Take Michael Cohen’s chilling warning seriously

During the 2016 general election, Donald Trump made the central theme of his campaign the unsupported notions that there would be mass voter fraud and that the election was “rigged” against him to explain his expected impending loss. There was genuine concern that if Trump lost, some of his backers would resort to mass protests, … Read more

The media hesitates to apply ‘domestic terrorism’ to white insurrectionists

The U.S. has a long history of insurrections and rebellions, so the latest iteration of the “sagebrush rebellion” from the deadbeat rancher Bundy boys in Oregon should come as no surprise. Militiamen Occupy Oregon Wildlife Office in Protest of Ranchers’ Prison Terms.

There is a an element of the anti-government far-right fringe that fantasizes about overthrowing the government and replacing it with their fantasies of what they deem is constitutional. Many of them subscribe to the conspiracy subculture of the Sovereign Citizens Movement that does not recognize the legitimacy of the U.S. government. Inside The Backwards Ideology Driving The Right-Wing Militiamen Who Captured A Federal Building.

President George Washington dealt with similar insurrectionists in the Whiskey Rebellion:

WhiskeyRebellionThroughout counties in Western Pennsylvania, protesters used violence and intimidation to prevent federal officials from collecting the tax. Resistance came to a climax in July 1794, when a U.S. marshal arrived in western Pennsylvania to serve writs to distillers who had not paid the excise. The alarm was raised, and more than 500 armed men attacked the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville. Washington responded by sending peace commissioners to western Pennsylvania to negotiate with the rebels, while at the same time calling on governors to send a militia force to enforce the tax. With 13,000 militiamen provided by the governors of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Washington rode at the head of an army to suppress the insurgency. The rebels all went home before the arrival of the army, and there was no confrontation.

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The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrated that the new national government had the will and the ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws.

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Arizona in insurrection against the United States government

The oath of office for state legislators is found at A.R.S.§38-231(E):

State of Arizona, County of ______________ I, _____________________ (type or print name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of ______________________ (name of office) ________________________ according to the best of my ability, so help me God (or so I do affirm).

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(signature of officer or employee)

Confederale SoldiersIt is only March, but every Tea-Publican in the Arizona Legislature has already managed to violate their oath of office by voting in favor of “interposition, nullification and secession” bills. Every one of them should submit their resignation, and be disqualified from holding public office. 14th Amendment Section 3: “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath … as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

Arizona’s Neo-Confederate insurrectionists are having an amazing week this week. You should ask why the media is not reporting this.

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