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Here I will share my feelings about America and her Future.
Let it be known to all the World, I love all Humankind, however the poor actions of the few that take away the Freedom's of the many wear on my soul. I don't hate them I feel sad for their foolishness before God and humankind.
Those leaders who seek to 'Keep their Oaths of office' and those who seek only self glory, power, tyranny and the destruction of America as it was founded, hoping to turn it into a Dictatorship, Marxist or other state of Tyranny.
For a long while I was unsure of putting a blog together with my thoughts on this, however Truth must be shared, if not to Awake American's to their dangerous situation then to record the folly of the ways of the wicked who do exist in the leadership of our Nation, States, Counties, Towns. Sad that I must add this page.
"We often search for things in life, yet seldom do we find.
Those things in life that really matter, until we make the time." S.T.Huls
Ryan Bundy started his detention hearing with a prayer last week in US Magistrate Judge George Foley Jr.’s courtroom.
Although you don’t often see it in any legal jurisdiction, it should have come as no surprise. As a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the eldest son of Bunkerville cattle rancher Cliven Bundy prays often. Friends and family members who assembled at U.S. District Court prayed on bended knee before packing the courtroom on Bundy’s behalf. The group included Bundy’s wife and eight children, who by themselves filled nearly half a row in the courtroom.
Acting as his own attorney, Bundy was attempting to win a pre-trial release after what, by his count, was his 370th day of incarceration in connection with the 2014 standoff at his family’s ranch.
Whether his prayer for freedom is answered in the affirmative remains uncertain. The lengthy and at times contentious hearing concluded without a decision by Judge Foley, who was surely given plenty to consider as the first of three trials associated with the standoff approaches.
Following the prayer, an improvised self-swearing in with a promise to tell the truth, an acknowledgment of his family and faith, references to his family’s 140-year presence in Bunkerville, the Declaration of Independence and Founding Fathers, and several amendments of the Constitution, Judge Foley reminded him that time was limited and encouraged him not to bog down the process. If Bundy wished to give testimony, Foley said, he’d have to be sworn in and subjected to cross-examination.
“My time has been very much bogged down for 370 days,” Bundy replied. “… I’m not afraid of the truth. The truth will set me free.”
With his every word being measured by an experienced team of prosecutors led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre, Bundy weighed in deeper. He wasn’t shy about stating his knowledge of the law, the facts as proffered, and his state of mind during the days leading up to the standoff with armed agents of the Bureau of Land Management. The confrontation, which made news internationally, ended without a shot fired.
He tried to make the point that the rhetoric in the government’s charging document was overstated and even wildly inaccurate.
Among his memorable lines:
— “There was no threat of federal officers. I did not refuse to obey orders.”
— “I know that there was no organization. This was a spontaneous public protest.”
— “There was no conspiracy …We had no intent to do anything illegal, and we did not.”
— “I do not want to die. I have a good life.”
But although he said he tried at every turn to de-escalate the armed standoff on April 12, some of the hundreds of people who converged on the Bundy Ranch during the standoff were heavily armed. Some were associated with right-wing militia groups. And the photos of a citizen aiming a scoped, high-powered rifle toward a distant group of federal agents doesn’t speak to the success of Bundy’s effort at peacekeeping during the botched roundup by government cowboys.
During his detention hearing, he argued that the government had “mischaracterized my state of mind” and turned his “opinions and thoughts protected by the First Amendment” and comments that were “no more than political hyperbole” into threats deserving of felony charges.
From the superseding indictment, “The gunmen and other Followers did as Bundy ordered. The gunmen, armed with a variety of firearms, including assault rifles, hurriedly loaded themselves into cars and trucks and moved en masse to the Impound Site, jamming the roads and slowing traffic on northbound Interstate-15 to a trickle, making it difficult for state and local law enforcement vehicles to respond.”
The first of three trials is scheduled to start Monday in federal court with six men characterized by the government as low-level “follower-gunmen,” whose alleged criminal involvement was limited to the events of April 12.
The trial for Ryan Bundy, brother Ammon, father Cliven, Peter Santilli and Ryan Payne is scheduled to begin 30 days after the end of the first trial.
Perhaps Bundy’s feeling especially confident, or at least vindicated, after winning an October acquittal in connection with the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Maybe he missed his calling as a criminal defense attorney and constitutional scholar when he chose chasing cattle on the family ranch.
And maybe this time the old line about the man who represents himself in court having a fool for a client won’t apply in Bundy’s case.
If he continues to represent himself in the trial of his life, I suspect he may need all the prayers he can get.
John L. Smith is a longtime Las Vegas journalist and author. Contact him at jlnevadasmith@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @jlnevadasmith.
Burns Oregon local rancher talks about the murder of Robert LaVoy Finicum. Drugs, corruption and sexual misconduct by a tribal leader. The countless lies by Sheriff Dave Ward and Nasty Grasty.
Rob Wood with KrisAnne Hall and Tom DeWeese. Yesterday at 11:49am SHERIFF MACK'S PRESS RELEASE: (Note: If your State Legislator or Group wants to be listen on this press release going to be presented in Washington, DC early next week, contact me right away by PM or email. We have several listed on it from our visit to the Statehouse earlier this week.) There Is No Liberty With Innocents in Prison! For Immediate Release: January 29, 2017 We The People of The United States of America, do hereby request the immediate assistance and intervention by President Donald J Trump, the U S Congress, the US Attorney General, media outlets, churches, civic groups, and all freedom organizations, to join together in stopping the injustices befalling numerous Americans, who are now in prison as a result of out-of-control federal regulations. These victimized Americans have not committed any crimes, have harmed no other human being, and are good honest people. It appears that their only offense has been to offend federal bureaucrats, who have in turn done all in their power to make examples of otherwise law-abiding citizens. We beg the President and all public servants to put an end to these senseless and cruel atrocities. A brief review of only a few of these injustices are as follows: * Steve and Dwight Hammond from Burns, OR, were charged with “Domestic Terrorism” for burning debris and foliage on their family ranch. They were convicted, spent about a year in prison, paid a $400,000 fine (raised by their neighbors, fellow ranchers, and friends) and were then released. The judge said the charges against them “shocked the conscience of this court.” The federal gov't appealed their “light” sentences and the Ninth Circuit sent these good people back to prison, essentially giving Dwight Hammond, now 76 years old, a life sentence. Both men went to prison twice for the same offense. * Sam Girod, an Amish farmer in Kentucky, has been fending off the FDA for five years. He was recently arrested and now sits in a federal prison. What was his crime? Sam Girod actually made a healing salve out of Chickweed and shared it with people in need. He was stripped from his family and now faces life in prison! * Kenneth Wright had his home raided and ransacked in Stockton, CA by the Dept of Education SWAT Team, because his estranged wife failed to pay back her student loan. He did not go to prison, but was placed in a hot patrol cruiser for 6 hours while the SWAT team raided his home to “search for evidence.” This federal SWAT mentality (Dept of Ed.) has got to stop. (Video is available on youtube) * 53 ranchers in Clarke County, NV, have all been run out of business and their lands and cattle confiscated by the BLM, U S Forest Service, and Obama executive orders, completely violating the U S Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. (Victims are Americans of all races and colors) * Other Amish farmers have undergone similar abuses and SWAT raids, because they do not pasteurize their dairy products. We likewise want these good people left alone and allow Americans to choose their own dairy products from whomever they wish. (A definition of liberty) * In Kansas, Shane Cox, who currently has a daughter serving our country as a Marine, and Jeremy Kettler, a disabled Veteran, were both charged and arrested. Cox for manufacturing a firearm suppressor, and Kettler for buying one. Both actions are allowed and protected by Kansas State law. Both were arrested by the BATF, who asked Kettler to testify against Cox. Kettler refused so he was charged also and is now facing prison along with Cox. Both men are entirely innocent. Such arrests and abuses are the result of bureaucrats creating criminals. If America is to be great again, as President Trump has pledged, then this cannot continue. Therefore, we solemnly request that an independent committee be established to review all arrests and incarcerations from the IRS, BLM, FDA, BATF, EPA, USFS, and all other bureaucracies, in order to free any similar victims. We have many Americans and public officials who are eager to work on this committee. In the meantime, we implore President Trump to grant pardons to these aforementioned people and restore them to their families. America's Freedom Coalition: Coalition Members: Sheriff Richard Mack, Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) Sam Bushman, Liberty Round Table Tom DeWeese, American Policy Center Larry Pratt, GOA Executive