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  2. Bill Thompson (New York politician) - Wikipedia

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    Bill Thompson (New York politician) William Colridge Thompson Jr. (born July 10, 1953) [1][2][3] is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City; sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009.

  3. Jim Thompson (Illinois politician) - Wikipedia

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    Washington University (BA) Northwestern University (JD) James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020) was an American politician, lobbyist, and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. [1] He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive terms and holding ...

  4. Clinton body count conspiracy theory - Wikipedia

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    The Clinton body count is a conspiracy theory centered around the belief that former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have secretly had their political opponents murdered, often made to look like suicides, totaling as many as 50 or more listed victims. [1][2][3] The Congressional Record ...

  5. Category:American politicians who died by suicide - Wikipedia

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    Frederick W. Kavanaugh. Samuel A. Kendall. John J. Kennedy (New York State Treasurer) Edward Kern (police officer) Preston King (politician) Garrett D. Kinney. John Kivela. Ben Klassen. William Knowland.

  6. William Hale Thompson - Wikipedia

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    Mary Walker Wyse. . (m. 1901) . Signature. William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as " Big Bill ", [1] he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago. Historians rank him among the most unethical ...

  7. Anti-pedophile activism - Wikipedia

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    Anti-pedophile graffiti in Poland. Anti-pedophile activism encompasses social actions against pedophiles. It also includes acts of anti-pedophile citizen vigilantism conducted by vigilante groups, [1] some of which have operated alongside government agencies in countries such as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

  8. Operation Greylord - Wikipedia

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    Operation Greylord was an investigation conducted jointly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Chicago Police Department Internal Affairs Division and the Illinois State Police into corruption in the judiciary of Cook County, Illinois (the Chicago jurisdiction).

  9. The Constitution is not a suicide pact - Wikipedia

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    Under the United States Constitution, habeas corpus can be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion. The Confederacy was rebelling, thus suspension of habeas corpus was both legal and constitutional—but only if done by Congress, since the Constitution reserves this power under Article I, which pertains solely to congressional powers; Lincoln, meanwhile, usurped the power under his own ...