Crackpots

Raw Story reports: Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) does not believe that Syria’s Pres. Bashir al Assad launched a chemical weapons attack on a rebel held village on Tuesday. On his “Ron Paul Liberty Report” broadcast on Wednesday, the Libertarian-leaning Republican proclaimed that the chemical weapon attack on Tuesday was a “false flag” operation designed to smear Assad and …

Last month the far-right Christian site Charisma News delivered a helpful clip on how to battle witches. Today they provide an instructional video on exorcising demons right the fuck out of your house. As you’ll see below, their advice literally starts with book burning. They write: Books, knickknacks, pictures, games or even television shows may have an occult vortex that …

From World Net Daily: Instead of stepping out of the picture, as have most former presidents, Obama has set up a sort of shadow government to protect his legacy and undermine Trump. And former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., is warning American Christians to come up with their own plan to counter Barack and Michelle Obama’s subversion. “They plan to …

If you weren’t on Twitter over the weekend, you missed a shitload of hilarious trolling after Bryan Fischer declared that gays have stolen the rainbow from God and they has better give it back. Well, Fischer isn’t too pleased about again being a national laughingstock. Via Right Wing Watch: Fischer doubled down on this demand yesterday, declaring that “the worst …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Last week, televangelist Jim Bakker listed several “signs of the Last Days,” which he said includes not only people blaspheming God but also those who are “blaspheming a president who wants to do good.” Bakker said that many people want have “blasphemed” Donald Trump, who Bakker described as a righteous man who wants …

This morning Donald Trump Jr. posted the above tweet in praise of infamous “Pizzagate” promulgator Mike Cernovich for naming former Obama advisor Susan Rice as the person who ordered the unmasking of Trump officials overheard during surveillance of foreign operatives. Junior’s tweet came minutes after his father retweeted a Drudge link to a story about Rice on the right wing …

AL.com reports: A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday on a bill that would require sellers of computers, cell phones and other devices that provide Internet access to have a filter to block pornography. Consumers who wanted to deactivate the filter would have to make a written request to the seller and pay a $20 fee that would go to …

“It’s not that Donald Trump is all that perfect of a guy. We all know he’s not. And we know that he’s not necessarily perfect in every way that we would like. That’s not how God works. He works through the ones he chooses. We don’t choose them. All we have to do is recognize them and when you recognize …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Today on “The 700 Club,” Pat Robertson railed against a supposed “left-wing bias” in the media, the entertainment industry, and academia, lamenting that gays and lesbians have “infiltrated” such institutions and are now using them to dominate society. “We have given the ground to a small minority,” he said. “You figure, lesbians, one …

The Kansas City Star reports: The House has advanced a resolution condemning pornography – warning that it treats women as objects, lowers the desire to marry and can lead to erectile dysfunction. The chamber advanced the resolution Wednesday on a voice vote. The yes votes were much louder than the no votes. It has no binding legal effect. The resolution …

The Charlotte Observer reports: Former Gov. Pat McCrory says North Carolina’s compromise over the controversial “bathroom law” House Bill 2 was not a full repeal, and he counts that as a loss for the left and gay rights advocates with the Human Rights Campaign. Those comments were made during one of two radio interviews McCrory has given since the state …

Remember this tool? The Associated Press reports: A former lawyer with the state of Michigan has lost his law license in a misconduct case related to his public hostility for a gay student leader at the University of Michigan. Andrew Shirvell’s disbarment was ordered Thursday by a panel at the Attorney Discipline Board. He can appeal to the full board. …

The Hill reports: Freedom Caucus member Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on Thursday speculated that the author behind President Trump’s tweet vowing to “fight” the conservative group was actually White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. Trump early Thursday tweeted: “The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on the team, & fast. We must fight …

Brian Tashman has the quote at Right Wing Watch: Judges are saying, ‘Oh no, you can’t stop that, it will be against our Constitution.’ Well, these people don’t care about the Constitution. They will use the Constitution to such a point as they gain power. Once they get power, then they’re in charge and Sharia law comes in and the …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Wednesday attacked New York Times, saying the newspaper’s coverage has gotten worse since the election. “Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong,” the president tweeted. “Now worse!” “If the people of our great country could only see how viciously and inaccurately my …

From the right wing Empower Texas: Opening up the press conference-style award ceremony was Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Pastor F.N. Williams, who said, “I never thought in my lifetime, that I would have to stand up, speak out, and even become the plaintiff in a lawsuit against our mayor to protect women and girls when they are using their restrooms, …

Remember Pastor Lance Wallnau, who last week claimed that a gay bar owner was cured of his homosexuality by eating an “anointed cake”? Well, after rightfully being subjected to national ridicule, he’s now claiming that he was misquoted (from his own video) even though he admits that he got the “facts” of the story wrong. Kyle Mantyla reports at Right …

From the far-right Christian site Charisma News: The film would have never made so much money without millions of evangelical Christian families flocking to go see it. This is the kind of apostasy that we always knew was coming in the last days, but it is still shocking to see. What we willingly feed into our minds is going to …

The Week reports: If you read President Trump’s latest tweets and set aside a quarter for every time he says “Russia,” you’ll have enough money to buy a used copy of The Art of the Deal. In the first of a series of tweets sent Monday night, Trump said he thought an investigation into Russian ties to the United States …

“Doesn’t it just make you sick? I’m so disappointed in the Republican Party—again—for not working together to get America the health care plan we need, as they had promised. And the Democrats’ glee over what they’re trumpeting as a failure is shameful. Their driving desire to block all things Republican branded, no matter what it means for the American people, …