Christianists

NBC News reports: A Missouri couple has been charged with child abuse after they allegedly performed a botched circumcision on their child at home, despite lacking the medical expertise, resulting in the child going to the hospital. Tyler Wade Gibson and his wife, Bailey Alexus Gibson, were charged with child abuse. Tyler Wade Gibson was further charged with performing an …

ABC News reports: An ABC News yearlong investigation into the 2×2 Church, a Christian sect so secretive most people have never heard of it, has uncovered allegations of widespread child sexual abuse and subsequent coverups. During the investigation, ABC News spoke with dozens of alleged victims of child sexual abuse across more than 30 states. As part of the ongoing …

The Associated Press reports: The think tank behind Project 2025, the conservative blueprint linked to President-elect Donald Trump, is launching an effort to back Trump’s imperiled selection for secretary of defense in its latest attempt to wield influence in the incoming Republican administration. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Thursday that his group will spend $1 million to pressure senators …

The Tennessean reports: Police have arrested a suspect in connection to dozens of gunshots reportedly fired at Global Vision Bible Church Pastor Greg Locke’s home, garage and vehicle at the time late night on Sept. 3 in western Wilson County. Tyler Poole, 20, of Hermitage, is charged with aggravated assault, four counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, and …

“Why is it that Republican senators are so excited and move fast to give Joe Biden his nominees, but Republican senators don’t wanna give Donald Trump his nominees? What is going on here? Well, we’re gonna keep on naming the names and tell you more about the folklore of Joni Ernst and Roger Wicker and Deb Fischer. “This is the …

The New York Post reports: A Tennessee state senator has been arrested on a DUI charge after he was filmed allegedly failing a sobriety test following a drunken hit-and-run crash in Georgia. Rep. Ken Yager, 77, was caught on camera stumbling around as troopers tried to make him walk in a straight line on Jekyll Island at about 5 p.m. …

USA Today reports: Pete Hegseth said Wednesday he won’t drink “a drop of alcohol” if confirmed by the Senate to lead the Pentagon as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary and vowed to fight through a tumultuous nomination process amid allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse. In an interview with Megyn Kelly on her SiriusXM show, Hegseth ‒ …

“Pete Hegseth is a great man. Pete Hegseth has honorably served his country. And Pete Hegseth right now is victim to a media smear job to try to destroy his character and try to remove him from the nomination for secretary of defense. “Now some people say, but Charlie, he doesn’t have the experience, you know, running a big organization. …

The Christian Post reports: Michael Brown, host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program, who is also president, founder and professor of practical theology at FIRE School of Ministry, admitted to a “definite lack of judgment” but denied allegations he engaged in sexual misconduct with a former female staffer he said he treated like a “family member” 23 …

The Detroit News reports: Republican Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver said Monday that gay marriage should be “illegal again,” voicing opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that set the standard for the nation and spurred same-sex weddings across the country nine years ago. Schriver of Oxford made his statement on the social media platform X, 27 days after the …

Salon reports: Hegseth — now on his third marriage — has claimed that he rediscovered Christ, saying “faith became real” to him in 2018. He became deeply involved with the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), moving to Tennessee to enroll his children in a branch of this fundamentalist organization. He also joined the associated denomination, the Communion of Reformed …

Michigan Live reports: A Washtenaw County youth pastor already facing life in prison has been arraigned on nearly two dozen additional felony charges, including more counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Zachary Joseph Radcliff, 29, has been charged with a total of 33 felonies after he was arraigned on 22 new charges Nov. 26 before 14A-1 District Court Judge J. …

“I say that unless they end the implementation of the woke mind virus, and if they continue to live off the teats of government — through research grants, through participating in Title IV federal student loans and grants — then it’s perfectly appropriate, as the Vice President-elect said in his senatorial campaign, for the federal government to seize their endowments. …

Franklin Graham writes today for Decision Magazine: Donald Trump’s election win is historic in many ways. Millions and millions of people were praying, and I believe God allowed it by His merciful hand. We certainly need to continue in prayer for President Trump in the days to come as he assembles a team to lead our nation. We need godly …

The Meidas Touch reports: In an undated Fox News clip discovered by MeidasTouch, Trump’s Department of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth was openly hostile toward the United Nations. Hegseth called for scrapping the UN, labeling it a body that no longer serves U.S. interests: “Instead, we are funding the UN. We’re funding the WHO way more than China is, and what …

The Christian Post reports: President and co-founder of the Texas-based Daystar Television Network, Joni Lamb, has accused her son, Jonathan Lamb, of attempted blackmail and running a smear campaign in a power struggle for leadership after he alleged she covered up the sexual abuse of his daughter by a family member in the wake of his recent firing. “I want …

The New York Times reports: The mother of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, wrote him an email in 2018 saying he had routinely mistreated women for years and displayed a lack of character. “On behalf of all the women (and I know it’s many) you have abused in some way, I say … get …

The Meidas Touch reports: Pete Hegseth, a nominee for Secretary of Defense under Donald Trump, has voiced enthusiastic support for a convention of states, a controversial proposal that has long been championed by far-right groups. Speaking during a promotional interview with his wife in June, Hegseth revealed not only his alignment with the cause but his active participation in its …

The Alabama Political Reporter reports: Prattville Pride was the very first organization to enter the City of Prattville’s annual Christmas parade this year. The group paid the fee like other organizations and says they plan to abide by the city’s rules. However, Clean Up Alabama, the group that originally formed to challenge LGBTQ+ titles in the Prattville library, is calling …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law banning transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that match up with their gender identity. The law requires people at Ohio K-12 schools and universities use the restroom that aligns with their gender assigned at birth. It also bans students from sharing overnight …