Crackpots

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,” …

Former GOP Rep. Ron Paul writes: President Biden is just as, if not more, guilty of posing an “existential threat” to the Constitution as those he smears as “extremists.” For example, President Biden and members of his administration have waged a campaign to undermine the First Amendment by “encouraging” companies to suppress the expression of “unapproved” views online. It is …

Florida Politics reports: A Miami-Dade County woman is running a GoFundMe page to help former President Donald Trump cover a $355 million civil court judgment. Elena Cardone, an Aventura resident, launched the page Friday to assist Trump in facing an “unprecedented and unfair treatment by certain judicial elements in New York.” By 3 p.m. Sunday, the page recorded 6,300 donations …

Politico reports: Longshot Democratic presidential contender Dean Phillips announced that he would lay off a significant portion of his campaign staff but said he would remain in the race. “I found it almost impossible to raise enough to do this campaign the way I want. And today, sadly, I had to announce layoffs to a lot of my staff members,” …

The Daily Beast reports: Three years after her stint performing as a pink bear on The Masked Singer, Sarah Palin showed up on Wednesday night’s episode of We Are Family. The Fox game show, hosted by Anthony Anderson and his mom, features non-famous relatives of celebrities performing solo, then duetting with their secret famous family member on stage. Palin’s big …

“As we’re seeing a crackdown on Catholic churches in Nicaragua, back here at home the left has declared open season on people of faith as well. In the culture war, last night Americans witnessed what some are dubbing the Satanic Super Bowl, including this moment where someone called Ice Spice who was hanging out with leftist icon Taylor Swift made …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk has encouraged U.S. voters to ask their representatives to oppose further military funding for Ukraine, claiming that there is “no way in hell” that Russia will lose the war and that further support to Kyiv will only prolong a futile conflict. The billionaire shared his views while speaking to GOP Senators Ron Johnson, Mike …

NBC News reports: The super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent bid for president debuted an ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday night. American Values 2024 released a 30-second ad that was a remake of a 1960 campaign spot — with the same jingle and motif — for his uncle former President John F. Kennedy. The super PAC …

The Daily Mail reports: Disgraced doctor Andrew Wakefield [photo] – whose fake anti-vax data has been blamed for the current measles epidemic – has set his sights on discrediting the mumps vaccine. The 67-year-old, who fled to the US after being struck off in the UK for fraudulently connecting the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism, is seeking …

“If race and gender are your basis for selecting someone for a job, and the identity of your party is tied to that temple of identity politics, then they will risk looking hypocritical if they sideline her [Kamala Harris] after they sideline Biden. “And I do think Michelle Obama offers them a convenient path out of that problem, somebody who …

From the far-right Charisma News: One powerful tool in combating astral projection is invoking angelic intervention. Develop a keen sense of spiritual discernment to distinguish between divine encounters and deceptive manifestations. Remember that as believers, you possess divine authority over spiritual forces. One powerful tool in combating astral projection is invoking angelic intervention. Believers can confidently call upon the angels, …

The Washington Post reports: The Democratic National Committee accused third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday of violating federal election law by unlawfully coordinating with a supportive super PAC in a $15 million effort to collect signatures for state ballot access. “Put simply, to qualify for the ballot under state law, American Values 2024 must coordinate its activity with …

Courthouse News reports: David Miscavige, the second and current head of the Church of Scientology, is a hard man to find. Plaintiffs in two separate cases are trying to serve Miscavige with complaints and summons, but the religious leader has proved elusive. On Thursday, a Superior Court judge agreed to a request by Miscavige’s lawyers to quash a summons — …

ABC News reports: Marianne Williamson suspended her campaign for president, she announced on Wednesday night. The author and speaker placed a distant third during Tuesday night’s Nevada primary, earning just 3% of the tallied vote. President Joe Biden received 89%, and the option “none of these candidates” took 6%. Williamson had continued her 2024 White House bid through the Nevada …

The SFist reports: Remember when that guy free-climbed up Salesforce Tower? That was in May 2022, and he’s still at these shenanigans, which he claims are to raise money for “women in crisis pregnancies.” His name is Maison DesChamps, he calls himself “Pro-Life Spiderman,” and today he was arrested in Las Vegas after he climbed The Sphere with an “Abortion …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: In an escalation of a standoff over her firing in The Mandalorian, Gina Carano is suing Disney and Lucasfilm for discrimination and wrongful termination in a lawsuit that opens another front in the battlefield for influence over Hollywood that has drawn in corporate America. Carano, in a complaint filed on Tuesday in California federal court, alleges …

Fox News reports: Former daytime talk show host Phil McGraw visited the Southern Border in Texas on Friday and criticized President Biden and Vice President Harris for the administration’s response to the influx of migrants flowing through the border illegally. In a video posted to X, the former “Dr. Phil” host cited Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s claim Biden “refused” …

Reuters reports: Tesla will hold a shareholder vote to transfer its state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware, CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday, days after a judge invalidated his $56 billion pay package at the electric vehicle (EV) maker. On Tuesday, Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick called the 2018 share-based pay package, the largest in corporate America, “an unfathomable sum” …