Hundreds of MT Miners Laid Off, Sen. Daines Proposes Legislation in Response
Last week, Sibanye-Stillwater announced to their employees that they would have to layoff around 700 employees starting on November 12. The mine, which produces palladium and platinum, cited a massive drop in the trading price of palladium, as two years ago it was traded at $2,305 per ounce, and through the first half of this […]
MT Healthcare Professionals Call Out Tester for Healthcare Lies
Over the last month, Senator Tester’s campaign has placed full page ads in several local newspapers accusing Tim Sheehy of planning to close 49 hospitals in Montana. The ad then lists 49 medical centers, including Billings Clinic Broadwater and Beartooth Billings Clinic. However, the ad has been disavowed by a group of 37 healthcare professionals, […]
Let’s Call it for What it is, Straight-Up Propaganda and Fake News
Folks I want to address a supposed “newspaper” and self-described news media entity called the Montana Independent. This “newspaper” is being sent to more than 150,000 Montanans from an out-of-state organization called the American Independent that has ties to a Democrat aligned Super Pac that is focusing on high-profile elections in battleground states, including Montana […]
This Just In: Voting Is A Right, Not A Privilege
Politics is one of those topics that one shouldn’t bring up in polite conversation. People have differing views on political parties, policies, candidates, and how things are being handled here and abroad. I do remember a time when you could debate the subject with people and go on about your lives without ending a friendship. […]
Between the Lines: Maybe he should try going back to that last job.
You need a manager to run your new McDonald’s restaurant. You hear about a guy who’s interested in the job. He’s old, but some people think he did pretty well at the last place he managed. So, you have a trusted aide check him out. How was his business record? Well, businesses he managed went […]
Montana Senate Race Now Leaning Red
As November 5th quickly approaches, the Montana U.S. Senate race has quickly become Republican candidate Tim Sheehy’s to lose. The candidate has seen a relatively positive linear trajectory in polling, as he was behind by as many as nine points in February, but now holds the lead by a polling average of 5.2 points according […]
Senator Cotton Joins List of High-Profile Republicans to Visit MT, Endorses Sheehy
As we inch closer and closer to the election in November, the stakes continue to rise. With possibly the most important statewide election in the country right here, both parties continue to throw everything they have at Montana’s U.S. Senate race between Jon Tester and Tim Sheehy. U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) joins what has […]
Tester Met with Lobbyists Over 200 Times; Number One Recipient of Lobbying Cash
According to Senator Tester’s public schedule, Senator Tester held 218 meetings with lobbyists between January 2023 and August 2024. This figure also does not include meetings between Tester’s staff and lobbyists. Anti-lobbying sentiments have been a central theme of Tester’s campaigns and tenure in the Senate, with his first opponent, Conrad Burns, engulfed by the […]
MT Dems Fail Lawsuit, Green Party Candidate to Stay on Ballots
A lawsuit from the Montana Democratic Party against the Montana Secretary of State, Christi Jacobsen, was heard in front of a judge in a Lewis and Clark County courtroom on the morning of Friday, August 30,. The lawsuit is an attempt to have the Green Party candidate in the United States Senate race, Michael Barb, […]
Sheehy Wave: Unprecedented Number of Yellowstone County Officials Endorse Sheehy
This past week, a total of 60 local elected officials all from Yellowstone County signed on to a letter endorsing Tim Sheehy for United States Senate over current Senator Jon Tester. The list of names includes current and former state representatives, county commissioners, Billings City Council members, former district judges, party leaders and former Billings […]