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What is the motto of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA)?

"Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada" (For the race everything, outside the race nothing")

"La Raza" = The Race... right? | JohnAH's Blog

The Motto "Por La Raza todo.

Fuera de La Raza nada" belonged to a 60s/70s radical Mexican/American student organization which did believe in returning land to Mexico.

This group was known as "M.E.Ch.A." (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan).

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How many Soviet citizens (soldiers and civilians) died in the Second World War?

26 million

Fareed Zakaria Rips Apart Pro-Iran War Arguments | TPMCafe

After all, Joseph Stalin had just sacrificed a mind-boggling 26 million Soviet lives in his country's struggle against Nazi Germany.

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True or False? "La Raza's motto is: 'Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada,' [“For the community everything, outside the community nothing”]"

False

"La Raza" = The Race... right? | JohnAH's Blog

This group is not "La Raza" and has no affiliation with "La Raza".

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Before the Civil War, what percentage of southern whites owned slaves?

5%

The Problem with Warner | TPMCafe

Even if all slaveholders had been white, that would amount to only 1.4 percent of whites in the country (or 4.8 percent of southern whites owning one or more slaves).

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In what country was Barack Obama born?

United States

Newt Gingrich: How Low Will He Go? | eades's Blog

As to Obama's "Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior": Firstly, as Newt should know, Obama was born and has spent most of his life in the United States, not Kenya.

myTPM | eades's Blog

As to Obama's "Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior": Firstly, as Newt should know, Obama was born and has spent most of his life in the United States, not Kenya.

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True or False? "The answer to this seems clear: If we are to have torture, it should be authorized by the law."

True

Dershowitz's Chutzpah | TPMCafe

Judges should have to issue a "torture warrant" in each case.

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