Director Emeritus Keith Alan, ForThePeopleShow.com Michele Fiore, former Nevada Assemblywoman Judge Andrew Napolitano - FoxNews Linda (Fmr AZ News Anchor) and David Hansen Chandler, AZ Gary and Pam Shawver, Wadena, IA James Edwards, host of The Political Cesspool Dr. Peter Steinmetz, Director of Nakamoto Brain Research Institute Al Baldasaro, New Hampshire State Rep Sheriff Pam Elliott, Edwards County, TX The Board of Directors, The Kansas Chamber of Liberty KrisAnne Hall, Constitutional Education and Consulting Robert Wood, Southeast Kansas Conservative Group Don and Renee Slinkard, Secure Kansas-Secure America Chuck Henderson, The Flint Hills Tea Party (Kansas) Mark Rinke, Hope for America Coalition (Kansas) Tim Morse, Jackson County Sheriff (Kansas) Randy Garber, Kansas State Rep. Mike Houser, Kansas State Rep. Blake Carpenter, Kansas State Rep. Pete DeGraaf, Kansas State Rep. Trevor Jacobs, Kansas State Rep. Eric L. Smith, Kansas State Rep. TerriLois Gregory, former Kansas State Rep. Jim Howell, Sedgwich County Commissioner and former Kansas State Rep. Jacob LaTurner, Kansas State Senator
Agent in charge at Bunkerville, Nev., standoff is implicated in Burning Man investigation
According to a hot-off-the-press story in The Arizona Republic, An investigation accusing a federal agent of misconduct and ethics violations could derail one of the most high-profile land-use trials in modern Western history.
Jury selection is scheduled to start in a Las Vegas federal courtroom Monday for a series of trials in which 17 cattle ranchers and self-styled militia members face charges for their roles in the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff against Bureau of Land Management officials.
But a Jan. 30 report by the Department of Interior’s Office of the Inspector General appears to raise serious questions about the BLM special agent in charge of operations during the standoff, who is expected to be a key witness for the government in the case.
The report, which does not identify the agent by name, cites ethical violations that occurred in 2015 at the annual Burning Man event in Northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
Federal investigators said the agent wrongly used his influence to obtain benefits for himself and his family members at Burning Man, abused federal law-enforcement resources and intimidated other BLM staff to keep quiet about his conduct. They also accused the agent of manipulating BLM hiring practices to help a friend get hired.
Lawyers representing Bundy Ranch defendants say the report offers enough details to positively identify the agent as Dan Love, the BLM special agent in charge of Utah and Nevada between 2012 and 2015.
Already, they are filing motions to confirm it. A defense lawyer said Thursday they are asking a federal judge to force the government to reveal the name of the agent in the inspector general’s report. If it is Love, they will ask for charges to be dismissed against the Bundy Ranch defendants before the trials begin.
Whipple said the report paints a picture of an agent with a personal agenda and no regard for the rule of law. He said his client long has maintained that Love dangerously orchestrated events during the Bundy standoff to “enhance and enrich” his personal profile and “to make a name for himself.”
Love did not respond to repeated phone calls left at his Utah office and on his cellphone.
BLM officials in Washington, D.C., declined to comment on the inspector general’s report and would not confirm if Love is the unnamed agent. BLM spokesman Michael Richardson called the report a personnel matter. He said the unnamed agent is still employed with the BLM, but Richardson said he would not discuss the agent’s status or current assignment.
“The Bureau of Land Management takes allegations of misconduct seriously,” Richardson said in a statement. “These types of allegations do not align with our mission or the professionalism and dedication of our 10,000 employees doing essential work for America’s public lands each and every day.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Las Vegas also declined comment. Spokeswoman Trisha Young said Friday the witness list in the Bundy Ranch trials has been sealed and is not open to the public, and she declined to speak about Love’s role in the case.
Individual federal prosecutors assigned to the cases did not return calls.
A potential credibility issue, law professor says
The inspector general’s report could damage the credibility of the government’s case if Love is identified as the agent, said Sara Gordon, associate professor of law at the Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
“It’s in an ethics report. I think everything is up for grabs — misuse of the vehicles, using intimidation,” Gordon said. “This stuff, it suggests that he’s willing to cheat and lie for his job.”
She said defense attorneys involved in the Bundy Ranch trials might not be able to show juries the inspector general’s report but could question Love about specific incidents raised in it.
