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    Climate Crisis

    It’s 1983 in the United States of America

    Field notes from the forced march toward a Gulag

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsAugust 12, 2020 ago
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    Climate Crisis

    The ND GOP’s Despicable Platform

    Even after adopting anti-LGBTQ language in its platform for three successive election cycles, what the N.D. GOP truly regrets is the bad publicity.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsAugust 6, 2020 ago
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    Climate Crisis

    Let’s Not Forget the Environmental & Climate Crises

    It’s easy to lose track of the colossal damage Trump is doing to environmental protections and the impending devastation of climate change. But we can’t.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsJuly 30, 2020 ago
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    Climate Crisis

    Capital Punishment Is Not About Justice

    Vengeance is not a noble pursuit, but an evil that feeds back on its practitioners.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsJuly 28, 2020 ago
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    Climate Crisis

    Reopening Should Not Be Part of School Planning Right Now

    What states and school districts are actually developing right now are “Limit Illness and Death” plans. Unacceptable.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsJuly 15, 2020 ago
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    Climate Crisis

    #NoDAPL!!!

    CELEBRATE! Courage, righteousness and tenacity overcome wealth, greed and cronyism in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. For now.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsJuly 8, 2020 ago
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    Climate Crisis

    Mask. There is No Other Correct Answer.

    The world needs consensus-builders and compromise-finders, but not when it comes to wearing masks to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsJuly 6, 2020 ago
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    Climate Crisis

    “One Nation, Under…” Duress

    In the early morning hours of Independence Day 2020, I’ll be standing there, Old Glory in hand, wondering not which way is up, but how and when up became down.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsJuly 2, 2020 ago

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    Martin C. “Red” Fredricks IV here. I’m husband to an amazing woman who is also my best friend, dad to three outstanding kids, climate crisis warrior, environmentalist, rabble-rouser, sayer of things people don't want to hear, proud introvert and big-time reader. A ginger, too - ergo the "Red" - although some of it's going white. Cinnamon-sugar, I call it. Tattooed to boot; seven so far; like 'em or not, I don't much care.

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