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On Thursday, Constitutional watchdog Oath Keepers announced their support for the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy the Fed protests: Oath Keepers sees good reason to stand in the streets with these awakening souls and protect their right to free speech, to peacefully assemble, and to redress their grievances to their government, as the Constitution prescribes for all Americans. That is one thing. Another facet of our initiative is to use these public gatherings to reach and teach many who now hunger for the truth -- we can show them how the Constitution will protect them better than an oversized, bloated...

The Occupation! This introductory article has been up online less than twelve hours and has already spawned a range of reactions, most of which are pre-judgments rendered by readers who do not have the full story. That is my fault, and I apologize to those readers. Please let me explain what this article is about. Oath Keepers has an assessment of what is currently happening in America regarding the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, which is spreading. On Tuesday, October 04, 2011, we came up with a plan, a new initiative which shall be Oath Keepers’ response to the demonstrations billed...

"Dear Janet N., I’ve been worried about something recently and I thought I’d write to the one in charge to find out if my concerns should be addressed. You see, I believe I might be an Accidental Terrorist.The other day I went to my local surplus store and they had this great deal on MRE’s. So knowing that we lose power in our Community due to weather conditions, I thought I should pick some up."

Around the world, starting Monday, all eyes are on the markets. The tension is palpable. The uncertainty is ample. And anger is heavy in the air. As predicted, the debt ceiling deal was not only NOT enough to assuage economic fears, it actually exacerbated them, triggering a flight from the Dow, and creating a decisive opportunity for ratings agency S&P to cut the once perfect U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+. At Alt-Market, we often talk about points of balance, and how certain moments in history become highly visible indicators of balance lost. If we pay close attention, and...

TUCSON, Ariz. – The death of a former Marine near Tucson continues to stir controversy. A group spent this Memorial Day protesting the SWAT raid which led to his death. Investigation documents reveal officers seized guns, banking documents and other items from the home but did not find drugs or cash.

Via Radley Balko, the Oath Keepers – a group of law enforcement officials who have taken an oath to only follow constitutional orders – are planning a memorial rally on May 30th for slain ex-marine Jose Guerena. Guerena was killed by a SWAT team in Arizona earlier this month, while his wife and four-year-old son hid in the house. You can read more about Guerena’s killing here. The Oath Keepers have this to say on their home page: "He died with his safety still on. He didn’t fire a shot. The Pima County, Arizona (Sheriff Dupnik’s department), SWAT Team fired...

CALLING ALL OATH KEEPERS, ALL VETERANS, ALL PATRIOTIC POLICE OFFICERS, ALL GUN OWNERS, AND ALL LIBERTY LOVING AMERICANS. This is an urgent call-out to all Oath Keepers, all veterans, all patriotic police officers, all Americans who cherish our liberty and our Constitution, and to all liberty leaders and patriotic organizations to join us in Tucson, Arizona this Memorial Day, May 30, 2011 to take a stand in defense of our Constitution, which our war dead fought to defend, and to take a stand against the egregious policy of using SWAT teams to serve search warrants on veterans and gun owners...

Update from Elias Alias May 21, 2011: Update: Below is Stewart Rhodes’ announcement and call to action for all Oath Keepers who can make it to Tucson on Memorial Day. Since Stewart wrote this article, he has informed me of the following update: Oath Keepers will join Vanessa Guerena, the widow of Jose Guerena, to conduct a Memorial at the Guerena home on Memorial Day. There will be various Oath Keepers activities over the Memorial Day weekend. Please check at Oath Keepers’ national site for updates and details. .. At this Memorial Day rally, we will conduct ourselves in a...

The U.S.S. Economic Titanic has already hit the economic ice-berg and is sinking. Arguing over who should be the next captain is not going to save us. Even if we replaced the entire leadership staff, by firing all of Congress, that also won't save us. Those who have served in the infantry know the old saying "embrace the suck," which means to accept reality and deal with it. Well, we need to dispense with false hope, accept that an economic collapse is coming, embrace the suck, and deal with it. As Patrick Henry said, it is better to know the...

