Sagebrush rebellion: in-depth

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Sagebrush rebellion: in-depth</h1>
                <h2><p>Before the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, High Country News had been investigating the forces shaping a loosely defined extremist movement in Western states. Now, High Country News, whose stories Crosscut occasionally publishes, has put out an e-book, Sagebrush Rebellion: Evolution of a Movement, as well as a new app</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>Before the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, High Country News had been investigating the forces shaping a loosely defined extremist movement in Western states. Now, High Country News, whose stories Crosscut occasionally publishes, has put out an e-book, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sagebrush-Rebellion-High-Country-News-ebook/dp/B01B8G9OM4/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1454256578&sr=8-7&keywords=high+country+news&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Sagebrush Rebellion: Evolution of a Movemen</a>t</em>, as well as <a href="https://www.hcn.org/subscribe/free_app?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">a new app</a> that allows free access to the report. Daryl Johnson, a domestic terrorism expert and former Department of Homeland Security employee, told an HCN writer, “Whether it’s the Bundy Ranch stand-off, Operation Gold Rush, or the Malheur occupations, today’s Sagebrush Insurgencies are ‘radicalization nodes.’ " Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, went to Cliven Bundy's 2014 standoff with authorities and in January went to the Malheur refuge as part of what a spokesperson <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jan/11/valley-lawmaker-made-fact-finding-trip-to-oregon-s/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">told the Spokesman-Review</a> was a fact-finding visit. Washington state Rep. Graham Hunt, R-Orting, also reportedly visited the refuge.</p>
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Before the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, High Country News had been investigating the forces shaping a loosely defined extremist movement in Western states. Now, High Country News, whose stories Crosscut occasionally publishes, has put out an e-book, Sagebrush Rebellion: Evolution of a Movement, as well as a new app that allows free access to the report. Daryl Johnson, a domestic terrorism expert and former Department of Homeland Security employee, told an HCN writer, “Whether it’s the Bundy Ranch stand-off, Operation Gold Rush, or the Malheur occupations, today’s Sagebrush Insurgencies are ‘radicalization nodes.’ " Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, went to Cliven Bundy's 2014 standoff with authorities and in January went to the Malheur refuge as part of what a spokesperson told the Spokesman-Review was a fact-finding visit. Washington state Rep. Graham Hunt, R-Orting, also reportedly visited the refuge.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi