Texas Nationalist Movement

Texas Nationalists Rally For Secession At Capitol

David Taintor | March 8, 2011, 9:20AM

If at first you don't secede ... rally at the Texas Capitol and try again.

That's how the Texas Nationalist Movement on Saturday celebrated Texas Independence Day, the AP reports:

"Texas can take better care of itself than Washington," said Lauren Savage, vice president of the movement. "We are here to raise interest in the Legislature of the possibility of secession to cure the ills of America."

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Topics: Austin, Texas, Secession, Texas Nationalist Movement

Tom DeLay

DeLay: Judge Is 'Dead Wrong,' The Lawyers Said It Was Legal! (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | January 14, 2011, 12:27PM

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell last night that the judge who sentenced him to three years in prison was "dead wrong" and that he has a "great chance" of overturning his November conviction of money laundering.

DeLay argued that he was not guilty of money laundering because he had not received his contributions from "drug money or money from fraud or some" other criminal activity. Instead Delay says he received it legally from American corporations.

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Topics: Austin, Texas, Corruption, Texas, Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay Sentenced To Prison

Rachel Slajda | January 10, 2011, 3:22PM

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has been sentenced to three years in prison, the AP and the Austin-American Statesman are reporting.

Texas Judge Pat Priest handed down the sentence this afternoon in an Austin courtroom.

DeLay was convicted in November on money laundering and conspiracy charges. His lawyers asked for the minimum sentence, probation. Prosecutors asked for at least 10 years in prison.

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Topics: Austin, Texas, Corruption, Jack B. Johnson, Texas, Tom DeLay

Joe Stack

Stack's Daughter: My Dad Was A Hero For Standing Up To The Man (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | February 22, 2010, 8:34AM

The daughter of the man who allegedly flew a plane into an IRS building in Austin, killing one person and injuring a dozen others, says her father is a hero because he stood up to the system.

"I think too many people lay around and wait for things to happen. But if nobody comes out and speaks up on behalf of injustice, then nothing will ever be accomplished," Samantha Bell told Good Morning America.

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Topics: Austin, Texas, IRS, Joe Stack, Samantha Bell