Frederick Clarkson
@fredclarkson.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. Writer about religion & politics for four decades. Author. Editor. Public speaker. Occasional commentator.
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“In recent years, he has become the eminence grise of the abortion abolitionist movement, which not only seeks the outright criminalization of abortion, but sneers at incremental anti-abortion measures as ‘regulating murder.’”
— @fredclarkson.bsky.social
— @fredclarkson.bsky.social
County Before Country
A Wisconsin pastor has won over conservatives by promulgating resistance to state and federal “tyranny.” Now, he’s intent on bringing “judgment” to the Republican Party and Western Christianity.
barnraisingmedia.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
“In recent years, he has become the eminence grise of the abortion abolitionist movement, which not only seeks the outright criminalization of abortion, but sneers at incremental anti-abortion measures as ‘regulating murder.’”
— @fredclarkson.bsky.social
— @fredclarkson.bsky.social
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Iran using its mass surveillance network to round up protesters. "[Shiva] Nazarahari said authorities have been reviewing municipal street cameras, store surveillance cameras & drone footage to track people who participated in the protests to their homes or... work..." apnews.com/article/iran...
Iranian security use dragnet spanning the entire country to arrest protesters
A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country.
apnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Iran using its mass surveillance network to round up protesters. "[Shiva] Nazarahari said authorities have been reviewing municipal street cameras, store surveillance cameras & drone footage to track people who participated in the protests to their homes or... work..." apnews.com/article/iran...
Who put the apostolic in the New Apostolic Reformation?
I discuss one academic who misses the story by not once mentioning that the leaders are apostles whose followers understand that God speaks to them and through them. That's why they are important. bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
I discuss one academic who misses the story by not once mentioning that the leaders are apostles whose followers understand that God speaks to them and through them. That's why they are important. bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
The Times Blithely Dismisses Concerns Over New Apostolic Reformation
Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery over portrayals of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) as a significant and dangerous ...
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Who put the apostolic in the New Apostolic Reformation?
I discuss one academic who misses the story by not once mentioning that the leaders are apostles whose followers understand that God speaks to them and through them. That's why they are important. bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
I discuss one academic who misses the story by not once mentioning that the leaders are apostles whose followers understand that God speaks to them and through them. That's why they are important. bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
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“In this atmosphere of warm brotherhood, how could they not have felt chosen to rule over the rest of us?”. www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“In this atmosphere of warm brotherhood, how could they not have felt chosen to rule over the rest of us?”. www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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‘A good way of dealing with overpopulation’: Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism | Article by @ktoussaint.bsky.social for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...
'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism
Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it's not an accident.
www.fastcompany.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
‘A good way of dealing with overpopulation’: Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism | Article by @ktoussaint.bsky.social for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...
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Blueberries can lower blood pressure
While blood pressure skyrockets when seeing the price of blueberries.
While blood pressure skyrockets when seeing the price of blueberries.
February 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Blueberries can lower blood pressure
While blood pressure skyrockets when seeing the price of blueberries.
While blood pressure skyrockets when seeing the price of blueberries.
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Someone recently offered up a lot of counterfactual hokum on the NYT opinion page, that concerns about the dangerously anti-democratic New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. I responded @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
The Times Blithely Dismisses Concerns Over New Apostolic Reformation
Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery over portrayals of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) as a significant and dangerous ...
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Someone recently offered up a lot of counterfactual hokum on the NYT opinion page, that concerns about the dangerously anti-democratic New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. I responded @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
Someone recently offered up a lot of counterfactual hokum on the NYT opinion page, that concerns about the dangerously anti-democratic New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. I responded @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
The Times Blithely Dismisses Concerns Over New Apostolic Reformation
Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery over portrayals of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) as a significant and dangerous ...
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Someone recently offered up a lot of counterfactual hokum on the NYT opinion page, that concerns about the dangerously anti-democratic New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. I responded @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
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I can think of several dozen historians who would be happy to lecture @jaketapper.bsky.social about why "concentration camp" is, in fact, an apt term.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I can think of several dozen historians who would be happy to lecture @jaketapper.bsky.social about why "concentration camp" is, in fact, an apt term.
