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Frederick Clarkson is Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates and is the caregiver for his parents. He has written about politics and religion for over thirty years. Frederick.Clarkson@gmail.com
Groups: Pro Choice, Massachusetts Kosmopolitans, Abortion, DAILY KOS UNIVERSITY, Progressive Friends of the Library Newsletter, Street Prophets, CareGiving Kos, House of LIGHTS, New England Kossacks, 50 State Strategy Project, Crowdsourcing the 50 State Strategy, Religious Freedom Day
Diaries published: 1209 (51 days since last diary on Sat Mar 21, 2020 at 01:36 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 12063 (51 days since last comment on Sat Mar 21, 2020 at 01:36 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: frequent
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Most Recommended Diary: NBC News on Sen. Clinton & "The Family", 588 comments, 546 recommends
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When the plague has passed we will want our independent bookstores to still be standing. They are the front line in promoting independent thought and encouraging literature. In a time of creeping theocratic authoritarianism, they are more important...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Sat Mar 21, 2020 at 01:36 PM PDT
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As Religious Freedom Day 2020 comes to a close, it is important to know that the commemorations here and around the country are part of a sustained campaign to reclaim the idea, the history and the Day from the Christian Right. We have lost much in...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Thu Jan 16, 2020 at 06:58 PM PST
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This is part of an annual series of posts here on Daily Kos in the run up to and on Religious Freedom Day. So far, there have been at least two (here and here) and I expect there will be more. The Day commemorates the enactment of the Virginia Statute...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Wed Jan 15, 2020 at 06:28 PM PST
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For the past few years, the Religious Freedom Day group here at Daily Kos has sponsored a blogathon in the run up to and including Religious Freedom Day, January 16th. We hope you will join us to commemorate a piece of legislation for which the founder...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Tue Jan 14, 2020 at 03:15 PM PST
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Project Blitz is a secretive state legislative project of the Christian Right. Opposition has been rising ever since I exposed it last year at Religion Dispatches/Rewire. Opposition has prominently included Americans United for Separation of Church and...
by Frederick Clarkson
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The Associated Press reports that the Poor People’s Campaign is launching a nine month mobilization of poor and low wealth people intended to affect the 2020 elections. This is a good thing -- since while there is the ever obsessive focus on how to...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Wed Sep 11, 2019 at 01:54 PM PDT
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- www.washingtonpost.com/… This is just jaw-dropping. Starting in mid-January, Mike Bowen, the VP of the biggest US manufacturer of N-95 masks, reached out repeatedly to the federal government offering to ramp up production to meet the need for a...195 comments 581 Recs
- In the intelligence community (IC), as in science, there is a fundamental truth; follow the data. There is a process, known as the Intelligence Cycle; planning & direction, collection, processing, analysis & production, and finally,...8 comments 10 Recs
- Idaho’s voters have a long history of electing politicians from the far-right side of the aisle, and in recent years have shown a propensity for electing far-right extremists from the “Patriot”/militia movement. This year, Idahoans will even have the...69 comments 80 Recs
- I am ashamed to say, though I never use the term, that I did not recognize this earlier. I had the realization from a comment on another thread in which the individual said their adult children became angry and hurt when they heard this term. The same...802 comments 218 Recs
- But nobody likes him, right? And everyone is terrified of him, right? Not so fast: Is Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders likable enough to win the White House? A new USA TODAY/Ipsos poll released Friday suggests a lot of voters think so. Asked...175 comments 148 Recs
- "The latest Morning Consult poll finds Sanders at 29 percent support, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden at 19 percent and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at 18 percent. Sanders gained 3 points in the poll after winning the New...590 comments 222 Recs
- So in his recent Diary, Kos said, that people either love or hate Sanders and that he is easily the most polarizing candidate. And on this site, among us political nerds, that may be true. We here tend to identify probably a lot more with our chosen...277 comments 154 Recs
- I’ve been watching with interest Rachel Maddow’s interview with Lev Parnas. There’s tons of commentary about it, and it’s rich, very rich. I just want to focus on one thing here. Lev insisted a couple of times that the way Trump’s goons act is...216 comments 400 Recs
- While the mythology of America proclaims the United States as a land of religious freedom, the actual history of the United States reveals many laws that discriminate against people who do not ...16 comments 29 Recs
- In case you haven’t been aware, this week is Religious Freedom Week! Every January 16, in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the US president declares Religious Freedom Day. Here is this year’s, www.whitehouse.gov/… I doubt *Rump actually wrote it — I see no...66 comments 37 Recs
