Here’s what you need to know about the crazy ranchers’ standoff in Oregon

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By Katie HerzogJan 4, 2016, 8:52 pm126 pts
The militia occupation ongoing in Oregon is really about who gets to use public land: ranchers or you. Here’s the story, in case you haven’t been tracking: Armed militia members calling themselves Citizens for Constitutional Freedom broke into a visitors’ center in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in…

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