Homocons

Politico reports: Former Trump administration official Richard Grenell said Thursday he will not run to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the September recall election. “I’ve made a decision not to run,” Grenell said on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show one day before the candidate filing deadline. Grenell enjoys widespread name recognition in conservative circles and fundraising ability after serving …

Via email from Capitol riot suspect Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, On January 25th my home was raided and I was taken away in handcuffs and spent days locked in a concrete room with a metal door. I had no idea how long I would be trapped inside. I had no lawyer, and no information about the accusations against me or …

The West Virginia Metro News reports:  Joshua Higginbotham, a Republican House of Delegates member from Putnam County, has come out as gay. He made the announcement in a short video on social media over the weekend. Higginbotham describes himself as a conservative Christian Republican. There are a lot of those folks in West Virginia and not all are going to …

Mediaite reports: Fox News Primetime host Tammy Bruce took viewers on quite a journey Thursday night by warning them about “human chimeras living among us.” “China is already doing it,” said Bruce, pointing to an April report about a team of scientists in China creating the first ever embryos that were part human and part monkey. They were kept alive …

CNN reports: In Atlanta’s well-to-do community of Buckhead, the debate over becoming an independent city has been brewing off and on for decades. Now, amid a spike in crime, calls to split from the capital have grown louder than ever. “We filed for divorce and our divorce is final,” said Bill White, chairman and CEO of the Buckhead City Committee, …

“When I made my announcement, the first thing that happened — which will make you laugh, but it’s true — is dogs stopped barking at me. “This is going to sound so stupid, but this is just how I think that God reveals himself to us, right? This is just my experience of it. Dogs just didn’t like me at …

“We all know what happened on Jan. 6, and the big story that day was when Vice President Pence turned his back on Trump nation. That’s the biggest story on that day. Nothing else mattered that day. The media’s been making up these lies about this insurrection, where people are peacefully walking through the U.S. Capitol. “We are dealing with …

Salon reports: A pro-Trump blog stirred up a bizarre conspiracy theory Wednesday, claiming that President Joe Biden wasn’t actually driving during a Tuesday event in which the 78-year-old took an electric truck for a spin in front of the press. The claim originated on right-wing blog The Gateway Pundit, an outfit known for their rather sticky relationship with the facts. …

Tennessee’s legislature has passed an anti-trans bathroom bill and in a Tennessean op-ed ostensibly calling on Gov. Bill Lee to veto the item, the local Log Cabin Republicans chapter first lays out their anti-LGBT “bona fides” in order to convince right wingers that they’re all on the same side. An excerpt: LGBT leftists tend to hate us because we put …

Via email from riot suspect Brandon Straka: The evening I was on Tucker Carlson the first time I was in my bedroom getting ready. My mind began flashing images of my past, a barrage of memories of the hardest times in my life- some of the moments so colossally devastating that it would seem impossible that somebody would keep going …

Politico reports: Libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel is spending $10 million to boost one of his closest allies in next year’s Arizona Senate race, a contest crucial to the fight for the majority. The billionaire is coming out in support of Blake Masters, the chief operating officer of Thiel Capital and the president of the Thiel Foundation, who is expected …

The Fort Worth Weekly reports: Dozens gathered outside Fort Worth City Hall this afternoon in anticipation of a “White Lives Matter” rally, one of many occurring on the same day in nearly four dozen cities across the country. There was no significant violence and no arrests were made, but several accusations of assault flew from both sides. One came from …

Via email from charged riot suspect Brandon Straka: Dear Patriot Family, Lately I’ve started to feel my mind go kind of numb on certain days. It’s been very jarring to go from being non-stop busy and on-the-go like I was to feeling rendered almost useless sometimes. Now don’t get me wrong. I know that that’s not true in any permanent …

Religion News Service reports: Andy Ngo, antifa critic and conservative media personality, has been removed as a speaker at the influential Q Ideas evangelical Christian conference, Religion News Service has learned. His inclusion at Q Ideas had struck some commentators as an odd fit for the annual TED-style event, described as a “culture summit” for Christian influencers. Since his appearance …

The Daily Beast reports: Before Brandon Straka was storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, he was a hair-dressing, #WalkAway-tweeting MAGA influencer—taking in tens of thousands of dollars in government pandemic money. According to The Daily Beast’s review of records from the Project On Government Oversight’s Covid Tracker, Straka is one of at least nine individuals facing charges stemming from the …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Former Rep. Michelle Bachmann, who was named dean of Regent University’s Robertson School of Government in December, is hosting an “election integrity” conference Tuesday, March 23, featuring a mix of longtime voter suppression advocates and right-wing pundits who have promoted former President Donald Trump’s bogus “stolen election” claims. She recently told radio host …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel donated $10 million to a super PAC supporting Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance, a show of support for the possible Ohio Senate contender. Thiel, a German-American billionaire and early investor in Facebook, gave $10 million to Protect Ohio Values, a super PAC formed last month to support Vance’s possible bid, said Bryan …

From the far-right LifeSiteNews: Milo Yiannopoulos, the gay man whose conservative messaging and willingness to speak the truth sparked riots on university campuses may well trigger more outrage now that he describes himself as “Ex-Gay” and “sodomy free,” and is leading a daily consecration to St. Joseph online. Two years ago, when Church Militant’s Michael Voris famously challenged Yiannopoulos to …

Politico reports: Richard Grenell, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, strongly hinted at a run for California governor in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday morning. In his CPAC address, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence railed on California and said he has “never seen a better case …

“We have a disaster here in California. And I’m not trying to be cute about your question, but I think what we have to do is concentrate first on the signatures that we’re gathering and the verified signatures. “The state of California is controlled by a whole bunch of Democrats. One-party rule, they are going to go through every single …