How many airplanes does a guy need to crash to get authority over airplane inspection practices? #mtpol www.propublica.org/article/tim-...

Hey @actblueorg.bsky.social we Montanans have decided the Democratic candidate for the Senate so it would be a great time to stop helping the non-Democrat. Alani Bankhead is our candidate. #mtpol

Here's your reminder of what that moment was:

A decade of hate radio vs. a career of actually serving Montanans. This one's not complicated. 🔥 #mtpol

Right now we are up 79 votes, 1430 to 1351. I don't expect that to change too much. I am filled with gratitude, thinking of everyone who has been so supportive these last 6 months. Thank you to my constituents, friends, neighbors, endorsers, and especially my volunteers! #mtpol

Just under 5 hours remaining to vote in the Montana primary election! Get your ballot to your polling place or the courthouse before 8 PM! Thanks for voting!

I am Kelly Kortum, and I have represented many of you in north/west Bozeman in the House of Representatives. It has been an honor to serve you, our community, and our state these last six years. Now, I hope to continue doing so, as your state senator, with your help. #mtpol

My mom finally switched from google to duckduckgo, and has already substituted "ask the Duck" for "google it" No notes

"Why are people so negative about the economy?" Consider this. There are two possibilities: 1) He's right and my livelihood is screwed. Maybe not 18 months but soon. 2) He's full of shit, it won't happen, and AI is a giant bubble that will crash the economy. Why would I feel good about either?

Holy cow I can't believe the state of Montana again found a way to funnel most of the broadband money to giant, out-of-state billionaires. Truly a bold act, ensuring Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos get a ton of Montana's internet infrastructure money AND a monopoly. #mtpol 🧵⬇️

My nose detects a forest fire.... in May?

Hello I am the president of a country whose economy depends on consumer spending. My two major initiatives so far have been a sales tax on everything and then a war that sent all prices skyrocketing

Absolute spot-on article about having AI forced on us by billionaires.

1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0

"You must use AI or be left behind" is bullshit. 95% of us don't need AI to continue being people. You have permission to ignore AI. It could be used for good, but it won't be. Crypto was the same way. The people pushing AI the hardest are the immoral psychos that own all the stock.

I maintain that the abundance movement is a political project designed by the extraction class to pre-empt authentic populist progressive reform with something akin to 00s era Obama vibes based deregulatory corporatism and I don't love that honest reformers have been forced to adopt the parlance

(Trump redirected billions of taxpayer dollars away from locally owned rural fiber networks and gave it instead to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk for expensive, congested satellite broadband service they had already planned to deploy)

Another MTGOP attempt to block Montanans from voting fails. Again. Montana taxpayers pay the court costs for these unconstitutional voter supression bills. I am happy about this ruling but it would be cool if they would learn from their mistakes? #mtpol montanafreepress.org/2026/05/11/j...

"Corporations are not people. They’re not human. They don’t vote or lose sleep over Montana’s future." #mtpol

Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation

Don't make me hurt you, Katie.

Can we go back to calling them weird now?

I want Montana to lean into a real progressive candidate who could win. Win a district that I believe will vote for someone who breaks the usual molds of what it means to be a Democrat in Montana. Someone who is bold and brave and won’t hide from embracing their roots. It’s @samforstag.bsky.social.

When you fire inspectors and deregulate industries, bad things will happen.

> please rise for the singing of O Canada > land acknowledgement > Crazy Train ft. recorders

It’s election season, y’all! Get that school board ballot in today, and make a plan to vote in the June primary💙 #mtpol

State IT director says AI is being integrated into all state government systems

Our amazing team had another great day meeting our neighbors in SD32! Voters are concerned about public education funding, protecting public lands, and the increasing cost of living in Montana. #mtpol #mtleg

Professional restaurant critic here, I will help any elected official identify whether they’re in a restaurant or a strip club, for a reasonable fee.

Happy May Day, Montana! Workers are the backbone of Montana. #mtpol #mtleg

Hank Green made a website where you can see all the Artemis II photos arranged in a timeline, synced to the crew's timetable and position in space. It's super cool. artemistimeline.com#artemis-ii-w...

There's just really no way to exaggerate how dumb & pathetic & offputting I find everything about this.

AOC just endorsed Sam Forstag in MT01

Proud to be Team Sam now. This race is very, very winnable. And we are going to do it. Get in on the ground floor.

Fellow americans, I call on you to ridicule any of these "leaders" telling you a ballroom is an urgent national priority.

I’m Sam Forstag - I’m a smokejumper, a union leader, and I’m running for Congress because for too long, Montanans have been breaking their backs just to fall further behind. Together, we can build an economy that works for working people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHia...

It's funny that the media fetish for "objectivity" doesn't extend to statements like this, which are obviously & ludicrously false but simply presented as fact.

I'm rewatching the Chernobyl series on HBO, and the opening voiceover from Legasov resonates: "What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all."

lol they just lying through it #mtpol

The 2025 Montana Legislature passed SB25, outlawing fake (AI or photo-shopped) images of candidates within 60 days of the election. Does that apply here? #mtpol #mtleg montanafreepress.org/2026/04/23/d...

MONTANA VOTERS Due to a voter suppression bill passed the the MTGOP in 2025, absentee/mail ballot signature MUST include your birth year, or your vote will not be counted. 1000s of Montanan's votes was disqualified for this reason last year. #mtpol #mtleg #mtvotes

I firmly believe presidents & people with control over medical agencies should understand percentages! If *you* don’t, no judgment; I will explain in the next couple posts how they work. The short version is that Senator Warren is correct in the clip, and there’s NO interpretation in which RFKJr is

"Even if this case implodes on impact with a federal court, it will still serve the larger conservative goal of recasting perpetrators of rightwing violence as the real victims."

over at the newsletter I wrote about the White House Correspondents Association dinner, and the pitiful complicity of our broken brunchlord access press

This is insane, tinpot authoritarian shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

OMG -- the RFK Jr breathing noises during this hearing are absolutely horrifying

Last year, the flu vaccine saved 12,000 lives and prevented over 100,000 hospitalizations according to the CDC.