Tag: Oregon

President of Oregon Right to Life Fired From Job for Pro-Life Beliefs

Mark Hemingway · January 28, 2016 8:03 pm

After his violent arrest Tuesday, in which his brother Ryan was wounded and friend LaVoy Finicum was killed, militia leader Ammon Bundy is calling on the remaining armed standoffers near Burns, Ore. to stand down. (AP)

Ammon Bundy asks Burns occupiers to stand down. Will they?

Jeremy Lott · January 28, 2016 5:01 am

Conservatives as a whole notably embrace local authority and the rule of law, two things particularly under assault by this month's Oregon occupation. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Lawlessness under arms is the limit of dissent

Brian Levin with Kevin Grisham · January 21, 2016 5:02 am

Medenbach was arrested for having a stolen automobile, a felony that can carry five years in Oregon prisons. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)

Beltway Confidential

Doozy of a first arrest in Ore. armed standoff

Jeremy Lott · January 16, 2016 2:14 pm

Burns is a good launching-off point for folks who want to take in the natural world. (AP)

What the press isn’t telling you about Burns, Ore.

Jeremy Lott · January 12, 2016 3:25 am

Militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy untwisted the braided wire fence that protected federally owned property from the public. (Screen shot of video from the Twitter account of Wanda Moore, reporter and producer for KTVZ/ KFXO)

Oregon militia takes down refuge fence

Anna Giaritelli · January 11, 2016 10:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

Will Oregon standoff lead to Occupy West?

Jeremy Lott · January 11, 2016 7:26 am

Rhodes was prescient when he warned Bundy shouldn't go unless he was sure that the Hammonds wanted his help. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Beltway Confidential

Is Ammon Bundy a lousy politician?

Jeremy Lott · January 9, 2016 9:35 pm

Ward met with Ammon Bundy Thursday and tried to reason with him, promising him safe passage out of the state. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Security

Oregon standoff continued Friday, but it’s winding down

Jeremy Lott · January 9, 2016 5:22 am

In April 2015, outside Grants Pass, Ore., a local chapter of the Oath Keepers recruited people to help provide security for a gold mine on federal land where the claimholders are in a dispute with federal regulators. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Armed western standoffs are fairly common

Jeremy Lott · January 9, 2016 3:40 am

Trump says Americans shouldn't let the government turn the West into a federally-owned frontier. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Donald Trump takes on federal land control

Gabby Morrongiello · January 8, 2016 8:02 pm

Harney County Sheriff David Ward listens to concerns during the community meeting at the Harney County fairgrounds in Burns, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Beltway Confidential

Why Oregon police took the wait-them-out approach

Jeremy Lott · January 8, 2016 4:05 pm