“Anytime a witness is on the stand, you can cross-examine them and … try to impeach him,” she said. “They can ask him about things that (could) show that he’s dishonest.”
Gordon said any damage defense lawyers could inflict upon Love’s credibility would not affect the credibility of other witnesses testifying for the prosecution.
“They don’t have anything to show that he (Love) did any of this at the Bundy standoff,” she said. “I wouldn’t be happy if this was my star witness, but I don’t think this will kill the case.”
The 17 defendants are charged with conspiracy, assault on a federal officer, using a firearm in a crime of violence, obstruction of justice, interference of commerce by extortion and aiding and abetting a crime. If convicted, they could spend the rest of their lives in a federal prison.
Trials could go on for months. The defendants will be prosecuted in groups before three different juries based on their alleged levels of culpability.
The first trial, beginning Monday, primarily involves militia members. The second trial includes Cliven Bundy, two of his sons and two key figures in the standoff. The third includes two Bundy relatives and four others.
Report details special privileges for agent
Federal officials said the BLM agent’s name was withheld from the Burning Man report because he is not a top official within the agency.
But an analysis by the Reno Gazette-Journal and The Arizona Republic found many details in the report coincide with Love’s career, including the agent’s former title, his base of operation, his past assignments and his on-site supervisor. In addition, the report cited a June 2015 Gazette-Journal story about complaints against Love over his conduct before Burning Man began.
The Inspector General’s Office adopted language in its report identical to the Gazette-Journal article naming Love as a person behind a series of official requests that would have required Burning Man organizers to build a $1 million luxury compound for BLM officials at the event.
Burning Man takes place during Labor Day weekend when as many as 70,000 people erect a temporary city on a remote desert playa miles away from any kind of services. The event culminates with the burning of a giant wooden effigy of a man.
Among Love’s requests were flushing toilets, laundry facilities and 24-hour access to ice cream, documents show.
The inspector general’s report said the unnamed agent used his official position to buy three sold-out tickets to Burning Man; had five on-duty BLM officers escorting his father, family friend and girlfriend during the event; and also changed the hiring process so an unqualified applicant, a personal friend of his, would be hired.
During the burning of the effigy, the agent was on duty and he claimed 24 hours of official work time. He also claimed 24 hours of work time the next day, and the day after that.
Investigators said when they began looking into the complaints, the agent called other employees and encouraged them not to cooperate. He told them “I don’t recall” was a valid answer to investigators’ questions, the report said.
Investigators said the agent used intimidation to discourage his co-workers from speaking with investigators, telling one: “You know, if you don’t side with me, grenades are going to go off and you’ll get hit.”
A history of conflict, controversy
Love’s conduct was being called into question years before the Bundy Ranch standoff.
Love, formerly with the Federal Air Marshal Service, became the BLM’s Nevada and Utah special agent in charge in 2012 and has often captured headlines for actions that exacerbated an already strained relationship between the federal agency and landowners.
Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox called for Love’s ouster from the state in 2014, saying the agent had so many conflicts with local officials that it was becoming a barrier to law enforcement, according to reports published in The Salt Lake Tribune.
Four Utah counties passed resolutions alleging the BLM posed a threat to public safety.
“This is untenable,” Cox told The Tribune. “There comes a time when personalities get in the way of productivity.”
Cox said he and other state officials were unable to negotiate with Love, and he publicly told a state commission that he didn’t want Love “instigating a war,” according to The Tribune.
Cox could not be reached for comment Friday. A spokeswoman for Utah Gov. Gary Herbert confirmed the statements made by Cox in 2014 and said they accurately reflected the state’s position.
In 2009, Love was one of the agents in charge of a massive raid of the home of Utah doctor James Redd, who had been busted for trading Native American artifacts out of the Four Corners region.
Redd, 60, committed suicide the day after his arrest, and the artifacts dealer committed suicide thereafter. Four others connected to the case, including the undercover artifacts dealer who got Redd arrested, also committed suicide.
Redd’s widow, Jeanne Redd, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two of the BLM agents, including Love. A federal judge dismissed the suit but questioned the agents’ tactics.
At the ranch, agent accused of escalating tensions
On websites and social-media posts dedicated to the Bundy Ranch standoff, Love is accused of ratcheting up the conflict.
