesday burned right-wing propagandist James O’Keefe’s failed attempt to trick the Washington Post into reporting a false sexual misconduct allegation against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, as panelist Howard Kurtz said the stunt “backfired spectacularly.” In particular, Kurtz mocked O’Keefe for thinking that he could simply send undercover Project Veritas agent Jamie …

According to the far-right Federalist, Christians should feel comfortable voting for “morally questionable” candidates like Roy Moore because “God uses evil men to carry out his purposes.” Seriously. An excerpt: Just go back to the Old Testament and see how he used secular leaders. God employed foreign kings to bring about his purposes of rebuilding the holy site of Jerusalem. …

End Times scamvangelist and bisexual felon Jim Bakker has launched a 24-hour live-streaming home shopping network, where you can buy his food slop buckets, Jesus trinkets, Mike Huckabee books, and various tributes to God’s Chosen One, Donald Trump. On sale TODAY ONLY are $125 tubs of hydrolyzed collagen so that you will look your best when God rains down his …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Over the holiday weekend, President Trump tweeted out a link to a web page that lists all of the amazing things that he has supposedly accomplished during his first year in office. Not surprisingly, MAGA Pill, the website that produced the list, turned out to be a fringe outlet that promotes wild conspiracy …

The Hill reports: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on Monday clashed with a Breitbart editor who used a Ringo Starr song to defend Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore’s alleged sexual misconduct toward teenaged women. “You know, in 1973, Ringo Starr hit No. 1 on the billboard charts with the song ‘You’re Sixteen, You’re Beautiful and You’re Mine,’” Breitbart editor Joel …

The Washington Post reports: A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to prove that Earth is flat — said he is postponing the experiment after he couldn’t get permission from a federal agency to conduct it on public land. Instead, Mike Hughes said the launch will …

Via Mediaite: Yesterday President Trump took to Twitter to claim he rejected an interview and a photo shoot with Time Magazine he was “PROBABLY” going to be Person of the Year. Time Magazine has since responded to Trump’s tweet, claiming that the president is “incorrect.” Now Sean Hannity is getting in the ring and is challenging Time Magazine to answer …

The Washington Examiner reports: President Trump claimed Friday evening he turned down an offer from Time magazine to be the outlet’s Person of the Year because he didn’t want to do an interview. Trump was named the Person of the Year in 2016, and finished second to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015 — a finish that bothered him throughout …

Newsweek reports: The president’s favorite TV show tackled an important topic inspiring nationwide debate on Friday, brought in an expert and somehow turned it all into a political controversy. Yes, we’re talking about upside-down Christmas trees. Corey Lewandowski first said he didn’t know what the trend was about. Then, in a swift and almost masterful maneuver, he used it to …

Axios reports: While departing the White House en route to Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving, President Trump signaled support for Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been plagued by sexual allegations from 9 different women. “We don’t need a liberal Democrat in that seat,” said Trump. “He totally denies [the accusations], you have to listen to him also … we don’t …

“The left is the one — they’ve been saying ‘love is love’ for years, which means anything goes between — at least one hopes– consenting legal people. So that immediately means the Post larded up their story with allegations from people who were of legal age to undercut him to basically make it seem like the other case is more …

Via press release from Christian Newswire: Following several years of researching ancient, medieval, and modern-day records, genealogist Rob Faw uncovered Adam’s birthdate to show humanity’s connections throughout history. His research reveals a 144-generation connection that confirms a lineage beginning with Adam, Eve and God and moves onward to Queen Elizabeth II. The exact location of Adam’s birth is unknown, but …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: A weeping Jim Bakker brought one of his grandchildren on to his program today to beg people to stock up on his buckets of End Times survival food so that they can avoid taking the Mark of the Beast when all hell breaks loose if Democrats manage to kill President Trump and/or regain …

Kayla Moore appeared at a Women For Moore rally in Alabama just now to attack the media, the DNC, the Human Rights Campaign, and anybody else who objects to her husband’s hatred of “transgender bathrooms” and “transgenders in the military.” There was the usual blather about “God-given rights” and other Christianist tropes, but most are keying in on Kayla’s assertion …

The West Australian reports: Margaret Court says she is inclined to end her 50-year association with the Liberals over same-sex marriage, believing the major parties are presiding over the nation’s moral decline. The tennis legend and pastor, who is married to former WA Liberal president Barry Court, urged politicians who were personally opposed to same-sex marriage to follow their conscience …

Mediaite reports: The former governor of Alaska showed up in Congress today, telling reporters she was visiting Rand Paul while the senator continues to recover from the injuries of the assault against him earlier this month. Hunt caught up with Palin during her visit, and she got her reaction to all of the recent news regarding inappropriate sexual behavior. Palin …