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Cliven Bundy

Posted inBundyville The Remnant, Crime, Culture, Current Events, investigations, Nonfiction, Standout, Story

Bundyville: The Remnant, Chapter One: A Quiet Man

by Leah Sottile July 15, 2019October 19, 2022

When a bomb exploded in a tiny desert town, there was no doubt who did it. But no one could understand why.

Posted inCrime, Quotes, Science & Nature

Our Future Success Depends on Rocks from the Sky

by michelleweber July 3, 2018October 19, 2022

Steve Curry’s meteor-hunting hobby went from business to obsession to a connection with Cliven Bundy, and eventually landed him in jail after an armed standoff with law enforcement.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

Bundyville Chapter Four: The Gospel of Bundy

by Leah Sottile May 18, 2018October 19, 2022

The Bundys have found momentum in the Trump era. Ryan Bundy is running for governor and politicians are joining the Bundys at public events. They say they’ll do “whatever it takes” to defend their rights.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

Bundyville Chapter Three: A Clan Not to Cross

by Leah Sottile May 17, 2018October 19, 2022

A look into the Bundy family’s history reveals how they began to distrust the federal government. From nuclear testing programs in the 1950s to the decades-long Sagebrush Rebellion starting in the 1970s, Cliven Bundy came to believe that the government was out to get him and became emboldened to fight back.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

Bundyville Chapter Two: By a Thread

by Leah Sottile May 16, 2018October 19, 2022

The Bundy family’s belief that they are defenders of liberty have been shaped by their Mormon faith, but their convictions are connected to a prophecy that the modern Mormon church does not accept as church doctrine. A book of photocopied scripture and speeches by LDS prophets also gives clues to their motivations.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Standout, Story

Bundyville Chapter One: A War in the Desert

by Leah Sottile May 15, 2018October 19, 2022

Cliven Bundy and his sons led two armed standoffs against the federal government and beat them twice in court. The Bundys and their supporters see themselves as Patriots fighting government overreach. Others see them as domestic terrorists rallying extremists and conspiracy theorists to their side. What is the truth?

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

The Dying Days of the New West

by Tori Telfer May 8, 2018October 19, 2022

Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.

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