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Rick Joyner is just another conservative fundamentalist christian among a plethora of like-minded televangelists who have made ridiculous statements about President Trump's time in office. Joyner has a history of simply being wrong, roughly two years ago he claimed to have done some math and has worked out that since earth is '6,000' years old, this coincides with the first six days of the week, which means God is coming back on the seventh day or the sabbath. Essentially claiming that God was returning soon. However, Mr. Joyner may have outdone himself in this particular instance as he claims that abortion and sin are to blame for Hurricane Florence, not climate change. Hurricane Florence was a Category 4 major hurricane with winds reaching 130 miles per hour and lasted two weeks, from the end of August to the middle of September. The hurricane is reported to have caused 55 deaths in the United States, including a three-month-old baby dying due to a tree crushing a ...

Jack Posobiec's, who's married, profile on dating site Bumble. Jack Posobiec is a conservative film director, aspiring writer, constant reader and all round idiot who is never far from controversy. A quick trip over to Jack's Wikipedia page allows us to see all of his ridiculous claims and stunts such as the 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory, falsely claiming that Bernie Sanders had told supporters to commit violence following the Steve Scalise shooting and has repeatedly made references to the White Genocide conspiracy theory. And now for Jack's most ridiculous assertion: Terrorist organisation ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), along with Nazi's and Palestinian organisation Hamas, are all socialist. Quite how Jack came to the conclusion that the entire practice of slavery is somehow tied to socialism is honestly baffling. In actuality, the economic system that slavery was largely replaced by, sharecropping, is much closer to socialism as ...

An establishment by the name of Ada's Technical Books and Cafe have garnered plaudits for sufficiently paying their workers as wages start at $16.50 an hour plus various benefits, meaning that they aren't reliant on the generosity of their customers - some of which may lack the funds to adequately tip the staff members in the first place. Many groups such as Fight For 15 and Democratic Socialists of America have been instrumental in seeking that workers in America are paid a living wage in order to improve their quality of life. There are many reasons why workers, no matter their place of employment or job title, should be paid a living wage such as allowing them to live a more substantial and humane life, giving them greater economic mobility and financial freedom. There are several rebuttals to this idea, mainly from either conservatives or libertarians. The common arguments are that if you raise wages too high, the businesses will have to inflate their prices in order ...

Should you be unfortunate enough to be following the likes of Dinesh D'Souza or Charlie Kirk (among others) on social media you'll notice a particular pattern in their posts: everything bad is left-wing; everything good is right-wing. D'Souza probably uses this narrative the most on the Right, as historians such as Kevin Kruse have destroyed D'Souza's "Democrats are the real racists" talking points so many times that Kruse has stated that he's actually becoming bored of dissecting D'Souza's claims. A story that recently broke was that of Carla Maloney, secretary of the Republican Party of Beaver County who labelled NFL players who famously took a knee during the national anthem as "baboons", which she posted to her personal Facebook account. According to a report from the Beaver County Times, these comments were posted under the name "Carla Belich Fueller" and they're as bad as you think they are. The post...

At a recent Donald Trump rally in Mesa, Arizona, The Young Turks reporter Emma Vigeland interviewed Trump supporters with questions about the travelling migrant caravan that's heading to the US-Mexico border and the answers are about as bad as you would expect. With Trump supporters being as conspiratorial as they are, the answers given to Vigeland ranged from shooting the migrants to get them to return home, questioning who is the secret big money source behind the caravan to the 'White Genocide' conspiracy theory. Beginning with a Tucker Carlson segment where he complains about how many hispanics have immigrated to Hazelton, a small town in Pennsylvania which has seen it's hispanic population grow from 2% to 52% from 2002. The Trump supporters were then asked for their view on Carlson's Fox News statements. A male Trump supporter, pictured above, told Vigeland that law enforcement should "just start shooting". He then added: "If they ...

During the November midterm elections Bernie Sanders' Vermont Senate seat was up for grabs and he had to fend off more challengers than usual this time around as two extremely anti-Bernie Hillary Clinton supporters wanted to put a "REAL Democrat" in the Senate but instead they failed miserably. The first of the candidates is Jon Svitavsky , an activist for the homeless population of Vermont. While this may make Jon a somewhat attractive candidate, further research shows some rather troubling statements from Svitavsky. The Democrat has labelled notable black politicians Ben Carson and Condoleeza Rice as "Oreo's" - meaning black on the outside and white on the inside. Perhaps more troubling is the fact that he states that Rice should be "hung from the neck until she dies". The second candidate challenging Sanders is Nigerian-American Folasade Adeluola , who claims to be a 'Clintonian Democrat who wants to retire Bernie Sanders'. A q...

The best way to describe evangelical TV host Rick Wiles is that he's simply insane and has made wild claims about anyone and everyone that he does not agree with politically. Wiles most ridiculous assertions include mobile game Pokemon Go being 'demonic spiritual warfare used to execute Christians'  and Madonna and Nicki Minaj are 'demon witches brainwashing our children' . Although Wiles is almost universally laughed at by people across the political spectrum, he hasn't stopped making baseless and ridiculous claims as he goes on an unhinged rant while presenting an episode of his 'TruNews TV' this week. While addressing his audience, Wiles stated that if Democrats win the upcoming midterm elections in November, they'll burn down churches and kill thousands of Christians . So, now that November's midterm elections have passed, the consensus in the media and among the public is that the Democrats are now in a much better position after takin...