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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...

Subliminal flag-waving discourages extreme ideas 05 December 2007 From New Scientist Print Edition. As if emotional campaign messages weren't enough, politicians now have another way to try to win over the electorate. A study in Israel shows that voters can be manipulated into changing their attitudes by being shown subliminal images of their national flag. A team led by psychologist Ran Hassin at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem divided volunteers into two groups: those who strongly identified with Israeli nationalism and those who identified with it only weakly. They then quizzed them about their attitude to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after...

CASTRO VALLEY - Despite a daylong mediation session today, Castro Valley High School students waving American flags amidst racial tension between Latino and white students vow to return to campus Friday. Students on both sides today said the situation will escalate, though the day was far more peaceful than Wednesday, when about 200 students -- split between those carrying American and mainly Mexican flags--confronted each other. "We think it's going to keep going," junior Christina Cortez said while spending lunch monitoring the front of school. Among those with her was an eighth grade brother who came to her school with...

CASTRO VALLEY - Students waving American flags amidst racial tension between Latino and white students were back at Castro Valley High early this morning, with those on both sides expecting the situation to escalate. At 7 a.m. several pickup trucks and other vehicles with American flags began arriving in one of the parking lots. The students then walked around the lot in a small, quiet demonstration. Ashley Morrison, a junior, is upset some view these flag-wielders as "racist white kids." She said it is about supporting the country, and believes there's a double standard for students who bring flags representing...

A North Carolina lawmaker introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit a school from receiving federal funds if it prevents a student from displaying or wearing a representation of the U.S. flag in a respectful manner. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) introduced H.R. 5255, also known as the American Flag Display Protection Act, after recent reports of several schools in California, Arizona and Colorado banning the display of U.S. flags or the wearing of clothes with other patriotic symbols in reaction to clashes between students regarding the debate over immigration. "The most important symbol of any Nation is the national flag,"...

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Tompkinsville artist Scott LoBaido is rolling out the welcome mat for next week's Republican National Convention, with a patriotic art show entitled "Hail to the Chief," opening tomorrow at a Manhattan gallery. And the unapologetically Republican LoBaido has a message for GOP convention delegates, who will spend four days in Democratic New York City beginning on Monday.

I tell you, it's getting tougher to be an American these days. Seems like everyone around the world either hates us or is embarrassed by us, including some of our own. How else can anyone explain why the U.S. Olympic Committee is telling its athletes— our athletes—to tone down any displays of Americanism while competing in Athens this month? According to a report in the Christian Science Monitor, the moniker of "ugly American" is being used to describe any displays of national pride—flag waving at the Games, the wearing of American flag or other insignia on clothing, etc.—our athletes may...

The other night we talked about the U.S. Olympic team being told not to wave the flag…even if they win an event in Athens. I interviewed the captain of the U.S. fencing team…who proudly indicates he won’t follow that direction. He wrote a nice little item…and I’m sending it along FYI THANKS FOR LISTENING Lars

RALLY, RALLY, RALLY! WHEN: Saturday, March 22, 2003 at 12:00 noon WHERE: COLUMBUS AND DALE MABRY INTERSECTION COME ALL & SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR PRESIDENT AND TROOPS **** Tell everyone you know; Bring flags and signs!!** Let's all get out there and show our support!** ALL THE ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS MANAGE TO ALL GET OUT THERE! LET US, THE TROOP SUPPORTERS ALL GET OUT THERE AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT! "We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the worst threats before they emerge. In the world we have entered, the only path to safety is...

Who would have thought that conservatives, much less conservative activists, could inhabit the land of Osama-in-Seattle Murray and Jim McDermRAT? But this is the happy truth in Washington. And these once-quiet voices are now out in the streets every Saturday standing up for their Commander-in-Chief, supporting troops with flags flying, and being wowed in turn by thousands of other previously quiet patriots who wave wildly and play their horns like energetic marching bands.

<p>2 Laguna Beach residents are in a zoning face-off with officials and neighbors over their patriotic gesture.</p> <p>LAGUNA BEACH – Neighbors Kevin Kroft and Ivan Spiers have until Monday to lower the flags of three nations they raised in patriotic passion after Sept.11 - or face fines up to $50 a day.</p>