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SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — A flagpole flying a Confederate flag along Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County will stay up. On Tuesday, the county’s Board of Zoning Appeals ruled in favor of the property owners and said that county staff made an error when they issued a violation notice to the property owners last year. “We listened and listened,” said zoning appeals board member Tom Davies. “And we asked questions, which we do.” The board heard from attorneys Tuesday representing the property owners. In the fall, county planning staff told the landowners that the flagpole was too tall and violated...

A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges that they stormed the U.S. Capitol together during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to obstruct Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden delivered the verdict from the bench after hearing two days of testimony without a jury for the trial of Kevin Seefried and his adult son, Hunter. McFadden convicted both Delaware men of a felony count: obstruction of an official proceeding, the joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral College that day. The judge also convicted the...

"On May 27th, KCSO Special Operations Division intercepted a message indicating that Blevins was preparing to proceed with a mass shooting. In the message, Mr. Blevins made a specific threat that included WalMart. Working with the FBI, KCSO Investigators confirmed Mr. Blevins' capability of following through with the threat and moved immediately to arrest him,"

The defining photograph of the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6 was that of a man strolling through the broken halls of our national Capitol, amid the smashed windows and assorted rubble of the failed coup, proudly brandishing a Confederate flag on his shoulder and hoping to overturn an election decided largely by Black voters. It’s an image that tells the story not only of Jan. 6 or of the Trump presidency, but also of all the steps that led to that moment — the whole history of hate in America captured in one frame. For me, the echoes of that...

The defining photograph of the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6 was that of a man strolling through the broken halls of our national Capitol, amid the smashed windows and assorted rubble of the failed coup, proudly brandishing a Confederate flag on his shoulder and hoping to overturn an election decided largely by Black voters. It’s an image that tells the story not only of Jan. 6 or of the Trump presidency, but also of all the steps that led to that moment — the whole history of hate in America captured in one frame. This deadly connection between white supremacy...

OAKVILLE, Mo. (KTVI) – Parents are demanding action from administrators at a Missouri high school after a senior wore a Confederate flag face mask to school. One parent said the student showed up at Oakville High School wearing the Confederate flag mask and was allowed to continue through his school day.“So what type of message are you sending to my child by allowing another child to sit in the classroom with this mask on,” asked Tamica Harding.

The rioter who paraded around the Capitol building with a Confederate battle flag last week turned himself in to federal authorities in his home state of Delaware on Thursday, authorities said. The suspect, Kevin Seefried, surrendered to US Marshals in Wilmington with his son Hunter, an FBI spokesperson said. They are both expected to make an initial court appearance on federal charges that will be filed in Washington, the spokesperson added. Seefried is suspected of walking around the Capitol building with the large Confederate flag after throngs of President Trump supporters stormed the building as Congress was meeting to certify...

New York’s authoritarian Governor Andrew Cuomo is said to be on Biden’s handlers’ shortlist for attorney general. To get an idea of what this would mean for the cause of keeping American liberty alive, consider that Cuomo just signed a bill into law that makes the Confederate flag illegal. The Rebel Flag symbolizes the South. That’s why it was featured on the cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd albums and on the car driven by the Dukes of Hazard. Liberals associate Southern culture with resistance to their agenda; therefore, the Confederate flag is now regarded as a “hate symbol.” It’s a Culture...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, signed legislation on Tuesday prohibiting the sale of Confederate flags on public property, including at state and local fairs. Cuomo was well aware that such legislation is likely to fail a First Amendment test, but this did not deter him. "This country faces a pervasive, growing attitude of intolerance and hate—what I have referred to in the body politic as an American cancer," he wrote. "By limiting the display and sale of the confederate flag, Nazi swastika and other symbols of hatred from being displayed or sold on state property, including the state...

Video originates from C-SPAN during a debate on the use of Confederate flags. Then Senator Joe Biden: "...not granting a federal charter to an organization, made up of many fine people, who continue to display Confederate flag as a symbol, and the charter was to give them the right, the impruader of the federal government, to do that."

