The MT Commissioner of Political Practices has issued a decision that the scandal in which Stanford “researchers,” along with a researcher at Dartmouth College, sent 100,000 fake “voter guides” into Montana, with the look and feel of official state voter guides. You can see the fake voter guides at the Flathead Memo here….
On Friday morning at 7am, democrats in the legislature succeeded in forcing GOP leadership to reverse their edict that legal memos detailing constitutional problems with bills be removed from the public LAWS website. In 2013, the MT legislature, through its official Legislative Council made a…
Interesting developments yesterday on the rules of the Montana Legislature. Cowgirl tipsters are reporting that Montana Republican lawmakers got calls from Zinke and Daines, members of the the most unpopular U.S. Congress ever (with only a 10% approval rating) telling them what to do to ensure that the will…
Happy New Year readers and tipsters. Here’s a recap of the top ten Cowgirl Blog posts from 2014. 10. TEA Party Leader Jason Priest Arrested. Cowgirl Blog was the first to report this story. Priest was an important figure because he is the rebel leader in…
Dirk Adams, who lost in the primary to John Walsh and then to Amanda Curtis in the special nominating convention this summer, recently mailed a five page screed to Montana Democrats, explaining why the election was lost, how it could have been won, and where…
New TEA Party Plot to Defraud Voters Comes to Light TEA Party Republicans in Montana know their ideology is so out-of-touch that Montanans wouldn’t support them if they knew the truth about their beliefs. So they’ve resorted to dirty, dishonest plots to deceive voters about their candidates….
…the uber-right lobbying group the Montana Family Foundation. Let’s hear it for the Montana Family Foundation, who went all Twitter Rambo criticizing another organization–for doing the exact same thing they did. Both organizations committed what most people would consider a minor reporting mistake – they grouped election…
GOP also decrees: Don’t get caught in fleece, jersey, or open-toed sandals The TEA Party House Republican leadership of the 2015 legislature has issued a new edict, the first of its kind that I have seen. Because they love freedom and personal liberty, they’ve issued a…
How this work – and what it means Today, Montana’s new and returning legislators will convene for the first time to get some training, meet as R and D caucuses, and vote for leadership. In the 2015 session there are a number of candidates vying…
By Mary Ann Dunwell Mary Ann Dunwell is Representative-elect to Montana House District 84. She was the progressive democratic candidate and will propose progressive democratic policies to help every Montanan enjoy equal opportunity to succeed. She welcomes your questions or comments at 461-5358 ordunwellforhd84@gmail.com The…
I’ve seen commentary from Democrats on this blog and on Twitter in the days since the election, declaring the Montana election results to be some sort of abject and tragic failure on the part of Democratic candidates, the party, and so on. That is simply not…
If you google new Republican legislator Gilbert Bruce Meyers (R-Box Elder) some disturbing information comes up. The GOP legislator was convicted of assault on a minor for abusing his own children, which is a felony, and sentenced to four years in prison. Meyers appears on…
Here’s a treat for everyone in need of a good laugh to get rid of some post-election stress. The Cowgirl Blog has scoured the web in search of the worst campaign ads of the 2014 cycle. Here they are. 1. For reasons unknown beyond a cracked noggin,…
Now that it’s all over but the shoutin’, Democrats should feel okay about last night’s results. The one big, competitive and crucial race that mattered most, we won big. Mike Wheat destroyed Lawrence VanDyke to retain his supreme court seat. Despite all of our pre-election…
