When the mob of ardent Donald Trump supporters, QAnon conspiracy theory followers, and far-right extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, there was no denying the shock value of their acts. While some may have seen it coming, most of us were.
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Hills in the Oregon Outback. (Chris Marshall/CNS)
MEDFORD, Ore. (CN) Two men behind the Sugar Pine Mine, site of a 2015 standoff that foreshadowed a more organized militia movement, argued in court Wednesday that the government can’t stop them from building on their gold claim, which sits on public land near the headwaters of the Rogue River.
George Backes and Rick Barclay say their claim on a southern Oregon gold mine dates back to 1876, and thus skirts regulations under the 1955 Surface Resources Act. The pair says that means the Bureau of Land Management can’t prevent them from the construction work necessary to work their claim.
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Photo: Marjorie Taylor Greene being sworn into office by House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy
Less than one month into its new session, the House of Representatives is faced with the question of whether or not to expel one of its own Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia’s 14th District. Rep. Greene’s embrace of racist conspiracy theories and revelations that she expressed support for killing prominent politicians as recently as 2019 have opened up a political scandal and major divisions within the Republican Party.
Steny Hoyer, the number two Democrat in the House, demanded on Monday that Republicans remove Greene from her assignments to legislative committees. Hoyer gave the Republican leadership three days to do so before the Democrats would attempt to take action themselves. But top House Republican Kevin McCarthy only committed to having a “conversation” with Greene, which took place last night. Media reports now suggest that McCarthy may try
SISTERS â The most prolific trumpeter swan pair in Oregonâs breeding program experienced a tragic turn of events Saturday when the male, Pete, died from a bacterial infection.
Pete and his mate, Eloise, produced 15 young in the past three years from their home at the Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters. The pair was a boost to the stateâs effort to repopulate the threatened species.
Eloise is now the second swan in Central Oregon to lose a mate in recent months, after Gracie, the resident swan at Sunriver Nature Center, was killed in October, leaving her mate, Gus.
Wildlife officials relied on the two pairs to produce young in the protected environments at the golf course and at the nature center. The babies, or cygnets, were then sent to live in the wild at the Summer Lake Wildlife Area, a 19,000-acre wetland in central Lake County that is ideal wetlands for swans.