US President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday, saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South. The Republican president was asked on Fox News Sunday if the flag, a symbol of US slavery and white supremacy for many Americans, was offensive. “It depends on who you’re talking about, when you’re talking about,” Trump responded. “When people proudly had their Confederate flags they’re not talking about racism. They love their flag, it represents the South. They like the South … I say it’s freedom...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday, saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South. The Republican president was asked on “Fox News Sunday,” if the flag, considered a symbol of slavery and oppression by most Americans, was offensive. .....,....Snip.......... "It depends on who you’re talking about, when you’re talking about,” Trump responded. “When people proudly had their Confederate flags they’re not talking about racism. They love their flag, it represents the South. They like the South ... I...

Dayton Ohio's Children's Hospital the site of a late afternoon protest..... The health board for Idaho's five northern counties tabling a motion for a muzzle (mask) order Friday afternoon..... Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy says nothing was ever said to him about wearing a mask (muzzle) when he and other Peoples Rights members were barred from entering the Southwest Health District office...... Four US Border Patrol employees fired and 38 others suspended without pay over social media posts..... Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg revealing today that she is undergoing chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of liver cancer..... Convicted murderer and...

A Confederate flag banner was flown over the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee on Wednesday ahead of NASCAR’s All-Star Race. The banner flown over the Wednesday race also included the website “SCV.org,” a website operated by the organization The Sons of Confederate Veterans, USA Today reported. The organization also claimed credit for a banner showing the Confederate Flag that was flown over a race in Talladega, Fla. last month. Bristol Herald Courier reporter Tim Dodson shared footage of the banner Wednesday. NASCAR in June banned displays of the flag at all of its events and properties, saying that it “runs...

"I have never had an African American come up to me and have any problem with it whatsoever," said Schneider, 60, who added that "the whole politically correct generation has gotten way out of hand." Schneider went on to call the series, which was set in fictional Hazzard County, Georgia, "a unifying force."

Mississippi’s state House of Representative on Sunday passed a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the state flag, with the Senate expected to pass the measure later today. The lower chamber voted 91-23 to remove the symbol from the flag, which has flown since 1894. It was the nation’s last state flag containing the symbol. The legislation, written by House Speaker Philip Gunn (R), calls for the current flag to be immediately removed, after which a nine-person commission would be appointed to design a new one, Mississippi Today reported. Under the terms of the bill, the commission would recommend...

One of their clients was Jennifer Tucker, 36, who wanted to have a Confederate flag tattoo on her ankle covered. Inked when she was 18 years old, Tucker said she was just following the crowd at her high school and wanted to rebel against her family. --- After high school, Tucker transformed her beliefs and found herself involved in local activism, particularly related to racial injustice. She did not hesitate to call when she found out about what the Gallery X Art Collective was doing in Murray, about a 40-minute drive southeast of where she lives in Paducah. “I just...

Hillary Clinton is refusing to say whether a Clinton-Gore pin featuring a Confederate flag was part of her husband's official campaign merchandise. Examples of the distinctive red and blue badge, from the 1992 election, are now being sold on Ebay.

It has been a week of controversies at Bon Appétit — and it's only Tuesday. On Monday, editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport stepped down after a photo of him in brownface resurfaced. A day later, editor Alex Delany has apologized for previously making a cake decorated as the Confederate flag. A picture of the cake — which was found on Delany's old Tumblr account "The Pantalones" — began circulating around Twitter on Tuesday morning following a tweet by food writer Tammie Teclemariam. In the original blog post — which was posted on July 24, 2010 — Delany wrote that he had made...

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) banned display of the Confederate flag at its military installations Friday, on everything from bumper stickers to coffee mugs. "The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps," the service branch said in a statement."Our history as a nation, and events like the violence in Charlottesville in 2017, highlight the divisiveness the use of the Confederate battle flag has had on our society." “This presents a threat to our core values, unit cohesion, security and good order and discipline,”...