I recommend that everyone read the entire thing as it is full of damning information that in total, paints a frightening picture of an aspect of American culture that (present blog obviously excluded) has gone widely under-reported and underappreciated.
Matt Shea, and many of the people he represents --not as constituents in his district, but as like-minded citizens-- is bad news. This is not a good or kind person and I think it's important that people understand this. These people, these so-called members of the Patriot Movement, are not patriots at all and in fact, mostly hate this country and everything it stands for. They hate you if you are not straight, white, Christian and militantly opposed to liberal democracy.
Matt Shea is an authoritarian, plain and simple, and as such he has no place as an elected official in this country.
Here's an excellent OPB listicle on Shea that runs through 15 details revealed in the report, all of which should be alarming to the sane citizens.
Here's an article by Austin Jenkins, a Northwest News Network reporter obviously affiliated with both OPB and NPR, though I don't claim to know his official status. In any case, Jenkins is by all accounts reputable.
Here's a Seattle Times article with a byline including three staff reporters.
Finally, here's a Salon.com article by Igor Derysh. I'm not a huge fan of Salon, nor am I familiar with Derysh and his work, but in this particular instance I think Salon/Derysh gets it right and at the risk of compromising my credibility, I include it.
Again, the upshot here is that this report reveals Matt Shea as the far right extremist that so much great reporting has already shown him to be. Matt Shea is not a good dude and I have to believe that Eastern Washington can do better.
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