Cliven Bundy
Anti-Mask Roadshow
THEY GOT THE MESSAGE
opinion
Nice Job, Federals
Nevada prosecutors so bungled the case against the Bundy clan that charges seem likely not to be brought again. White extremism wins another one.
opinion
DISHONOR
Cliven Bundy won his armed showdown with feds when they returned his cattle and didn’t prosecute him. No wonder his son thinks he can score another victory.
HOO BOY
Ammon Bundy’s band of Oregon militiamen includes a vet who wears ‘F**k Islam’ T-shirts and men who say they’re ready to stay for months.
WINGNUTS
The son of militant Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy apparently shares his dad’s penchant for guns and showdowns with the feds.
Fringe Factor
Nevada’s ‘last cattle rancher’ returns to endorse an African American candidate and talk about ‘black folks’ and their problems with slavery.
Domestic Terrorism
Shootings between law enforcement agents and extremists have spiked in the wake of Bundy’s Nevada ranch standoff, with militias declaring “war” on the feds.
Hypocrite Alert
Land Rights activists like to invoke ‘ancestral rights’ to federally owned land, even as they run roughshod over preservation sites for ancient Native American cultures.