Rep. John Nelson (R-Wisc., one of the two John Nelsons in the 69th Congress) is pushing for a change in Wisconsin state law to allow the governor to appoint Robert La Follette’s widow Isabelle to fill out his Senate term without a special election.
A federal district court judge in Wyoming rules that Sinclair’s Teapot Dome oil leases are valid, which is the opposite of the ruling by the district court in California against the Doheny Elk Hills leases. The judges disagree on whether the secrecy surrounding the deals had any military justification. The Wyoming judge says there is no evidence that Interior Sec. Albert Fall was bribed which, yeah, sure, whatever.
Donald MacMillan is planning an Arctic expedition. Maine Gov. Ralph Brewster throws him a farewell dinner and authorizes him to claim any lands he discovers in the name of... the state of Maine. “It will then remain for the federal government to determine whether it will recognize and protect our rights.”
The Italian Parliament gives Mussolini the power to fire civil servants who dare to hold non-Fascist political opinions, the “Fascistization of the Italian state,” as he likes to call it.
A Paris judge rules that jay walking is legal.
Actress Kathryn du Noule cross-dresses so she can enter that all-male space: a Chicago hanging.
This move by the Fascisti is exactly what Trump did with the "deep state", but this is considered totally normal in our country. First thing we do is get rid of all those who refuse to sign a loyalty oath. The governor of Alaska did the same thing after he was elected. Fired everyone and then hired back only those who pledged loyalty to him.
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