Can a Family Resurrect the American Chestnut Tree in Appalachia? There were once 4 billion of them. A blight obliterated almost all. Now there's hope of renewal. barnraisingmedia.com/can-a-family...

ICYMT: Ms. Magazine has a timely article on anti-abortion violence coming out in the print magazine laterthis month. It appears in four parts online: msmagazine.com/2025/09/16/a... msmagazine.com/2025/09/17/g... msmagazine.com/2025/09/18/r... msmagazine.com/2025/09/19/a...

ICYMT: Ms. Magazine has a timely article on anti-abortion violence coming out in the print magazine laterthis month. It appears in four parts online: msmagazine.com/2025/09/16/a... msmagazine.com/2025/09/17/g... msmagazine.com/2025/09/18/r... msmagazine.com/2025/09/19/a...

Ms. Magazine has a timely article on anti-abortion violence coming out in the print magazine laterthis month. It appears in four parts online: msmagazine.com/2025/09/16/a... msmagazine.com/2025/09/17/g... msmagazine.com/2025/09/18/r... msmagazine.com/2025/09/19/a...

Ms. Magazine has a timely article on anti-abortion violence coming out in the print magazine laterthis month. It appears in four parts online: msmagazine.com/2025/09/16/a... msmagazine.com/2025/09/17/g... msmagazine.com/2025/09/18/r... msmagazine.com/2025/09/19/a...

"Scientists strive to be apolitical, but they can’t keep politics out of their labs" | Great review of my new book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social #ScienceUnderSiege in the @latimes.com, courtesy of Michael Hiltzik: www.latimes.com/business/sto...

any outlet that reported the “pro-trans ideology on bullet casings” thing owes the public an apology and an explanation if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played

Three months ago, a right-wing Christian assassinated a MN state legislator and her husband and shot another state legislator and his wife, yet Christian nationalist Mario Murillo reacted to the murder of Charlie Kirk by declaring that "assassination attempts are the entire domain of the left."

If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

ICYMT: National Voter Registration Day is September 16th. Avoid misinformation and disinformation by relying on trusted resources: nationalvoterregistrationday.org/trusted-voti...

ICYMT: National Voter Registration Day is September 16th. Avoid misinformation and disinformation by relying on trusted resources: nationalvoterregistrationday.org/trusted-voti...

If SARS-2 was visible like smoke, no one would tolerate it. Clean air is not radical. It’s survival.

National Voter Registration Day is September 16th. Avoid misinformation and disinformation by relying on trusted resources: nationalvoterregistrationday.org/trusted-voti...

This Labor Day I am reminded that the theocratic vision of government at all levels is comprehensive. It is oppossed to labor unions as well as to religious freedom and the Constitution itself. bit.ly/TheocraticHe...

What Happens When Moms for Liberty Takes Over Your School Board barnraisingmedia.com/what-happens...

This Labor Day I am reminded that the theocratic vision of government at all levels is comprehensive. It is oppossed to labor unions as well as to religious freedom and the Constitution itself. bit.ly/TheocraticHe...

Cool and enlightening website:

The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible. But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.

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Part of the legacy of the late James Dobson is the Family Research Council and what is now called the Family Policy Alliance of state level think tanks. Here is the origins story politicalresearch.org/1999/09/01/t... Updated: politicalresearch.org/2013/11/25/e...

Once 4 billion chestnut trees spanned most of the Eastern US, before a blight destroyed them. Restoration efforts began in 1985, with story-telling as a key component. It's the most far reaching example of trees in public history in a new essay collection: 1/x barnraisingmedia.com/the-trees-at...

Part of the legacy of the late James Dobson is the Family Research Council and what is now called the Family Policy Alliance of state level think tanks. Here is the origins story politicalresearch.org/1999/09/01/t... Updated: politicalresearch.org/2013/11/25/e...

