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Cruz campaign announces they're focusing on Indiana and clearing a path for Kasich in Oregon and New Mexico.

Jerry Delemus is sitting in a concrete cage. He is charged with so-called "crimes" for being present at the Bundy Stand up. Jerry is well known and respected in his community. His wife is a member of the New Hampshire State Legislature. Jerry ran for Sheriff in his own town the year after the Stand up. This is how corrupt our government is. Jerry's supposed "crime" happened two years ago. Jerry was did not even get to the ranch till the night after the stand up. There were all kinds of threats to the Bundy family. Death threats were coming...

An armed takeover of an Oregon national wildlife refuge is part of a disturbing “extreme movement” to seize public lands and reject the rule of law — putting communities and public employees at risk throughout the West, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says in a speech outlining Obama administration conservation policies.

he world is hungry for LNG and it represents a major opportunity in terms of evening out our trade imbalance. But thanks to the dedicated efforts of green energy warriors and Oregon politicians, yet another refusal of a construction permit seems to have been the final straw for The Oregon LNG company and they’ve pulled the plug on the entire project. (The Oregonian) “It didn’t have a lot of public support, I’ll put it that way,” Warrenton City Commissioner Henry Balensifer III said Friday… Under Oregon LNG’s plan, an 87-mile pipeline would have shuttled Canadian natural gas from Woodland, Wash.,...

A member of the Republican National Committee rules panel accused his own party leadership of “institutional tyranny” on Monday, another escalation in the growing internal battle over the party’s arcane parliamentary procedures. Solomon Yue, the Oregon committeeman and member of the RNC’s Rules Committee, sent a more than 1,300-word email, obtained by POLITICO, to members of the rules panel on Monday morning, charging that RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and his allies had improperly tried to scuttle Yue’s proposal to change the underlying rulebook for what could be the party’s first contested convention in 40 years this summer. Yue is the...

(at:01) Gavin Seim: "Listen our Patriots and our friends and our neighbors they're being tortured in these prisons and jails. Ammon Bundy was left without food for two days after his transfer to Nevada. He was chained to a bench and he was left without food for two days to where his stomach was cramping and he was ill. He told the story, he's been letting people know what happened. He wants people to know that we need to seek God. All he had was appealing to Heaven and so he just begged for God to intervene. And eventually he...

Two of the Bundy brothers, who transferred from Oregon to Las Vegas this week, appeared in U.S. District Court Friday The arraignment of Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and co-defendants Ryan Payne and Blaine Cooper lasted more than two hours. Ammon Bundy claimed he had not read the entire indictment, prompting court officials to read the document out loud for the record. All of the defendants refused to enter pleas, so the judge entered Not Guilty pleas for them...... (NOTE: VIDEO EMBEDDED WITH THIS STORY HAS MORE DETAILS INCLUDING AMMON BUNDY'S STATEMENT HE WAS MISTREATED DURING TRANSFER FROM OREGON TO NEVADA)

Gavin Seim (at :03) "....it appears that the FBI is making more arrests and now they're taking it even further. We don't know to what extent this is happening and how many people are on their list but so far it appears that one woman was arrested today (Marie Parker) and another woman (Beth Chelle Austin) is being told she has to turn herself in. Now we're talking about women with families, children and what was their crime, what did they do. They took photos at the Bundy Ranch..... (Editorial Note: Maureen Peltier (SSG Moe) on Facebook posted yesterday some...

In an unprecedented move, a US judge has given a group of 21 youths permission to sue the federal government for threatening their future health and security by failing to take sufficient action against climate change, despite being aware of the risks. "This decision is one of the most significant in our nation’s history," said the kids' attorney, Philip Gregory. "The Court gave America’s youth a fair opportunity to be heard ... The next step is for the Court to order our government to cease jeopardising the climate system for present and future generations." The lawsuit was brought before Oregon...

Petition Endorsed This petition is the only official petition endorsed by the LaVoy Finicum family regarding the assassination investigation. Your email address and phone number will not be shared with the members of Congress who will receive this petition.......

In the face of an expected appeal, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones Wednesday modified his gag order against Oregon standoff defendant Shawna Cox, limiting the restrictions on her public speech. In his new order, Jones wrote that Cox should refrain from any conduct or speech that would incite others to trespass on or destroy federal government property, or incite unlawful violence. It marks a step back from his earlier March 29th much broader restriction tha she not make 'any public comment' about her case, co-defendants 'or any future protest movements.'..........

