Intimidation

If you criticize these guys they always make sure you become a public example of what happens if you do. Dr. Ben Marble, after saying “Fuck you Mr. Cheney,” was handcuffed and detained for a short time. And,

A state agency lawyer quoted in a nationally-circulated news story as questioning Karl Rove's eligibility to vote in Kerr County is out of a job and feeling twice burned.

Elizabeth Reyes said she was fired Tuesday as an attorney in the elections division of the Texas secretary of state's office because she appeared in a Washington Post story Saturday about the presidential adviser....

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