Re: Bundy Clan 411
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 1:36 pm
It's sad that the corpse of Tarpman has lost its chewy freshness.
LOL - I just tweeted about this. Didn't see your post here before I did that. He needs a van down by the river.
One caveat - on my browser, at least, some of the ads look quite small, but somehow take up a great deal of vertical space, making it look at first like there is no article there, and later like the article got truncated. You have to keep scrolling down a LOT to get to the next section if that happens, but the full article is there.Years of impunity for right-wing extremists began with the Bundys and led to the failed Capitol Hill coup
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When a reporter told Ryan Bundy, during a two-hour lecture on the Constitution conducted from inside his pick-up truck, "You want to overthrow the government," he went silent. It wasn't a secret. From the start of the occupation, the sheriff accused the Bundys of wanting to "overthrow the county and federal government."
They wanted to spark a revolution. Their followers knew it. But they never said it outright because their strategy was to pose for the cameras as homespun cowboys defending the flag and freedoms. And the media lapped it up. Trump used the same strategy on January 6. He told the MAGA crowd, "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." He never told the mob to storm the Capitol, so he can play innocent. But his followers knew exactly what he meant as many of those arrested are now claiming in self-defense, "Trump said to do so."
In the name of freedom, the Bundys and the hundreds of malcontents who flocked to the nearby town of Burns terrorized local residents. Federal employees were stalked and eventually fled with their families. The Bundys showed up to town meetings and surrounded the room with armed men. Supporters drove around town waving guns and Confederate flags. Police disappeared from the streets and hunkered down in the courthouse behind concrete barriers and earthen berms used to fend off car bombers. This set a pattern for the Trump years. The Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer have invaded cities such as Portland, Washington, D.C., and Charlottesville, marching under the banner of freedom, while attacking and terrorizing locals with little police interference and few legal consequences.
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I have them as:
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
@SarahAshtonLV
@hecktow
did you hear anything about union cards being given out for legal representation in Portland to those arrested at Malheur?
Now this gets mentioned I recall something like that. IIRC some of the occupiers were handed cards that turned out to be applications to join some union which would have given them access to legal representation. Ramifications had been discussed on Oldbow. IIRC coverage would not have been granted for stuff happened prior to becoming a union member. I guess criminal trespass would neither be covered.poplove wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:19 am This is an interesting question.
https:// twitter.com/SarahAshtonLV/status/1488700800767508483Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
@SarahAshtonLV
@hecktow
did you hear anything about union cards being given out for legal representation in Portland to those arrested at Malheur?
Thanks! I'm not sure what Sarah is looking for but my hunch is that it has something to do with Bubbles Fiore. I also recall that Deb Venetucci and a couple of other poot fanatics were selling some kind of (MLM?) legal services back then.RTH10260 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:19 pmNow this gets mentioned I recall something like that. IIRC some of the occupiers were handed cards that turned out to be applications to join some union which would have given them access to legal representation. Ramifications had been discussed on Oldbow. IIRC coverage would not have been granted for stuff happened prior to becoming a union member. I guess criminal trespass would neither be covered.poplove wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:19 am This is an interesting question.
https:// twitter.com/SarahAshtonLV/status/1488700800767508483Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
@SarahAshtonLV
@hecktow
did you hear anything about union cards being given out for legal representation in Portland to those arrested at Malheur?
You are remembering correctly. You may remember a woman by the name of Jodi Arias who killed a man named Travis Alexander. Travis was a Mormon, and he was involved with that same legal services MLM (I forget the name of it, it changed names at least once). Because it is an MLM and lots of Mormons were involved, they brought in lots more Mormons. I remember during that trial many of Travis' friends were both Mormon and they were involved in the MLM legal services business. It doesn't surprise me that people associated with the Bundy's also would have been involved in that business.
Thanks. I did a quick google of Travis and it's LegalShield, previously known as Pre-Paid Legal Services. There's a wikipedia page with a bunch of info I didn't read.RVInit wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:08 amYou are remembering correctly. You may remember a woman by the name of Jodi Arias who killed a man named Travis Alexander. Travis was a Mormon, and he was involved with that same legal services MLM (I forget the name of it, it changed names at least once). Because it is an MLM and lots of Mormons were involved, they brought in lots more Mormons. I remember during that trial many of Travis' friends were both Mormon and they were involved in the MLM legal services business. It doesn't surprise me that people associated with the Bundy's also would have been involved in that business.
So many poots were selling Legal Shield. I forget who all was doing that but I think Dory Dae (the screamer) was one of them.poplove wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:22 amThanks. I did a quick google of Travis and it's LegalShield, previously known as Pre-Paid Legal Services. There's a wikipedia page with a bunch of info I didn't read.RVInit wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:08 amYou are remembering correctly. You may remember a woman by the name of Jodi Arias who killed a man named Travis Alexander. Travis was a Mormon, and he was involved with that same legal services MLM (I forget the name of it, it changed names at least once). Because it is an MLM and lots of Mormons were involved, they brought in lots more Mormons. I remember during that trial many of Travis' friends were both Mormon and they were involved in the MLM legal services business. It doesn't surprise me that people associated with the Bundy's also would have been involved in that business.
He was arraigned yesterday - he has a plea hearing on March 11. He also has a felon in possession charge.
1 Felon in Possession of a Firearm 166.270(1) Felony Class C 01/25/2022
2 Criminal Trespass While in Possession of a Firearm 164.265 Misdemeanor Class A 01/25/2022
Thanks!scirreeve wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:18 pm
He was arraigned yesterday - he has a plea hearing on March 11. He also has a felon in possession charge.1 Felon in Possession of a Firearm 166.270(1) Felony Class C 01/25/2022
2 Criminal Trespass While in Possession of a Firearm 164.265 Misdemeanor Class A 01/25/2022