It’s a little early, but since the Tribune reported that GFPS is exploring the possibility of another school levy this year, we thought we’d ask: [poll id=”3″] Proponents will point to belt-tightening at the Legislature… This is our opportunity to share where we stand and let them see what we see through our crystal ball, so…
Earlier, we wrote about legislative candidates vying to fill Ryan Zinke’s soon-to-be vacated U.S. House seat. While the eventual winner may indeed come from the Legislature, maneuvering from outside the Capitol chambers has brought far more intrigue, especially recently. Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer all but took himself out of the running, endorsing political newcomer Rob Quist yesterday. From Troy…
Well, maybe not all writers. But if you write well and have something interesting to say, chances are we will publish your work. We aren’t interested in running a “rant sheet,” but we do welcome submissions from across the political spectrum. If you have a query, or even a full piece that’s ready to go, send it…
With Ryan Zinke expected to sail through Senate confirmation hearings to become Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Interior, Montana politicians are rapidly angling to replace him in the U.S. House. The very good Mike Dennison has a piece profiling six sitting legislators and how their Congressional aspirations might affect the 2017 session. For Republicans, Sen. Ed Buttrey, a…
H/T to Twitchy, for compiling Iowahawk’s complete and total takedown of the Democrats’ and the mainstream media’s myth that the Russians “hacked” the 2016 Presidential Election. It took him just 12 tweets: 1/ John Podesta, like 100% of everyone who has ever had a email account, received a password phishing email. He fell for it. — David…
As the 2017 legislature session kicks off tomorrow in Helena, the prospect of declining revenue and a leaner budget looms over everything. From the Helena IR: After leaving a $300 million rainy day fund at the end of the 2015 Legislature, the state was looking at a roughly $225 million hole if it didn’t make…
Several Great Falls and Montana residents have decided this is a perfect time to compliment existing print and TV news, with an online news blog to explore various issues and their effects on Great Falls and Montana residents. Our idea stems from the Great Gregg Smith, who hung up his spurs after a successful run with Electric City…
H/T to Democracy NOW!, via Glenn Greenwald: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald says Democrats have adopted a “Cold War McCarthyite kind of rhetoric” by accusing many its critics of having ties to Russia. “It’s sort of this constant rhetorical tactic to try and insinuate that anyone opposing the Clintons are somehow Russian agents, when it’s…
H/T to BizPacReview, for exposing the worst-kept secret in this year’s 2016 presidential election: the mainstream media, particularly CNN, is totally in the bag for Hillary Clinton: Witness CNN’s Chris Cuomo, the man who called Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort a liar and debated Rudy Giuliani for 32 break-less minutes on the ridiculous liberal interpretation of Trump’s Second Amendment statement, wax eloquent…
A fun tweet today from Wikileaks, who now boasts a net positive favorable approval rating within the U.S. The whistleblower group has pounded on Hillary Clinton and the DNC in recent weeks, much to the delight of Republicans, and evidently, to a majority of Americans. The interesting question, though, is whether or not the Wikileaks poll “knows” something the…