Crackpots

The Associated Press reports: CLAIM: Two images of beams of light reaching up the sky prove recent wildfires on Maui were started by an “energy weapon.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Both images are unrelated to the fires on Maui. One photo shows the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from a California military base in May 2018. The other shows …

“They’ve busted antifa and leftists all over the world. Big fires in France right now, big fires in Germany. When the winds get high and it’s dry, out come the Extinction Rebellion leftists. And they don’t like populists, they don’t like people having houses, they don’t like people having cars. And then obviously, the globalists. “This came out, a lot …

Bloomberg News reports: For years, Elon Musk has been outspoken about the dangers of population collapse. As it turns out, the billionaire has been putting his money where his mouth is. The Musk Foundation made one of its biggest ever donations and its largest to higher education — $10 million to the University of Texas at Austin in 2021 to …

NBC News reports: Democratic presidential hopeful and known anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Sunday that he would support a national ban on abortion after the first three months of pregnancy if elected, only to walk back the stance hours later alleging he “misunderstood” repeated questions from NBC News on the topic. “Mr. Kennedy misunderstood a question posed to him …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Two years ago, a Cleveland area physician strode into the House Health Committee room and told state lawmakers that COVID-19 vaccines magnetize their hosts and “interface” with cell towers. Her comments, the subject of widespread ridicule, triggered a swarm of 350 complaints to the State Medical Board and a chain of events that led to …

“The whole left lies about whites. The vast majority of your kids’ teachers lie about whites. They lie about sex and gender because their interest is not, is it true? Is it true is not a left-wing question. Does it further the cause of equity? That might be. Does it shatter the bourgeoisie, the middle class values that have shaped …

The Daily Beast reports: An Oregon jury cleared two Portland activists of all civil liability on Tuesday after right-wing provocateur Andy Ngô accused them of physically attacking him while he was undercover at a 2021 rally. Ngô was unmasked and beaten at the demonstration with “fists and weapons” by “antifa” decked out in all black outfits, he said at the …

“So you stated in your speech at the TPUSA conference that the Democratic Party used to have loving Americans, but has now been hijacked by Marxist lunatics. “You also went on to say that what we have today is not a fight between Republicans and Democrats, but a fight between good and evil, dark and light, and the godly against …

“We are arresting the leader of the opposition and a former president because of destabilizing lies. Really? How — what does it — what does it mean, even? What is destabilizing? What does lying mean? “You know for a fact, you arrogant America haters, you know for a fact that the last election was honest? I don’t know for a …

Politico reports: Vivek Ramaswamy cast doubt on the veracity of the government’s explanation of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying he didn’t believe the findings of the 9/11 Commission. In an interview on the conservative Blaze TV, host Alex Stein asked the Republican presidential candidate if he believes 9/11 was an “inside job” or “exactly like the government tells …

Via press release from Pastor Steven Andrew: The “Christian Nation Government Now Revival” is expanding through 2025 to heal our land with good leaders that follow God and to save America. “This Bible-based revival is producing huge results, including the GOP taking the House and the recent Supreme Court and Federal Court religious freedom victories,” Steven Andrew said. Andrew leads …

The Daily Beast reports: “The Jan. 6 thing is bad, but also, the intelligence agencies were involved in provoking people into the Capitol Building. That’s a fact,” Joe Rogan proclaimed before invoking Ray Epps’ supposed involvement in pushing rioters to attack the Capitol. While calling it a “fact” that the federal government utilized “agent provocateurs” on Jan. 6 while citing …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr is shaking things up—and I like it! He’s right about this issue. He said, “When people censor speech, when we look back in history, they’re never the good guys. Government abuses every power that it’s given, and if government suddenly has the capacity to censor its critics, it has a …

NewsNation reports: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Biden administration has denied his request for Secret Service protection. In a statement posted on Twitter, Kennedy said the denial came after a lengthy delay. “Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days,” Kennedy wrote. “After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups …

The Daily Beast reports: A lone parent filed a complaint to a Florida school district that a book in the Arthur series—yes, the same Arthur from the beloved PBS animated show—contained references to Spin the Bottle, and now it’s possibly on the district’s chopping block. A member of the Clay County School District community filed the challenge on July 12 …

“It is hot. Yes, it is. And you know what causes that? There is this thing — if you go outside right now, depending on where you are, what time zone — but you go outside and you look up, and you will see the sky is on fire in one particular spot. Why is space, which is closer to …

The Daily Beast reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. debated Fox News host Sean Hannity during a town hall event Tuesday about the United States’ role in the Russia-Ukraine war, with the 2024 presidential candidate claiming that the U.S. had been “pushing” Ukraine into the war. Kennedy Jr. claimed that the expansion of NATO after the fall of the Soviet Union …

A reminder about the movie via NPR: Jim Caviezel has been a prominent promoter of the false, violent QAnon conspiracy theory — specifically, the baseless claim that an international cabal of elites is abusing and killing children to extract a substance called adrenochrome. In press appearances promoting Sound of Freedom, Caviezel continues to spout QAnon falsehoods. On a recent episode …

Mediaite reports: Immediately after the news of college basketball player Bronny James suffering cardiac arrest, conspiracy theorists were quick to blame the Covid-19 vaccine. TMZ reported Tuesday that Bronny — the oldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James — was hospitalized Monday morning after going into cardiac arrest at a basketball workout. He’s since been moved out of the ICU …

Reuters reports: Elon Musk plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority in enforcing a consent decree that he has called a “muzzle” on his free speech. Musk would be appealing a decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeals in Manhattan to uphold the decree, which arose from his …