Last night, up to 150 well-armed, white militia members led by rancher Cliven Bundy’s son Ammon took over a federal wildlife refuge in the high desert of Oregon. Ammon Bundy, urging others to join him, declared the following in a video posted to Facebook. “We have basically taken over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge,” he said. […]
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Up to 150 well-armed, white, Christian, self-described “patriots” take a “hard stand” against federal “tyranny,” taking over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon
Posted in Other, Uncategorized Also tagged Amanda Miller, anti-government, arson, Bureau of Land Management, Christian Patriot, domestic terrorism, Dwight Hammond, frightened patriot, Jean Henry, Jerad Miller, Liven Bundy, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, militias, Oregon, patriot movement, Pete Santilli, Posse Comitatus, racism, ranching, sovereign citizen, Steve Hammond, white power 45 Comments
Now that five more U.S. soldiers have been charged in the Georgia murders surrounding a plot to kill President Obama, can we finally concede that we have a domestic terrorism problem?
In 2009, Daryl Johnson, a senior analyst in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, authored a report on the threat of right-wing extremists in the United States. Johnson, who had spent 15 years studying white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups within the United States, seemed to think that the circumstances were right, given the economic downturn, […]
Posted in Politics, Religious Extremism Also tagged Anthony Peden, anti-government, assassination, Christopher Salmon, Daryl Johnson, domestic terrorism, F.E.A.R., Forever Enduring Always Ready., Isaac Aguigui, Janet Napolitano, militia, Obama, right-wing extremism, Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment 19 Comments