Crackpots

Media Matters reports: A QAnon influencer who was reinstated on Twitter by Elon Musk caused a baseless conspiracy theory linking Huggies diapers and pedophilia to gain traction online, forcing the diaper company to publicly rebut it. It is yet another case of Musk’s decision-making with Twitter harming the platform’s user base. The QAnon influencer known online as “Vincent Kennedy” was …

“We are fighting a spiritual battle and they are coming at us in all facets. When it is drag queens being shown to our children at three years of age and people think it’s cute or they are just trying to make them grow up and not hate drag queens, it’s a deeper battle than that. “It’s an access – …

TMZ reports: Kanye West says he’s done a 180 on his views about Jewish people and is no longer an antisemite — thanks to actor Jonah Hill. The rapper took to Instagram Friday night to announce that he was watching the 2012 film, “21 Jump Street,” starring Hill and Channing Tatum, when he had his epiphany about the Jewish race. …

The Arizona Republic reports: Arizona’s top court has declined to hear Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s challenge to her election loss, but kept the case alive by sending one of Lake’s claims back to a county judge to review. The former television news anchor made seven legal claims in her case. Those included claims that tens of thousands of ballots …

The Kansas City Star reports: Following claims from a Missouri pastor that prayer regrew a woman’s amputated toes, a new website is asking for proof. Without showing photo or video evidence, James River Church pastor John Lindell told his congregation a “creative miracle” took place involving a woman named Krissy Thompson. Video from the conference has been removed from the …

Media Matters has the transcript: Daniel Miller (President, Texas Nationalist Movement): Well, look, I’ve been advocating for the independence of Texas since 1996. It made sense then. It makes even more sense now. And it’s simply this. Texans are sick and tired of living under 180, 180,000 pages of federal laws, rules, and regulations administered by two and a half …

Mediaite reports: Christina Bobb, the former OAN host who is one of the more visible faces of former President Donald Trump’s oddball legal team, went on an online show connected to the QAnon conspiracy theory and was asked if she thought President Joe Biden was a clone. Replied Bobb: “You know, I’ve heard that, and I’ve just gotta say, if …

“If this is allowed to succeed, none of our liberties is safe. You know, today it’s a Republican who’s a target, tomorrow it’s a Democrat. And the day after tomorrow, it’s your Uncle Charlie or your nephew or your niece. There’d be no limits on what prosecutors can do to their political enemies. They’re going to do it to people …

Media Matters has the transcript: Okay, couple things, people say, Charlie, what’s the solution? What’s the solution? Well, actually I’ve laid out a solution, and it’s very simple: you must acknowledge it’s a sad day in America, number one. The number two: you must suck it up and you must call on every attorneys general and every DA to say, …

“If Alvin Bragg perp walks President Trump for a misdemeanor charge he needs a ‘novel’ legal theory to elevate to a felony, then the House GOP should immediately file articles of impeachment against Joe Biden for his illegal business dealings with Hunter. The regime is salivating for MAGA to act in an uncharacteristic and violent manner ahead of this stalinistic …

“Many claiming Christ in America today shall stand before God in judgment one day guilty of ‘the sin of omission’ (inaction) whereby they omitted the obligation to self-sacrifice at the expense of earthly security in order to ensure their children and grandchildren inherited freedom as they did. Instead, they omitted the obligation to preserve the blessing of freedom, causing their …

“This would be the final affirmation that this very storied, illustrious district attorney’s office has become nothing more than a steep place in an authoritarian state. This is a completely political prosecution. It has zero to do with the law — zero. “This is not a violation of any law, anywhere. First of all, it was investigated by the U.S. …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk predicted Donald Trump being arrested would end in a landslide victory for the president in 2024. In an early Saturday morning Truth Social post, Trump ranted that he may be arrested on Tuesday and encouraged his supporters to protest. Also posting about a potential Trump arrest on Saturday was Musk. The Twitter head reacted to a …

“So, first of all, I personally don’t find it funny. I mean, if it’s a routine, like what was the one, the famous movie, Mrs. What — what was it called? Mrs. Doubtfire, that’s different. It was a middle-aged guy as a dowdy woman. And you know, the travails that ensued, that was a comedy. But in general, drag queen …

Media Matters has the transcript: There’s not going to be a secession. It’s not going to happen. The reason it’s not going to happen is because there is a massive national military with control over thousands of nuclear weapons. So, the notion that Florida or Texas is going to officially secede, just leave the union entirely, is wrong. What you …

Rolling Stone reports: MyPillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on. “The machine companies continue to sue us for billions of dollars, and we had to borrow almost $10 million at MyPillow,” Lindell told far-right radio host and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on Wednesday. But while …

“Officer Brian Sicknick, who, as you mentioned was a great Trump supporter, was all over his social media and so on. And the media – it started with The New York Times – that came up with the lie that Officer Brian Sicknick had been hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, perhaps multiple times, and that led to …

New Hampshire Public Radio reports: During a visit to St. Anselm College Friday, environmental activist and vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. told a capacity crowd that he’s considering a presidential run. “I’m thinking about it, and I’ve passed the biggest hurdle, which is my wife has green lighted it,” Kennedy said to cheers after a morning speech at the New …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, embraced Tucker Carlson’s revisionist account of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in a series of tweets. In addition to being misleading, Carlson’s episode on the Jan. 6 tapes was riddled with glaring factual inaccuracies. Musk celebrated Carlson airing the footage. In one tweet, he responded to Mike Cernovich, …

Texas Scorecard reports: On the 187th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, the question of staying in the American union or declaring independence is again being put up for consideration in the Texas Legislature. State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R–Royse City) has filed House Bill 3596, which, if passed, would put to voters in the next general election the question …