They don t want us, they don t have to have us : Seven rural counties back seceding from Oregon Morgan Trau
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Seven rural counties in Oregon want to secede from their own state and join Idaho.
Keaton Ems grew up on a farm in rural Oregon. He, along with 33% of the state s population, lives on more than 80% of the state s land, according to a study by Oregon State University. Over the years, he claims the state s progressive government has left republicans out of decisions that impact them. They call us MAGA Land, they call us, make Idaho worser people, spokesperson for Citizens for Greater Idaho Ems said. If they don t want us, they don t want to listen to us, they don t have to have us.
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At Washington’s Capitol Campus, a post-legislative session calm has settled in.
Gone are the State Patrol checkpoints and National Guard troops that were in place for the start of the session in January. A temporary chain-link fence surrounding the domed Legislative Building has also been removed.
Yet, security in the seat of state government is still a top-of-mind issue. So is the safety of elected leaders in these polarized times.
Even before the siege on the U.S. Capitol, things were getting violent in Olympia. On two successive weekends in December, far right and far left protesters clashed and guns were fired. One person was seriously hurt.
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Originally published on June 2, 2021 8:15 am
Rising tensions in the Klamath Basin could come to a boil soon, as two Klamath Project farmers plan to breach the fenced headgates of the federal irrigation project’s main canal and try to release water, likely triggering a standoff with the federal government.
Farmers Grant Knoll and Dan Nielsen bought property next to the headgates in April for $30,000 and have set up camp on the site. They are staffing a large canvas tent with volunteers from the local branch of People’s Rights, a national organization formed in 2020 by militant activist Ammon Bundy, and they’re trying to rally support.