December 9, 2016 Following acquittals, Oregon standoff prosecutors rethinking next phase of trial Patrick contends that the jury in the first trial concluded that a conspiracy did not exist. He notes that the original indictment lists all…
November 21, 2016 Movement gains traction to pardon Oregon ranchers The official petition was posted on the We the People website Saturday. It has until December 19 to get 100,000 digital signatures to guarantee an official…
November 6, 2016 WikiLeaks exposes Podesta/PEW collusion behind Obama monuments push The email from PEW’s Mike Matz to Podesta, titled “National Monuments check in,” begins by citing a ‘lull’ in the creation of national monuments,…
November 3, 2016 Who defines ‘domestic terrorism’ is at stake in election The Bundy brothers and their friends, including radio host Pete Santilli and a number of women, became known as ‘domestic terrorists,’ ‘welfare ranchers,’ ‘armed…
November 2, 2016 What’s behind flaring land disputes in the West? Despite all the media attention on the trial, many have overlooked the underlying issues that make federal lands so contentious in the first place….
October 30, 2016 Locals fear Owyhee monument would ‘inflame’ deep wounds in Oregon communities In an open letter to President Obama, who has authority to declare a new monument and has done so several times in recent months,…
October 28, 2016 Ammon Bundy’s attorney tasered, tackled following Oregon standoff acquittals “It just blows my mind,” Paris said. “To have a lawyer who’s making an argument in court physically restrained and taken down is extraordinary….
October 27, 2016 Self-identified ‘very biased’ former BLM employee dismissed from Bundy jury That’s relevant because another federal land management agency — the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — oversees the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which Bundy,…
October 18, 2016 Oregon standoff trial highlights federal vs locals public lands struggles The occupiers argue the federal government can’t manage public lands as well as state, counties or private entities. They’d even like to see the…
October 10, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 1 In January 2016, an armed militia group seized control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon. Their goal: to protest federal control…
