Articles Tagged 'Secession'

Sessions to California: ‘There is no secession’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a warning to California the same day he announced a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the…
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Should California secede? How the state is politically out-of-step with the rest of the country
Not since 2010 has California felt itself politically so out of step with the times. That year the state resisted the nationwide wave of anti-incumbent,…
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#Calexit: California want to leave the US after Donald Trump’s election win
That massive blue block on the left – encompassing California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington state – stands out quite a bit against all of the…
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California secession group to hold meet-up at State Capitol
An organization hoping to facilitate the secession of California from the Union is holding a meet and greet on the Capitol steps in Sacramento next…
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Three out of five Texans support secession if Hillary becomes president
If anyone needs proof that the presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton truly is dividing the country, they should look to Texas.
According…
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Texas nationalists reportedly try to get secession question onto GOP primary ballot
A group calling for Texas to secede from the United States and become an independent nation has launched an effort to get a question about…
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Texas secessionists kick off statewide speaking tour to campaign for a break from the Union
A group of Texas secessionists is hitting the road to bring their message of a Lone Star nation to more than 20 cities across the…
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NY towns look to secede to PA over taxes, hydrofracking…
Conklin, NY | The local economy is pushing one organization in Upstate New York to pose a question: Is it possible to secede to Pennsylvania?
The Upstate New York Towns Association is researching this very topic. The group says a few factors pushing its research are high property taxes, low sales tax revenue and the recent decision to ban hydraulic…
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Voters in California contemplate forming new state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Residents of California’s largely rural, agrarian and politically conservative far northern counties long ago got used to feeling ignored in the state Capitol and out of sync with major urban areas.
The idea of forming their own state has been a topic among local secession dreamers for more than a century. Residents in two counties will…
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Catalan Independence Push Gains Steam Amid Spain’s Financial Woes
Since 2008, Spain has been one of the poster children for Europe’s financial crisis as it grapples with a massive debt, an unemployment rate hovering around 26 percent, a downgrading from financial services across the globe and now a strong separatist movement from the country’s influential Catalonia region.
Angered over what many in the region say are policies implemented by…
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