Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
Frederick Clarkson
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Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. Writer about religion & politics for four decades. Author. Editor. Public speaker. Occasional commentator.
This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterdayDepicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
Post 1 of 3 AI is already in the courtroom. Prosecutors use it. Police use it. The real question is whether the defense keeps pace. Our new white paper makes the case: using AI well is now part of a defender's ethical duty. www.nacdl.org/ParityInPrac...
NACDL - Parity in Practice: The Defender's Duty to Ethically Use AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents both opportunities and risks for criminal defense lawyers. This white paper provides a framework for ethical and practical AI use across all types of c...
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Worried about anti-semitism? I submit to you the heritage foundation www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/m...
[clock ticks] I'm Ross Douthat, and welcome back to 60 Minutes. Today's top story, are we all boning too much?
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
The largest privately held company in the United States is refusing to concede to workers’ demands for more dignified workplace conditions, including protected bathroom breaks.
Over 1,700 Cargill Meatpacking Workers Locked Out After Demanding Bathroom Breaks
The largest privately held company in the United States is refusing to concede to workers’ demands for more dignified workplace conditions, including protected bathroom breaks.
sentientmedia.org
interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Vince Boelter was sentenced to life in prison today for the assasination of a Minnesota state legislator, and other crimes. The feds said they could find no motive -- or perhaps they just didn't want to say. But actually, there was an obvious religious motive. bit.ly/4vJe5ni
Did religion motivate assassination of Minnesota lawmaker? • Minnesota Reformer
In June, the assassinations of Melissa Hortman, the speaker emerita of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark Hortman, and the attempted murder of Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffm...
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Vince Boelter was sentenced to life in prison today for the assasination of a Minnesota state legislator, and other crimes. The feds said they could find no motive -- or perhaps they just didn't want to say. But actually, there was an obvious religious motive. bit.ly/4vJe5ni
Did religion motivate assassination of Minnesota lawmaker? • Minnesota Reformer
In June, the assassinations of Melissa Hortman, the speaker emerita of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark Hortman, and the attempted murder of Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffm...
bit.ly
Troy Jackson, former president of the Maine State Senate, has emerged as leader to replace Graham Platner in the race for the U.S. Senate from Maine. Curious who he is? Read this Barn Raiser profile of Jackson from February, covering his earlier bid in the Maine primary for governor.
The Candidate From Rural Maine Fighting Big Money
Troy Jackson, a 5th generation logger from Allagash, Maine, is challenging his opponents in the governor’s race to reject corporate and dark money.
barnraisingmedia.com
The President speaks tonight at 9 PM ET, and new federal voting restrictions are expected. Before a word is said, the nation's criminal defense lawyers are on record: whatever gets announced, four things will still be true when the speech ends. 🧵
My cover story for The NY Times Magazine, in partnership with @propublica.org, shows how Florida is executing more condemned prisoners than all other states combined. DeSantis just signed a new death warrant. TWO men will now be executed on the same day, July 28. www.propublica.org/article/flor...
Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty
Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight ...
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Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky just named Chatrie v. United States one of the Supreme Court's biggest surprises this term. @NACDL.org served as counsel for Okello Chatrie from the first suppression motion in 2019 all the way through the Supreme Court. 🧵
BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms. The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment.
Trump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms
The dismissals hamstring a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms.
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Have not seen it pointed out enough that the Trump admin's targeting of the Smithsonian is being influenced by David Barton, the debunked amateur historian and Christian nationalist activist who has spent decades peddling claims that church-state separation is a myth.
Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 7mo agoDavid Barton, the self-described "amateur historian" whose debunked work has been central to mainstreaming claims that the US was founded as a Christian nation, says he and his son have been directly involved in the Trump administration's efforts to stop "woke propaganda" at the Smithsonian.
