The Texas Secession Petition

Yup, that's a real thing. White House must respond to sore losers

"...Tweeted (and then seemingly deleted)‏, "Please stop the Texas secession updates. Not helpful, newsworthy, clever or meaningful." (To which..."

Nov. 12, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Travis Not Alone in Vote Against Secession

"...that Travis was the only county to vote against secession in 1861 is incorrect. It was, in fact, one..."

Aug. 19, 2003 Postmarks

Adventures in Whirlwind-Reaping

Perry gets flack from the secessionists

"...When Gov. Rick Perry started talking secession, and everyone in the media told him he was..."

Aug. 31, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Seeing the Future of Politics in SXSW Documentary Boys State

Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine look at the state of boys

"...national headlines, coming as it did on the bizarre secession debate that had roiled real-world Texas politics earlier in..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The South Will Be Celebrated Again!

Historical revisionists urge Lege to protect the Confederacy

"...the Union army, the 15 counties that voted against Secession, and the 140,000 slaves kept in Texas chains by..."

April 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Nationalists for Medina

Medina picks up endorsement from secession-touting group

"...that the Republican gubernatorial primary hopeful might be a secessionist, she gets endorsed by the Texas Nationalist Movement...."

Jan. 12, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Not a Secessionist Candidate

"...Please correct your mistake: Debra Medina is not a secessionist – she supports state nullification and interposition. Never has..."

Jan. 7, 2010 Postmarks

Tom Schieffer for Governor: The New Plain Vanilla

The former ambassador considers running for Texas governor

"...a Republican primary," he continued. "And this silliness about secession [recently floated by Gov. Rick Perry] is just exactly..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Don't Cry for Rainey

"...times, those who attended were herded into smaller group secessions. Two vote-reporting charts were presented to each secession group...."

July 23, 1999 Column

Raising Buchanan

Bodysnatching comedy find humor in our shortcomings

"...Buchanan: A leader so inept in his handling of Secession that even revisionist pretend Confederates don't claim him as..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Adler Not Waving the Rebel Flag

Mayor will not march in Vet parade with Confederate banners

"...United States Military Veterans. Symbols of racism, Civil War secession, and white supremacy should not be forgotten or erased,..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Soccer Watch

"...Meanwhile in Catalonia: Voters went for secession from Spain by 90% in a disputed referendum Sunday;..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Letter from Edinburgh

Secession, Scottish style - Texas, it ain't

"...share a few common themes with those of Texan secession – such as the importance of oil revenues and..."

Sept. 17, 2014 News Post by Akwugo Emejulu

LegeLines

School finance, evolution, secession, and more

"...not backing the Texas Nationalist Movement's call for a secession referendum. No Evolution at the State Board of Education..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Column

Point Austin: Backstage at the Circus

The Lege melodrama can be a hard act to swallow

"...He even dared a sly dig at the reckless secession talk disfiguring Texas political discourse in recent years: "Our..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 State Stories

Rick Perry's embarrassments, education's funding battles, and more

"...referring to the current occupant). Meanwhile, some Texans filed secession petitions on WhiteHouse.gov after Obama's re-election, leading to a..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by the News Staff

Dear Obama, If Texas Secedes, Can We Stay With You?

New petition asks White House to make Austin 50th state

"...the interwebs have been abuzz with the crazy Texas secession petition, whereby forces who never accepted the end result..."

Nov. 14, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...as these things go, the idea that the Texas secession movement could gain some mainstream traction has her fairly..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Page Two: Return to Forever

From creationism to red-baiting, the right kicks it old school

"...re-energized states' rights movement but the question of Texas secession, too, are again rising on the charts. The argument..."

May 29, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...an oil and gas consultant who supports the Texas secession movement...."

Feb. 9, 2024 News Feature

Point Austin: A Great Time to Be a Republican

Bryan Slaton, Ken Paxton … and the rest of them

"...minors attending drag shows; and a referendum promoting state secession, aka “TEXIT.”..."

June 30, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...OMG GOP: Some highlights of the new Republican Party..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature

A Race to the Right in Austin's Affluent Suburbs

There's red in there them hills

"...R-Fredericksburg, best known for introducing language to allow/enable/encourage Texas' secession from the union. While Biedermann opted to leave the..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Soccer Watch

"...theme right up through Barcelona's role in the Catalunyan secession movement, and Shakhtar Donetsk's isolation during Russia's annexation of..."

March 26, 2021 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Williamson County Residents Organize to Remove Confederate Monument

Meanwhile the Texas Legislature tries to block monument removals

"...white supremacist sentiments about the “Lost Cause” of Southern secession, an inscription reads: "No braver patriots ever fought, no..."

May 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Racist Confederate Plaque Needs a Forever Home

State Preservation Board mulls over what to do with defrocked "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque

"...its underlying cause to sustain slavery." (The state's 1861 secession declaration states otherwise.)..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: Eric Johnson Prevails Over Racist Confederate Plaque

No more Confederate nonsense, Empower Texans gets a pass, and the first-ever LGBTQ Caucus

"...was its underlying cause to sustain slavery." (Texas' own secession declaration of 1861 mentions slavery 21 times.) The effort..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

History Lesson

"...Menchaca fought to maintain slavery. Menchaca opposed slavery, opposed secession, and never took the oath to support the Confederacy..."

Oct. 23, 2018 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Trump vs. the wisdom of Robert E. Lee

"...granite that publicly celebrate America's shameful period of slavery, secession, and white supremacy...."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: What History Teaches

Charlottesville resistance an inspiration here and everywhere

"...Lee. A glance at the 1861 Texas Declaration of Secession (like those of the other treasonous states), adamantly condemning..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Column by Michael King

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