Recorded exchanges purportedly between Love and right-wing internet radio host Peter Santilli during the standoff show just how quickly events escalated as each man threatened the other with arrest.
Love maintained he had the federal courts on his side and wanted to end the standoff peacefully. Then he told Santilli that the protesters didn’t have enough people to hold off law enforcement, saying, “You better hope that 10,000 show up,” according to one website.
Santilli is one of the 17 facing charges.
Bundy’s fight with the federal government dates back to the early 1990s, when he refused to pay the BLM for allowing his cattle to graze on public lands near his ranch in Bunkerville, Nev., about 80 miles north of Las Vegas on Interstate 15.
For two decades, the BLM repeatedly ordered Bundy to remove his cattle from federal lands and in 2014 the agency obtained a court order to seize Bundy’s cattle as payment for more than $1 million in back fees. In April, the BLM, led by Love, implemented a roundup of 1,000 head of Bundy’s cattle ranging on public land.
Bundy fought back, issuing a social-media battle cry to help defend his land rights against federal agents. Supporters, including members of several militia groups, streamed to the ranch from several Western states, including Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and Montana. They showed up with rifles and handguns, determined to keep government agents at bay.
Pictures of prone figures on overpasses sighting long rifles at BLM agents in a dusty wash below galvanized the public and brought international awareness to the feud over public lands and the potential consequences.
For six days, tension escalated as the standoff played out with demonstrations, speeches and attempted negotiations before the BLM abandoned the round-up and withdrew from the area without a single arrest. Cliven Bundy went back to grazing his cattle on the disputed public land.
The standoff was hailed as a victory by militia members. Cliven Bundy’s sons, Ammon and Ryan Bundy, cited their success at Bundy Ranch in their run-up to the siege of an Oregon wildlife refuge in 2016, also in protest of BLM policies. They said they could make the federal government stand down.
Federal authorities answered the siege at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which ended in the shooting death of Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum and with other arrests and indictments. But the Oregon case ended in embarrassment for federal prosecutors last year when a federal jury acquitted Ryan and Ammon Bundy and five other defendants.
Cliven Bundy was not directly involved in the Oregon siege. He was arrested last year in connection with his role in the 2014 Nevada standoff, which is referred to in militia circles as the Battle of Bunkerville. His sons and 14 others also were charged. All are being held without bail at a detention facility in Nevada.
Cliven Bundy’s attorney said Thursday it “will be very interesting” to see how the case plays out with Dan Love as the government’s key witness.
“Between you and me,” Whipple said, “We’re lucky we’re at trial and not at a memorial service.” Jenny Kane is a reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal. Reach her at jkane2@reno.gannett.com or 775-788-6307. Robert Anglen is a reporter for The Arizona Republic. Reach him at robert.anglen@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8694. Reposted from The Arizona Republic/azcentral
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And yet the BLM keeps promoting this sorry SOB. Absolutely no accountability. What’s it going to take to get rid of Dan Love? He’s such a plague.
Is it true the grazing alottment $$$ BLM claims are not paid by Cliven Bundy are actually sitting in a trust account; and there must be 2 signers for the funds to be released to BLM, but the named BLM official who is to sign won’t do it? The other cosigner is Cliven Bundy, who did sign. As long as the BLM does not sign off, it can claim the fees are not paid.
A few months back, when North Dakota Law Enforcement began their militarized approach to Peaceful Resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline being routed 1/2 mile from the Standing Rock Reservation water source, a ‘stranger’ appeared in the midst of the newly outfitted riot police lineup. He was everywhere directing focus on certain individuals as ‘leaders’ to be arrested and removed from the group. There were a few images of him working in the LE ranks. He was without a badge, but dressed in full riot gear including body armor. A few images of him came through without his face shield. I’m pretty sure it was Dan P. Love.
Funny it’s not mentioned how the BLM ttempted to auction the cattle across state lines, and were shut down by the brand inspector. The warrant was for the impound, not the sale. Illegal as it gets. Not to mention the BLM paid millions of dollars for the ROUNDUP, which included running them to death with their chopper, separating babies from mommas, shooting prize bulls, then digging a huge hole to bury them in so no one would know. They paid more than Cliven supposably owes them. what a joke these ‘officials’ are
Briana Bundy Updates us on the follow-up from CCA Privately Operated Nevada Southern Detention Center. In yesterday's article, she explained her bad experience she had when she tried to visit her Husband Mel Bundy with here children. They had driven over two hours to the facility and because of her children which are permitted and have never been an issue in the past.
