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On Saturday night, dozens of white, armed American militants stormed a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon seeking to take a “hard stand” against federal government “tyranny.” It’s a wild story. Here’s what you need to know. Sidebar The Oath Keeper Who Wants to Arm Black Lives Matter » Q: Where is this? A: The…
Also, about that village we want to save… Oh, what a grand way to start an election year! With a bunch of militia loons holed up in a federally owned building, in defense of convicted criminals, demanding to start a new American Revolution against federal tyranny! It’s this winter’s second-biggest sequel, starring three of Welfare…
With the domestic terrorism situation that’s currently under way in Oregon being almost entirely ignored by local and federal law enforcement, the people have taken to the social media airwaves to call a spade a spade. While #OregonUnderAttack was trending for most of the day on Sunday, another tag soon followed as a way to…
Dr. Samuel W. Francis spent the first two years of his medical career treating heads and abdomens during the Civil War, and then he helped those with skin disease. Later, he organized a Sanitary Protection Association that led to the creation of an early Board of Health in New York City. He also invented a…
This was supposed to be an election driven by social media, be it dominant players like Facebook and Twitter or newcomers like Snapchat and Meerkat. Yet it was another banner year for Matt Drudge, whose eponymous website racked up more than 8 billion visits in 2015 as he remained the top traffic source for many…
A group of militiamen who have taken over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon have been joined by the notable Bundy family, a group of anti-government ranchers headed by a racist patriarch. The group broke into the federal Malhuer Wildlife Refuge after a protest in Harney County, Oregon, on Saturday, following the conviction of two…
Tensions over the treatment of two cattle ranchers in Oregon escalated into an armed standoff over the weekend when members of a rightwing militia occupied a wildlife refuge and threatened a confrontation with federal authorities. Ammon Bundy, the son of the Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was at the heart of a notorious showdown over…
Anealla Safdar | 03 Jan 2016 08:54 GMT | US & Canada, US, Crime 3222 19 Follow Anealla Safdar on Twitter: @anealla Source: Al Jazeera [<a href=”//storify.com/AJEStorify/oregon” target=”_blank”>View the story “#OregonUnderAttack” on Storify</a>] Follow Anealla Safdar on Twitter: @anealla [&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”//storify.com/AJEStorify/oregon” target=”_blank”&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;View the story “#OregonUnderAttack” on Storify&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;] Source: Al Jazeera Double standards cited amid armed protest in Oregon – Al Jazeera English.
Star Wars creator George Lucas doesn’t seem too fond of the approach to the latest title in the film series, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In an interview with Charlie Rose, via IndieWire, he discussed the franchise’s legacy and also shared his thoughts about the new film. Sidebar Carrie Fisher Annihilates ‘Star Wars’ Body Shamers »…
The Times Square Ball dropped more than a Waterford Crystal ball on New Year’s Eve, it also dropped a controversial tweet that it then quickly dropped from its feed. Around 10pm, the ball’s official Twitter account tweeted the hashtag #BallLivesMatter to its 20,000 followers. The message was a play on the popular hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which…