Crackpots

From the far-right Christian site Charisma News: Just as the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons depicted a future full of video phones, robotics and Google-style office space, some modern-day prophets have prophesied about a future full of exposing corruption, fighting for individual freedom and shining a light on truth. One of those prophets is Cindy Jacobs, and her prophecy from 12 …

Phoenix’s NBC News affiliate reports: The Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for Arizona governor wants the state’s schoolchildren to learn from a curriculum inspired in part by Trump. “We want a curriculum that makes sense. We want a curriculum that sets our kids up for success,” Republican Kari Lake, a former TV news anchor, said at an event at the state Capitol. …

Media Matters has the transcript: This is the end. Any scrap of trust Americans had for our anti-Constitution government was swept completely away this week when 30 of Biden’s brownshirt FBI agents descended on the Florida home of Biden’s biggest threat, Donald Trump — rifling through Trump’s Mar-a-Lago office, rummaging through Melania’s closet, cracking open Trump’s safe. To give us …

The Roys Report reports: Jeff Jansen, a self-declared “prophet” and former leader of Global Fire Ministries in Tennessee, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, his family and former church announced. The cause of death wasn’t made public. He was 60. Jansen left his wife last year. Court records show a divorce case is ongoing. TRR previously reported Jansen had a history of …

Mediaite reports: Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will host Tucker Carlson Tonight on Friday, which is a peculiar spot for a former lawmaker who not long ago presumably opposed much of what Fox News’ reliably conservative audience stands for. Tucker Carlson boasts the highest-rated show in cable news. In his absence this week, the network has relied on its bench to …

“This is a direct threat to freedom. And if it is allowed to stand, it is the end of the constitutional order, crossing the Rubicon. “Calista and I actually went once to the Rubicon, which is a very tiny creek, but it was the symbolic border of Rome. “And to cross the Rubicon with an armed force was to destroy …

“I don’t buy this rank and file crap either. Throw it right in the garbage. I don’t buy it one bit. I was a Secret Service agent, I was the rank-and-file, me. “And you know what, I saw something I didn’t like. And I left. Every single person involved — no ‘I was just doing my job.’ You’re full of …

Media Matters has the transcript: Democrats are not afraid of new IRS agents because they look at themselves as exempt from the wrath of the regime. That’s their team members. The IRS agent, they wear the same jersey. No, no. This will be used against dissidents. This is not the Inflation Reduction Act, this is the dissident imprisonment act. This …

The Denver Post reports: A recount of votes in the GOP primary for Colorado secretary of state shows what election officials knew to be true from the first round of counting: Tina Peters, an election denier, did not come close to winning her primary election. The results reiterated what county clerks initially reported: Peters lost the election by more than …

The Guardian reports: MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a fervent Donald Trump ally, says he has poured $35-40m into a wide crusade – a wave of lawsuits to get rid of voting machines that he faults for Trump’s defeat, a new movie about voting fraud, and a hefty legal stable – to promote charges that the 2020 election was riddled …

USA Today reports: The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office on Tuesday ordered a Republican candidate to stop urging voters to replace government-issued pens at polling stations. In a cease and desist letter, the County Attorney’s Office told Maricopa County Board of Supervisors candidate Gail Golec to immediately retract social media posts. Golec, a Scottsdale real estate agent who has previously spread …

The Daily Beast reports: Trumpland social media influencer William Kit—better known as Semore Views to his 37,200 YouTube subscribers and 78,700 Instagram followers—was arrested Tuesday for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The feds were tipped off in December by someone who provided images of him at the riot, a statement of facts reveals, but they also didn’t have …

“Well, first of all, Senator Warnock has nothing else to talk about. He don’t want talk about the high gas prices, he don’t want to talk about high groceries. I’ve told him many times I’m ready debate him any time, any day. “All he doin’ is talking. I just want to make it for the fans, not about a political …

The Denver Gazette reports: National evangelical Christian powerhouse Ted Haggard, who founded New Life Church in Colorado Springs in 1984, grew it to 14,000 worshipers and was excommunicated in 2006 amid accusations that he paid a male escort for sex and was using methamphetamine, is facing new allegations from another congregation he started in 2010, Saint James Church. Two young …

“What I suspect it is is that Marco Rubio doesn’t think that gay marriage is real. I think Marco Rubio believes that marriage is between a man and a woman and that there is no such thing as same-sex marriage. “It’s just that Pete Buttigieg isn’t really married. And it’s hard — I know it’s hard to say that in …

The Daily Dot reports: An anti-vaccine dating website that allows users to procure “mRNA FREE” semen left its users’ personal data exposed online. The site, Unjected, launched in May 2021 and claims to be the “largest unvaccinated platform” on the internet. Unjected initially made headlines in August after its app was removed from the Apple App Store for violating the …

Mediatite reports: Alan Dershowitz argued Steve Bannon was denied his constitutional right to a jury trial because his trial was held in Washington D.C., which is made up of mostly “Trump haters.” He joined Newsmax TV’s The Record Friday evening to discuss the case with host Greta Van Susteren. “What do you think of this verdict, and what do you …

“They had an FBI agent embedded in the Proud Boys who delivered a 60-page report that is available to the January 6th committee, exonerating, the Proud Boys from any involvement with January 6th. “In fact, they actually deescalated part of the conflict with police and their orders were to clean up the garbage and get out of the Capitol. “In …

The Hill reports: Space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow donated $10 million to the reelection campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday, according to the Friends of Ron DeSantis committee. Bigelow, the founder of Budget Suites of America, has also invested in other projects including Bigelow Aerospace and National Institute for Discovery Science. The entrepreneur garnered attention after telling a “60 …

“Why don’t we go do it? Why don’t we go make red states energy independent? Why do we need Saudi Arabia? Why do you need the federal government? Why do you need the EPA? Why do you need the Department of Energy? No, no. What’s the reason? Oh, because it’s against their rules. They break the rules every day. How …