What started as a quiet mid-week lull on Capitol Hill erupted into one of the most explosive political moments in modern congressional history when Rep. Jonas Hawk — the Red River firebrand — stormed onto the House floor clutching a star-spangled binder that would soon ignite a national firestorm. On the cover, in bold letters: “AMERICAN SOIL LEADERSHIP ACT — NO FOREIGN-BORN IN FEDERAL POWER.” Hawk wasn’t introducing a bill. He was detonating one. And by nightfall, the entire country was at war

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