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The whole sons of libertyspying thing was pretty secretive. History channel presents laughably inaccurate sons of. Democrats panicked when donald trump threatened mexico with tariffs, if they didnt help at the border. The sons of liberty took their name from a speech given in the british parliament by isaac barre, in which he referred to the colonials who had opposed unjust british measures as the sons of liberty.
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