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🧵 My latest article at Barn Raiser is titled, County Before Country: How a Wisconsin pastor is leading the far-right crusade to criminalize LGBTQ people and destroy Western Christianity. bit.ly/BRTrewhella
County Before Country
A Wisconsin pastor has won over conservatives by promulgating resistance to state and federal “tyranny.” Now, he’s intent on bringing “judgment” to the Republican Party and Western Christianity.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
🧵 My latest article at Barn Raiser is titled, County Before Country: How a Wisconsin pastor is leading the far-right crusade to criminalize LGBTQ people and destroy Western Christianity. bit.ly/BRTrewhella
🧵 My latest article at Barn Raiser is titled, County Before Country: How a Wisconsin pastor is leading the far-right crusade to criminalize LGBTQ people and destroy Western Christianity. bit.ly/BRTrewhella
County Before Country
A Wisconsin pastor has won over conservatives by promulgating resistance to state and federal “tyranny.” Now, he’s intent on bringing “judgment” to the Republican Party and Western Christianity.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
🧵 My latest article at Barn Raiser is titled, County Before Country: How a Wisconsin pastor is leading the far-right crusade to criminalize LGBTQ people and destroy Western Christianity. bit.ly/BRTrewhella
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VA chaplains in Massachusetts told not to mention slain nurse Alex Pretti minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/10/v...
VA chaplains in Massachusetts told not to mention slain nurse Alex Pretti • Minnesota Reformer
“It is inhuman, unconscionable, and unconstitutional to silence VA chaplains,” Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said in an interview.
minnesotareformer.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
VA chaplains in Massachusetts told not to mention slain nurse Alex Pretti minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/10/v...
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Two days before Christmas, readers of the NYT opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery by an academic who claimed (without evidence) that concerns about the dangerously anti-democracit New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. My response @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
The Times Blithely Dismisses Concerns Over New Apostolic Reformation
Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery over portrayals of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) as a significant and dangerous ...
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Two days before Christmas, readers of the NYT opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery by an academic who claimed (without evidence) that concerns about the dangerously anti-democracit New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. My response @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
Two days before Christmas, readers of the NYT opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery by an academic who claimed (without evidence) that concerns about the dangerously anti-democracit New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. My response @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
The Times Blithely Dismisses Concerns Over New Apostolic Reformation
Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery over portrayals of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) as a significant and dangerous ...
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Two days before Christmas, readers of the NYT opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery by an academic who claimed (without evidence) that concerns about the dangerously anti-democracit New Apostolic Reformation are overblown. My response @religiondispatches.org
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
bit.ly/RDonNYTonNAR
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EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
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A proposed “truth commission” to investigate possible crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein at his Santa Fe County ranch could, state lawmakers hope, make New Mexico a leader in seeking accountability in a scandal that has become one of the biggest issues in national politics.
'This state ... is not playing': Epstein 'truth commission' heads to House floor
Lawmakers advanced a resolution for a truth commission into Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes in New Mexico to the House floor.
www.santafenewmexican.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A proposed “truth commission” to investigate possible crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein at his Santa Fe County ranch could, state lawmakers hope, make New Mexico a leader in seeking accountability in a scandal that has become one of the biggest issues in national politics.
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“The U.S. is clearly echoing previous history with these warehouse acquisitions,” @andreapitzer.bsky.social told @willbunch.bsky.social. “Dachau—not a death camp, to be sure, but one of the earliest Nazi concentration camps—took over a converted factory when it began its heinous existence in 1933."
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“The U.S. is clearly echoing previous history with these warehouse acquisitions,” @andreapitzer.bsky.social told @willbunch.bsky.social. “Dachau—not a death camp, to be sure, but one of the earliest Nazi concentration camps—took over a converted factory when it began its heinous existence in 1933."
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Incredible resource 👇🏽 from @boltsmag.org detailing the 2,400 (not a typo) #prosecutor and #sheriff elections *this year*.
