2018 Republicans-- Matt Shea and Cathy McMorris RodgersBetween Spokane and the Idaho border you'll find the 4th legislative district. It's very rural. There's got to be a town there but I can't find one, although there was a post office of sorts in a town called Drygoon and in 1902 they changed the name from Drygoon to Colbert in honor of a postmaster named Harry Colbert. But I'm not certain if it's inside the district or not. Like I said, it's very rural. The state Rep from the 4th, Matthew Shea, is 44. He's beyond conservative. When his wife Lisa divorced him, she applied for an application of protection because he considered her a possession, not a possession like a lamp but a possession like the way it was in the Old Testament. Her court papers say he was very abusive, physically and emotionally and that he "insisted she walk on his left side because his sword, if he had one, would be on his right side." Refusing to get a job, he hosted a hate talk radio show on Patriot Radio twice a week. In 2008 he was elected to the state legislature, where he defines the far outer fringes of a Republican Party, whose uneducated and drugged-up base is consumed by insane conspiracy theories.Why should Matt Shea matter to anyone out side of eastern Washington? Two reasons. On Wednesday, Shea admitted he had distributed a manifesto that strongly smacks of right-wing domestic terrorism, The Biblical Basis for War, and certainly makes it clear that Shea has been promoting violence against people who don't adhere to his extremist-- many would say psychotic-- ideology.The Spokane County Sheriff, Ozzie Knezovich, sent the manifesto, which was written by Shea, "straight to the FBI" and noted that it "is not a Sunday school project or an academic study. It is a 'how to' manual consistent with the ideology and operating philosophy of the Christian Identity/Aryan Nations movement and the Redoubt movement of the 1990s." Shea prophesizes he will be elected president (of the U.S.) and that his assassination will lead to a civil war. You tell me, does this crackpot manifesto of his look like a call to prepare for violence and civil war? You can't put someone in prison for this stuff-- or even in a mental institution. It's up to his constituents to remove him from office, though.
Biblical Basis for War1. God is a Warrior. 2. When is the time for war? When God says its time...Prayer Council.3. Fight to win so you don’t have to fight again. 4. 4 Things to stay within God’s will:a. Holy Cause; b. HolyLeader; c. Holy Army; and d. HolyCamp.5. 4 Ways to know its time to fight:
a. God reveals His will to the leader; b. LeaderinquiresofGod...PrayerCouncil; c. God puts it on the hearts of the people; or d. Godstartsthefight.6. Things for a Holy Army
a. Sacrifice/Worship/Prayer; b. Circumcision/Saved; c. Vow (consecration to the Lord); d. Trumpets/Ark; e. Atonement/Money; and f. Praise to God Before/During/After.7. 5 Facts of War:
a. War is a fact of life. b. GodiswithusandthebattleisHis.c. Numbers are inconsequential. d. Armamentsareinconsequential. e. Isaiah 57:1 – Why Righteous Men are Killed...8. 4 Qualifications of a Warrior:
a. 18 years old or older; b. AblebodiedMan; c. Single Minded in Battle; and d. StableHome.9. 5 Exemptions from Service:
a. Training Family – New Home; b. Newlyweds–NewWife; c. Farmer – New Crops; d. Scared–FearMeansaLackofFaith(OffertoLeave);or e. Priests – Duty to Ministry in Temple.10. Rules of War
a. Conduct a census of all able bodied males (18-45).i. Identify Exemptions (see above). ii. Appoint Captains of 10’s, 50’s, 100’s and 1000’s.b. Avoidbloodshedifpossible. c. Make an offer of Peace before declaring war.
