https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/08/fbi-honors-agents-involved-in-lavoy-finicum-standoff-with-bravery-medal.html?gift=b9d3c372-9b7a-4935-bd55-137df74d94ec

The caption on the FBI award photo said they responded to a “violent extremist militia group’s armed takeover” of the refuge and helped stage a traffic stop to arrest one of the militia’s leaders and key members who “planned to meet clandestinely outside the refuge.”

But the caption’s description of what occurred next doesn’t square with testimony and evidence presented during Astarita’s three-week trial.

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I know these guys aren’t necessarily consistent, but I’m really not sure I understand the political calculation on this one.

#Oregon #malheur #ammonBundy #LavoyFinicum #fascism #enclosureOfTheCommons #primitiveAccumulation #accumulation #classwar #USPol #militias #threepercent #oathkeepers

"Hothousing for development: Sorting out the mixed economy in Mexico and Chile" by David Avilés and Adam David Morton:

#importsubstitutionindustrialisation #LatinAmerica #mixedeconomy #primitiveaccumulation #statecapitalism

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X251337606

“These guys have, both at the corporate level and at the individual level, been even better at avoiding taxes than in making good products,” Stiglitz said. “The level of taxes they pay as a share of their profits should be an embarrassment to them.” The 24 superbillionares declined to comment or didn’t respond to requests for comment.

https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/meet-superbillionaires-worlds-ultra-rich-cb7a797c?st=7un8Cf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

#classwar #classwarfare #oligarchy #corruption #taxavoidance #capitalism #capitalaccumulation #primitiveaccumulation #elonMusk #markzuckerberg #davidKoch #charlesKoch #Fascism #MAGA #corporatewelfare #usPol