Crackpots

Newsweek reports: Rioter Jenna Ryan claimed on Saturday that she was denied “basic human needs” when she was in jail over charges related to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. “They’re using COVID to sadistically abuse all the inmates and deny basic human needs like sunshine, phone, food,” she tweeted, referring to her treatment in prison. “No human deserves …

First, a reminder about this nutbag: The so-called “freedom convoy” – which departed for Ottawa on 23 January – was the brainchild of James Bauder, an admitted conspiracy theorist who has endorsed the QAnon movement and called Covid-19 “the biggest political scam in history”. Bauder’s group, Canada Unity, contends that vaccine mandates and passports are illegal under Canada’s constitution, the …

Mediaite reports: Conservative commentator Candace Owens suggested on Friday that the U.S. send troops to Canada to “deal with the tyrannical reign of Justin Trudeau Castro” amid vaccine mandate protests. Trudeau invoked emergency powers at the beginning of the week, and police have since moved to disperse crowds by making more than a hundred arrests and moving vehicles. Owens previously …

Newsweek reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said Friday that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger should be put in prison as he delivered dozens of boxes containing “thousands” of affidavits to Georgia’s Capitol on Friday, urging a forensic audit of the state’s 2020 election results. During a Friday episode of right-wing political strategist Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, Lindell appeared …

The New York Times reports: Canadian police officers advanced on demonstrators at gunpoint, smashing truck windows and arresting protesters in front of the country’s Parliament building, an aggressive escalation in the government’s effort to finally end the protests that have roiled the nation’s capital for three weeks. Officers in riot gear, brandishing batons and rifles, pushed to regain the area …

Abby Johnson writes for the Christian Post: It’s the time of year when photos of cute Girl Scouts flood your social media news feed asking you to buy their famous cookies. You’ll pass them outside your favorite grocery stores and hardware shops. While the cookies are delicious and tempting, if you care about protecting both unborn babies and their mothers, …

Media Matters has the transcript: LISA KENNEDY MONTGOMERY (CO-HOST): So, we saw the rise of fascism in World War II and that’s exactly what this is. Justin Trudeau has turned Ottawa and Canada into a fascist state. When you have people that are forcibly being pulled from their lines, arrested, having their vehicles confiscated so they can’t work, having their …

Media Matters has the transcript: What was the left all hot and bothered about yesterday? What the left was hot and bothered about was the fact that Elon Musk tweeted out an internet meme about Hitler. This is what the left was super worried about. So, just to get this straight, if a Black Lives Matter activist attempts to murder …

CBS News reports: A Dallas-based lawyer associated with former President Trump is suing Verizon to stop what she says is the unlawful release of protected data to the Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Powell’s suit first argues that the information requested by subpoena is protected by attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine, which protects …

The Dallas Observer reports: Jenna Ryan wanted to lose weight in prison, but now, it’s prison that’s experiencing a loss. On Thursday, the Frisco real estate broker who’d been sentenced for her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot officially flew the clink. Federal Prison Camp Bryan confirmed that Ryan has been released. There’s no word yet on whether she …

The Daily Beast reports: After his initial Tuesday shipment of MyPillow products was denied entry into Canada, Mike Lindell now has a backup plan to get free pillows to Canadian truckers: drop them from the sky via a helicopter. The pillow maven told The Daily Beast late Wednesday night that he intends to drop his pillows into Canada from a …

Religion News Service reports: The offering was over and the worship team at Global Vision Bible Church had just finished singing “Oh How I Love Jesus” when the Rev. Greg Locke began telling his church about his conversations with demons. Those demons, he said, had revealed the names of a group of “full-blown, spell-casting” witches who’d been sent to infiltrate …

Forbes reports: The New York Times did not commit defamation when it incorrectly linked former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to a 2011 mass shooting, a jury ruled Tuesday, bringing the ex-governor’s trial to an end—though the judge in the case already said he would dismiss it, meaning the verdict will only be used when the case is appealed. The …

Media Matters has the transcript: I mean this has been going on forever. It’s like your big brother Russia comes in and, you know, beats you up on a routine basis, but it’s not the Huns, and it’s not George Soros that’s going to cut your son’s balls off, OK? So you can have the Russians in there or you …

Reuters reports: Hundreds of vehicles drove along the main highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday and converged on parliament to protest against COVID-19 curbs in a convoy inspired by demonstrations in Canada. Other protesters stood on overpasses and at junctions as the so-called “Freedom Convoy” passed by, withbanners and Israeli and Canadian flags flying from the vehicles. “Freedom …

So this happened over the weekend: Protesters gathered outside the Saguaro Hotel in Scottsdale, which is the site of the Satanic Temple’s first-ever SatanCon. Organizers said about 350 people are expected to attend the event, and the event is sold out. At the SatanCon site, demonstrators prayed, read scriptures, held signs, banners, rosaries, crosses, and images of the Virgin Mary. …

Yahoo Sports reports: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is being mocked online after branding the widely-praised Super Bowl Pepsi halftime show as “sexual anarchy”. The tweet was met with amusement by many with some accusing him of exercising his own form of cancel culture, while others called him a prude and asked if he had a problem with black people. A …

The BBC reports: Authorities in New Zealand have been playing Barry Manilow’s greatest hits in an attempt to dislodge protesters camped outside the parliament building. Songs by the US singer are being played on a 15-minute loop, along with the Spanish dance tune, Macarena. The demonstrators, who are angry at Covid-19 vaccine mandates, responded by playing songs such as Twisted …

The Buffalo News reports: Opponents of vaccine mandates supporting like-minded Canadian truckers assembled in a City of Tonawanda parking lot Saturday for a motorcade and rally near the Peace Bridge. The rally is part of continuing protest activity on both sides of the border over Covid-19 restrictions. About 75 vehicles with about 100 people, flying American flags and honking, gathered …

Vice News reports: A QAnon influencer and convicted grifter who claims she can time travel, who led a campaign to replace elected officials with QAnon supporters, and who misrepresented her expertise in an election lawsuit before the Supreme Court, now wants to become Ohio’s next Secretary of State. And Terpsichore Maras isn’t even trying to hide her affiliation to QAnon. …