i. Not a negotiation or compromise of righteousness. ii. Must surrender on terms of justice and righteousness: 1. Stopallabortions;2. Nosame-sexmarriage;3. Noidolatryoroccultism;4. Nocommunism;and 5. MustobeyBiblicallaw. iii. If they yield – must pay share of work or taxes. iv. If they do not yield – kill all males.d. Warisnotwagedagainstnationsbutagainstman(noscorched earth or Sherman’s march to the sea). e. Cut down only non-food trees necessary for supplies (safeguard production over politics or retribution). f. Do not attack or kill productive citizens. They are your base of support after the enemy is defeated. g. Law of Booty
i. 1/2 went to those who fought. ii. 1/2 went to those who didn’t. iii. Divide evenly to the individuals...each gives tribute to Lord.1. TithetoChurch&Ministry 2. NonetoGovernment–Removestemptationtofight. 3. Mayuseyourparttogivetothosewhohelped. 4. Commanders received the same portion. If a greater portion then they would have an incentive to fight.
11. Organizational Structure for War
a. Captains of 5/10/50/100/1000i. 5 = Team Leader (Corporal) ii. 10 = Squad Leader (Sergeant) iii. 50 = Platoon Leader (Lieutenant/Sergeant First Class) iv. 100 = Company Commander (Captain/First Sergeant) v. 1000 = Battalion Commander (Colonel/Sergeant Major)b. SmallStandingArmy(QuickReaction&ShellLeadership). c. Only Muster in War Time.
12. Biblically Dealing with Tyranny
a. Tyranny is never a divinely appointed means of government. b. AtyrantissomeonewhoruleswithoutGod. c. Tyranny is not a lawful form of government. d. “Godless civil rulers are no more than bands of robbers.” St. Aug. e. When the rule of law dies as sin prevails throughout the land, tyranny is not far behind. f. Book of Judges – Sin = Tyranny. g. Deuteronomy 28:1 – Blessings for Obedience. h. Deuteronomy28:15–CursesofDisobedience. i. Judges 3 – The Lord will test you to see if you Obey Him. j. No such thing as “rebelling against tyranny.” RESTORATION k. Deuteronomy 4:34 – God brings His people out of tyranny.i. God doesn’t use majorities. The majority is usually wrong. ii. Hebrews 11:32 – Heroes of Faith that conquered tyrants.l. Options:
i. Use of Deception 1. Notgenerallyspeakingonlyveryspecifically. 2. Avoidingbeinganaccomplicetosin. 3. Donotowethetruthtosomeonewhowillabuseit. ii. Avoidance1. Thisdoesnotmeancowardice. 2. Conflictwithtyrannyalsoispreventingwickedness from harming property, lives, family when you don’t have the strength or resources to overcome. iii. Assassination & Sabotage 1. Assassinationtoremovetyrantsisjust,notmurder. 2. 2Chron.23:12–DietrichBonhoeffer–PlotforHitler. iv. Armed Resistance & Guerilla War.m. Considerations Before Beginning War – Prayer & Contemplation
i. Strength and Resources. ii. Ability to go full-scale on a long-term basis to win. iii. Not a temporary action based on emotion. iv. Review the Declaration of Causes and Necessity. v. Reasonable hope of winning, God is on your side. If not wait. vi. Is God directing? Ex. 33:14-15, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Gamaliel. vii. People are tired of tyranny & sin w/ hearts set on Freedom? OR People accustomed tyranny and don’t know who God is? viii. Micah – Patriots who want to serve God not “libertine.”13. Warrior Priests
a. Living Sacrifice. b. Intercessionthroughprayerandaction. c. Adam was told to tend and guard (“Abad & Shamar”).d. Warrior=Guardianship.e. 2 Chronicles 23:8-9 – Armed Guards & weapons in the tabernacle. f. Prayer Humility, Wisdom, Courage, and Protection. g. James 4:8 – Draw near to God and purge double mindedness. h. James4:17–Notdoingtherightthingissin. i. Proverbs 21:31 – “Prepare your horse for battle, but the battle is the Lord’s14. Freedom is in Jesus Christ. Where the Spirit of God is, there is Liberty.
