Crackpots

NBC News reports: Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. will not participate this weekend in a far-right Christian nationalist conference he has previously attended, his spokesperson said, despite being listed as a featured speaker on the event’s website. Kennedy, best known for his skepticism of vaccines and heterodox political views, has previously participated in the ReAwaken America tour. This year’s …

The Associated Press reports: Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday voiced support for changing the overall U.S. voting age to 25, unless younger Americans fulfill at least six months of service in the military or as a first responder — or pass the same citizenship test administered to those seeking to become naturalized citizens. Ramaswamy’s campaign announced the biotech …

Axios reports: Former GOP Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake met with multiple Republican senators on Thursday amid speculation she is seriously weighing a 2024 Senate bid, Axios has learned. Lake narrowly lost her gubernatorial race in 2022, but is seen as a top GOP contender to win the seat held by moderate former Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). Lake — …

Vice News reports: Disgraced former national security advisor Michael Flynn loves a conspiracy theory—except when it’s about him. Flynn, who has boosted countless conspiracies over the last two years, from claiming Italian military satellites helped steal the 2020 election to claiming COVID was a hoax perpetrated by the “global elite,” filed a lawsuit last week against a man who has …

“Tacopina’s going to be appealing this thing tomorrow but again, don’t worry about the money whether it’s four dollars or five million that means nothing to Trump. “He did not want to be labeled a rapist, he is not a rapist. They came back with no, so trust me when I tell you this was a major win for Donald …

“We only allow ourselves to even discuss these kinds of ideas because the culture hates white people. Now, how does the culture hate white people? It’s kind of the same way that the libs are alleging that a Hispanic guy is a white supremacist. “And it’s the reason that I don’t totally mock that idea, because in theory, I guess …

“The actual group that’s at the bottom of the totem pole of respectability, of honor, of acknowledgment in our culture, is straight white males. I mean, they are — they are the pariahs, the ones that are blamed for any social ills that the elite chooses to acknowledge. “And it’s not just people are saying things off the cuff, you …

Raw Story reports: Accusations that the Texas mall shooter had neo-Nazi links left Donald Trump Jr. and Ann Coulter puzzled Monday – because the man who shot and killed eight people is Hispanic. “Because the name Mauricio Garcia screams white supremacy,” former President Donald Trump’s son, Don Jr., posted on Truth Social, along with a puzzled face emoji. Garcia, 33, …

The New York Post reports: Democratic White House contender Robert Kennedy Jr. blames the CIA for the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy — proclaiming it “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Kennedy made the bombshell accusation about a murder that’s spun many conspiracy theories during an interview Sunday with John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats …

Media Matters has the transcript: MICHAEL KNOWLES (HOST): We need to be less touchy over the book ban thing. Every society throughout all of history has banned books. All sorts of political communities have banned certain books. Book banning is something that happens in the Gospels — in the Acts of the Apostles, rather. It’s in the New Testament. And …

First, an earlier report from Media Matters: Devin Nunes, a former Republican congressman and the CEO of former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, appeared on a QAnon-supporting show to promote Trump’s platform and repeatedly lauded the show for “getting the truth out.” On April 14, Nunes appeared on QAnon show X22 Report, whose host is known only …

“People are not affecting climate change. You’re going to tell me that back in the Ice Age, how much taxes did people pay, and how many changes did governments make to melt the ice? The climate is going to continue to change. And there is no reason to just open up our borders and allow everyone in and continue to …

Mediaite reports: During an interview with Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi, Jenner predicted that Biden would lose the 2024 presidential election and “be gone” in “a year and a half from now.” Asked by Panahi what the country would like if Biden did get reelected, Jenner said, “I don’t even want to think about Joe Biden winning again.” “He’s …

The Arizona Mirror reports: Supporters of former state Rep. Liz Harris are irate with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and they let the board members know that on Wednesday, with one of them even falsely accusing a Phoenix city councilman of opening the board meeting with a prayer to the devil. The Arizona House of Representatives ousted Harris on …

“I encourage every other newsperson at Fox who cares about this country to walk away from their contract, to walk away from their show. I’m talking about all of them. We can get you set up with an outlet that will allow you to speak the truth. But right now, we got a year and a half to save our …

The Guardian reports: A California judge has tentatively ordered Elon Musk to be interviewed under oath about whether he made certain statements regarding the capabilities of Tesla’s Autopilot features after the company questioned the authenticity of the remarks, claiming Musk is a “target for deep fakes”. The ruling came in a lawsuit against Tesla, filed by the family of Walter …

Columbus’s NBC affiliate reports: As one Ohio House committee heard dozens of opponents speak against a bill to ban transgender athletes from all levels of female sports, another committee heard from supporters of a second bill targeting transgender youth: A bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors entirely. Its sponsor, Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery), did not testify Wednesday and instead …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: A man climbed the KTLA tower in Hollywood Tuesday evening and was perched on a digital billboard, holding a sign and playing a guitar for several hours. Reports began coming in of a man climbing the 162-foot TV station tower at Sunset Boulevard and Bronson Avenue near Van Ness Avenue late in the afternoon. At …

“I don’t know what Tucker Carlson’s deal is but I worry that he might still be under contract and they’re literally going to be paying him 10, 20, 30 million a year to just sit there and be quiet. We can’t afford to have Tucker Carlson’s voice silenced for a year-and-a-half. I don’t know if Tucker’s listening to this but …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: At the height of one of the most significant mass vaccination campaigns in human history, a Cleveland-area physician publicly warned state lawmakers that COVID-19 shots “interface” with cell towers and make people who receive them magnetic. Almost two years later, Ohio regulators are considering suspending her license. Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, at the behest of state …