Crackpots

Musk Admits Cutting Spending By $2T Won’t Happen

Reuters reports: Elon Musk, who U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to oversee a government cost-cutting effort, acknowledged that his declared goal of cutting $2 trillion in spending from the $6.8 trillion federal budget would be a long shot. “I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting $1 trillion,” Musk, the world’s richest …

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Alleged Welfare Scammer Attacks “Woke” Sugar Bowl

The Daily Mail reports: Brett Favre has blasted the decision not to air the moment of silence or the national anthem on ESPN in the moments leading up to the Sugar Bowl due to the terrorist attack in New Orleans less than 24 hours prior. ESPN came under fire earlier in the week for not including it as part of …

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NYC Mayor Issues Warning To Subway Vigilante Group

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams warned Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels to stay in their lane as the volunteer vigilante group said they would resume subway patrols in the wake of a woman who was killed after being set on fire on a Brooklyn F train. “If Curtis wants to be back down in the subway …

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Two Oregon Men Die While Searching For Bigfoot

Portland’s CBS affiliate reports: Two Portland men searching for Sasquatch and missing since early Christmas morning were found dead in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest – likely from exposure and being ill-prepared, officials said. The search for the men, 59 and 37, began around 1 a.m. December 25, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office posted on their Facebook page. Authorities said …

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Musk Strips Blue Checkmarks From Prominent Cultists

Mediaite reports: Several conservative critics of billionaire Trump surrogate Elon Musk were stripped of their verification badges on X, Thursday after publicly challenging Musk’s stance on immigration. Trump ally Laura Loomer, New York Young Republican Club president Gavin Wax, InfoWars host Owen Shroyer, and the pro-Trump ConservativePAC were all stripped of their verification badges after criticizing Musk’s controversial remarks about …

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“Chemtrails” Nutbags Eagerly Await RFK Taking Power

The Guardian reports: State legislation to ban what some lawmakers call chemtrails has been pushed forward in Tennessee and, most recently, Florida. Meanwhile, Robert F Kennedy, who has expressed interest in the conspiracy theory on social media and his podcast, is set to be at the heart of Donald Trump’s new administration following his nomination as health secretary. Believers of …

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Elon Musk Declares Himself To Be “Ozempic Santa”

USA Today reports: On Christmas Day, Elon Musk turned heads with a decadent photo by his tree. Dressed head-to-toe in a Santa costume, he captioned his photo “Ozempic Santa,” flaunting a slimmer figure. His pro-Ozempic post may clash with other potential members of the Trump administration, particularly Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has taken a strong anti-Ozempic stance in his …

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Marianne Williamson Launches Bid For DNC Chair

Marianne Williamson writes on her Substack: This year’s election of a DNC Chair feels different than in past years. Before now, the party had faced defeats to be sure. But our playbook still basically worked. The waters were turbulent at times, but our ship was steady. This year, the party faces a more critical problem than we have ever faced …

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MTG: It’s Our Last Xmas Under “Dem Communism”

Raw Story reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) argued that 2024 would end with the last Christmas “under Democrat communist control.” In a Christmas Eve message on her official government X account, Greene wished her followers a happy holiday. “Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!” she exclaimed. “It’s the last Christmas under Democrat Communist control. Freedom is coming!” Greene added. Read the …

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Kennedy-Linked Anti-Vax Group Raised $23 Million

NBC News reports: Del Bigtree, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement, brought in a record windfall last year for the nonprofit group he founded, according to the latest tax filings. The Informed Consent Action Network, known as ICAN, reported $23 million in revenue for 2023, a 74% increase from the previous year. The group spent nearly $17 million on …

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Hewitt: Ban All Outlets But Fox From WH Press Room

“With the exception of [Fox News reporter] Peter Doocy, I would ban everyone from the White House press room who has been there for the past four years because they are obviously of no use to the country. “They didn’t tell us the number one thing, which is that Biden is not competent. Why in the world would Trump let …

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Former Rep. Louie Gohmert: Biden May Declare Martial Law Over Drones In Order To Delay Trump Inauguration

Former Rep. Loony Louie Gohmert writes: From where have the drones come? What is their purpose? Is it possible the U.S. Government would lie to the American people? The answer to the first two questions is that we in the public cannot be sure, nor can Congress. The answer to the third is an unqualified “Yes!” Whether they come from …

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Roseanne Barr: Feds Are Plotting Fake Alien Invasion

The Daily Beast reports: Comedian Roseanne Barr stepped off the deep end by connecting the [drone] sightings to a conspiracy championed by Infowars founder Alex Jones called “Project Blue Beam.” The decades-old conspiracy posits that the government will stage a fake alien invasion as a way to create mass panic and institute authoritarian controls over society. Jones and others have …

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This Week: Kennedy To Pitch Himself To GOP Senators

The Hill reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be seeking to ease any skepticism over his confirmation this week as he begins meetings with Senate Republicans over his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). While Kennedy was considered one of the most controversial choices initially, there has been little public criticism from Senate Republicans. GOP …

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CDC Pick Rejected Multiple Vaccine/Autism Studies

The Washington Post reports: The world’s most respected infectious-disease agency needed a new leader. Anti-vaccine activists knew just the man: Dave Weldon, a Florida physician and former seven-term Republican congressman who had for years expressed concerns about the safety of vaccines. A Washington Post review of Weldon’s public comments, media appearances and congressional letters along with accounts of those who …

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McConnell: Attempt To Revoke Polio Vax Is “Dangerous”

NBC News reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a polio survivor, responded critically to a report in The New York Times that a key lawyer and longtime advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the approval of the polio vaccine. McConnell, who still deals with the effects of his battle with …

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MTG: “I’m Calling Total Bullshit” That The Pentagon Doesn’t Know About “Iranian Drones” Over New Jersey

“I’m going to call it total bullshit that no one knows what these are. They can track down a guy that just killed a CEO, but they can’t identify what these nightly drones are and where they’re coming from. I think the Pentagon absolutely knows, but they’re full of crap. “Secondly, if they’re telling the truth, then this country is …

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Ladapo: Fluoride Is As “Insane” As COVID Vaccines

Florida Politics reports: Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo continues to speak out against fluoride in the water supply, saying it’s “clearly something that was far riskier than how it was presented” by advocates of the practice. “It really is insane to keep on doing it,” Ladapo said. “You just can’t justify it.” During a recent interview on the CR Podcast with …

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RFK Hopes Daughter-In-Law Will Prove CIA Killed JFK

Axios reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes the CIA had a role in assassinating his uncle, President John F. Kennedy — part of RFK Jr.’s motivation for pushing his daughter-in-law, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, for deputy CIA director, Axios has learned. President-elect Trump feels indebted to RFK Jr., his pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, for his help in …

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Mel Gibson Speaks At Mar-A-Lago QAnon Awards

The Daily Beast reports: A cavalcade of supporting characters in the MAGA universe, and President-elect Donald Trump, showed up at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday to attend a soirée for the conspiratorial, QAnon-adjacent conservative non-profit America’s Future. Mel Gibson, the traditionalist Catholic actor/director, told the crowd, “I got nine kids, if one of them got stolen or trafficked, I’d have to kill …

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