Month: August 2018

by Chris White An eco-terrorist group that frequently instructs activists how to sabotage energy projects is arguing one of the companies behind the Dakota Access Pipeline cannot sue it because the loose-nit group is not an entity. Attorneys for Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) argued in court Wednesday that Earth First! should be held accountable for eco-terrorism because it’s a legal entity that can be sued — ETP believes it should be able to sue a publication the group uses to distribute source material. Earth First! often publishes pamphlets instructing activists how to avoid legal issues associated with sabotage. ETP sued Earth First, Greenpeace and BankTrack in 2017 for $1 billion, alleging all three groups worked to undermine the $3.8 billion pipeline now channeling oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Various legal groups maintain Earth First is a social movement or philosophy, like Black Lives Matter, or the Occupy movement, and therefore are not subject to a lawsuit. “It’s an absurd argument that they’ve made. Earth First never appeared. Earth First Journal asked to draft an amicus brief. Then they file a motion for sanction because we sued an organization that doesn’t exist because it is a philosophy,” Michael Bowe, an…

UPDATE: at 10:10pm   The raw vote totals are as follows: Bill Lee – 284,085 votes Randy Boyd – 189,276 Diane Black – 177,737 Beth Harwell – 118,755     UPDATE: at 9:43pm   The raw vote totals are as follows: Bill Lee – 258,773 votes Randy Boyd – 170,946 Diane Black – 157,725 Beth Harwell – 100,989     UPDATE: at 9:15pm   The raw vote totals are as follows: Bill Lee – 250,763 votes Randy Boyd – 165,869 Diane Black – 151,852 Beth Harwell – 97,839     UPDATE: at 8:58pm   The raw vote totals are as follows: Bill Lee – 235,686 votes Randy Boyd – 158,007 Diane Black – 141,670 Beth Harwell – 92,132     UPDATE: at 8:37pm   The raw vote totals are as follows: Bill Lee – 205,224 votes Randy Boyd – 139,650 Diane Black – 122,040 Beth Harwell – 80,001 UPDATE: at 8:22pm   The raw vote totals are as follows: Bill Lee – 176,059 votes Randy Boyd – 121,121 Diane Black – 103,434 Beth Harwell – 69,729 Here is the scene at the Bill Lee Election Night party:   UPDATE: at 8:11pm   The raw vote totals are as follows: Bill…