Last month, writing for Rolling Stone-- and before the deranged manifesto leaked-- Leah Sottile reported that Something’s Brewing in the Deep Red West. Shea is the chair of the state Republican caucus and he's batshitcrazy, frothing at the mouth for a race war or a religious war, or a war against the media, or a war of independence... just some kind of war. Sottile reported that "in his nine years in office he has allied with some of the most high-profile conspiracy theorists and anti-government extremists in the American West: from Cliven Bundy and his sons to a neo-Confederate Idaho preacher to the head of the Oath Keepers, an extremist group that believes “the United States is collaborating with a one-world tyrannical conspiracy called the New World Order.”
“I don’t think that the extent of [Shea’s] connections are widely known,” says Rep. Marcus Riccelli, a three-term Democrat in the state legislature who represents Spokane. “It’s a real statement of the Republican Party that someone with his extreme views has risen in the ranks of leadership.”Long before President Trump deemed the press the “enemy of the people,” Matt Shea was refusing to speak with the media and airing his concern over conspiracy theories like FEMA camps with InfoWars’ Alex Jones. Shea also organized the Spokane chapter of the anti-Muslim ACT for America, which the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as a hate group. And for the past few summers, Shea has spoken at a secretive religious community run by a man who was a foundational figure in the Christian Identity movement, which, according to the Anti-Defamation League, believes white Europeans to be the lost tribes of Israel and considers Jews to be the offspring of Eve and Satan....People have been talking about hacking off the eastern part of Washington-- from the Cascades to Idaho-- since at least 1915. But recently, creating a bastion of God-fearing, gun-toting, canned-food eating whiteness where conservatives can survive the End Times has been embraced by survivalists and dubbed the American Redoubt-- an idea that’s gained enough interested parties to demand an actual corner of the real estate market. Though Shea’s Liberty idea hasn’t gained much traction in the Statehouse, it’s red meat for anti-government extremists at a time when some Americans really are viewing this area of the country as the last remaining holdout for the type of America they think can be great again... “There’s a deep divide within the Spokane County Republican Party between its mainstream wing and its more constitutionalist wing,” Clayton says. “The constitutionalist wing is heavily influenced by Christian nationalists and some white-supremacist elements… they have a particular view of the Constitution and it’s all steeped in this idea of liberty. It’s anti-statism. It’s anti-government.”
Last August, Daniel Walters painted a picture of how the seemingly "mainstream conservative," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a key Ryan lieutenant and Trump enabler, plays footsie with these racists, Nazis and terrorists.This year, one of the crazed fascists, Jered Bonneau, ran against McMorris Rodgers in the primary. Shea hadn't endorsed her in 2014 or 2016 and Bonneau expected fellow lunatic Shea to endorse him this year. But McMorris Rodgers wanted Shea's endorsement against Bonneau and, for some reason no one seems to know, Shea gave it to her.
It shows how, even as McMorris Rodgers has distanced herself from the alt-right, she's been aligning herself more closely with a different part of the GOP fringe-- the patriot movement-- as she gets ready to face her first truly competitive election.Even though McMorris Rodgers is nearly certain to survive the top-two primary, her performance-- and the performance of her Democratic competitor, former state Sen. Majority Leader Lisa Brown-- could have major impacts on fundraising and voter enthusiasm. If McMorris Rodgers crushes Brown in the primary, it could hobble the Democrat for the general election. But if Bonneau-- or fellow Trump-loving conservative Dave Saulibio-- gained traction it could split the vote....“I reached out to Matt Shea to talk about some of the others that were in the race," McMorris Rodgers told the Spokesman-Review. “And in the course of that conversation, he let me know that he was going to be supporting me.”
Read the rest of the eye-popping story. Or don't. But, if you can, vote for or, in any way you can, support Lisa Brown, who would be a great candidate for Congress even if there were no Matt Shea or Cathy McMorris Rodgers. On Tuesday, here's another race where Nate Silver's model should be proven woefully inadequate for accurate political forecasting.
