Crackpots

From a statement issued by the hairdresser’s lawyer: In response to press inquiries on the matter, Mr. DeNardo can confirm that he indeed did provide professional stylist services to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) on August 31, 2020, at the “eSalon,” located at 2288 Union Street in San Francisco, California. Mr. DeNardo, at all times, took all requisite safety measures …

The Washington Post reports: When a man in the crowd of her Iowa campaign stop told Sen. Joni Ernst (R) on Monday that he believed the number of U.S. coronavirus deaths had been overcounted, Ernst replied that she too was “so skeptical.” “These health-care providers and others are reimbursed at a higher rate if COVID is tied to it, so …

From the far-right Washington Times: Los Angeles County has canceled a lease on a large portion of the Grace Community Church parking lot amid a legal fight over the megachurch’s refusal to abide by a public-health ban on indoor worship. The Department of Public Works informed the Sun Valley church in a Friday notice that the lease on the property, …

“But I look at the Republican convention, it’s been the most diverse political convention I’ve ever seen, including Democrat conventions. And as I’ve watched it, it has occurred to me, Trump isn’t just running for reelection. “The story that is being told at the Republican National Convention is about saving America. It’s about saving America from a race war that …

Fox News reports: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told “Fox & Friends” he believes he would have been killed if not for the police when he and his wife were surrounded and attacked by a “mob” yelling threats and pushing police upon exiting the White House after President Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC) Thursday night. The Pauls …

The Denver Post reports: Congressional candidate Lauren Boebert — who often espouses a pro-police, law-and-order message on the campaign trail — has been arrested and summonsed at least four times over the past decade, records show. Boebert was arrested twice in Mesa County in 2015 after a verbal altercation with police at Country Jam, a music festival near Grand Junction. …

Vice News reports: Kanye West’s presidential campaign continues to push to get him on the ballot in states across the country. But it’s now a full week late with its campaign finance filings, a move that’s allowing the shadowy organization to hide how deep the GOP efforts to back his spoiler campaign go. The monthly campaign finance filing was due …

“As a child of God, I choose with my will to take authority over the weather. And I declare there will be no destruction in any way from Marco or from Laura. We are over the weather, not under the weather. Therefore, we command the pressure in both of the storms — we command the pressure in Marco and the …

The Christian Post reports: The creationist theme park Ark Encounter in northern Kentucky has launched a $3 million virtual reality experience that aims to show visitors what it would be like to travel back to see Noah’s Ark and the Genesis flood. The park, owned by young earth creationist organization Answers in Genesis, officially opened its first virtual reality theatre …

The Associated Press reports: Rapper and producer Kanye West will be on Tennessee’s presidential ballot in November, the state election’s office confirmed. The secretary of state’s office announced this week that West cleared the 275 verified signature threshold to qualify as an unaffiliated presidential candidate. He will appear on the ballot with running mate Michelle Tidball, a 57-year-old spiritual coach …

“Did you know if you took the capital letter J — just imagine the capital letter J in your mind — now think of the next letter in ‘Joe.’ It’s an O. “Now just move with your mind the O to the left until it’s on top of the J. It’s a backward six. “Now suppose the next letter is …

“We’ve used every avenue. We’ve used Skype phone calls, Zoom rooms and Facebook Live to minister healing to people. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen two people come into a Zoom Room from their hospital room. “We saw a person come out of a coma during a Zoom call. Two different people in the past few weeks have awakened …

Candace Owens wails to Breitbart: BLEXIT founder Candace Owens will sue Facebook over its “blatant censorship” after the social media platform demonetized her page following her comments about senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) swearing into congress in 2017 as an “Indian-American.” Candace Owens said that Facebook has suppressed her page after she commented her thoughts on senator Harris being chosen as …

CNN’s Sara Sidner reports: When Jo Rae Perkins walked over to greet us for the very first time, she did not introduce herself or ask our names, the first thing she did was move her hand across her face and say, “What are these things on your faces?” “What are these things?” Perkins repeated circling her mouth with her hand. …

“There are a lot of people — I have come to find out — who want to know if Plugs’ [Biden’s] speech was delivered live, or was it prerecorded? Now, the assumption I think that everybody had going in, was that he was live. “Because we didn’t hear anything else, well, it was live. The time came for the speech …

First, a reminder about this nutjob: Greg Locke, an anti-LGBT, Trump-loving pastor, recounted in a now-viral video how he threatened a Dunkin’ Donuts employee after they told him to wear a face mask. He says the employee, whom he refers to as “Nazi Skippy,” asked him to wear a face mask should he ever return to the store. Locke says …

Chicago’s ABC News affiliate reports: Rap superstar and Chicago native Kanye West was officially kicked off of the presidential ballot in Illinois on Friday, the state elections board ruled. The Illinois State Board of Elections voted unanimously, 8 to 0, to remove West from the ballot after he failed to submit enough petition signatures to qualify for the race, Board …

Via press release from Christian Newswire: A group of demonstrators who have protested the lockdown ordered by the Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam will sponsor a public funeral of COVID due to the lack of deaths recorded in Virginia on Friday, August 21, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. The event will take place at 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Va. at …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Kanye West will not appear on the ballot as an independent candidate for president due to mismatched paperwork, Ohio’s top elections officials said Friday. The Ohio secretary of state’s office determined the signature and information on West’s nominating petition and statement of candidacy did not match the documents actually used for petitions signed by voters. “A …

Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: When Florida held its primaries on Tuesday, one of the night’s biggest losers was State Rep. Kim Daniels, a Democrat who has been a functional Republican in the legislature. She has ranted against witches, pushed for “In God We Trust” signs to be placed in public schools, thanked God for slavery, claimed to …