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Mississippi, Alabama take last place in elections performance study
Mississippi, Alabama and Washington D.C. make it harder than any other states in the union for citizens to vote, according to a new study from the Pew Charitable Trust. To compile the list, researchers looked at 17 different factors for each state, ranging from the total number of rejected ballots…
American Nazi Party registers a lobbyist in Washington D.C.
In a filing this week, the American Nazi Party registered one John Bowles as their official lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Bowles was the National Socialist Order of America’s candidate for the presidency in 2008, running on a platform of white racial supremacy and opposition to ethnic minorities, who he said…
Judge refuses to dismiss charges against anti-abortion protester
A federal judge this week refused to dismiss charges against an anti-abortion activist who allegedly tried to prevent a woman from entering a Planned Parenthood facility. Richard Retta was charged earlier this year with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act at a clinic near Washington D.C.…
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