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  2. McCarthyism - Wikipedia

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    McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. [1]

  3. McCarran Internal Security Act - Wikipedia

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    The Internal Security Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 987 (Public Law 81-831), also known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, the McCarran Act after its principal sponsor Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nevada), or the Concentration Camp Law, [2] is a United States federal law. Congress enacted it over President Harry Truman's veto. It required ...

  4. Portal:Freedom of speech/Selected article/34 - Wikipedia

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    It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism." The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterized by heightened fears of communist ...

  5. 10 things you didn't know about the Constitution - AOL

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    So in honor of the 228th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, we take a look at some things you might not have known about the birthday of the American government. 1) The ...

  6. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions under a central (federal) government. In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states, as well as the division of power between them and the central government, is typically ...

  7. Trump breaks with Kevin McCarthy, pushing Republicans ... - AOL

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    In the Fox News interview, McCarthy also sought to drive a wedge between Trump and a GOP rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, after DeSantis was first to back the right-wing tactics on spending. “I ...

  8. House Un-American Activities Committee - Wikipedia

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    The committee's anti-communist investigations are often associated with McCarthyism, although Joseph McCarthy himself (as a U.S. Senator) had no direct involvement with the House committee. [2] [3] McCarthy was the chairman of the Government Operations Committee and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U.S. Senate, not the House.

  9. Kevin McCarthy says Trump indictment will ‘disrupt the nation ...

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    Kevin McCarthy launched an aggressive defence of Donald Trump after his indictment on 37 counts of mishandling top secret documents. “This is going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the ...