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Mother Jones: "Texas Republicans Inch Closer to Secession." Oh my, grab the smelling salts.

In 1998, Mother Jones had a brief, superficial overview of the major American secession movements, starting with--Texas. It mentioned Hawaiian sovereignty, and quoted Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell.

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From half a year ago, Rod Dreher predicting "Our Trump-ish, Cruz-y Future":

Neither Trump nor Cruz is electable. It’s looking like the only GOP candidate who might have the power to stop them is Marco Rubio, of all people. If he can’t do it, Republican Party bigs may have to hold their noses and back Cruz as the only way of stopping Trump.

It wasn’t long ago that Republicans were excited about the 2016 race, looking out over all the strong candidates in the field. That was before the Summer of Trump.

William McKinley

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The Wikipedia article on William McKinley.

Historians regard McKinley's 1896 victory as a realigning election, in which the political stalemate of the post-Civil War era gave way to the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System, which began with the Progressive Era.

McKinley's name often figures among some in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, because the United States annexed Hawaii under his administration.

Haunani Trask Interview from 2010

In recent years, Haunani Trask has kept a low profile. She was interviewed in June 2010 by Eiko Kosasa.