#ScienceUnderSiege: A Conversation With Dr. Peter Hotez & Dr. Michael Mann | Upcoming book event with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of the @bakerinstitute.bsky.social of @riceuniversity.bsky.social, Houston Texas Tues Sep 9 2025: www.bakerinstitute.org/event/scienc...

tattooed-theologian.com/2025/08/20/c... Christian nationalists love to take 2 Chronicles 7:14 wildly out of context. For more on Xn nationalists, follow @fredclarkson.bsky.social whose work is vital in exposing those movements. Like, subscribe, and share.

ICYMT Alleged MN assasin Vance Boelter may have a singular place in the history of bombings, arsons & assassinations that have marked the era of legal abortion in the United States: He is (allegedly) the first to kill a public official @barnraiser.bsky.social barnraisingmedia.com/did-religion...

ICYMT Alleged MN assasin Vance Boelter may have a singular place in the history of bombings, arsons & assassinations that have marked the era of legal abortion in the United States: He is (allegedly) the first to kill a public official @barnraiser.bsky.social barnraisingmedia.com/did-religion...

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Did religion motivate assassination of Minnesota lawmaker? minnesotareformer.com/2025/08/18/d...

Did Religion Motivate Assassination of Minnesota Lawmaker? | The media has overlooked Vance Boelter’s connection to the New Apostolic Reformation in his alleged targeting of public officials, writes @fredclarkson.bsky.social for @barnraiser.bsky.social.

Parts I & II were about knowing and naming what you’re looking at as a way to build a defense—and create a psychological firewall. Part III is about DISRUPTION: Interrupting operant loops, desynchronizing mimesis, and building a better addiction. www.mind-war.com/p/how-to-mou...

I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

"Support Scientists Who Stand Up" by Michael E. Mann & Peter Hotez ( @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social) | An excerpt for @americanscientist.org from our forthcoming book #ScienceUnderSiege: www.americanscientist.org/article/supp...

“If we eliminate every book that tells a story that is different than the life experiences of an individual or a family, there will be no books left in the library." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Commentary: Why is the right-wing media giving Vance Boelter a megaphone to spout sinister nonsense? minnesotareformer.com/2025/08/13/w...

My colleague @fredclarkson.bsky.social & I discussed the new global face of Christian Zionism in this March piece for @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/chri...

Keri Ladner for RD on the familiar christian militancy of CA's newest gubernatorial candidate religiondispatches.org/you-might-no...

Jones has lost control of his media empire to a newly-appointed receiver who will sell it off to pay the Sandy Hook Elementary School families who sued Jones for defamation after the 2012 shootings.

🧵Prosecutors & the press are denying the assassin's religious motivations. But that doesn't mean we should. Preserving our democracy requires that we don't. @fredclarkson.bsky.social explains in depth: 1/5

Did the New Apostolic Reformation play a role in the Minnesota assassination? barnraisingmedia.com/did-religion...

A judge ordered the sale of Alex Jones Infowars today, clearing the way for The Onion to renew its attempt to buy the notorious conspiracy-fueled empire. "We’re working on it," @bencollins.bsky.social tells @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

Did the New Apostolic Reformation play a role in the Minnesota assassination? barnraisingmedia.com/did-religion...

Charlie Kirk calls for ‘full military occupation’ of American cities ‘once we liberate DC’

In light of Pete Hegseth's recent endorsement of the idea of Christian nationalism and hit attendance at churches founded by theocratic leader Doug Wilson, I want to reprise my story about Hegseth from @barnraiser.bsky.social last year. bit.ly/TheocraticHe...

In light of Pete Hegseth's recent endorsement of the idea of Christian nationalism and hit attendance at churches founded by theocratic leader Doug Wilson, I want to reprise my story about Hegseth from @barnraiser.bsky.social last year. bit.ly/TheocraticHe...

If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©

Hegseth is a member of the Christian Reconstructionist movement. It’s a theonomic, Dominionist, Calvinist-rooted social movement championed by Doug Wilson, R.J. Rushdoony, Greg Bahnsen, and Gary North. They want to reconstruct society on biblical (esp. Old Testament) law. apnews.com/article/wome...

The matter of whether women should have the right to vote has always been in the ideological mix of the Christian Right, emanating from the theocratic precincts of Christian Reconstructionism. I wrote a bit about it in 2009. bit.ly/GimmeThatOld...