This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the American Redoubt region. Today, we look at another tarbrush smear against Redoubters in general and JWR in particular. (See the Region-Wide section.)
Region-Wide
Bradley Onishi (an outspoken “former Christian Nationalist” and “ex-evangelical minister”) published a book early in 2023 titled Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism–and What Comes Next.
JWR’s Comments: Needless to say, I do not recommend his book, since it is surely incredibly slanted. There is a full chapter in the book about The American Redoubt movement. Onishi’s X-Twitter page is replete with zingers such as: “The White in “White Evangelical” has always been the most important part. It drives the ship. The car says Christian on the side, but the engine runs on racism, xenophobia, and nationalism.” Notably, Onishi is also the co-host of a podcast called Straight White American Jesus.
I’ve previously warned SurvivalBlog readers about Onishi. He runs with an interesting crowd. Onishi was a guest speaker at the National Atheist Convention.
In an interview with WNYC’s nationally syndicated The Takeaway, Onishi mischaracterized me. Onishi said in the interview:
“The American Redoubt is a movement that began about a decade ago, that really signifies Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. In 2011, the writer and survivalist James Wesley Rawles dubbed that region the American Redoubt because redoubt means refuge or stronghold. He said this is the last part of the country where we can gather and we can create a Christian separatist society and prepare for the collapse of the United States as we know it, the coming civil war, and the opportunity to rebuild the nation in our own image.”
For the record, I have never made a call to “rebuild the nation in our own image”. Onishi, like so many other liberal Redoubt Haters, conveniently leaves out the fact that I’m an outspoken anti-racist and that from the very beginning, I created the American Redoubt movement to seek conservative Christians and Jews to relocate to the region. These glaring omissions are nothing short of character assassination. Onishi also took another swipe of his tar brush when he said in the same interview:
“If we take Idaho it is something like 93% white and so when Rawles calls for a Christian separatist movement, he’s doing so in the context where 9 out of 10 people in the region where he is talking about are white.”
“Context”??? Here, Bradley Onishi is using an equivocating weasel word that borders on slander. He seems to be calling me a racist without doing so directly. For the record: I was attracted to Idaho because of its low population density, not for its racial demographics!
An aside: Onishi’s publisher, Broadleaf Books, prides itself as follows: “We are committed to publishing authors who bring thoughtful perspective to explorations in religion, spirituality, social justice, culture, and personal growth with credibility and authenticity.” Broadleaf Books is “an imprint of
Idaho
Idaho House votes to withhold funding from cities, counties that don’t enforce state felonies.
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New Idaho laws going into effect in 2024.
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Idaho house where 4 students were killed was razed.
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New Idaho laws going into effect in 2024.
Montana
A real estate agent explains the Yellowstone effect and the COVID effect on the Montana real estate market: Moving to Montana in 2024?
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Montana Passes 9th Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law in the U.S..
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Slew of new laws hit Montana Jan. 1.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Some great news! Oregon Magazine Ban Permanently Struck Down & Ruled Unconstitutional!
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These new Oregon laws take effect in January 2024.
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Over at SurvivalRealty: Oregon Land – 20 Acres Off Grid — near Enterprise.
Central & Eastern Washington
Survival is their assigned mission: 36th RQS celebrates 50th anniversary. Here is a quote:
“The 36th RQS’ primary mission is to support the United States Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School training through hands-on helicopter operations for over 4,000 students per year; however they also support local civilian agencies in search and rescue operations and participation in safety investigations.”
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Federal grand jury indicts two men arrested with commercial pill press in Eastern Washington.
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The new Washington state laws taking effect in January 2024.
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Fairchild announces dates for 2024 SkyFest.
Wyoming
New Wyoming Laws: Higher Hunting Fees, Plans For Drug-Addicted Babies.
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Wyoming study: Carnivores and scavengers could help reduce CWD.
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Pierce Brosnan accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area.
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Some Star Valley Wyoming land, over at SurvivalRealty: Two adjoining building lots with no restrictions.
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