Evan Barrett, Butte Watchdogs for Social & Environmental Justice, has a number of concerns, with energy prices being chief among them. Watchdogs are 1 of over 50 groups to file complaint against NorthWestern Energy, who would supply the data center's electricity, in hopes of preventing rate hikes

We’re paying rich republicans not to work - MONICA TRANEL open.substack.com/pub/monicatr...

A gift for Montana, from Trump, wrapped in a black robe dailymontanan.com/2025/09/25/a...

90-year-old Billings woman says search warrant was about racial profiling dailymontanan.com/2025/10/02/9...

GOP Column for the Week features the Noble Nine (8 of them signed the column) MONTANA REPUBLICAN PARTY - SENATORS FAILED TO SHOW UP mtstandard.com/eedition/pag...

Friend Mike Jopek talks of his trip to Butte to talk about the GOP property tax mess to the Butte Burros and others ...

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...

Another great Montana history lesson from Monica Tranel .... The Price of Corruption open.substack.com/pub/monicatr...

Come listen to friend Mike Jopek, former Legislator, farmer, taxation expert and populist Democrat ...

Montana Republican Party censures nine GOP senators; no longer considers them Republicans dailymontanan.com/2025/04/04/m... The 9 said they answer to Montanans, not GOP party -- By kicking out the Nine & Bob Brown and Marc Racicot they're eating their own and reducing their ranks

"As part of his presentation, Stafman provided the committee a letter from Evan Barrett, who worked for previous governors, was involved when he was not on staff, and talked with legal counsel for other former governors." dailymontanan.com/2025/03/17/b...

Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...

Friend Mike Jopek: "Locally, the state revenue dept estimates that property taxes on a $500K home will increase $451/yr in the Flathead, $736 in Missoula, and $1,035 in Butte as a result of the 2023 & 2025 state reappraisals. Double the dollars for double values." flatheadbeacon.com/2025/02/19/e...

What a day!

Shades of Neville Chamberlain ...

Newly minted state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cory Swanson had a blunt message for Montana legislators near the end of remarks delivered to a joint session of the Montana House and Senate Monday: Let the judicial branch do its job. montanafreepress.org/2025/02/17/n...

Moderates seized control of the Montana state Senate during an after-dark floor session Monday in another power flex by 18 minority Democrats and nine maverick Republicans montanafreepress.org/2025/02/17/c...

"the blitzkrieg from Florida Orange may seem overwhelming right now, but this nation hasn’t existed for 250 years based on any cult of personality or twisted desire for absolute power. We are, and we will remain, a nation of laws — or we will not remain a nation." dailymontanan.com/2025/02/14/t...

Stunningly good (and frightening) column by Maureen Dowd in NYTimes... Who Will Stand Up to Trump at High Noon? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...

PASS IT ON ...

Great piece on Pat Flowers' leadership in the MT Senate ...

A bipartisan coalition voted to strike down two bills that would have phased out or added requirements to the health coverage program. montanafreepress.org/2025/02/12/l...

DARRELL EHRLICK in the Daily Montanan What does Moses have to do with chemistry, anyway? dailymontanan.com/2025/02/06/w...

Maureen Dowd in NYTimes ... good read! Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

State Rep. Becky Edwards (Bozeman): " ... more and more of this cruel behavior will be coming over the next four years. It’s up to us as to how we respond, and how we stand up for our neighbors, our friends, and ourselves." flatheadbeacon.com/2025/02/05/t...

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 and get a big, top-end state income tax cut. Luckily ... Byrne & Dunwell are siding with farmers, home and business owners..."