Reality in the shape of forest fires and their smoke settled over the scene of the latest antigovernment attempt to provoke a confrontation with the federal government over public lands policy.
Reality in the shape of forest fires and their smoke settled over the scene of the latest antigovernment attempt to provoke a confrontation with the federal government over public lands policy.
The Oath Keepers have shown up in the tiny western Montana town of Lincoln, answering a “call to action” issued earlier this month to protect the “constitutional rights” of a local mine owner in a dispute with the federal government.
Responding to a nationwide call to arms issued by the leadership of the Oath Keepers, scores of antigovernment “Patriots” have begun showing up fully armed and prepared to guard military recruiting offices across the United States – and some continue to do so.
In what may not be a coincidence, a string of nighttime fires have damaged or destroyed at least six predominately black churches in four southern states in the past week.
In what may not be a coincidence, a string of nighttime fires have damaged or destroyed at least six predominately black churches in four southern states in the past week.
So much for a repeat of the Bundy Ranch standoff.