Crackpots

Kyle Mantyla has the quote at Right Wing Watch: “If you’re a Christian, you just can’t spend your life worrying about the words of Donald Trump from 11 years ago,” Root said, “or what women he groped 30 years ago. I don’t believe any of it anyway. I believe Donald Trump is one of the handsomest billionaires that’s ever lived; …

Nutjob evangelist Jack Chick, creator of the vicious (and often laughable) Chick Tracts, has died at the age of 92 according to his company’s Facebook page. From his Wikipedia entry: Many of Chick’s views were controversial, as he accused Roman Catholics, Freemasons, Muslims, Jews, and many other groups of murder and conspiracies, while Chick maintained his views were simply politically …

“I have been under constant surveillance. Two of my dogs have been poisoned, and someone regularly rummages through my trash where they will find nothing, since I wasn’t born yesterday. We all know that politics is a blood sport, and I am no stranger to fights or controversy. I’ve been called every name in the book, but calling me a …

In one of the looniest exchanges we’ve seen (today, at least) Bernie Sanders backer turned Trump surrogate Harlan Hill battled former Jeb Bush spox Tim Miller at great length before declaring that Hillary Clinton is “planting the seeds” for contesting the election by mentioning Russia’s hacking. Or something. The dumbfounded CNN host responded, “This is the first time we’re hearing …

“Seems silly media sheep are all chomping down on one issue after this debate, at least according to all the reporters who hollered out this same question to me: ‘What about Trump not accepting the election results?’ More power to Trump for explaining how vitally important the legitimacy of every election is to our democracy within our Republic. “What reasonable …

CNN Money reports: Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon says Donald Trump is “the master of the head fake.” According to Bannon, the news that President Obama’s Trump-supporting half-brother Malik Obama is attending Wednesday’s debate is “just an appetizer.” Trump will be bringing guests who “expose Bill and Hillary’s sordid past,” Bannon told CNN as he arrived in Las Vegas for …

Buzzfeed has published a look at Bill Mitchell, Twitter’s widely-followed and insanely prolific Trump fan who has never met a conspiracy claim that he didn’t love. The article is both long and enormously entertaining, so it’s hard to select an excerpt. Here’s one: Glancing at his Twitter bio page, you’d think Bill Mitchell has been around the conservative talk pundit …

And definitely NOT to promote birtherism. Via Politico: Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said the Manhattan billionaire invited President Barack Obama’s half-brother, a Trump supporter, to the third presidential debate because the Trump campaign is “very inclusive.” “He wanted to come and we’re happy to give him a ticket,” Conway said of Malik Obama on MSNBC Wednesday hours before …

CBS Sports reports: Curt Schilling, who pitched for parts of 20 seasons in the major leagues and won 216 career games, has announced his intention to run for U.S. Senate against Democrat Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts. Schilling, 49, self-identifies as a conservative, and has established himself as a controversial political gadfly since retiring from baseball in 2007. Schilling previously said …

Raw Story reports: In recent days, Trump has pushed the suggestion that Hillary Clinton will be an illegitimate president if she wins because of “large scale voter fraud,” a claim which experts say is not only preposterous, but it also undermines the democratic system. Ellmers cried foul on Tuesday when Cuomo asked her about Trump’s remarks. “We’re talking about the …

The Associated Press reports: WikiLeaks says that founder Julian Assange’s internet access has been cut by an unidentified state actor. Few other details were immediately available. Assange has been up holed up at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for more than four years after skipping bail to avoid being extradited over sex crimes allegations. The cramped quarters haven’t prevented the …

ABC News reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stood by Republican nominee Donald Trump’s claim that the election is being “rigged,” blaming what he calls “the unending one-sided assault of the news media” on the GOP candidate. “Without the unending one-sided assault of the news media, Trump would be beating Hillary Clinton by 15 points,” Gingrich told ABC News’ Martha …

Talking Points Memo reports: Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. tweeted Saturday that it was time for people to rise up and do something more than complain about a “corrupt” system. “It’s incredible that our institutions of gov, WH, Congress, DOJ and big media are corrupt and all we do is bitch,” Clarke said. An outspoken critic of the Black …

SNORK. AL.com reports: Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been asked to turn over his keys and clean out his office. Acting chief justice Lyn Stuart sent two letters to Moore’s home in Gallant (Etowah County) on Monday. In one letter Stuart states that since Moore was recently found guilty of the ethics charges he must contact the court’s …

Reuters reports: Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to compare himself to the U.S. Republican candidate. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a flamboyant veteran lawmaker known for his fiery rhetoric, told Reuters in an interview that Trump was the …

Via Raw Story: Rudy Giuliani told a bald-faced lie to accuse Hillary Clinton of lying about her response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The former New York City mayor delivered the whopper Wednesday afternoon while introducing Donald Trump at a rally in Ocala, Florida. “Don’t tell me if you said that you remember Sept. 11, 2001,” Giuliani said. “I remember …

Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell is best known here for his December 2011 appearance on Fox News when he called President Obama a “skinny ghetto crackhead.” Today he’s very upset about Trump’s treatment by the media. Because of course. Via press release: “The leftist media are out of control and the American people know it and are furious. These …

Plus three former justices who probably hate his guts. Via press release from the Liberty Counsel: Today Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore filed a motion to recuse four of the current Alabama Supreme Court justices and three former justices who sat by designation in his May petition regarding the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC). Three of the current justices …

On Friday the American Family Association cosponsored an event called the Pensmore National Symposium on Religious Liberty. In the audience was Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and headlining the event was Dr. Stabby, who had some typically insane things to say. The Springfield News-Leader reports: Outside the college were the letters “RLM” and a cross covered with American flags. The …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump claimed Friday that the United States is allowing illegal immigrants to enter “so they can go and vote” in the election. But undocumented immigrants are not allowed to vote in U.S. elections. Only U.S. citizens can vote. To apply for citizenship, an individual must be a legal resident for at least three to five …