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Dec 28 2023
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Nikki Haley Civil War flap evokes memories of John McCain Confederate flag controversy
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has a path to the 2024 Republican presidential nomination similar to that of the late Sen. John McCain. Haley may have stepped into a controversy similar to one that bedeviled McCain in both his GOP presidential primary bids. DESANTIS CAMPAIGN ON THE BRINK AS IOWA CAUCUSES NEAR While Haley was campaigning in New Hampshire on Wednesday, a voter asked
Washington ExaminerJul 19 2023
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A Timeline of Jason Aldean's Controversies: Blackface and Confederate Flags
Jason Aldean’s debut single, 2005’s “Hicktown,” arrived on country radio like a kick in the teeth, blending hard rock with country music and lyrics that unabashedly celebrated a certain type of rural life: “You can see the neighbor’s butt crack nailing on his shingles/and his woman’s smokin’ Pall Mall’s, watchin’ Laura Ingalls,” he sang. “Hicktown” was an overnight success, a Top 10 hit on
RollingStone.comAug 08 2023
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Cattlemen slam Biden over Arizona monument designation
While tribal leaders and environmental advocates celebrated President Biden’s latest national monument declaration, the National Cattleman’s Beef Association is calling it “presidential overreach.” On Tuesday, the president scheduled an event in Red Butte, Arizona to announce nearly one million acres of land adjacent to the Grand Canyon will become the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral
Western Farm PressDec 20 2023
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Judge Reverses On Removal Of Confederate Memorial, Says Its Supporters Lied About "Disturbed Gravesites"
At a hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston said he issued the temporary injunction Monday after receiving an urgent phone call from the memorial’s supporters saying that gravesites adjacent to the memorial were being desecrated as contractors began work to remove the memorial. He said he toured the site before Tuesday’s hearing and saw the site
JoeMyGodJun 10 2020
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Trump: No change at bases named for Confederate officers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will “not even consider” changing the name of any of the 10 Army bases that are named for Confederate Army officers. Two days earlier, Defense Secretary Mark Esper indicated that he was open to a broad discussion of such changes.
“These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American
Associated PressNov 07 2023
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'Important' new monument honoring Chinese railroad workers to be added to Utah Capitol
SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Karen Kwan, D-Taylorsville, knows the story of one of her ancestors who worked on the transcontinental railroad largely through oral histories passed down through her family over time; however, that's about all she knows about him. She doesn't know his name or many other details about his life because he was one of the vast majority of railroad workers whose names were
KSLJun 05 2020
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Alabama city removes Confederate statue without notice
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama’s port city removed a statue of a Confederate naval officer early Friday after days of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, with the mayor saying the monument was a “potential distraction” to focusing on the city’s future.
The bronze likeness of Admiral Raphael Semmes, which stood in a middle of a downtown street near the Mobile waterfront for 120
Associated PressMay 14 2024
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Exclusive--O'Donnell: The Devil Takes Care of His Own
John Singleton Mosby, also known as the Gray Ghost, was a Confederate partisan leader whose Rangers and their irregular warfare tactics—blowing up bridges, attacking supply lines, and other strategic disruptions—proved such a thorn in the side of Northern forces during the Civil War that an entire special unit was devoted to finding and stopping him. Mosby himself seemed to have a vampire-like
Breitbart NewsMar 21 2023
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Biden to designate national monuments in Nevada, Texas
President Joe Biden is establishing national monuments in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii.
The Democratic president is set to announce the measures Tuesday at a White House summit on conservation action at the Interior Department.
Biden said in November that he intends to designate Avi Kwa Ame, a
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