The leading pro-life group in Oregon today issued its endorsement for pro-life Republican candidate Ted Cruz for President. Oregon Right to Life says Cruz has a sterling pro-life record that it described as “impeccable.” “ORTL PAC is pleased to endorse Senator Cruz,” said Gayle Atteberry, executive director of ORTL. “His record on pro-life issues is impeccable. We can trust that as president, he will do all he can to protect unborn babies. That includes the all-important decisions he would make in nominating new Supreme Court justices. “Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders,” said Atteberry, “support abortion on demand, from conception...

JOHN DAY-Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer has opened a new front in his fight against allegations that he supported armed militants, notifying John Day city officials that he intends to sue over their complaints to the state about his conduct. Palmer, 54, said in a tort claim received by............... Palmer said in his tort claim that the dispatchers falsely concluded who his rider was. Palmer said he believed dispatchers called a police command post in Burns to alert law enforcement officials that Palmer was headed towards Harney County with a milita member.......

(at:02) Gavin Seim: "you don't work for the people, you work for a corrections corporation..Voice: "There you go" Gavin Seim: "First of all I'm not threatening you at all I'm saying you guys are supporting. Voice: By God you did threaten me. Gavin Seim: treason. So don't play your games with me. It won't work. You're little cop bully tactics won't work. You guys need to have some honor and some principle. You need to realize you're working for evil people that are abusing people and you need to get a conscience. Now I know you're keeping me on the...

The presidential campaigns are becoming more active in Oregon, with Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Ted Cruz appearing to be the most organized in their respective races for the state’s May 17 primary. Sanders has opened four offices in the state – in Portland, Eugene, Bend and Medford – and his state director, Monte Jarvis, said hundreds of volunteers are gearing up for a major door-to-door canvassing effort in advance of the Democratic primary. On the Republican side, Cruz is recruiting a network of statewide volunteers and has already made a big push to get as many supporters as possible...

It’s hard to even comprehend college students such as these Portland State University students can get even MORE stupid but they sure do try hard. From Campus Reform: “ Students at Portland State University (PSU) shut down a Board of Trustees meeting with accusations that the school perpetuates a “corrupt decadent white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy hetero-patriarchy.” [emphasis added] Wait… what in the hell does that even mean??????????? Do you think the ignorant protester even knows? Campus Reform continues: “ More than 100 protesters gathered to prevent the approval of a four-percent tuition hike while demanding a $15 minimum wage for all...

The inaugural meeting of a Students for Trump group at Portland State University (PSU) ended in chaos Thursday after a crowd of protesters arrived at the gathering and prevented it from going forward. The crowded meeting at the Oregon school began civilly, but after about 40 minutes it became a mess, as nearly 50 protesters clashed with a couple dozen Trump supporters in an environment of shouting, grandstanding, and threats, according to The Vanguard. A five-minute video posted to YouTube Friday shows a rowdy scene with students standing on tables and often deliberately being as noisy and disruptive as possible.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A meeting to organize a Students for Trump group turned ugly at Portland State University Thursday when dozens of social justice activist students shut down the event with violence. A video posted to YouTube Friday shows the leftist anti-capitalist students toting signs like “Red Power” and Mexican flags to the planned meeting to form a Portland State Students for Donald Trump club on campus. Other signs read “Hate has no place at PSU,” “Dump Trump!” and “You want to deport immigrants? Okay, when do you leave?” (VIDEO-AT-LINK) “I want to discuss the fact that you had set...

vlcsnap-2016-04-08-03h23m30s234It was utter chaos at Portland State University Thursday evening, as over 100 wackjob commie students crashed the forming meeting for Students For Trump. Fights nearly broke out, doxing and vandalism threats were issued to Trump supporters, Latino students were shoving the Trump students out of the way, another student encourages others to join anti capitalist groups, they shut down and silenced the pro Trump group, mocking their talking points, whined about TRUMP chalk on the sidewalk, and it ends with the socialist students gloating about shutting it down and promising to come back if Students For Trump holds another...

With the “outrageous lawbreaker” Cliven Bundy and four of his sons in custody, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada took to the Senate floor Thursday to renew his push to preserve the scenic Gold Butte area northeast of Las Vegas. “Because of trouble caused by the Bundys and their pals, the federal employees tasked with safely guarding these antiquities, were prevented from doing their jobs,” he said. Reid also called attention in his speech to the armed takeover of a government wildlife refuge in Oregon earlier this year “by a dangerous group of militants” that included Bundy family members. Reid...