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Oregon Standoff

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Oregon Standoff

Blood, Delusions, and Corruption in the American West

"This country is now full of men and women with long-term personal experience of contemporary guerrilla insurrection."

Brian Doherty | 9.15.2019 6:00 AM

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Pardons

Trump Pardons Oregon Ranchers Convicted in Brush Fire Case

Steve and Dwight Hammond became a cause célèbre for angry ranchers and another example of inflexible mandatory minimum sentences.

C.J. Ciaramella | 7.10.2018 1:43 PM

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Bureau of Land Management

Charges Against Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy and His Sons Tossed from Federal Court

Judge cites "flagrant prosecutorial misconduct" on the government's part.

Brian Doherty | 1.8.2018 4:45 PM

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Oregon Standoff

FBI Agent Indicted For Lying to Investigators About Shooting at Oregon Occupation Protester LaVoy Finicum

The law still considers the killing of Finicum justified.

Brian Doherty | 6.29.2017 3:30 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: State Secrets

Charles Oliver | 1.19.2017 4:00 AM

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Oregon Standoff

Federal Overreach in Search of More Prison Time Cost Them a Conviction, Says Juror in Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Center Occupation Acquittal

Brian Doherty | 10.29.2016 5:45 PM

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Bureau of Land Management

Seven Occupiers of Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Refuge Acquitted on All Charges

Brian Doherty | 10.27.2016 8:35 PM

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Politics

New Video Shows Agents Began Shooting at LaVoy Finicum Before Alleged Reach for a Gun Said to Justify the Kill

FBI agents now under criminal investigation for possible misconduct regarding killing Finicum after the Oregon wildlife standoff.

Brian Doherty | 3.8.2016 10:56 PM

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Politics

Wave of Arrests Yesterday Over 14 New Indictments Over 2014 Bundy Ranch Standoff

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2016 2:23 PM

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Civil Liberties

Fusion Center Issues New Statement on Its Warning That Police Should Watch Out for Don't-Tread-on-Me Flags

Many unanswered questions remain about both the bulletin and the DHS-funded intelligence-sharing operation that produced it.

Jesse Walker | 2.9.2016 2:33 PM

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Civil Liberties

Utah Fusion Center Warns Cops: Watch Out for Don't-Tread-on-Me Flags

With LaVoy Finicum's funeral being held today, Utah police are on the lookout for "armed extremists." What sort of advice are they getting?

Jesse Walker | 2.5.2016 10:42 AM

Politics

What Black Lives Matter and the Oregon Ranchers Have in Common

A little empathy could go a long way

Matt Welch | 2.1.2016 7:00 AM

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Oregon Standoff

Ammon Bundy Arrested; Shots Fired; One Dead (UPDATED)

Details vague; passive voice deployed.

Scott Shackford | 1.26.2016 10:17 PM

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Oregon Standoff

The Oregon Standoff is Only a Glimpse at Western Anger with the Feds

Federal dominance of western lands sets Americans against each other and fuels anger at Washington, D.C.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.12.2016 2:00 AM

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Policy

Watch Jacob Sullum Discuss Mandatory Minimums and the Oregon Standoff on Ron Paul's Show

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2016 9:24 AM

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Policy

Two Ranchers, Two Fires, Too Long Behind Bars

The resentencing of Dwight and Steven Hammond illustrates the injustices wrought by mandatory minimums.

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2016 12:01 AM

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Civil Liberties

Friday A/V Club: NBC's Infamous Insta-Movie About Waco

A TV film that was so misleading, the screenwriter asked the surviving Davidians for forgiveness

Jesse Walker | 1.8.2016 1:23 PM

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Policy

Oregon Rancher Protest Highlights the Injustice of Mandatory Minimums

The Hammond case illustrates how federal law forces judges to impose sentences they consider grossly disproportionate.

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2016 9:00 AM

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Oregon Standoff

Whatever's Going on in Oregon, It's Not Terrorism

Terrorism is the use of violence against noncombatants for a political purpose. That's not what's happening here.

Sheldon Richman | 1.7.2016 12:15 AM

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Politics

Anthony Fisher Talks Oregon, Guns, and Obama's Tears on HuffPost Live

First Cocktail Chatter of 2016!

Anthony Fisher | 1.6.2016 10:27 PM

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Oregon Standoff

How Making a Murderer Helps Explain Liberals' Reaction to the Oregon Standoff

We all deserve fair treatment under the law, and we all lose when people let aesthetic and ideological differences obscure that basic truth.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.6.2016 6:30 PM

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Civil Liberties

Are the Malheur Militants Really 'Terrorists'?

Not by the reasonable definitions of the word

Jesse Walker | 1.6.2016 10:32 AM

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Politics

Matt Welch Talks Oregon Standoff on All in with Chris Hayes Tonight

Tune into MSNBC after 8:40 p.m. ET to hear whether white ranchers are being treated differently than if they were Muslims

Matt Welch | 1.4.2016 6:09 PM

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Oregon Standoff

Rand Paul, White House, Want Oregon Standoff Resolved Cautiously. Why Don't More Liberals Agree?

Relentlessly demonizing misunderstood opponents is a bad idea.

Robby Soave | 1.4.2016 4:50 PM

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Policy

The Absurdly Harsh Penalties That Sparked the Oregon Rancher Protest

A federal judge rejected mandatory minimums for Dwight and Steven Hammond as unconstitutional; an appeals court disagreed.

Jacob Sullum | 1.4.2016 7:00 AM

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Oregon Standoff

On #OregonUnderAttack and #YallQaeda: Stop Calling Everyone a Terrorist

Unfounded terrorism allegations are the health of the state.

Robby Soave | 1.3.2016 5:00 PM

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Oregon Standoff

Armed Protesters in Oregon Occupy Remote Federal Outpost at Wildlife Refuge After Marching Against Sentence of Father and Son Ranchers

Justice Department appealed the sentence to get it extended to the mandatory minimum, which the district chief judge thought was "grossly disproportionate."

Ed Krayewski | 1.3.2016 11:03 AM

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