On this day in 1964, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), the Republican Leader in the U.S. Senate, condemned the Democrats' 57-day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Leading the Democrats in their opposition to civil rights for African-Americans was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV). Byrd, who got into politics as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, spoke against the bill for fourteen straight hours. Democrats still call Robert Byrd "the conscience of the Senate."
h/t: Michael Zak
77th defendant charged in Feeding Our Future case
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Ousman Camara of Brooklyn Center, age 45, was indicted on nine counts
related to fraud, the U.S. Attorney (USAO) announced in a press release.
Camara made ...
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