Crackpots

CNN reports: Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, an ally of former President Donald Trump, is expected to meet Friday with the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, according to three sources familiar with the matter. There have been no ground rules or topics defined, according to one of the sources. The meeting will be behind closed doors. Byrne played …

Media Matters has the transcript: The language will be as follows: parental leave instead of maternity leave, parent instead of mother or father, parenting, birthing parent instead of mother, non-birthing parent instead of father. But what if it’s a woman who is beyond birthing age? What do we call her? Now the reason behind this, the NEA writes, is that …

Sarasota’s ABC affiliate reports: Robert Craft, in his civil suit filed in Sarasota County Circuit Court July 1, alleges the school board has ignored complaints from citizens about certain books, and charges the school board is guilty of “purchasing and propagating obscene, lewd, and lascivious materials for distribution to children.” The counsel for the school board, Daniel DeLeo, told ABC7 …

“Behind every man is a strong woman that he leads as she takes care of his household. As she looks after his family, as she helps him to add value to the family. Right? So he can focus on his work. “But this idea that like somehow men don’t have the capability to solve the issues – guys, we caused …

Deadline reports: TalkTV has been forced to make a public apology to mental health charity Mind after claiming live on air that it funded the legal fees of asylum seekers. On June 10, presenter Mike Graham said on his show, ‘The Independent Republic of Mike Graham’ that the charity claimed to fund mental health support while actually paying migrants’ legal …

“It’s June 30. I gotta say, I’m glad that June is over. The flag, pride, whatever. What was it, Gay Pride Month, right? I mean, it was, it was too much. It was just too much, everywhere. “If you had a business, if you had a building, if you had a house, if you had a dog house, you had …

Media Matters has the transcript: Now, the biggest problem that any prosecution — and this is what Merrick Garland is facing down — the biggest problem for any prosecution of Trump is that virtually all the crimes that they are talking about are crimes that require intent as an element of the crime. They’re not negligence crimes. It’s not, ‘Trump …

The Christian Post reports: A prominent Christian persecution advocacy organization will honor the legacy and sacrifice of American missionary John Chau, who lost his life while taking the Gospel to a remote island in the Indian Ocean in 2018. On Wednesday, Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization serving persecuted Christians around the world, will add Chau’s …

Mediaite reports: “This is the quote, ‘Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake who has attacked drag queens as dangerous to children attended the shows of drag queen Richard Stephens for 20 years and once hired him to perform at her home,’ Do you care to address that?” asked Fox host Brett Baier. “I do care. I actually do care to …

“I have a theory about this, and I could just imagine Media Matters writing it up and that’s fine. I believe it’s not a perfect correlation and not a perfect connection, but I think it’s a 90% rule. “The more you drive, the more conservative you are, just look at the truckers. I think that driving requires a form of …

“Vice president Mike Pence, he thinks he can be president of the United States. According to the reporting, he is taking a good hard look at running. He is opened to running in 2024 against Trump. “Now, I think that’s a terrible idea. Number one, he’s not nimble enough, he’s not decisive enough, he’s too wooden, he’s not imaginative. “He’s …

Raw Story reports: On Monday’s Conservative Daily podcast, Lindell said that he would present new evidence of fraud in August to finally convince Americans the 2020 election was stolen. “What’s going to happen is everyone is going to go wow!” he said. “This really happened.” “A lot of states have four-year statute of limitations,” he added. “So yes, all that …

The Arkansas Times reports: An audio recording from a recent Moms for Liberty meeting in Cabot captures a group member musing about gunning down a school librarian over tension about what books are appropriate for young readers. The person who captured that audio at a June 9 meeting at Crossroads Cafe in Cabot asked to remain anonymous. The person said …

Oklahoma City’s ABC News affiliate reports: Police took a person into custody after climbing the side of the Devon Tower on Tuesday. The person reached the top of the Devon Tower around 9:40 a.m. and got to a platform on the roof of Oklahoma’s tallest building. Police then took the person into custody. The person who climbed the 50-story tower …

The Christian Post reports: Declaring their testimonies of how Jesus has transformed their lives, formerly LGBT-identified young men and women gathered in Washington, D.C., Saturday for the Freedom March. Gathered next to the Washington Monument for what has become an annual event in the nation’s capital, the hosts of the march continue to see the Holy Spirit doing remarkable work …

Jacksonville’s ABC News affiliate reports: Over 1,000 boats paraded up the St. Johns River on Saturday in a “DeSantis Flotilla.” The event organized by the Republican Party of Duval County was dubbed the “World’s First DeSantis Flotilla.” Organizers said at least 1,300 boats had registered for the event in support of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The organizers said the idea was …

Vice News reports: It’s been 220 days since more than 1,000 people traveled from across the U.S. to Dallas at the behest of Michael Protzman, a QAnon influencer known as Negative 48, who promised his followers that John F. Kennedy would reappear at Dealey Plaza. JFK didn’t reappear, of course, but the QAnon cult is now returning to Texas. More …

“Of course I would be honored to speak to them and tell them they’re wrong. Honored. It would be one of the highlights of my life to talk to these grieving people and tell them. “Their reactions, though completely understandable, will do nothing to prevent other kids and other parents from the same suffering. “It  would be my honor to …

The Hill reports: Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was the final straw for her in standing by former President Trump, confirming that she was open to using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. DeVos, who writes in a new book about turning in her resignation letter to …

Media Matters has the transcript: DENNIS PRAGER (HOST): Reflecting on the story of the five members of the major league baseball team, the Tampa Bay Rays, who — the only ones in baseball, apparently, of what I assume are 750 players — who refused to wear the LGBTQI+ patches and hats during this LGBTQIA+ month, Pride Month. CALLER: I am …