She shares a lot. She touches on the response of staff to our calls and complaints share by her husband Mel Bundy in a phone conversation Today. She also elaborates on many of the abusive issues in this and other facilities and why they occur.
The federal government prosecutors, actively intimidate and scare the detainees without pre-trial release in and effort to obtain plea agreements from the detainees, that they would not otherwise make. The US Marshals and CCA are active participants in the process.
Briana Shares her Experience today when attempting to visit her husband Mel Bundy at The CCA Operated - Nevada Southern Detention Center. Mel B Bundy is one of the Bundy Ranch Political Prisoners that have been held for a year in this facility without pretrial release and not convicted. This is not the first time, one of the ladies with their kids has been treated badly. Please take a look at what she has to share. I have included the Visitation FAQ from the facilities website. Please consider consider sharing and/or contacting the Warden at this facility and ask why this is happening to the women at the facility. Please be polite and respectful if you do.
Nevada Southern Detention Center
Customer base: U.S. Marshals Service
Facility Type: Medium
Governor Brown of Oregon has come out in defiance of President Trumps efforts to prevent Radical Militants mostly Islamic from entering the nation. Her Email to the employees of Oregon is below.
She desires to promote her OWN agenda’s based upon her vast Non Experiance in these matters. She like Merkel of Germany openly and willingly invites potentially dangerous militants radical islamic terrorists to the State of Oregon, just because they use the ruse of we are refugees. In doing this she has broken her oaths of office.
She is in violation of Federal Law and the US Constitution in the protection of our boarders, nation and people from our sworn enemies in a time of WAR.
For the SAFETY and Security of the People of Oregon Gov Brown should be RECALLED ASAP!
She is actively endangering your people, children, daughters, women, boys, men, from the evils of terrorism we see taking place in Germany and European States where these unvetted millions have invaded in what they themselves call the population Jihad, prior to the overthrow of these nations. ReCall Brown!
Thus her hypocracy is exposed, was it not just one year ago that Gov Brown approved, ordered the Attacks in league with the Federal and her State Law enforcers to end the Malure Refuge PEACEFUL stand against the abuse and lawlessness of Federal Agencies?
She approved the Death blockaide road block and multiple snipers to prepare the area for a military L shaped ambush days prior to the event, she allowed them to cut trees in this effort for clean fields of fire.
Then she did and is now actively involved in the coverup and destruction of evidences surrounding the Assasination of Rancher and voice, LaVoy Finicum.
So now that its her turn to not like what DC is doing she wants to protest ?
Well she had arrested without warrents and killed those who protested the Feds and her State employees peacefully.
Interesting this is. She is more of a mafia style leader.
Thank you for your service Colleagues, As public servants, we have all made the choice to spend our professional lives supporting and working for the success of all of our fellow Oregonians. I know that what binds us together in common cause is shared respect and admiration for Oregonians who work to provide for their family and to make our state thrive.
In recent days and weeks, I have received an extraordinary number of emails, phone calls, letters, and social media interactions. Oregonians across the state are deeply concerned about the potential impact of new presidential Executive Orders on our State, its economy, and on our families and friends.
That’s why today, I took action to reaffirm Oregon’s commitment to be a welcoming and inclusive place for all, including immigrants and refugees.
First, I am calling upon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to bring legal action to oppose the federal government's recent anti-immigrant measures.
Second, I have issued an executive order that renews our State's commitment to protecting our immigrant, refugee, and religious-minority communities.
These measures are another chapter in the Oregon story. On this page of that story, we as public servants stand for those among us threatened by discrimination, and for those being placed on the far side of a false “us” and “them” divide.
Your service helps give every Oregonian the chance to write their own story.
Thank you for your service and the thousands of hours you have committed to ensuring that millions of Oregonians have the opportunity to live to their greatest potential.
Thank you, Governor Kate Brown Executive Order 17-04
Letter to Attorney General Ellen Rosenblumer Email to the employees of Oregon is below.
She sounds a lot like Merkel of Germany did, now Germany Burns, people raped, murdered, and she actually Kicked out Germans from their homes placing them on the streets and then placed this immigration army in those homes.
