Daines Continues Campaign to Manipulate Google Searches

Steve Daines, the Bozeman billionaire running for Congress (at least for now) in Montana, appears to be continuing his campaign to manipulate Google searches toward information he considers favorable, even though his tactics have already been exposed.

The most recent …

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Fundamentalists Strengthen Ties to Shadier Movements

The fact that Chuck Baldwin was tapped to be the keynote speaker for a Flathead “Pro-life” event in Kalispell this January is one more piece of evidence of connections between Montana’s white nationalists and the Flathead area’s anti-choice crusaders.  Chuck

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Rightwingers Trying to ‘Poll’ Wool Over Our Eyes

Rightwing radio host Aaron Flint is trying to peddle a political poll he and his young GOP insider friends threw together last week.  Apparently they want to graduate from the sandbox by showing off what they think is a big …

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Havre Republicans Prove Rest of Us Wrong

The Republican legislative delegation from Havre, while speaking with the public and the Havre Daily News over the legislative break, took the opportunity to clear their good names and prove wrong the Montanans across the state who have called …

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Montana Has So Many Wacky Bills, Governor Buys VETO Branding Iron

Governor Brian Schweitzer Has Registered a VETO Brand with the Montana Dept of Livestock.The Billings Gazette is reporting today that Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, faced with a ridiculous amount of ridiculous legislation headed for his desk, has got himself a cattle branding iron with the word VETO and has registered the brand with …

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Gossip for Your Weekend Cocktails

First, strong words from Wulfgar at A Chicken Is Not Pillage”

The next time some right wingnut tells you how the state is, you know that they’re lying or ignorant or both.

He makes the case for the statement well …

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“Refudiating” Has Cousins in Montana Legislature

Now that Republicans have brought national attention to the Montana Legislature, it’s fitting to take a closer look at some of the reasons behind the fame: the unique qualities of GOP legislators and their supporters of which you may not …

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TEA Partiers Plan to Gather at MT Capitol with Weapons

Just when you thought the Montana Legislature couldn’t get any crazier, this post from the TEA Party forum Edberry.com appeared in the blog inbox.

TEA Party Plans to Storm Montana Capitol Building with WeaponsWhat does “Extra-Conservative” TEA Party leader Tim Ravndal mean by a “very very very loud message” …

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Wishing You Could Attend Today’s Rallies?

In case you missed it, here are some great pics commenters sent in from today’s rallies.  Looks super fun.

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Public Outcry Over GOP Hypocrisy, Lack of Focus on Jobs, Increases

This weekend, letters to the editor appeared in Sunday dailies across Montana decrying the focus of Montana TEA Party Republicans in the legislature on frivolous, anti-worker, unnecessary and hypocritical bills instead of jobs.

In Billings, Republicans raise hypocrisy to art form

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Editorial Board Calls Out GOP for Wasting Session On Frivolous Bills

The Missoulian’s editorial board today excoriates the Montana Legislature for focusing on social issues and frivolous, unconstitutional bills instead of focusing on jobs.

Exactly how do these proposals relate to jobs and Montana’s still-struggling economy? For that matter, why are

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Oh No He Didn’t…

In a hearing for HB 516 bill by TEA Party Republican Rep. Kris Hansen (R-Havre), a man by the name of Pastor Harris Himes made actually said something you have to watch to believe.

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Montana Republicans Shaft Veterans, Put 100 Jobs at Risk

The next time your friendly neighborhood Republican accuses Democrats of not supporting our troops, please remind them of the budget vote in the Joint Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee last week.

Not a single Dem voted for the motion

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