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==Publishing ''The Councilor''==

==Publishing ''The Councilor''==

In 1962, Touchstone became the editor of ''The Councilor,'' the official publication of the White Citizens' Council, of which his mailing list included a worldwide readership of more than 106,000 but a paid circulation of 18,000. The Citizens Council was formed in the middle 1950s to oppose the [[civil rights movement]] in the South. Led in Louisiana by [[William Rainach]], the council was composed of avowed [[Segregation|segregationists]] who sought to exert financial pressures on civil rights supporters. The greater part of the members were medium to lower-income whites who were staunch supporters of what was commonly called "the southern way of life."  The Citizens' Council grew in numbers until the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] was signed into law by [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], a frequent target of Touchstone's editorials, along with Johnson's intra-party rival, [[United States Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]], subsequently a U.S. senator from [[New York]] for fewer than four years.<ref name=thecouncilor>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.ferris.edu/ISAR/Institut/cca/touchstone_cca.htm|title=Ned Touchstone: The Citizens Councils and The Councilor|publisher=Institute for the Study of Academic Racism|date=1983|accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref>​ In December 1963, a confidential informant (NO 1223-R) identified Touchstone as a member of the Original Knights of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The informant further revealed that the KKK had "documented proof" that President Johnson early in his political career joined the KKK, much as his friend [[Robert Byrd]] did in [[West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madworldnews.com/trump-democratic-president-kkk/|title=Trump Reveals Which Democratic President Was Also KKK Member, Liberals in Meltdown Mode|date=October 30, 2017|publisher=Madworldnews.com|accessdate=August 25, 2019}}</ref>

In 1962, Touchstone became the editor of ''The Councilor,'' the official publication of the White Citizens' Council, of which his mailing list included a worldwide readership of more than 106,000 but a paid circulation of 18,000. The Citizens Council was formed in the middle 1950s to oppose the [[civil rights movement]] in the South. Led in Louisiana by [[William Rainach]], the council was composed of avowed [[Segregation|segregationists]] who sought to exert financial pressures on civil rights supporters. The greater part of the members were medium to lower-income whites who were staunch supporters of what was commonly called "the southern way of life."  The Citizens' Council grew in numbers until the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] was signed into law by [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], a frequent target of Touchstone's editorials, along with Johnson's intra-party rival, [[United States Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]], subsequently a U.S. senator from [[New York]] for fewer than four years.<ref name=thecouncilor>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.ferris.edu/ISAR/Institut/cca/touchstone_cca.htm|title=Ned Touchstone: The Citizens Councils and The Councilor|publisher=Institute for the Study of Academic Racism|date=1983|accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref>​  

 

In December 1963, a confidential informant (NO 1223-R) identified Touchstone as a member of the Original Knights of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The informant further revealed that the KKK had "documented proof" that President Johnson early in his political career joined the KKK, much as his friend [[Robert Byrd]] did in [[West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madworldnews.com/trump-democratic-president-kkk/|title=Trump Reveals Which Democratic President Was Also KKK Member, Liberals in Meltdown Mode|date=October 30, 2017|publisher=Madworldnews.com|accessdate=August 25, 2019}}</ref>

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''The Councilor'' offered stories hostile toward liberals in both major parties, and particularly the administrations of [[John F. Kennedy]] and Lyndon B. Johnson and [[Moderate Republican]]s who supported civil rights legislation and parts of the Democratic agenda.<ref name=thecouncilor/> Often Touchstone employed editorial ridicule and vociferous personal attacks against those whom he politically opposed.<ref name=ejas/> However, Touchstone claimed to be an expert researcher and said that he had never lost a legal challenge regarding any of his articles. Touchstone often hosted citizens from all over the United States and even various British dignitaries eager for his personal analysis of events.​<ref name=thecouncilor/>

''The Councilor'' offered stories hostile toward liberals in both major parties, and particularly the administrations of [[John F. Kennedy]] and Lyndon B. Johnson and [[Moderate Republican]]s who supported civil rights legislation and parts of the Democratic agenda.<ref name=thecouncilor/> Often Touchstone employed editorial ridicule and vociferous personal attacks against those whom he politically opposed.<ref name=ejas/> However, Touchstone claimed to be an expert researcher and said that he had never lost a legal challenge regarding any of his articles. Touchstone often hosted citizens from all over the United States and even various British dignitaries eager for his personal analysis of events.​<ref name=thecouncilor/>