memeorandum: Sons of Noted Racist Vigilante Are ‘Willing To Kill’ In Standoff at a Federal Building in Oregon (Melissa Cronin/Gawker)

8:05 PM ET, January 3, 2016

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Armed group's leader in federal building: ‘We will be here as long as it takes’ — (CNN)Armed protesters have taken over a building in a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, accusing officials of unfairly punishing ranchers who refused to sell their land. — One them is Ammon Bundy …

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Sundance / The Last Refuge:

Full Story on What's Going on In Oregon - Militia Take Over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge In Protest to Hammond Family Persecution... Grab a coffee, because this is soup-to-nuts. — Many people will awaken today to the news of approximately 100 to 150 armed militia taking control …

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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:

The Armed Domestic Terrorists in Oregon Should Be Treated Just as ISIS Terrorists Would Be — The big story of the day is the armed seizure of an empty federal building in rural Oregon by a group of domestic terrorists, some of whom are the sons of federal tax cheat and freeloader Cliven Bundy.

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Melissa Cronin / Gawker:

Sons of Noted Racist Vigilante Are ‘Willing To Kill’ In Standoff at a Federal Building in Oregon — 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.

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Militia takes over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters

Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Armed Militia Seized A Federal Building. The Media Called Them ‘Peaceful.’

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Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
Anti-government militia member releases video pledging to drive to Oregon: “I want to die a free man.”

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Wildlife Refuge Occupied in Protest of Oregon Ranchers' Prison Terms

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Who Wants A Burns Standoff? Not The Sheriff, The Ranchers, Or Even Cliven Bundy

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Washington Examiner:
Three of Cliven Bundy's sons, militia seize federal building in Oregon

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