Crackpots

Kansas City’s CBS News affiliate reports: Kansas’ most populous county on Thursday imposed a mask mandate for students and staff in elementary schools in hopes of checking the more contagious COVID-19 delta variant. The Johnson County Commission voted 5-2 for a mask requirement for schools from kindergarten through the sixth grade. The commission faced criticism both from health care providers …

The Associated Press reports: MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he was aggressively poked by someone seeking a selfie in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this week, which led him to say he was attacked. Lindell, who hosted an election fraud symposium in the city this week, told the conservative talk show FlashPoint that he was approached by a man who …

Mediaite reports: OAN host Dan Ball reacted credulously to a jaw-droppingly inept live demonstration that his guest said shows that the COVID-19 vaccine made her magnetic. On Thursday night’s edition of Real America, Ball hosted a segment with Amelia Miller, one of many cranks posting videos that they say show Coronavirus vaccines conferring magnetism into their bodies. Ball subjected Miller …

Salon reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, on the final day of his “cyber symposium,” remained unable to produce any tangible evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. He attempted to deflect blame for his failed event onto supposed antifa activists — or, actually, “antifa things” — who were nowhere to be seen in this Great Plains city of …

Mediaite reports: At his so-called cyber symposium, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said that a writer for far right website Gateway Pundit might be a CIA plant trying to undermine his conference … or something? But they are looking into it for sure. Lindell was apparently unhappy about a post at the conspiracy blog that focused on the news of supposed …

The New Jersey Advance reports: Gov. Phil Murphy angrily lashed out at a small group of protesters carrying signs objecting to mandatory vaccinations, calling them the “ultimate knuckleheads” during a public bill signing event on a crowded street in Union City on Wednesday. “These folks back there have lost their minds — you’ve lost your minds,” Murphy said, his voice …

“I really sense that COVID is part of the judgment. We had a national shutdown last summer. We had every major sports league that favored the LGBT agenda, that even took on states for their bathroom bills. When you think about Hollywood was shut down. We thought fashion was shut down. Retail was shut down. All these areas that were …

The Daily Beast reports: Reached for comment Monday, Lindell admitted that his August timeline—which he had already suggested was elastic—might now be further delayed. “We’ll be bringing our findings to the Supreme Court in late August or early September, some time after the cyber-symposium ends, and it proves it was an attack by China,” Lindell told The Daily Beast of …

“It gives me hope that even your Democrats – they’re seeing now firsthand what government can do and how bad socialism and communism can be. “When we get through this and the Supreme Court pulls down this election — like I’ve been telling everybody — when they do this, it’s going to be a great uniting and that gives me …

The Daily Beast reports: The View’s Meghan McCain suggested on Monday morning that nobody at Fox News had actually told viewers not to “get the vaccine,” though the soon-to-be ex-View host did concede that she may be “misinformed” about Fox personalities’ anti-vaccine efforts. During Monday’s broadcast of the ABC talk show, McCain first faulted the White House for not doing …

From the “Christian consumer” group 2nd Vote: Through donations totaling several hundreds of thousands of dollars to Catholic Charities and other Christian organizations, Wendy’s has earned high scores on the issues of Life and Basic Freedoms for supporting organizations with pro-life beliefs that are founded in faith. Unfortunately, Wendy’s has also earned a score of 100 from the HRC, one …

“When two people of the same sex get together, it’s out of sheer wanton lust and pleasure only for self. Nothing comes of it. No life can come from it. No family can come from it. “If you’re an evolutionist, you have to be against same-sex unions. If you’re an evolutionist, what is one of the statements? It’s the survival …

“This week, Joe Biden said he will begin door-to-door outreach for COVID vaccinations. Think about that. The intrusion. The invasion of your privacy. Strange people coming to your door, asking how many people live in your home or apartment. “Where is that mindset coming from? To me, it all ties together. The failure to fund police in a way that …

Fox News has the transcript: I’m glad that this is an issue, and I want to urge all the viewers to go out and buy “No Trespassing” signs at the local hardware store – “No solicitor” signs. Affix them to your front doors, put them right out by your front stoop, end of your driveway, because the government has zero …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: A Bible-themed attraction in Kentucky that features a 510-foot-long wooden Noah’s ark is planning to begin fundraising for an expansion. The Ark Encounter said Wednesday that it would take about three years to research, plan and build a “Tower of Babel” attraction on the park’s grounds in Northern Kentucky. A release from the Ark Encounter park …

The Associated Press reports: The widow of John McAfee, the British-American tycoon who died in a Spanish prison this week while awaiting extradition to the United States, on Friday demanded a “thorough investigation” of his death, saying her husband did not appear suicidal when they last spoke. Authorities in Spain are conducting an autopsy on McAfee’s body but have said …

The Daily Beast reports: An Instagram post uploaded after John McAfee’s death was announced Wednesday appeared to be a shoutout to the QAnon conspiracy theory, turning the apparent suicide in prison of a notorious software impresario into a surreal moment while sparking a frenzy of baseless speculation. Posted around 4 p.m. Wednesday, the image showed just a black letter “Q” …

Mediaite reports: During the New York City Democratic mayoral primary debate on Wednesday, candidates were asked what they would ban if elected. Predictably, Ben Shapiro was widely mocked for pointing out – in apparent earnestness – that none of the candidates said they would ban crime, which by definition, is banned. Read the full article. Notably, nobody said crime https://t.co/9ihSrJwWy6 …

Vice News reports: The woman whom thousands of Canadians believe is their secret ruler isn’t afraid to tell her followers she’s calling for the executions of health care workers and politicians behind the vaccination rollout. “At the firing squad, the military firing squad, you will receive not one, but two bullets on your forehead for each child that you have …

Mediaite reports: The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper has made a lot of hay by visiting MAGA rallies for great comedic gain and using his deadpan delivery to illustrate many of the willfully misinformed followers of former President Donald Trump. Last week, Klepper visited a MAGA rally hosted by MyPillow CEO, and chief stolen election conspiracy theorist, Mike Lindell, and the …