I meet a lady from Germany who was traveling the world last year, she says its safer to travel the world than to go back home to Germany in her old age, she Fears the radicals her leader has allowed into her country, does not feel safe.
Those who allow illegals, radicals from these Islamic war nations who have promised to invade America and destroy us through open immigration are committing Treason. For they are aiding the enemy of our Nation to enter freely then give then the peoples paychecks via welfare to support them in their cause of our destruction.
Dear President Trump; I'm writing you with concerns over the illegal actions taken upon fellow ranchers by the BLM and the USFW and the USFS. Thru harass...ment of Ranchers Bundy's and Finicum's and Hammonds and various ranchers and farmers thru out the USA. The eventual plan of these agencies are to steal their lands and cattle. The Hammonds have been harassed from employees of these agencies that have fenced off their water and close their right of ways to water their cattle and move their cattle to other private properties that they own. They were tried twice and under the Domestic terrorist act were sentenced to prison for five yrs. The result of a back fire that burnt 137 acres of scrub ground. The funny thing is the fire improved the land that was burnt. In doing so made it better for wild life. What is amazing there's 5000 acres west of me burnt by Jeff Rose and BLM employee that was out goofing around and got his BLM pick up stuck and caused a fire that shut done Highway 20 from burns to Bend. Oregon. He wast fired or forced to serve time as a domestic terrorist. Then Last yr some kids were playing around with fireworks and burnt 1800 acres of private and government land and their not in prison. I guess it goes to the actions of these people were ok because they weren't ranchers and the agencies didn't want their ranches. I could go on with actions of Government agencies that is common against the good of the people in Harney County for yrs. Then we have LaVoy Finicum who was killed by government agents using a illegal road block that broke no laws but stood for the Constitution. They stood on ground that belongs to The State of Oregon and Harney County. The FBI came in and started to threaten Harney County resident to scare them into submission is this what we people in America should be treated as enemies of state? Then we have the trail of the Bundy's were you have a Magellanic name BLM Special Agent Danial Love that killed private property and abuse and mistreated and killed Cattle that belong to a Rancher named Cliven Bundy who has been running on Nevada State lands that owned by Nevada since statehood was established by the Constitution. The government has squatted this land illegally under Constitutional law. They now sit in Federal Prison being abused and mistreated by Prison Guards and US Marshals. This whole thing was perpetuated by Harry Reid who wants their ranch after he sold government land to a Chinese Solar Company that enriched his bank account and that of his friends and son. What does all these and more have in common is greed and corruption to enrich Politicians and their friends under the color of law. This is illegal and should be taken care off and all these people and more should be released and put back upon the land as free men and women. The ranches returned back to the people. The Antiquity Act, The endangered Species Act, The Monument Act all should be revisited and removed so it's not used as a stick to beat and kill Americans.
Well, it has been almost three weeks since the government’s most recent effort to suppress Freedom of the Press. Not really surprising, since they have nothing to go on; they just think that they do. However, Billy J. Williams (aka Don Quixote) and Pamala R. Holsinger (aka Sancho Panza) have spent a bunch of taxpayer’s money on “Tilting at Windmills”. They just do not seem to believe that the Constitution is the very document that created them, and the government that they represent. Well, it didn’t really create them, but it did create the positions that they hold.
So, let’s look at the Affidavit (1789), first. The first three paragraphs are explanations of Ronnie Walker’s qualifications. In that third paragraph, we find this rather curious limitation of her authority:
I am an “investigative or law enforcement officer of the UnitedStates” within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2510(7), authorized to conductinvestigations into alleged violations of federal law.
Now, it says that she is “authorized to conduct investigations into alleged violations of federal law.” It does not say that Walker cannot investigate other allegations, but if Walker could, would not Walker have made the point clear. It kinda makes you wonder, since nobody has found the time to provide a statute that I am in violation of. This was first discussed when I received the “Letter- Demand to Cease and Desist“, which I reported on in Freedom of the Press #1 – Meeting with the FBI, when “I asked the agent what statute bound me to the Cease and Desist portion of the letter?” I received no reply. Since they have not provided me a statute (federal law), I am just wondering if maybe SA Walker is moonlighting for the US Attorney.
Now, here is the kicker. In the next paragraph in the affidavit, Walker states:
4. This affidavit is intended to show only facts pertinent for the requested motion and does not set forth all of my knowledge about this matter.
