Hillary’s Story
Earl Butz served as Secretary of Agriculture throughout various administrations. BUT, when a joke he makes goes public, his career is under fire.

Tina’s Story
Christopher Hasson began his military career in 1988 and later served in the US Coast Guard for over 20 years. BUT when his home is raided in 2019, the FBI finds a cache of weapons and letters revealing a dangerous murder plot.

Sources
Hillary's Story
AG Week
Considering the lessons of Earl Butz--by Peter Welte

Farm Futures
A Special Tribute to Earl Butz

Grist
A reflection on the lasting legacy of 1970s USDA Secretary Earl Butz--by Tom Philpott

Listverse
10 Hilariously Stupid American Political Scandals--by Michael Van Duisen

The Los Angeles Times
U.S. Agriculture secretary ousted over racist joke

NBC News
Former USDA chief Earl Butz dies at 98

The New York Times
Earl L. Butz, Secretary Felled by Racial Remark, Is Dead at 98--by Richard Goldstein
Why they love Earl Butz--by James Risser and George Anthan

Wikipedia
Earl Butz

Photos
Earl Butz--from US Department of Agriculture (Public Domain)
Earl Butz at Meeting--from AP via Boston.com

Tina's Story
13 News Now
Ex-Coast Guard officer seeks review of terrorism sentence--by Associated Press

Associated Press
Coast Guard officer-terror suspect sentenced for guns, drugs--by Michael Kunzelman

BuzzFeed
A Coast Guard Lieutenant Accused Of Planning A Terrorist Attack Won't Be Charged With Terrorism--by Claudia Koerner

Capradio
Coast Guard Officer Pleads Not Guilty To Gun, Drug Charges In Alleged Terrorism Plot--By Richard Gonzales

CBS News
Coast Guard officer accused of drafting hit list of politicians and media figures sentenced to more than 13 years in prison--by Victoria Albert and Clare Hymes

The Intercept
The Department of Justice Loves Publicizing Arrests of Alleged Terrorists — but Not the White Nationalist Coast Guard Officer--by Murtaza Hussain

Navy Times
Coast Guard officer accused of terror plot asks for leniency--By Michael Kunzelman
Sentence upheld for former Coast Guard officer tied to terror plot--By Michael Kunzelman

NewsOne
The Coast Guard Terrorist Has Already Stopped Getting Major Media Attention--by Nigel Roberts

The New York Times
Coast Guard Officer Called a ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges--by Christine Hauser
Coast Guard Officer Plotted to Kill Democrats and Journalists, Prosecutors Say--by Dave Philipps
Former Coast Guard Officer Accused of Plotting Terrorism Is Sentenced to 13 Years--by Michael Levenson

NPR WLRN
Arrested Coast Guard Officer Allegedly Planned Attack 'On A Scale Rarely Seen'--by Greg Myre and Vanessa Romo
Coast Guard Officer Accused Of Planning A Mass Attack Pleads Guilty In Federal Court--by Paolo Zialcita

Patch
Northwest Ethnostate Part Of Coast Guard Officer's Terror Plot--by Neal McNamara

Southern Poverty Law Center
Feds: Coast Guard Lieutenant Has Neo-Nazi Ties, Had Hit List of Targets--by Brett Barrouquere and Heidi Beirich

Think Progress
This neo-Nazi helped radicalize Coast Guard officer Chris Hasson. Amazon is still selling his books.--by Luke Barnes

Time
The Military Is Cracking Down on Immigrant Recruits. But Advocates Say It's Ignoring a White Nationalism Problem--by Abigail Abrams

US Department of Justice
Christopher Hasson Facing Federal Indictment for Illegal Possession of Silencers, Possession of Firearms by a Drug Addict and Unlawful User, and Possession of a Controlled Substance

Wikipedia
Christopher Paul Hasson

Photos
Christopher Hasson--via US Attorney's Office (Public Domain)
Hasson Weapons Cache--from US District Court via Navy Times
Hasson Hit List--via US Attorney's Office via Heavy

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Hillary’s Story
Martha Mitchell made a name for herself in Washington, DC by spilling political secrets. BUT when she discovers a Watergate connection to her husband, he tries to silence her.

Tina’s Story
James Henry Hammond was an awful pro-slavery politician steeped in controversy. BUT when his diary is published nearly 100 years after his death, it adds even more shame to his already shameful legacy.

Sources
Hillary's Story
All That's Interesting
Martha Mitchell: The Woman Nobody Believed About Watergate

BBC
Martha Mitchell speaks out about Nixon, Watergate

Encyclopedia
Mitchell, Martha (1918-1976)

The New York Times
Martha Mitchell Testifies in Civil Suit--by Charlotte Curtis

People
A Martha Mitchell Biography Raps John, but Confirms That She Loved Him Until She Died--By Martha Smilgis

Timeline
This woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about Watergate

The Washington Post
'I'm a political prisoner': Mouthy Martha Mitchell was the George Conway of the Nixon era

Wikipedia
Martha Mitchell

Photos
Martha Mitchell--from US National Archives via Public Domain
Martha and John Mitchell--from AP via Politico
“Martha was Right” Flower Arrangement--via Necessary Storms

Tina's Story
Elisa Rolle: Queer Places
James Henry Hammond

Google Arts & Culture
James Henry Hammond

Headstuff
James Henry Hammond, Pro-Slavery Paedophile Politician--by Ciaran Conliffe

History, Art & Archives
Representative James Henry Hammond of South Carolina

House Divided
In Washington D.C., the second South Carolina senator, James Henry Hammond, resigns his seat

Learning for Justice
Sen. James Henry Hammond On the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution Speech Before the United States Senate / Cotton is King--by James Henry Hammond

Library of Congress
James Henry Hammond papers

Moultrie News
Laying bare the Hammond-Hampton feud--by Tom Horton

National Park Service
James Henry Hammond

The New York Times
Monster of All He Survived--by Rosellen Brown

South Carolina
James Henry Hammond

South Carolina Encyclopedia
Hammond, James Henry

University North Carolina: The Southern Historical Collection
Collection Title: James Henry Hammond Letters, 1831-1845.

Wikipedia
Hammond School
James Henry Hammond

Photos
James Henry Hammond--via Public Domain
Catherine Fitzimmons--via Headstuff
Thomas J. Withers--via Elisa Rolle's Queer Places Website
The Hammond School in 1966--via Public Domain

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