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Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Jim Bakker, the disgraced former televangelist who reinvented himself as an End Times prepper pitchman following his time in prison, was among the dozens of evangelical leaders who were brought to the White House recently to meet with members of President Trump’s administration. Bakker revealed on his program today that he and his …

“The news is crazy. Evil, evil, evil. And how they’re trying to destroy the president and his family, God is speaking to me about it. What He is saying is He is going to send judgment and He’s going to judge some people. There is coming a time when the Bible says there will be no food to eat. And …

Jim Bakker has a new line of End Times survivalist slop buckets named “Staying Alive.” So naturally, this called for a Bee Gees cover performance. Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: “This show today is so important,” Bakker warned. “God woke me up and I felt the presence of God like I never felt and He said, ‘Jim, I …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: Three days after state tourism officials suspended an $18 million tax incentive, officials at a Noah’s Ark theme park have sold their main parcel back to their for-profit entity for $10. The issue started in late June after Ark Encounter LLC sold the parcel to its non-profit affiliate, Crosswater Canyon for $10. The deed continues to …

“Firefighter prophet” Mark Taylor, currently the darling of extremist Christian sites like World Net Daily and a regular on Jim Bakker’s show, is claiming that Trump has secretly imprisoned 3000 “elite pedophiles” and that Hillary Clinton is next. Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: “Divine justice is being poured out right now,” Taylor said. “3,000 elite pedophiles have been arrested …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Jim Bakker hosted pro-Trump activists Mark Taylor and Mary Colbert, who insisted that critics of President Trump are doomed to fail because God is on his side. Colbert said that God had given her a reassuring message in response to the concerns some of her fellow Christians have about Trump. Later, Taylor said …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Wearing thick rouge and her trademark pink wigs, Jan Crouch was the abiding face of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, offering Christian-inspired guidance to help viewers around the world improve their lives. But in recent weeks, jurors in an Orange County courtroom saw a different side of Crouch — who co-founded the evangelical network with her …

“What was the name of that concert? ‘Dangerous Woman concert.’ If we could tell you what we know—and we don’t have time today—but we’re going to talk about some of those things, they literally invited these kinds of things to happen. They almost cursed themselves with this concert. I tell you what, God’s not going to put up with mockery. …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Today on “The 700 Club,” Pat Robertson interviewed Christian Broadcasting Network reporter Dale Hurd about the recent terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom. Hurd speculated that “someone at a higher level in the British government is stopping enforcement” of anti-terrorism laws, which prompted Robertson to wonder if there is “a plot of some …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Bakker blamed the Ringling Brothers closure on a nonexistent national law banning elephants from the circus — while a few cities have barred circus workers from using bullhooks, there is no national law against performing elephants — which he contrasted with the legalization of abortion. The closure of the circus company due to …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Televangelist Jim Bakker sat down today with Ramiro Peña, a Texas-based pastor and a member of Donald Trump’s Hispanic advisory board, to discuss Peña’s recent meeting with Trump and other religious leaders in the White House. While criticizing calls to impeach Trump, Bakker said that such a move would lead to war: “If …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Today on “The 700 Club,” Pat Robertson urged viewers to pray for Donald Trump because “there is a spiritual battle against our president.” “He’s God’s man for this job,” Robertson said, thanking the president for taking “steps that please most evangelicals.” God, he continued, put Trump “in this office.”

And you know what you’ll totally need now that the apocalypse is upon us? Food buckets! Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Last week on “Revelation in the News,” televangelist Jim Bakker repeated his claims that criticism of Donald Trump is inciting violence and bringing about the Apocalypse and End Times, and asserted that conservative media pundits are being …

“It seems like there is a hatred among peoples and this is satanic. This is the White Horse of the Apocalypse. The White Horse of the Apocalypse is the first horse. It’s a horse of speech. It’s a horse of spirit. And the spirit of Antichrist is out now. This is what you’re seeing. You want to know what the …

According to end times nutjob Joel Richardson, anybody protesting against Donald Trump has been possessed by Satan and therefore they’re actually protesting against God His Damn Self. Or something. Brian Tashman has the quote at Right Wing Watch: Richardson said that Satan has involved himself in the protests: “It’s not against Donald Trump. On the outside, in the natural [world], …

The Washington Times reports: The North Texas headquarters of televangelist Benny Hinn was raided this week by U.S. Postal Service inspectors and IRS criminal investigators, according to local news reports. The search began about 9 a.m. Wednesday at Mr. Hinn’s Grapevine offices and continued Thursday morning, NBC 5 reported. The station reported seeing a large number of federal agents walking …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Today, “The 700 Club” profiled a Christian military-style training camp that helps “turn boys into men,” a concept that enthralled host Pat Robertson, who complained that men today have turned into emasculated wimps. Robertson said college students have “got to apologize for being masculine; they have to apologize for being white; they got …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Last week, televangelist Jim Bakker listed several “signs of the Last Days,” which he said includes not only people blaspheming God but also those who are “blaspheming a president who wants to do good.” Bakker said that many people want have “blasphemed” Donald Trump, who Bakker described as a righteous man who wants …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Today on “The 700 Club,” Pat Robertson railed against a supposed “left-wing bias” in the media, the entertainment industry, and academia, lamenting that gays and lesbians have “infiltrated” such institutions and are now using them to dominate society. “We have given the ground to a small minority,” he said. “You figure, lesbians, one …

Politico reports: A federal judge has approved a $25 million settlement President Donald Trump agreed to late last year in a bid to head off a civil fraud trial over his Trump University real estate seminar program. U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel issued a 31-page ruling Friday deeming the deal fair and overruling claims from some former Trump University …