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NEWS ABOUT: secession

secession stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s stand against the intrusion of federal power on states’ rights is straight from an 1832 playbook, Ed Kilgore writes for the Democratic Strategist. And the argument John C. Calhoun made then is still wrong. Miffed that the GOP is out of power, Kilgore writes, Perry... More »

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Texas • Rick Perry • secession • Federal government • states' rights • nullification • John C. Calhoun

ANALYSIS

Go Ahead
and Mess
With Texas

Nate Silver does electoral math for 5
Lone Star States

Apr 24, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - An obscure provision of Texas statehood gives it the right to split into five smaller states, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. He outlines the potential new entities:
  1. New Texas: Centered on Austin, as populous as Kentucky, and split down the middle politically—city vs. suburbs.
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Barack Obama • John McCain • Texas • Dallas • Austin • Houston • Rick Perry • Fort Worth • secession • Rio Grande • Arlington, Texas

Time to Stop Fighting the
Civil War in History Class

Obama means 'honest' discourse on race

Apr 20, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ask a Northerner what caused the Civil War and he'll say slavery, while Southerners are likely to say states’ rights, or economic differences. That self-justifying shorthand is reflected in what's taught in schools, too. But with the election of Barack Obama, historians say new ground has been broken in the... More »

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education • race • history • Civil War • slavery • secession • President Obama

OPINION

Texas Wants to Secede? That Sounds Great!

Democrats would love to have state's 34 electoral votes back

Apr 17, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rick Perry’s talk of seceding from the union might seem crazy, but calling the Texas governor's bluff would be a great deal for Democrats, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Consider:
  • Democrats would suddenly have a filibuster-proof majority in the 98-seat Senate.
  • Republicans would lose eight more
... More »

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Barack Obama • Texas • electoral college • Rick Perry • secession • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • electoral votes

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry thinks this union of states we call America is a pretty good thing, but he warned that Washington better not take it for granted, the Dallas Morning News reports. "There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it," he told reporters after addressing the anti-tax, anti-big-government... More »

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Texas • taxes • Austin • protests • Rick Perry • governor • secession • Kay Bailey Hutchison

 China's Great Firewall Back Up 

Censorship, relaxed during Olympics, on rise again as economy slows

Dec 16, 08 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - China has quietly reinstated the web censorship lifted during its Olympics image cleanup, the New York Times reports today. As in the past, the tightening comes as growing unemployment raises the government’s fears of social unrest. The government defended its right to censor sites that violate Chinese secession laws,... More »

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China • media • censorship • Taiwan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • secession • Internet censorship • web censorship

 Palin's Alaskan 
 Secessionist 
 Sympathies 
 Come to Light 

Governor recorded video message for separatists this year

Sep 2, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest surprise from Sarah Palin's past is her membership in the fringe Alaskan Independence Party, ABC News reports. A party leader says the governor and her husband were members in the 1990s. Though not strictly secessionist, the AIP is a "states' right party" that wants a vote on... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • separatists • Republican candidate • secession • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Alaskan Independence Party

Russia's 'Buffer Zone' Includes Georgia Territory

Moscow moves closer to recognizing breakaway enclaves

Aug 20, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia may soon officially recognize the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, lawmakers said today, even as the military moved to establish so-called buffer zones that include Georgian territory, the Wall Street Journal reports. Then-president Vladimir Putin used the move to recognize the secessionist republics to criticize countries which did... More »

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Russia • Georgia • independence • military bases • secession • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

Long Island Talks Secession From New York

County official irked over getting stiffed by Albany on funding

Mar 28, 08 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials on Long Island have initiated a study on the economic feasibility of its secession from New York state, Newsday reports. While acknowledging the difficulties of establishing a 51st state, Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki said the proposal is really about examining what Long Island contributes to greater New York,... More »

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Suffolk • Long Island • secession • tax revenue • Albany • New York state • comptroller • Joseph Sawicki

Serbia Calls Home US Envoy

PM vows to pull diplomats from all nations that support Kosovo independence

Feb 18, 08 8:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Serbia called home its US ambassador today to protest America's recognition of Kosovo's independence, the BBC reports. Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called the move Serbia's "first urgent measure," and warned that envoys in other countries that recognize Kosovar autonomy will soon be withdrawn. More »

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United Nations • Serbia • European Union • Kosovo • separatists • Kosovar independence • secession • Boris Tadic • Vojislav Kostunica • ambassador • UN Security Council

Lakotas Secede From Union

Native Americans declare independence, demand international recognition 

Dec 21, 07 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Some Lakota tribesman, led by veteran American Indian activist Russell Means, have declared a sovereign nation within US borders. “We are now a free country and independent of the United States,” Means told the Rapid City Journal yesterday, adding, "This is all completely legal." The group... More »

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United Nations • Lakota Nation • secession

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