So, let’s see some facts. In paragraph 15, Walker states that I received:
a Supplement to the original Protective Order, court record #1692, which prohibitsany individual or entity from disseminating those materials or any information derived therefromto any other individual or entity by any means.
Well, that is a fact. Any individual or entity that disseminates those materials or any information derived therefrom to any other individual or entity[,] by any means. Now, that would make almost any person who has read and shared certain of my articles, and presumably, even if you did not read them and only shared them, you have been brought into the “long arm of the Protective Order”, and are subject to the very same punishment that they want to try to hang on me. And, as Walker said, that’s a fact.
Do not let that scare you, because we still have to see if the Court can find some way to reach out of their jurisdiction and grab me, or you, unless, of course, you live in Oregon. But, even if you do live in Oregon, unless you are party to Ammon Bundy, et al, the trial, which will start, again, with Group 2, on February 14, it would not apply to you, either. The reason I say that it can’t reach you is that you have to have aided and abetted a party in the action. That condition exists when two parties work together. We’ll touch on that, a little later.
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Then in paragraph 17, we find:
On January 23, 2017, I reviewed the Outpost of Freedom blog at http:lloutpost-of-freedom.com and observed that HUNT not only had not removed the protected material but had posted new additional discovery information subject to this Court’s original Protective Order (#342), January 11, 2017, Order (#1691), and January 11, 2017, Supplement to Protective Order (#1692). The new CHS discovery information was posted January 23, 2017, in an article by HUNT titled “Bums Chronicles No 55.” In this post, HUNTalleges twoindividuals are FBI CHSs. HUNT fully identifies one of the individuals and refers to the secondindividual only by first name and physical description. HUNT draws conclusions based on fiveFD-1023 reports provided in the CHS discovery. HUNT quoted verbatim text from the CHSdiscovery reports.
Now, we can move on to the Government’s Motion (1788).
From that Motion:
Hunt told SA Catalano that he did not intend to comply with the terms of the letter. Hunt stated he had two more articlesouting CHSs; those articles were in their final review stage before he planned to upload them.
Now, the Affidavit confirms that I had added the one article naming two people, though in the Motion, Catalano’s report indicated that I had informed them that I had two articles nearly completed. Even if the Order were valid, I had advised them of two articles that predate the Order, though they had not, yet, been published.
The Motion then states, after going through the various events that led up to January 30,
The Order states that in the event Hunt fails to comply with the Order after he is served, the government may initiatecontempt or other enforcement proceedings.
How very nice of the Court to authorize the government to initiate contempt or other enforcement proceedings. However, the Order was issued, “in part“. The “in part”, though it had other parts, did address the problem of jurisdiction. As explained in Article #4, the Order clearly states:
4. In the event that Hunt fails to comply with this Order after he is served, the government may initiate contempt or other enforcement proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction. 1
And, the referenced footnote (1) says:
1 Because the question is not presently before it, the Court does not express any opinion regarding which United States District Court would have jurisdiction to require Hunt to appear personally in such enforcement proceedings.
The question was NOT before the Court. The Motion does NOT address that touchy little matter of jurisdiction. So, no ruling has been made with regard to jurisdiction. Nor has the government offered anything within the Motion to suggest that jurisdiction exists for this Court to proceed any further than simply mouthing off, hoping to intimidate me into the Oregon federal District’s jurisdiction.
The Motion ends with the following:
Accordingly, the United States asks that this Court order third-party Gary Hunt to appear in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon and show cause as to why this Court should not hold him in contempt.
Well, I doubt that the Court can do any more than the government has done, to ask me to visit Oregon. Unfortunately, my last visit left a bad taste in my mouth. Just two days after I arrived, LaVoy Finicum was murdered on the side of the road. Certain events that occurred just moments before, and shortly after, the murder took place have been left in the hands of the government to investigate. Those events include two shots fired by the FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), the removal of evidence from a crime scene (removed brass), and the failure to report weapons fired by the HRT members. And, that investigation has allegedly been going on for over a year. I say “allegedly” because the government has been so silent on the matter that we do not know for sure.
So, if the government cannot do their job, unless it suits them, it must be left to the Press to inform the people of the misdeeds of that government.
BY JOHN L. SMITH
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