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by Patrick Michels and Dave Mann

‘Campbell’s Calvary,’ Secessionists and Other True Believers Pack the Capitol Hallways

Tue, Jan 8, 2013 |

It was a wet day in Austin, and the various rallies planned outside—for Latino needs, for Texas secession—were crunched inside. A particularly motley bunch ...Read More

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