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openDemocracy: "They are coming for your children" – the rise of CitizenGo

Political Research Associates
At the US thinktank Political Research Associates, LGBT and gender researcher Cole Parke said the growth of groups like CitizenGo contrasts with the beliefs of some “progressive activists…that the…
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The Texas Observer: Special Session a ‘Battle Royal’ for Dominionists Who Seek Christian Rule

Political Research Associates
As scholar Frederick Clarkson puts it, dominionism is “the theocratic idea that … God has called conservative Christians to exercise dominion over society by taking control of political and cultural…
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Forward: Why Is A Republican Lobbyist Hiring Actors To Re-enact Seth Rich’s Murder?

Political Research Associates
In filming and distributing a re-enactment, Burkman is using a tactic common to contemporary conspiracy theorists and TV shows that wish to promote the belief that a complicated, alternative version…
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El Diario: Cómo Charlottesville se convirtió en el trofeo de la extrema derecha

Political Research Associates
Los grupos que hacen un seguimiento de los movimientos de extrema derecha estiman que asistieron a la protesta entre 500 y 1.000 personas. “La extrema derecha lleva meses organizando esta…
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BuzzFlash: How the GOP Is Legitimizing Far-Right Paramilitary Groups

Political Research Associates
Political Research Associates (PRA), a Massachusetts-based research organization, describes The Three Percenters (aka 3%ers, III%ers, or “Threepers”) as “a Patriot movement paramilitary group that…
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International Policy Digest: The Christian Right, Donald Trump and Religious Freedom: Q&A with Journalist Frederick Clarkson

Political Research Associates
Frederick Clarkson (@ FredClarkson) is an American journalist who has been writing about politics and religion for more than three decades. He now wonders how that happened. But he also says that…
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Politico: The John Birch Society Is Back

Political Research Associates
Chip Berlet, former senior analyst at Political Research Associates in Somerville, Massachusetts, a left-leaning think tank, and co-author of “Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort,”…
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High Country News: What the anti-Shariah rallies point to

Political Research Associates
“I think it’s shrewd on the part of Brigitte Gabriel (founder of ACT for America) to point to the extreme views on women that the more conservative elements of Islam hold,” says Fred Clarkson, a…
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SPLC: Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Address Anti-LGBT Hate Group in Closed-Door Event

Political Research Associates
ADF has been extremely active in pushing for so-called “religious liberty” laws around the country that allow Christians to discriminate against LGBT people. ADF also has supported the criminalization…
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Salon: Conservatives claim to love "freedom" — but the historical record, and the evidence, suggest otherwise

Political Research Associates
The NPR/PBS poll results on freedom of religion actually illustrate the broader pattern of how American conservatives work around the basic liberal thrust of the Constitution. As mainstream acceptance…
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