How's this for sentences that will make you keep reading: "...the bookstore had been identified as a 'regional demonic stronghold.'" Just trust me on this one, and read Stephanie McCrummen's latest: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Demon Next Door
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
theatlantic.com
"...invoking demons can be a means of dehumanizing and delegitimizing political enemies, which has often been a precursor to actual warfare and political violence." Compelling story re "strategic spiritual warfare" promoted by "apostles" and "prophets" of the New Apostolic Reformation
Frederick Clarkson@fredclarkson.bsky.social · 4w agoThere is a growing culture and politics focused on demons at the center of many people's lives. When you finally see it, you might not stop seeing it. It explains alot. Don't miss this important story by @mccrummen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
There is a growing culture and politics focused on demons at the center of many people's lives. When you finally see it, you might not stop seeing it. It explains alot. Don't miss this important story by @mccrummen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Demon Next Door
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
theatlantic.com
For years, PRA has examined how far-right militias advance a White nationalist authoritarian agenda. Assembled here are several articles to help you better understand how these militias are deepening authoritarianism in the U.S. Learn more here: politicalresearch.org/research/law....
There is a growing culture and politics focused on demons at the center of many people's lives. When you finally see it, you might not stop seeing it. It explains alot. Don't miss this important story by @mccrummen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Demon Next Door
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
theatlantic.com
In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.
The Fourth Amendment Center at @NACDL.org helped to secure a major win for privacy in the U.S. Supreme Court! The Court ruled in Chatrie v. United States that you have a privacy interest in your data, even if it is held in the cloud by a tech company.
‘More than 11,000 trains have circulated over the solar panels…installation “perfectly stable and safe during their passage”…railway solar plant produced >16,000 kWh of electricity since May 20, 2025…100 meters of solar panels…initial trial phase in Buttes amounts to CHF585,000 ($704,600)’
Solar energy from railways shows first positive results in Switzerland
The world’s first removable solar power plant, installed alongside a railway line, is now operational in Switzerland. It is attracting interest in Italy, France and Asia.
swissinfo.ch
“We have disparities across teams, across regions. No one who works at ProPublica — where we say we hire the best — should be living paycheck to paycheck.” This is why we’re fighting for fair wages: www.propublicaguild.org
Persian King Cyrus the Great reborn as Donald Trump? www.theamargi.com/posts/persia...
Persian King Cyrus the Great reborn as Donald Trump?
In parts of the American evangelical Christian world, Donald Trump is regarded as God’s chosen leader and the modern-day successor to Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, which many ...
theamargi.com
JOIN US THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH, AT 1PM EDT for Part 2 of our Challenging the Christian Right webinar series. Register now to learn about how the Christian Right has hijacked the concept of religious freedom: https://bit.ly/CTCRPart2.
This is why I have said that science needs to care about the Roberts Court, and start planning for big change now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
An Ascendant Constitutional Theory Is a Threat to American Science
The idea of a “unitary executive” is now being extended to America’s scientific establishment, with potentially devastating effects.
theatlantic.com
Ready to challenge the Christian Right? Come to our 2nd webinar on Rifts & Strategies, June 25 at 1pm EDT. Featuring Anthea Butler of U Penn & Oxford U, Peter Montgomery of People for the American Way, author Keri Ladner, Naomi Washington-Leapheart of PRA and me. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Challenging the Christian Right Part 2. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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Rev. Jackson Lahmeyer of Tulsa, OK dropped out of his race for Congress in a sexting scandal. I wrote about him @salon.com in April because of his ties to the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). www.salon.com/2026/04/04/t...
Trump summons dead prophet to boost Iran war - Salon.com
“Apostles” and “prophets” on the Christian far right are still ready to rally behind failing president
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Looking forward to participating in this webinar on rifts within the Christian Right with some wonderfully wise people.
Frederick Clarkson@fredclarkson.bsky.social · 2mo agoIts early, but you can register for Part 2 of Challenging the Christian Right: Rifts & Strategies, which will be held June 25 at 1pm EDT. This webinar will feature Anthea Butler, Peter Montgomery, Keri Ladner, Naomi Washington-Leapheart and me. Details coming soon! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...