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In reply to the discussion: #BundyTeaParty updates: more arrests, AG - more charges coming, Judge - David Fry detained [View all]L. Coyote
(51,134 posts)67. GOP Politicians Planned And Participated In Key Aspects Of Refuge Occupation
Last edited Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:51 PM - Edit history (1)
Western Priorities @WstrnPriorities
Lawmakers pushed LEO for operational info on #Oregonstandoff while helping Bundy gang:
Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas
Here's a timeline of how COWS came to be, and played a role in both Bundy standoffs. #Oregonstandoff
GOP Politicians Planned And Participated In Key Aspects Of Refuge Occupation
by John Sepulvado OPB | March 16, 2016
On a cold January morning, a posse led by a former Army company commander named Matt Shea rolled into the Harney County Courthouse and wanted to speak to the sheriff.
But this wasnt a group of militants, or outlaws. They were state lawmakers from four western states, including Oregon. Most of them were members of a group called the Coalition of Western States, or COWS.
They were hoping to talk directly with Sheriff David Ward and convince him to support the armed militants at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Instead, COWS members would meet that day with a Harney County deputy and a sheriff from another county, an FBI agent and other local officials.
The out-of-town visitors presented themselves as wanting to help ........ LISTEN .....
by John Sepulvado OPB | March 16, 2016
On a cold January morning, a posse led by a former Army company commander named Matt Shea rolled into the Harney County Courthouse and wanted to speak to the sheriff.
But this wasnt a group of militants, or outlaws. They were state lawmakers from four western states, including Oregon. Most of them were members of a group called the Coalition of Western States, or COWS.
They were hoping to talk directly with Sheriff David Ward and convince him to support the armed militants at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Instead, COWS members would meet that day with a Harney County deputy and a sheriff from another county, an FBI agent and other local officials.
The out-of-town visitors presented themselves as wanting to help ........ LISTEN .....

stella @dsstella Retweeted Western Priorities
These people took important LEO information & gave it to the seditionists. @DOJ @POTUS @BundyRanch #Oregonstandoff
Fiore Asserts Bundy Terrorists Were Just 'Camping At The Refuge'
NV Republican Assemblywoman and gun-obsessed pin up girl, Michele Fiore has outdone herself this time. If you thought the insanity of her claim that cancer is merely a fungus was too nutty to fathom, her current definition of the outdoor pastime of camping now includes armed insurrection.
The Federal Government had this all wrong, according to Fiore. She sat down with a Las Vegas Sun reporter, Chris Kudialis. I must admit, he kept a straight face throughout the interview as the assertions became increasingly more ludicrous. ........ Kudialis wanted to know to what extent she'd go to defend people who were taking over a wildlife area, and pointing guns at federal officials. ..... First she corrected him.
FIORE: So, they didn't take over the refuge, they were camping there. ......
I guess that makes this a "camping permit" then!
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PoB @prattleonboyo
Lawmakers earmark $4.5M tax money to remove wildlife refuges from federal protection: http://bit.ly/1TOVm5J by @SamTLevin #OregonStandoff
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#BundyTeaParty updates: more arrests, AG - more charges coming, Judge - David Fry detained [View all]
L. Coyote
Mar 2016
OP
Apparently, the tribe has been working with the FBI after the occupation. No reports yet
L. Coyote
Mar 2016
#14
I do feel sorry for David Fry. Clearly a lost soul who was exploited by the Bundys.
yellowcanine
Mar 2016
#11
This is fantastic. Throw them in a SuperMax for life. Make an example out of them.
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#23
these RIGHT-WING TERRORISTS are probably related to serial killer Ted Bundy
Jeffersons Ghost
Mar 2016
#27
Was the guy aiming at the BLM from the bridge in the first standoff arrested? nt
Quixote1818
Mar 2016
#55
#OregonStandoff defendant says he was just borrowing government truck to get groceries
L. Coyote
Mar 2016
#57
Oregonstandoff, defendants on trial for Malheur occupation will be facing mandatory minimums
L. Coyote
Mar 2016
#66
Oregon standoff figure arrested after threatening to shoot federal officers, DA says
L. Coyote
Mar 2016
#69
#BundyTeaParty supporters investigated for death threats. &&& Oregon is finally Bundy-free!
L. Coyote
Mar 2016
#79