The day after a 41-day antigovernment standoff ended last week at an Oregon wildlife refuge, former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack rode into rural Harney County and boldly claimed to have a full understanding of the militia takeover of a national wildlife refuge.
Sixteen antigovernment activists, including ringleader Ammon Bundy and four occupiers who still remain at an FBI-encircled wildlife refuge in Oregon, are named in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in Portland.
After the FBI releases a video of the shooting of LaVoy Finicum antigovernment extremists release a call to action
Amid comparisons to Ruby Ridge and Waco, anger is pervasive on the far right, but militia leaders are mostly calling for ‘cooler heads’ to prevail.
We are relieved that the ringleaders of the Malheur occupation are now in custody.
Armed occupiers remaining at an Oregon wildlife refuge, like their eight associates arrested yesterday, have rejected “ample opportunities to leave peacefully” or negotiate, a senior FBI official said today.
The FBI and Oregon State Police announced last night the arrests of six of the antigovernment extremists occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Bend, Ore. including leader Ammon Bundy.
Bundy brothers’ invasion of wildlife refuge stirs a typically paranoid response among their fellow antigovernment extremists.
As online platforms like Twitter and Facebook become increasingly important for the dissemination of breaking news, extremist leaders are recognizing the power of subverting mainstream coverage in the service of their own agendas.
The armed takeover of a federal government building in Oregon comes amid a renewed expansion of the far-right, antigovernment militia movement in the wake of the 2014 standoff between federal agents and heavily armed antigovernment activists in the Nevada desert.
