Recall that on January 6, 2021 the attack on the US Capitol was a climax of an anti-law enforcement movement emboldened by the 2014 Bundy standoff. So, it's hardly surprising that Earth haters like Cliven Bundy and Harriet Hageman are defending Charles and Heather Maude because they hate what they call the administrative state even as it benefits them.
In South Dakota members of the law enforcement industry enjoy qualified immunity from prosecution for the often lethal offenses they commit in the line of duty so the violence they visit on suspects is usually dismissed as justified.
The US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Supervisor Jack Isaacs (now retired), Special Agent Travis Lunders and District Ranger Julie Wheeler received death threats just for doing their jobs then were thrown under the bus by the Trump Organization's agriculture secretary. Extremists are screaming that Agent Lunders came unannounced to the Maude ranch in 2024 in full tactical gear to serve the summons to appear in district court because the Maudes blew off civil remedies after breaking federal law.
The Forest Service denies the agent was outfitted with "any tactical uniform, gear or assault weapons" even though it is widely known property owners in that part of South Dakota are militantly opposed to gubmint especially those of Democratic administrations but love all that subsidized crop and livestock insurance anyway. Heather Maude is a Wyoming native and her parents are Trump supporting Earth haters, too.
The charges have been dropped but the case is not resolved after the Maudes allegedly stole access to public land by claiming it as their own then after being advised of their crime flouted its repercussions because a Democrat was sitting in the White House. Blame lies with the State of South Dakota, Custer County and the lawyers who drafted the Maude Family Trust and neglected to order a survey. Maude Hog and Cattle has been providing product to Wall Meats which is heavily subsidized by the USDA and Charles Maude has received nearly $300,000 in ag subsidies since 1995.
Donald Pay on the South Dakota's Communist Republican Party, "Let’s just say the National People’s Conference is far more representative of Chinese sentiment than the Republican National Committee or even a Republican National Convention. It’s power is, of course, limited, which makes its representativeness narther beside the point. China has a one-party ruling eiite, sort of like the current state of our country under Republican control. It’s true a majority of us voted for this one-party state, and the Chinese people didn’t have that opportunity. I’m not sure that makes it that much better, though. The difference is we have a still functioning independent judiciaary that provides a check on our dictatorial party. We also have an opposition party that sometimes can check the power of the majority party.
ReplyDeletePeople join the Communist Party in China because they want to get ahead or to have whatever limited say in government that they can have. Isn’t that what happens in South Dakota when people become Republicans?"