Crackpots

The New York Times reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recently approached the N.F.L. quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura about serving as his running mate on an independent presidential ticket, and both have welcomed the overtures. Mr. Kennedy confirmed on Tuesday that the two men were at the top of his list. …

“No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem. Everybody that I know who is — who is elderly, who has retired, is dead within five years. “And if you talk to people who are elderly and they lose …

The Los Angeles Times reports: What are the chances that the noted anti-vaxxers Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would make common cause to undermine Americans’ health in their pursuit for the presidency? It didn’t take much hindsight to say the answer is 100%. But there’s no need to speculate any longer — not since this weekend, when Trump …

Politico reports: Donors to No Labels are starting to fear that the third-party group missed its window for launching a much-hyped presidential bid and are questioning whether to make future financial commitments to the organization. Those fears have intensified after two high-profile No Labels candidate targets — former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, …

“This is Equinox at Great Neck calling. I just want to let you know, going forward, you are officially house-canceled from ever joining any Equinox going forward in the future, okay? “You have been officially house canceled, so please do not inquire any Equinox going forward. You will not be allowed to rejoin at any time. “I will help cancel …

“Instantly, I was in the spirit and I was in heaven. Animals started gathering around us. So I’m sitting between the father and Jesus and a giraffe comes over and licks my face. “A big gorilla, a gorilla that I saw before was pushing the swing one day when I was in heaven with the father and Jesus. And I’m …

The Meidas Touch reports: James O’Keefe walked up to Engoron at his gym where he works out and introduced himself. He used all his usual tricks, told Engoron he was a big fan. Said that New York needed to get rid of all the MAGA people. Told him that he was a hero. All trying to get Engoron to take …

“Alright, then it was on to the ice cream parlor. Why did they go there? Nobody really seems to know, other than he’s got some sort of weird boyhood fetish thing with ice cream. “I’m an adult male. I like ice cream, I guess. Sure, Baskin-Robbins at a kid’s birthday party, you know, three times a year. “I have seen …

The Hill reports: Author Marianne Williamson announced Wednesday that she is “unsuspending” her presidential campaign, claiming American voters are “watching a car crash in slow motion” with the current candidates. “Hey, I have an important announcement to make. As of today, I am unsuspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States,” Williamson said in a video posted to …

The Arizona Republic reports: For the second time in a month, Senate candidate Kari Lake is scheduled to hold a fundraiser hosted by someone who has promoted the QAnon and other fringe conspiracy theories online. This time, she’ll be joined by one of the U.S. Senate’s highest-ranking Republicans. Lake and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the chair of the Senate Republican …

“We have drifted further and further. We were pushed farther and farther into a surveillance police state. I don’t know if we should applaud for police state. But you know what? I’ll take applause no matter where I get it. “The idea that this is a free country, that this president, in some way has any right to that office? …

NBC News reports: The Florida measles outbreak is expanding. On Friday, health officials in Broward County confirmed a seventh case of the virus, a child under age 5. The patient is the youngest so far to be infected in the outbreak, and the first to be identified outside of Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, near Fort Lauderdale. It’s unknown …

The Christian Post reports: Kirk Cameron has some thoughts on what it really means to “turn the other cheek.” The actor said intolerance, at least when it comes to evil and tyranny, is, in fact, a “very essential Christian virtue,” one which, he added, America’s founding fathers espoused. In a Feb. 21 appearance on the “Timcast IRL” podcast with Tim …

Florida Politics reports: Elon Musk’s free speech advocacy and use of Starlink satellites to help hurricane victims in Florida mean he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Patronis wrote to the Sweden-based Nobel Foundation on Friday to throw his support behind Musk’s nomination, which Norwegian lawmaker Marius Nilsen floated earlier in the …

Newsweek reports: With the likes of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones joining in, social media users shared content said to depict the boycott’s impact in action, with a photo of empty supermarket shelves allegedly taken at a grocery store in New York. A post on X, by user @Freight_Bandit, on February 21, 2024, viewed 1.4 million times, stated: “I’m at a …

The Washington Post reports: Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., received $23.5 million in contributions, grants and other revenue in 2022 alone — eight times what it collected the year before the pandemic began — allowing it to expand its state-based lobbying operations to cover half the country. Another influential anti-vaccine group, Informed Consent …

The Daily Beast reports: While measles cases are popping up across the country, nowhere has been hit as hard as Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, just west of Fort Lauderdale. There, a single case reported Thursday spiraled into a half-dozen infected students by Tuesday evening. John J. Sullivan, a spokesperson for Broward County Public Schools, said the school underwent …

Media Matters reports: During a recent interview on the program of self-proclaimed “prophet” and QAnon conspiracy theorist Johnny Enlow, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker indicated that he is a proponent of the “Seven Mountain Mandate,” a theological approach that calls on Christians to impose fundamentalist values on all aspects of American life. Enlow is a pro-Trump “prophet” and …

Newsweek reports: Author Scott Adams has vowed to stop doing business in New York, following the ruling that banned Donald Trump from running a company in the state for three years. Adams announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was “canceling all NYC business trips until the Trump property seizure is reversed. Also no new business with NY …

The Christian Post reports: Rapper Kanye West is facing backlash after he called himself “the new Jesus” in his new album “Vultures 1,” which includes a song called “Carnival” that is reportedly filled with obscene language and sexual violence. “They served us the porn since the day we was born / Anybody pissed off, gotta make ’em drink the urine,” …