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Petition Calls for Congressman to Reaffirm Oath of Allegiance After Signing Seditious Letter

By Paul Rosenberg On March 22, 2011  

In 2009, Don Young (R-AK) signed a seditious letter drafted by a rightwing terrorist recently arrested for plotting to kill state troopers and at least one judge. The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has launched a petition calling on Young to re-affirm his oath of allegiance to the U.S. Constitution. Cross-posted from Merge Left.

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70 Year-Old Pennsylvania Man Stoned to Death “Because the Old Testament Refers to Stoning Homosexuals”

By Joshua Holland On March 18, 2011  

Ugly story out of Pennsylvania:

Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a 70-year-old man was stoned to death with a rock stuffed in a sock by a younger friend who alleged the victim made unwanted sexual advances.

According to the criminal complaint, 28-year-old John Thomas of Lansdowne has told police he killed 70-year-old Murray Seidman [...]

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Rep. Young (R-AK) Signed Seditious Document Circulated by Man Just Indicted in Plot to Kill Judge(s), State Troopers

By Paul Rosenberg On March 14, 2011  

Congressman Don Young, has publicly endorsed a seditious documents drafted and promoted by the leader of a militia group just indicted for conspiracy to murder at least one judge and any number of state troopers in Alaska. Will he be charged with violating his oath of office? Cross-posted from Merge-Left

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Alleged MLK Day Terrorist Apparently Has Neo-Nazi Ties

By Alex Lawson On March 10, 2011  

March 09, 2011 6:59 pm ET by David Holthouse

The man arrested today in connection with the attempted Martin Luther King Day parade bombing in Spokane, Washington, appears to have longtime connections to the white supremacist movement.

Kevin William Harpham, 36, was charged with attempting [...]

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Smuggler’s Paradise: Guns, Drugs and Violence in the Southwest, Part 1 of 2

By Alex Lawson On February 25, 2011  

By David Holthouse

PHOENIX, Ariz.–The endless carnage of the Mexican cartel wars may seem a world away from the climate control and free Starbucks within the Phoenix Convention Center, where leading border security experts gathered this month for the fifth annual Border Security Expo. Yet it’s only 150 miles from downtown Phoenix to the northernmost [...]

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The Craziest Wingnut in America Wants to Criminalize Unauthorized Vaginal Bleeding

By Joshua Holland On February 24, 2011  

With the rise of the Tea Partiers, there’s intense competition for the title of Craziest Wingnut Holding Public Office.

But Georgia state Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has to be considered the top contender. He was the one who proposed a law that would require rape and sexual assault victims — but not the victims of [...]

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Murder of Abortion Docs as Justifiable Homicide

By Frederick Clarkson On February 23, 2011  

Now that the brouhaha over a proposed bill in the South Dakota legislature that would have redefined the murder of abortion providers as “justifiable homicide” is largely over, and the bill has been tabled, let’s consider the origins of the idea.

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