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Police Are Terrorizing Communities?
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…
Impeach And Remove Maxine Waters. Now.
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…
Does Jasmine Taylor Get To Decide Whether Or Not You’re A Racist?
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…
Benefis Makes Employee COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandatory
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…
Great Falls Dem Melissa Smith Agrees ICE And Filibuster Are ‘White Supremacy’
In our continuing series of articles concerning state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages, we’re highlighting Democrat Melissa Smith, who lost to GOP incumbent Fred Anderson in Cascade County’s HD 20 in 2020. Here, in someone else’s poke at Governor Gianforte, Smith equates a vague reference to a ‘gun’ as an example of…
Local Dem Bessette Sports ‘Hail Satan’ Shirt, Vows Return To Legislature In ’23
As we continue our series on the revealing social media posts of local and state candidates/politicians we return to Democrat Barabara Bessette, a former Great Falls Representative incumbent who lost to GOP newcomer Steven Galloway in Cascade County’s HD 24 in 2020. After we posted our piece earlier in the week about Bessette’s nasty, extremely…
Failed Great Falls Dem Bessette Shows Nasty True Colors
This is the second in our series of articles with screenshots from local and state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages. Last time we featured the not-so-nice 2020 Montana gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney. Today we’re highlighting Democrat Barabara Bessette, a former Great Falls Representative incumbent who lost to GOP newcomer Steven Galloway in…
Post Election Cooney Not As Nice Or ‘Moderate’ As Pre Election Cooney
Recently we have been getting emails from readers with screenshots from local and state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages. And there are some very, very interesting examples which we will be highlighting in the coming weeks. So let’s start with former Montana Lt. Governor and 2020 Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney. Many…
Montana Minimum Wage Increase?
Editors note: Below is an email forwarded to E-City Beat from Great Falls State Representative Lola Galloway. Dear State Representative Galloway, As Montana continues to discuss the state’s minimum wage I wanted to call your attention to The Heartland Institute’s newest Research & Commentary examining the economic implications associated with Senate Bill 187. Heartland’s state government relations coordinator Samantha…