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The Guardian: Why the far right believes a US civil war will start on Saturday

Political Research Associates

The whole thing rests on some very slender reeds, according to Spencer Sunshine, who recently wrote a report on the theories for the far right-monitoring group Political Research Associates. In the…

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LA School Report: Commentary: High school student wants LAUSD to end random searches for weapons

Political Research Associates

The justification behind searches is that they protect students, teachers, and administrators by keeping weapons and violence out of schools. But less than 4 percent of schools in America use random…

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State of Belief: Yet More Moore

Political Research Associates

Speaking of the notorious Roy Moore and his recent victory in the Alabama Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Welton will be joined by Frederick Clarkson, senior fellow at Political Research…

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Talking Points Memo: Roy Moore’s Neo-Confederate Sugar Daddy Has Deep Ties To Secessionists

Political Research Associates

“The fact that they are so close and Roy Moore promoted Peroutka, took him out of obscurity and helped him become the presidential candidate of the Constitution Party, says a lot,” Frederick Clarkson…

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LA Blade: ‘Christian Supremacist’ Pence on deck

Political Research Associates

Another Religious Right watcher, Frederick Clarkson, a senior fellow at Political Research Associates, says the religious movement should be taken seriously. “Dominionism is the theocratic idea that…

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WKPN Between the Lines: Roy Moore's Alabama Senate Primary Victory Boosts GOP Christian Extremists

Political Research Associates

Frederick Clarkson: Roy Moore certainly sees the Constitution, the First Amendment, as a vehicle for Christianity. He doesn’t view it appropriate for Muslims to hold office. He specifically denounced…

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Religion Dispatches: Roy “10 Commandments” Moore Doesn’t Want to Reform the Senate, He Has a Higher Calling

Political Research Associates

While his repeated defiance of federal court orders garnered headlines nationwide, it has also allowed him to position himself as an important defender of so-called “traditional Christian values,”…

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KPFT 90.1FM Houston, The Monitor: Interview with Frederick Clarkson

Political Research Associates

Last week Roy Moore won Senate runoff election to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Moore is no stranger to controversy (among other things, he has said that homosexuality should be illegal…

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Salon: Confusing God and country: Meet Roy Moore, Alabama's next senator

Political Research Associates

Frederick Clarkson, a senior fellow at Political Research Associates, who has written about Moore for more than a decade, put it bluntly: “Roy Moore is the most openly theocratic politician in…

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AlterNet: The Christian Right Wants to ‘Partner’ with Public Schools – Here’s Why That’s Such a Problem

Political Research Associates

Katherine Stewart: One reason why it is important to acknowledge the privilege of evangelicals in their attacks on public schools is because they are, as a matter of fact, the only religious group…

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