Montana Democrat seeking redemption for Oath Keeper stain

Just weeks before Donald Trump led an attempted autogolpe Stewart Rhodes was inciting the Oath Keepers to civil war. Rhodes formed the white supremacist militia in 2009 after Barack Obama was elected POTUS but is now serving an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy for his role in Trump's insurrection.

The eldest son of one of America's most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father's control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting. And Dakota Adams has tossed one more ball in the air this year: a Democratic campaign for Montana's Legislature. Adams said Rhodes' involvement in the riot didn't surprise him and that Jan. 6 contributed to his decision to run for office. Adams feels he might be able to sway far-right voters as Democrats try to cut into the GOP supermajority in the Legislature. [Oath Keepers' son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid]

Northwest Montana is smack dab in the middle of the American Redoubt. 

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AAhh memoires. On this day in 2008, my oldest kids did a photo shoot for SWAT magazine. I didn't realize how far back the crazy went until this reminder pic.twitter.com/RpFr1BcSLk

— Tasha Adams (@That_Girl_Tasha) March 13, 2024