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Roots Of U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists Run Through The West And Northwest

By NPR News January 12, 2021

Ammon Bundy riding a horse at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Occupation in 2016

As the violent mob broke into the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, and livestreams showed pro-Trump insurrectionists defacing property and posing in the House Speaker's chair, here in the West, feelings of shock quickly faded to familiarity. "There are years of warning signs," said Eric Ward of the Western States Center, which tracks extremism in Oregon and the West.Read More

Judge Denies Grazing Rights To Oregon Ranchers Whose Case Helped Spark Malheur Occupation

By Dirk VanderHart December 21, 2019

President Trump pardoned Dwight and Steven Hammond Tuesday, June 10 2018 CREDIT: OPB

The Oregon ranchers whose imprisonment helped spur an armed occupation in 2016 don’t have permission to graze on federal land after all. On Friday, a U.S. District Court rejected the Trump administration’s decision to restore grazing rights to Dwight and Steven Hammond, the father and son pair at the center of years of controversy in eastern Oregon.Read More

Roots Of U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists Run Through The West And Northwest

Judge Denies Grazing Rights To Oregon Ranchers Whose Case Helped Spark Malheur Occupation

Federal Judge Blocks Grazing Permits To Oregon Family At Heart Of Malheur Occupation

Oregon Ranchers Whose Case Sparked Malheur Occupation Can Graze On Public Lands Again

Malheur Occupation Leader Ryan Payne Ordered Into Custody In Oregon