Discussion: Oregon Senate Cancels Session Due To 'Credible Threat' From Militia Groups

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A credible threat to government employees.

Find and arrest these militia domestic terrorists.

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"A representative for the Senate’s GOP caucus told TPM on Friday that the senators “are not with any militias.”

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Fight back Dems. Arrest the militias if they interfere with legislative business.

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No shit - don’t just shut down in the face of threats - fight back, goddamn it!

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Those Oregon cops won’t be trying too hard. Half of them are so-called 3-percenters themselves.

Fake-tough drama queen status, free with every AR-15.

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Hmm, perhaps threatening the government is treason? Okay, maybe not on the state level, but it may be a crime, no?

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So, where is the evidence of these gun junkies qualifying as “A well-regulated militia…”? - 2nd Amend.

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They are terrorists, plain and simple. That’s the verbiage that should be used and would be applied if they weren’t white and right wing.

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This is just nuts.
And, domestic terrorism

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Will there be punishment for these rethuglican senators? Also, is there any similar practice (refuse to attend a vote) in the US Senate?

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I guess that makes them 1.5-percenters, right?

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This is just fucking dandy. Antigovernment militias shutting down an entire state legislation. Like the end of the Weimar Republic or any other situation where the duly appointed forces of order can’t get that job done. Maybe there’s a rationale for shutting down to really guarantee no violence but this calls for a massive crackdown on these freaks. Toss their houses and vehicles and cite them not just for unauthorized guns, ammo, explosives, any of that fun stuff but also every cracked taillight and deck not up to code. They do not get to win.

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Shit! I didn’t get any drama queen with mine!

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Don’t know about Oregon, but many state constitutions have treason provisions. John Brown was, after all, executed for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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The cowardice of the Rethuglican Senators in Oregon combined with the lawless intimidation by these so-called militia groups amounts to armed insurrection against the state and people of Oregon. By any definition, this is a form of treason against the United States. These illegal acts must not be allowed to stand and either state law enforcement, or if need be the Oregon National Guard should be dispatched to round up the criminal insurrectionists and jail them.

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So now the GOP is consipiring with violent Right-Wing Terrorist groups!

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Arrested by US Marines led by R.E. Lee, as I recall.

Wonder if that was the Federal Government overreach the militias are so concerned about.

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Agreed. These people (who made threats) are threatening our country with violence if they don’t get their way. They truly are domestic terrorists.

Take them down.

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Most state constitutions include similar definitions of [federal] treason, specifically limited to levying war against the state, “adhering to the enemies” of the state, or aiding the enemies of the state, and requiring two witnesses or a confession in open court. Fewer than thirty people have ever been charged with treason under these laws. (wiki)

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Penalty: Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 25 years.

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