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KSat.com: Texas GOP gubernatorial candidate says he won’t fire staffer tied to white nationalist movement - January 20, 2022

Political Research Associates

“Political Research Associates, a social justice think tank, first reported evidence of Colglazier’s connections to the ‘America First/Groyper’ movement on Friday. So-called Groypers make up an alt…

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Salon: Texas GOP candidate won’t ditch overt white nationalist staffer, blames “cancel culture” - January 19, 2022

Political Research Associates

“On Saturday, Ben Lorber, a researcher at the progressive watchdog organization Political Research Associates (and, full disclosure, my former colleague), reported that Huffines appears to have an…

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HuffPost: Texas GOP Candidate For Governor Won't Fire Staffer With Deep White Nationalist Ties - 19, January 2022

Political Research Associates

“On Friday, the social justice think tank Political Research Associates published a report detailing how Colglazier became a leading voice in the white nationalist America First, or ‘groyper,’…

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Truthout: Right-Wingers Are Pushing to Take Over School Boards in Leadup to Midterms - January 16, 2022

Political Research Associates

“Frederick Clarkson is a senior research analyst at Political Research Associates, a 40-year-old Somerville, Massachusetts-based think tank that monitors the religious and secular right wing. He told…

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Salon: Right-wing Catholic boomlet grows: "Gun Girl" signs up with Mother Church - January 8, 2021

Political Research Associates

“ ‘Once the alt-right disintegrated in 2018 and 2019, a number of them turned inward, toward religion, now that they’ve been de-platformed and their first attempts to change society have been rebuffed…

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The Guardian: "We are not retreating": Texas Church Fighting For The Right to Abortion - December 20, 2021

Political Research Associates

“Frederick Clarkson, senior analyst with social justice think tank Political Research Associates and author of Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America , has…

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Gizmodo: DC Attorney General Sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Over the Capitol Riot - December 15, 2021

Political Research Associates

“Steven Gardiner, Research Director at Political Research Associates, told Gizmodo that while members of both groups stormed the Capitol, they did so as part of a far more expansive anti-democratic…

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The Jewish News of Northern California: Will new Twitter rule curb harassment — or make it tougher to fight antisemites? - December 14, 2021

Political Research Associates

“Ben Lorber, an analyst at Political Research Associates, said that if Twitter wanted to impose a policy cracking down on users who post photos of individuals in order to reduce harassment it needed…

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Forward: Will new Twitter rule curb harassment — or make it tougher to fight antisemites? - December 9, 2021

Political Research Associates

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OpenDemocracy: US ‘Dark Money’ Groups Behind Mississippi Abortion Case Spend Millions Overseas - December 3, 2021

Political Research Associates

“ ‘The American tax laws allow for measures of donor privacy that arguably serve no public good,’ said Frederick Clarkson, a senior research analyst with Political Research Associates, a Boston-based…

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