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David Barton's Choice For Texas Attorney General Seeks To Turn State Into An 'Independent Nation'

As we all know, there is nobody more patriotic than a politician who promotes secession from the United States and backs white nationalist groups. Take for example Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman, once boasted to WorldNetDaily that thanks to him, Texas has “made great progress in

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GOP Official Who Backs White Supremacist And Violent Groups Wants To Be Next Texas Attorney General

A Republican official who is running to be Texas’ next attorney general has defended white supremacists, Mormon fundamentalists and a militant Jewish group that plotted the assassination of a US congressman, the Texas Observer has found. The Texas Observer reports that Texas Railroad Commission chai