It’s been a while since I’ve gotten an email from a completely irrational person who is angry at me, but I got one on Sunday from a woman named Carol Bellis who is apparently quite upset with an old post I wrote making fun of people who claim to be “soul coaches” or “past life coaches.” I’ll reproduce it below. (more…) Read more
May 5, 2019
Wingnut on Wingnut Crime: Wiles vs Robertson
May 5, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Pat Robertson said again recently that young earth creationism is nonsense, one of the few things he’s ever gotten right, and that has drawn the ire of his fellow fundies. Rick Wiles says that Robertson is an apostate and an embarrassment to the body of Christ. Besides, Robertson has been known to hang out with Jews and that always angers Wiles. (more…) Read more
May 5, 2019
Kat Kerr: Trump is Going to Win in 2020 Because Jesus Likes Him
May 5, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Kat Kerr, the transparently obvious con artist who claims to be able to turn back hurricanes and other natural disasters, has a prophecy that Donald Trump is going to win reelection in 2020 because Jesus likes him. And she knows that because Jesus told her so. Then the dog told her to go murder the babysitter. (more…) Read more
May 4, 2019
Correcting an Old Post About Operation Blessing
May 4, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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A reader alerted me to a post I wrote almost six years ago about Pat Robertson’s Operation Blessing. It was based on a Guardian article that claimed the organization did virtually nothing to help the people of the People’s Republic of Congo after raising millions of dollars to ostensibly help refugees in that country. The Guardian later retracted much of the article, which I did not know. (more…) Read more
May 4, 2019
Trump DOJ Files Brief to End My Life
May 4, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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The DOJ filed its official brief in the Texas case challenging Obamacare and they’re taking a position that would literally lead to my death. They are demanding that the courts void the entire law, which would mean the end of subsidies to buy health insurance and the end of the requirement that insurance companies cover those with preexisting conditions. (more…) Read more
May 3, 2019
New NRA President Worked to Stop MLK Monument in Georgia
May 3, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Ollie North is out as president of the NRA and Carolyn Meadows is in. Who is Meadows? In addition to other things, she is the chair of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, which contains the largest confederate monument in the country. And her organization fought to prevent a monument to Martin Luther King atop that mountain. (more…) Read more
May 3, 2019
Republican Literally Read Saudi Talking Points to Support War in Yemen
May 3, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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The Intercept got their hands on a set of talking points handed out to some Republican legislators by hired lobbyists for Saudi Arabia the day the House debated officially opposing the Saudi war in Yemen. Then they compared them to actual speeches on the floor and one Republican Congressman, Ed Royce, literally read them verbatim to urge the House not to adopt the resolution, which ultimately passed. (more…) Read more
May 3, 2019
Cummings Threatens White House Official with Contempt Charges, Jail
May 3, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is threatening Carl Kline, the administration official who overruled the FBI and CIA to grant security clearances to people like Jared Kushner, with contempt charges and possible jail time if he refuses to answer the committee’s questions in a closed door meeting adequately. (more…) Read more
May 3, 2019
Guandolo Wants to Outlaw Islam
May 3, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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Disgraced former FBI agent John Guandolo, who was forced to leave the FBI because he had sex with a witness he was supposed to be protecting, is one of the most virulent Islamophobes in the country. So much so that he is demanding that Islam be outlawed in the United States and that Rep. Ilhan Omar be tried for treason — for being a Muslim, I guess. (more…) Read more
May 2, 2019
Jackson Exorcises All Our Demons
May 2, 2019 By Ed Brayton
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E.W. Jackson, the crackpot who nearly became Lt. Governor of Virginia, is one of those people who claims anyone who disagrees with him is possessed by demons. He’s finally doing something about it, borrowing a page from Bob Larson and performing an exorcism of all of us during his radio show this week. (more…) Read more
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