Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) isn't going quietly after being dropped from the prime-time stage at the Republicans' next presidential debate, literally flipping off the media during an interview.

Well sure, Rand Paul wasn't there.

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Waking up is hard to do. I don't have to explain that around here. The man who really woke me up, gave me the courage to investigate some of those "crazy theories" did not just wake me up. He guided me through it, he pulled me down from the ceiling when I found some truth too horrifying for me to process, he kept me seeking truth and avoiding the fear-mongering, Any real threats, he could have handled too.  (more)

Presidential hopeful Rand Paul made an end-run around the GOP debate by going straight to viewers on Twitter, Periscope, and Facebook on Thursday night.

“The great thing about modern media is if you don’t like what’s on TV, turn the TV off,” Paul said at Twitter headquarters in New York. “Turn on your computer. Get some real answers to some real questions.”

While Republican presidential candidates duked it out Thursday night in North Charleston, South Carolina, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) was lounging in a leather swivel chair.

He was about 750 miles away, at Twitter's Manhattan headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood, cracking jokes about other presidential candidates and fielding questions from supporters.

This is quite a bone chilling interview. If even 10% of this stuff is true, we live in a really scary time.