On Tuesday, June 15, Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter announced that he is switching political party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. “It is my duty to serve all people of Cascade County to do this effectively I have to know I have the support of the party I have aligned myself with. So I am…
In our continuing series featuring idiotic social media posts by local politicians, this one may win the grand prize. It’s hard to imagine a more offensive and clueless meme than the one proudly being posted on local “Social Justice Warrior” and two-time loser for Great Falls elective office Jasmine Taylor’s Facebook page. And yet, here…
There is an accepted definition of racism in Critical Race Theory (“CRT”) that suggests that, by definition, all whites are racist and people of color cannot be racist. Rather than a ‘color blind’ society (the content of one’s character, and all that), racism has been redefined in Marxist terms to create a neat tautology. You see, according…
In our continuing series exposing local politicians who talk and behave one way during campaign season and a different way when they think the spotlight isn’t on them, we once again return to Democrat Barabara Bessette, a former Great Falls state Representative. Bessette was an incumbent who lost to GOP newcomer Steven Galloway in Cascade…
PRESS RELEASE FROM CASCADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE (CCRCC) CYNDI BAKER, CHAIR ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE BOARD The Cascade County Republican Central Committee (CCRCC) recently met in Convention to elect the 2021-2022 Executive Board. Reelected to their prior positions were: Cyndi Baker, Chair Kerry Yates, 1st Vice-Chair Roger Hagan, 2nd Vice-Chair Wendy McKamey, Secretary Fred Fairhurst,…
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In the immediate wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict #AbolishThe Police was trending in the top 10 on Twitter. Defund the police and return those resources to Black communities as reparations? That is a totally absurd notion that we’d wager the vast majority of minority communities and individuals wholeheartedly reject. “…as long as cops exist…
With the Derek Chauvin murder trial winding down today, tensions have reached a simmer in Minneapolis. One might think, or at least hope, that our national political leaders — particularly the party of “unity” — would, in good faith, act to tamp down their rhetoric, not inflame it. But that’s just not Maxine Waters’ (D…
Continuing our series on the revealing social media posts of local and state candidates/politicians, today we feature Democrat Jasmine Taylor. Taylor lost to GOP incumbent Lola Galloway in Cascade County’s HD 22 in 2020. She also came in dead last out of a field of 6 candidates, losing in the 2019 Great Falls City Commission…
E-City Beat has received numerous messages and documents from Great Falls Benefis Health Systems employees and others concerning mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees as a condition of continued employment. Here is a screenshot of the ‘Heads-Up’ email sent from Benefis CEO John Goodnow to all Benefis employees. Here is a comment from a Benefis…