Texas Rep. Matthew Rinaldi during the altercation in the House of Representatives last month.
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Late last month, something entirely expected happened: Hispanic Democrats, on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives, revealed their contempt for the law and for the country in which they live through acts of bullying and violence. Read more …
by L. Sprague de Camp), he was enraged by what he found. Thus, his Blood and Thunder, published some 30 years after de Camp’s, was meant as a corrective: 
The Real Meaning of Juneteenth
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Unless you’re a Texan, you probably never heard of Juneteenth until last week.
This holiday celebrates the end of slavery and has long been a minor holiday in the Lone Star State. It commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — where the Union declared all slaves in the state of Texas free, Read more …