Critical information for voters and advocates working toward #reform & looking for opportunities to help shape their criminal legal system. #vote
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Critical information for voters and advocates working toward #reform & looking for opportunities to help shape their criminal legal system. #vote
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2026? - Bolts
There are roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2026. Below is our Bolts database of those local elections. Also: read our preliminary overview of these elections, published in January...
boltsmag.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Incredible resource 👇🏽 from @boltsmag.org detailing the 2,400 (not a typo) #prosecutor and #sheriff elections *this year*.
Critical information for voters and advocates working toward #reform & looking for opportunities to help shape their criminal legal system. #vote
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Critical information for voters and advocates working toward #reform & looking for opportunities to help shape their criminal legal system. #vote
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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“.. A review of the entire day’s programming on both the Fox News Channel and Fox Business found not one single mention of the story all day long Friday until after 6 pm ET ..”
@mediaite.com
www.mediaite.com/analysis/fox...
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www.mediaite.com/analysis/fox...
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
“.. A review of the entire day’s programming on both the Fox News Channel and Fox Business found not one single mention of the story all day long Friday until after 6 pm ET ..”
@mediaite.com
www.mediaite.com/analysis/fox...
@mediaite.com
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It is with deep sadness that I have to report the passing of Chip Berlet. He was one of the few people to consistently research and organize against the U.S. Far Right from the 1970s through the '00s. His co-authored 2000 book "Right-Wing Populism in America" unfortunately remains all-to-relevant.
Chip Berlet (1949-2026)
When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.
When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.
Chip Berlet (1949-2026)
When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.
idavox.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
It is with deep sadness that I have to report the passing of Chip Berlet. He was one of the few people to consistently research and organize against the U.S. Far Right from the 1970s through the '00s. His co-authored 2000 book "Right-Wing Populism in America" unfortunately remains all-to-relevant.
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ICYMT Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at VA hospital in MPLS, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at VA facilities in MA are barred from mentioning his name -- or even counseling nurses. bit.ly/SilencingVAchaplains
VA Chaplains in Massachusetts Told Not to Mention Slain Nurse Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from mentioning his name.
goodfaithmedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
ICYMT Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at VA hospital in MPLS, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at VA facilities in MA are barred from mentioning his name -- or even counseling nurses. bit.ly/SilencingVAchaplains
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In an effort to prove his argument that the U.S. military has always been the Lord’s army, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today mentioned George Washington praying at Valley Forge. It’s a story he often likes to bring up at the Pentagon worship services.
But it’s a fake story.
But it’s a fake story.
At National Prayer Breakfast, Hegseth Says US Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for ‘Christian Nation’
While Trump's remarks dominate the headlines about the event, more concerning Christian Nationalist comments came a few minutes later.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
In an effort to prove his argument that the U.S. military has always been the Lord’s army, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today mentioned George Washington praying at Valley Forge. It’s a story he often likes to bring up at the Pentagon worship services.
But it’s a fake story.
But it’s a fake story.
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The arrests of Don Lemon & Georgia Fort were a direct attack on the 1st Amendment & American democracy. But charges vs Rev Armstrong & other protesters were serious too, part of a longstanding rightwing battle to redefine religious freedom asymmetrically. 1/
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From Murdering Citizens to Arresting Journalists: Trump’s Gestapo On Speedrun to Destroy Democracy -
From Murdering Citizens to Arresting Journalists: Trump’s Gestapo On Speedrun to Destroy Democracy - For a full year, religious leaders have been speaking out against Trump’s anti-biblical immigration...
www.randomlengthsnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon & Georgia Fort were a direct attack on the 1st Amendment & American democracy. But charges vs Rev Armstrong & other protesters were serious too, part of a longstanding rightwing battle to redefine religious freedom asymmetrically. 1/
www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...
www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...
ICYMT Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at VA hospital in MPLS, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at VA facilities in MA are barred from mentioning his name -- or even counseling nurses. bit.ly/SilencingVAchaplains
VA Chaplains in Massachusetts Told Not to Mention Slain Nurse Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from mentioning his name.
goodfaithmedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
ICYMT Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at VA hospital in MPLS, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at VA facilities in MA are barred from mentioning his name -- or even counseling nurses. bit.ly/SilencingVAchaplains