Uncommon Ground: Consultant Cush flatheadbeacon.com/2025/11/12/c... #mtpol

The boys get an update from the campaign trail with Russell Cleveland and dive into everything from the shutdown to the legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ed joins us from Vegas #mtpol

Thursday Nov 6th Beer, Buds and The Big Sky Podcast with special guest, Ed Docter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZdG... #mtpol

Montana Farmers Union talks small producers, communities during annual event #mtpol

Uncommon Ground: Inspiration of a New Generation flatheadbeacon.com/2025/10/29/i... #mtpol

"Those rules prohibit women from running, in addition to raising the minimum candidate age from 21 to 30." #mtpol

"...a 2024 study from Virginia’s state Legislature reports that residents could pay $37.50/month subsidizing data centers through their power bills." #mtpol

"Willie Nelson launched the music festival in 1985 as a fundraiser to save family farms. With corporate consolidation a continuing threat to farms, it’s now a platform for populist organizing, too." #mtpol

Uncommon Ground: Optimism of Andy Feury #mtpol

Housing not expensive enough #mtpol "The tariffs going into effect on Tuesday include: 10 percent on imported wood and timber, much of which the United States imports from Canada."

Platner: “That mostly seems like I’m just trying to give a damn about my community.” #mtpol

Food about to get even more expensive #mtpol

'suck it up' the next rate increase #mtpol

Tester: Being a farmer is the best job I’ve ever had, but I have a dire warning for this country: Family farms are in trouble, and that translates to even bigger trouble for the rest of America. #mtpol

In 2024 Ohio farmers produced 276 million bushels of soybeans. Now, the cost to produce a bushel of soybeans is about $3.50 more than the market price. That’s nearly a $1 billion loss for Ohio farmers www.toledoblade.com/opinion/edit...

Montana tagged as "In or at high risk of a recession". Budget shortfalls upcoming soon #mtpol

Judge says residential property owners can continue lawsuit against Montana’s Department of Revenue #mtpol

“We have an export-dependent industry, we’ve angered its biggest customer, and, boom, now we’re bailing out the export-dependent industry,” said Scott Lincicome, the vice president for general economics at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. #mtpol

“I’ve got farmers who are calling me from these other farm organizations that are freaking out about the tariffs.” Those tariffs continue to be a major concern, Schweitzer said, because it has caused some countries to simply buy agricultural products from other countries. #mtpol

"These are funds that are critically needed by producers who have bills to pay, debt to pay," Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer told MTPR. "And it's just going to delay those payments and add stress to their everyday life." #mtpol

Uncommon Ground: Digitally Divided #mtpol

Uncommon Ground: Listening #mtpol flatheadbeacon.com/2025/09/17/l...

Unity and respect to the winner #mtpol

Uncommon Ground: The Work flatheadbeacon.com/2025/09/10/t... #mtpol

Uncommon Ground: Chopping Block #mtpol #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2025/08/20/c...

Uncommon Ground: Next Chapter flatheadbeacon.com/2025/08/06/n... #mtpol #mtnews

Uncommon Ground: Listen Up #mtpol #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2025/07/23/l...

The new varied tax rate system in Montana says that depending on where you live decides how much property taxes you pay and how much reappraisal overtax you get back #mtpol

Missoula County collects the highest property tax in Montana, levying an average of $2,176.00 (0.93% of median home value) yearly in property taxes, while Wibaux County has the lowest property tax in the state, collecting an average tax of $505.00 (0.84% of median home value) per year #mtpol

Wow. Look at Whitefish, Columbia Falls, and Flathead County compared to State. Yet wait until November and the State will likely again blame locals for lawmaker's dereliction of duty #mtpol

Uncommon Ground: New Voices flatheadbeacon.com/2025/07/09/n... #mtpol #mtnews

Uncommon Ground: Everyday People #mtpol #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2025/06/25/e...

Uncommon Ground: Rural Working Class flatheadbeacon.com/2025/06/11/r... #mtpol #mtnews

"We now have the most complicated tax system in the United States, which required $4 million to be allocated to the Department of Revenue to implement the new law," he [Hertz] said in a text on Friday. #mtpol mtstandard.com/news/state-r...

Uncommon Ground: Not for Sale flatheadbeacon.com/2025/05/14/n... #mtpol #mtnews

Uncommon Ground: Talking with Homeowners flatheadbeacon.com/2025/04/30/t... #mtpol #mtnews

Uncommon Ground: Spirit of 76 #mtpol #mtnews

Uncommon Ground: Eye-popping Numbers Middle-class Montana is getting hosed and you should at least know flatheadbeacon.com/2025/02/19/e... #mtpol #mtleg #mtnews

Uncommon Ground: Tricky Coyotes #mtpol #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2025/02/05/t... --Lawmakers are making old-time homeowners pay way more state property taxes so maybe some newcomers might move to Montana--

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/s...

Uncommon Ground: Hope is No Plan flatheadbeacon.com/2025/01/22/h... #mtpol #mtsen #mtleg #mtnews

It is not free speech when Trump aligned oligarchs have their thumbs on the algorithms of all the social media apps.

Biden’s orthopedic shoes created more press outrage than Trump’s bitcoin.

NYT: Trump begins selling a new crypto token, in a move assailed as an ethical breach. “It is literally cashing in on the presidency — creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family” one ethics lawyer said www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

Is there any billionaire rich enough that Republicans won’t support a tax cut for? Scott Bessent- Trump’s billionaire Treasury nominee - says no.

Disney got off for a mere $15 million!

Uncommon Ground: Stocking Stuffers flatheadbeacon.com/2024/12/25/s... #mtpol #mtnews #mtleg

2024 Trump margin: 229,766 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 155,419,638 votes nationally (0.14784%) 2020 Biden margin: 42,918 votes (in AZ, GA, WI) out of 158,429,631 votes nationally (0.027090%) 2016 Trump margin: 77,744 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 136,669,276 votes nationally (0.056885%)

My latest column: Trump's billionaires are out to hurt you www.latimes.com/business/sto...