It’s not very often that the FDA inserts itself into internal church politics. In fact, I think they should do so a lot more often with churches that make medical claims. But they’re warning that a church in California is pushing a “miracle cure” elixir that supposedly cures everything, but it’s nothing more than highly concentrated bleach. (more…) Read more
August 14, 2019
Credible Threat Made Against MI Couple that Outed KKK Cop
August 14, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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The couple that went through a Muskegon police officer’s home looking to buy it and blew the whistle when they saw a framed application to join the KKK and a bunch of Confederate posters has received at least one credible threat that the township police went to their house to warn them about. The only thing surprising about this is that there’s only been one so far. (more…) Read more
August 13, 2019
Fox News Angry that Churches Are Providing Sanctuary to Immigrants
August 13, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the more progressive of the two major Lutheran synods, is preparing to declare itself a sanctuary church where an immigrant can go and they’ll hide them and protect them from the federal government’s immigration authorities. And Fox News is very upset about this and suddenly deciding that churches must follow the rule of law. (more…) Read more
August 13, 2019
Trump’s Love of Inane Conspiracy Theories
August 13, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Trump has made more than a mere habit out of promoting the most ridiculous conspiracy theories, almost always about those he considers his political enemies. This along helps encourage the far-right’s love of conspiracies, from Q Anon to the alleged Clinton kill list. The Washington Post makes a list of 23 conspiracy theories Trump has promoted. I’ll just put in the headlines: (more…) Read more
August 13, 2019
The Great Negotiator Gets Costs Far Higher for New Air Force One
August 13, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Trump spent an inordinate amount of time complaining about the high cost of the new Air Force One that was ordered from Boeing. He made up numbers at random to claim that he would make sure it was built for more than a billion dollars less than predicted at the time. Instead, the final cost is ballooning and is now more than a billion dollars more than the price Trump was complaining about being too high. (more…) Read more
August 13, 2019
Trump Draft Order Calls for Federal Control of Social Media Sites
August 13, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Donald Trump, who pretends to be against government regulation of private business, is really only against regulation he doesn’t like. A draft proposal from his administration would give the FCC control over who and when social media sites can ban or remove the accounts of those who violate their rules. This because some who love him have had their accounts deleted for violating those rules. (more…) Read more
August 13, 2019
Michigan Cop on Leave After Black Homebuyer Sees KKK Application at His House
August 13, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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A police officer from Muskegon, Michigan, about 45 minutes from here, has been suspended pending a full investigation because he is selling his house and one of the homebuyers looking at it, who is black, noticed a framed KKK application hanging on his wall, along with a bunch of Confederate memorabilia as well. (more…) Read more
August 13, 2019
Another White Supremacist Caught Planning Violent Attack
August 13, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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In an apparent copycat crime to El Paso, a Florida white supremacist has been arrested for threatening to open fire at a Walmart with his AR-15. He claimed to be just getting off probation, meaning he would get his guns back, but apparently he was not on probation, so it’s not clear what he was talking about. But authorities took his threat very seriously. (more…) Read more
August 13, 2019
Conway Tries to Explain Away Trump’s Tweet about Clinton Killing Epstein
August 13, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Donald Trump retweeted a ridiculous conspiracy theory that somehow the Clintons are responsible for the suicide of billionaire financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and then sent out Kellyanne Conway (I prefer Baghdad Kellyanne or Kellyanne of Green Goebbels) to explain it away with an absolutely laughable excuse. (more…) Read more
August 12, 2019
Letters from Angry Christians to MRFF
August 12, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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As my longtime readers know, my friend Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation often forwards me emails they get from angry Christians who misunderstand the goal of the organization and consider them their enemy. His wife Bonnie has just published her second book full of some of those emails, many of which are viciously anti-Semitic. The book is called When Christians Break Bad: Letters from the Insane, Inane, and Profane and its official release is Tuesday. I strongly… Read more
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