Crackpots

The Daily Beast reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told The Daily Beast on Tuesday night that the FBI seized his cellphone while he was at a Hardee’s restaurant. Lindell also posted on social media a grand jury subpoena from a federal prosecutor in Colorado and what appears to be a search warrant related to a federal investigation into breached voting …

The Villages News reports: A lawsuit has been filed seeking to declare the Aug. 23 Republican primary election invalid and ordering a runoff election between Congressman Daniel Webster and challenger Laura Loomer. Five individuals filed the lawsuit claiming that they are citizens of District 11 who voted in the election and believe that widespread misconduct by election officials occurred prior …

“One of the confusing things about life is how many nice people help destroy societies. This is not meant at all facetiously. It is meant literally. “We think that people who do bad things, either think they’re doing bad and so they’re truly evil or they will be obviously bad in interpersonal relations, but it doesn’t work that way. “Nice …

Grand Junction’s NBC affiliate reports: A district court judge has thrown out Tina Peters’ attempt to sue every other county clerk and recorder in the state, citing the fact that Peters did not take necessary action to stop the recount before the results were certified. Documents state that Peters lost the option to order a recount after votes were certified, …

“One of the best college running backs of all time, Herschel Walker is running up against the charlatan Raphael Warnock to actually flip the U.S. Senate race. “Raphael Warnock should not be the U.S. Senator from Georgia, never should have happened. And Trafalgar and Emerson both have Raphael Warnock up. He is trending beautifully in the state of Georgia. “Now …

The Sydney Morning Herald reports: Australian tennis champion Margaret Court doesn’t believe retiring great Serena Williams “ever admired me” and feels ostracised from the wider tennis community due to her conservative Christian beliefs and stance on LGBTQ issues. The Perth-based pastor – who founded the Victory Life Centre church in the 1990s following a record-setting tennis career in the 1960s …

From my May 2022 post: Retired Army Lieutenant General and disgraced ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is a notorious peddler of outlandish conspiracy theories, especially those that originate inside QAnon or spew from the pouty lips of former President Donald Trump. On Sunday, Flynn endorsed yet another fringe – and absolutely looney – conservative delusion about COVID-19 vaccinations during an …

“They shot that fucking plane out of the sky. Yeah. They ‘crashed it into the ground to save the White House’? Get the fuck out of here. “They found the wreckage — the wreckage was spread out over miles. Now, in a plane crash, the wreckage does not spread for miles. “But when you blow something up in the air, …

Media Matters has the transcript: It is all the dictators you have ever seen in film or on screen, basically rolled into one and then wrapped into an image. What is his team doing? What is his team doing? Well, I think the answer is they’re a very online team, the people who work for him, they spend all day …

Media Matters reports: In newly unearthed videos, commentator Toni Shuppe claimed that Pizzagate is “absolutely real. It is 100% real,” and praised QAnon as “a very valuable resource.” Shuppe has been mentioned as a potential secretary of state pick for Mastriano, who would have the power to appoint the position if he becomes Pennsylvania governor. Shuppe also shared numerous 9/11 …

The Insider reports: Bianca Garcia, president of the Latinos for Trump organization, has a theory about why former President Donald Trump keeps finding himself in trouble — he may have offended God. Gracia, a failed Republican state senate candidate in Texas, suggested that Trump had run into so many problems because he isn’t focused on religion. Gracia said she thought …

The Associate Press reports: A Colorado mother accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after her teen daughter said she started associating with supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory was found guilty of conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping on Friday. Cynthia Abcug, 53, denied she was involved in planning a raid on the foster home where her …

Kyle Mantyla has the transcript at Right Wing Watch: The enemy cannot tell the truth. When liberals talk, they lie. You are on the side of Jesus Christ, or you’re on the side of the devil. You aren’t in between. You’re not an undecided. Undecided means you have already decided, you’ve already made the decision. The court of Heaven today …

Mediaite reports: MyPillow CEO and avid 2020 election denier, Mike Lindell, went on a wild rant on Wednesday declaring that every vote in the state of Utah is a “crime.” On his Lindell TV, the conspiracy theorist declared, “You know, I believe you have the CCP, the globalists, the Uni-Party. I believe it’s all one just happy family.” “You get …

Mediaite reports: Mehmet Oz petitioned top White House officials to green light the use of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in March of 2020, newly released emails show. The drug, which never showed any success at fighting Covid-19 in spite of multiple trials, was presented by Oz as a “potential pandemic solution” in emails to Dr. Deborah Birx and others. In …

Universal Hub reports: A Medfield man who sued Charlie Baker in 2020 over state face-mask requirements due to Covid-19 and lost is taking another legal crack at Baker, this time over state Covid-19 vaccination recommendations he charges got him unenrolled from the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover because he refused to get a shot for medical and religious reasons.But …

The Kansas City Star reports: Kansas reaffirmed its landslide vote to uphold abortion rights after election officials on Sunday finished a recount that never had any chance of changing the outcome but was sought by an election denier and anti-abortion activist advancing baseless allegations of fraud. The exercise instead delivered a second victory for opponents of an amendment that would …

The Arizona Mirror reports: The woman front and center in a Republican Governors Association ad attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs has ties to QAnon-related events and has spread conspiracy theories about COVID-19. The ad, titled “Traci,” features a San Tan Valley woman named Traci Hansen who in the ad calls herself an “advocate for human trafficking victims” and says …

Media Matters has the transcript: DENNIS PRAGER (HOST): OK, so here’s a good example of we think Charles Blow is lying about Republicans. I mean, it is an out and out — it is as much a lie as the sun is dark. OK? That Republicans are characterized by bigotry, intolerance, and oppression. Does he ever give an example? No. …

The Daily Beast reports: As he seeks a third term as Maine governor, Paul LePage had reportedly left behind the days when he earned national headlines by threatening to blow up a newspaper office, challenging a Democrat to a duel, or telling the NAACP to “kiss my butt.” But it turns out that, for the man once dubbed “America’s craziest …