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Via press release: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced a lawsuit against Morningside Church Productions, Inc., which conducts business as The Jim Bakker Show, as well as Jim Bakker and Sherrill Sellman, for falsely telling Arkansas consumers that colloidal silver products would cure, eliminate, kill or deactivate COVID-19. The lawsuit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court under the …

Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: As right-wing political operative Jacob Wohl faces legal action yet again—this time by Arizona’s attorney general—Right Wing Watch has exclusively obtained copies of documents we believe to be the source of many of Wohl’s legal troubles. Roger Sollenberger reported in Salon Friday that the Arizona attorney general is “actively pursuing collection efforts” against …

From the Save The Jim Bakker Show petition: In a new, carefully crafted smear-campaign by the media, they are trying to permanently silence Jim Bakker and his ministry by attempting to target the very outlets that broadcast his Christian TV show. They are collecting signatures and sending them to the broadcasting carriers and networks in order to remove him from …

The Charlotte Observer reports: TV pastor Jim Bakker suffered a stroke recently and has taken a break from his show to recuperate, his wife, Lori Bakker, confirmed on Friday. The 80-year-old televangelist, went to federal prison for fraud and his PTL empire near Charlotte crumbled amid sex and financial scandals in the late ‘80s. “We are thankful that Jim is …

As has been reported here several times, scamvangelist Jim Bakker has on multiple occasions claimed that his $80 “Silver Solution” cures or prevents COVID, SARS, HIV, and “all venereal diseases.” Since then, he’s gotten warning letters from the New York Attorney General, been sued by the state of Missouri, and had banks stop processing donations to his ministry. Two weeks …

Via press release from the Justice Department: In response to a civil complaint and accompanying court papers filed on April 27, 2020, in Salt Lake City, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah issued a temporary restraining order against defendants Gordon Pedersen of Cedar Hills, Utah, and his companies, My Doctor Suggests LLC and GP Silver LLC. The …

Media Matters has the transcript: TERRY MEEUWSEN (CO-HOST): This is John, Pat, who says, “Pat, last week you were talking about COVID-19. You quoted Chronicles 7:14. How can God heal our land and forgive the sins when abortion and same-sex marriage are laws and many people are anti-Israel. Doesn’t this prevent his healing and forgiveness?” PAT ROBERTSON (CO-HOST): You know, …

From the reliably insane Charisma News: As we sang and prayed in the Spirit, my prayer language shifted into a warfare tongue. As ambulances drove by, no one stopped us as we decreed into the heavens. While praying, I looked up, and I saw COVID-19 as a dark and sinister entity. I have seen principalities and demonic powers before, and …

TMZ reports: Pastor Tony Spell’s got a plan for your stimulus check — give it away to evangelists who can’t pass the offering plate while the pandemic’s closed their churches. The controversial leader of the Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana has whipped up another controversial idea he calls the “Pastor Spell Stimulus Challenge.” His challenge also doesn’t seem to consider …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: End Times pastor Jim Bakker closed out his television program today by begging viewers to support his ministry financially using checks, as his network has reportedly been unable to process credit card transactions ever since it came under fire for promoting the silver solution it sold as a cure for the COVID-19 coronavirus. …

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The Christian Post reports: Declaring his authority over the weather and his ability to command it, prosperity preacher and televangelist Kenneth Copeland called forth a “supernatural heatwave” to kill the new coronavirus in New York City and “the rest of the world where it’s needed.” Speaking on the first day of his Virtual Victory Campaign on Facebook Live, the leader …

Via press release from Christian Newswire: Former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential nominee Mike Huckabee has joined the Board of Directors at OneShare Health, an ACA-exempt Christian Health Care Sharing Ministry (HCSM) based in Irving, Texas. Huckabee, who maintains strong ties to the Christian church, said he was initially drawn to OneShare Health’s faithdriven vision. After joining OneShare Health’s Board …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump introduced those tuning into his nightly coronavirus task force briefing on Monday to a special guest: Mike Lindell, the multimillionaire inventor and CEO of the MyPillow empire. “Boy, do you sell those pillows,” Trump said, asking him to step up to the mic and tell Americans how his company was helping them deal with the …

“In the name of Jesus, standing in the office of the prophet of God, I execute judgment on you, COVID-19! I execute judgment on you, Satan! You destroyer! You killer! You get out! You would break your power! You get off this nation! I demand judgment on you! I demand — I demand — I demand a vaccination to come …

“I believe that this is a time of supernatural sustenance. Every day, there will be multiplication. What you have in your hand will multiply. “You’ll look at your toilet paper, and you’ll think, I’m gonna run out of toilet paper, but you have another roll where that other one was! You don’t know. How did that even take place? Are …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Here are some names you can to add to your prayer list! The Bible instructs us to pray for our leaders, those in authority. In addition to praying for President Donald J. Trump, I urge you to pray for each one of his cabinet members and the important work they are doing for our …

Mother Jones reports: She broke it all down for her congregants, making it simple: If they prioritize their paychecks for more earthly needs, like keeping the lights on, they were treating Florida Power and Light (FPL) like God himself. “Instead of writing [that check] to the house of God as I’m instructed to, then what I’m saying spiritually is, ‘FPL, …

Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: For well over a year now, televangelist Jim Bakker has been selling a “Silver Solution” that he claims gets rid of “all venereal diseases.” He’s lying, of course. That’s what he does best. But now he’s taking it in an even more dangerous direction, agreeing with Dr. Sherrill Sellman who said the same …

The Daily Beast reports: Energetic but ineffectual young conservative operative Jacob Wohl is all-in on the prospect of war with Iran. Wohl is so into the idea, he told Right Richter that he’ll enlist in the military if the United States goes to war. “If we go to war with Iran, I will enlist within 10 days,” Wohl said in …