When you run down the list of issues the Oath Keepers are worried about, it reads a lot like a bill of particulars from the American Civil Liberties Union. The Oath Keepers don't like warrantless searches. They're upset that the executive branch has claimed the power to classify American citizens as enemy combatants, detain them indefinitely, and try them before military tribunals. They worry that a large-scale terrorist attack similar to 9/11 could lead to the mass detention of Arabs or Muslims, just as Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. They worry about crackdowns on political speech, protest,...

Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement that paves the way for either nation to send troops across each other’s borders during an emergency. Some question why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal. Neither the Canadian government nor the Canadian Forces announced the new agreement, signed Feb. 14 in Texas. The U.S. Northern Command publicized the agreement outlining how its top officer, Gen. Gene Renuart, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, head of Canada Command, signed the plan, which allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency....

The president of the Oath Keepers organization's Pennsylvania chapter wants to be the next sheriff of Carbon County. Steven Armbruster last year received national recognition from Oath Keepers as "Peace Officer of the Year." Armbruster describes himself as 20-year veteran of law enforcement with some experience as a Lehigh County deputy sheriff, a police officer in Emmaus borough and service with the military police. He currently is a police corporal employed by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education as part of campus security at Kutztown University. Armbruster said he is running as Republican but calls himself a freedom activist...

In June, Rolling Stone helped bring down Gen. Stanley McChrystal by publishing "The Runaway General," a Michael Hastings article depicting McChrystal's staff as contemptuous of civilian authority. Last month, Bob Woodward's "Obama's Wars" suggested that the uniformed military had boxed President Barack Obama into an escalation of the Afghanistan War. In tandem, the publications re-awakened concerns about the health of civil-military relations in the United States. Although the military has not directly challenged civilian authority, some observers worried that contempt in the ranks and the effort to control policy in Afghanistan could spell trouble for civilian supremacy. The Winter 2010...

In an interview on ITS radio (brodacast from Charlottesville, Va), Johnathan Irish expressed his gratitude to everyone who helped bring his daughter home, and out of the custody of Department of Children, Youth, and their Families (DCYF). Stephanie Janrvin and Johnathon Irish live in Northwood, NH. After their child was born in early October 2010, the child was snatched by DCYF, reportedly over Irish's affiliation with Oath Keppers. DCYF claimed it to be a "militia". Oath Keepers is a group of active duty police and military who have sworn to uphold their oath to protect the American people from enemies,...

Our man Dave Ridley in New Hampshire updates the Oathkeeper Infant Kidjacking with all the latest details. Will a Civil Suit be filed against the rogue CPS Bureaucrat who submitted a false affadavit to the Court?

I think in this political climate one of the best things GOPers and libertarians can do is join together and support the Free State Project in NH. No, I'm not talking about the potheads in Keene who are unrepresentative of the FSP anyway. I'm talking about the real goals set forth by the founders of the movement who seek to ensure absolute personal liberty and end government tyranny. Yes NH has been pretty liberal lately but it is a small state and still on the fringe between liberal and conservative. There is no reason why it can't be taken back...

Oath Keepers prep lawsuit against NH bureaucrats. Child protective bureaucracies named affiliation with their rather innocuous organization as one reason for seizing a baby. Sponsor: http://FreeKeene.com

protest in Dover NH over the illegitimate use of Oath Keepers name on an affidavit concerning custody rights with John Irish

As you know the baby of John Irish and his fiancee Stephanie was taken 16 hours after her birth. She was taken in part because of association with Oath keepers (as is clear from the Court order, which adopted the CPS agent’s entire affidavit as the Court’s “findings of fact” and reasons for the order. Another “reason” given by CPS, and adopted by the Court in its “findings of fact”, was gun ownership. The time is now to stand up and protect the rights of all all parents to freedom of association and freedom to keep and bear arms. A...

Did state accuse wrong guy in Oath Keeper case? (Baby Cheyenne NH). Gag order prevents the witnesses of a court hearing from revealing what happened in there... but did the prompt return of Baby Cheyenne to her parents have something to do with mistaken identity on some issues?