Frederick Clarkson

My latest @Salon "Unfriending" America: The Christian right is coming for the enemies of God" People like you and me. bit.ly/UnfriendingAme…

This is incredible. This machine is capable of cleaning up 100 million kg of plastic ocean waste, and as of 2025, it has already collected about 500,000 kg of plastic. It aims to remove 90% of ocean plastic by 2040.

ALERT: Professional news. Nine days after leaving CBS, I have found a new professional home: Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor for @MeidasTouch

This appears to be a look at the theocratic world of Doug Wilson. cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2026/02/17/cnn…

“The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.” — Bertrand Russell, Freedom and Government

Drive around Fort Worth, or any populous Texas city, and you’ll see Muslim mosques, Hindu and Buddhist temples, Sikh gurdwaras, Jewish synagogues, as well as Christian churches of all sizes and varieties. A diversity that depends on a wall of separation. texasobserver.org/a-wall-thats-w…

(Gift) Miami Herald Exclusive: Corrections officer tells FBI, federal judge, that boxes of documents were shredded at the Metropolitan Corrections Center after Epstein's death. Feds also talk about missing files miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…

From Edward R. Murrow’s broadcasts to today, CBS News Radio has been part of the foundation of American journalism. Murrow’s mic sits on display at the National Press Club as a reminder of that legacy. When an institution like that disappears, it’s a loss for the public & for journalism.

“The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” — Aldous Huxley

The academy’s oversight board records show leaders dismantling DEI to align with Trump directives. Critics warn the military is becoming “a Christian nationalist praetorian guard.” interc.pt/3P9FG1A

Impending violence against voting rights marchers in Selma, on cover of Life Magazine dated today 1965:

Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge is releasing a book that he hopes will lead to the repeal of the 19th Amendment within the next decade: "If we can repeal Roe v. Wade, then I think we can overturn the 19th Amendment." peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch…

A former reality television star from the TLC series "19 Kids and Counting" is facing charges after allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl during a 2020 Florida vacation. fox5atlanta.com/news/former-19…

Former Trump administration official William Wolfe admits that he and his fellow Christian nationalists intend to gain power and impose their morality upon everyone: "Frankly, yes, we are going to impose it upon you. If you don't like it, I'm sorry." peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch…

Peter Thiel literally wrote that freedom and democracy are not 'compatible' and that regulating Big Tech is the work of the 'anti-Christ'. Stop treating this as metaphor. When billionaires tell you they want to end democracy, take them seriously.

This story of the potentially irreversible destruction of a crown-jewel national park is rapidly unfolding with absolutely zero national media attention. Journalists — we need you. Where are you?

This medical facility in Indiana got a #solarpower upgrade. It's the first carbon neutral medical facility in the state. RT if you think more parking lots should go #solar. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #panelsnotpipelines

This from @AGomezFCC

The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete, but a group of Apache women is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene as a last-ditch effort to stop the project. abc15.com/news/state/apa…