In this edition:
BULLOCK’S CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR: reason vs extremism
BULLOCK’S LIKELY OPPONENT GIANFORTE: extremist masquerading as technocrat.
NANCY KEENAN CHAIR OF MT DEMS: a seasoned pro takes over
MELISSA ROMANO RUNS FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
DIRK SANDEFUR RUNS FOR STATE SUPREME COURT
GALLATIN COUNTY DEMS ANNUAL GALA: a tribute to Dorothy Eck, Sept 11th @ The Emerson
Lots to catch up on today in the Legislature. First, a confederacy of imbecile Tea Partiers in the House tried to block Gov. Steve Bullock’s campaign finance reform bill, SB 289, which is being carried by a Republican legislator Sen. Duane Ankney. It has the…
Embattled TEA Party House Education Chair Sarah Laszloffy, Alum of the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, where they teach people to bring the dead back to life, made some major misstatements in a Great Falls Tribune article about the mounting concerns over Laszloffy’s role as chair of…
1. Banning technology. GOP lawmakers are pushing a rule change that would allow GOP leadership to ban the use of technology from committee hearings. Rep. Tom Woods, in a guest post on the Cowgirl Blog, explained some of the draconian new rules the right-wing of…
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…
As bizarre as this may sound, the Montana Republicans have chosen Sarah Laszloffy (R-Laurel) to be Chair of the House Education Committee. Laszloffy is 23-years-old and a major advocate (and product) of homeschooling and promotes using your tax dollars to subsidize private sectarian religious schools….
It looks like Billings Mayor Tom Hanel got into the gene pool when the lifeguard wasn’t looking.
Closed Primaries At the Flathead Memo, James Conner explains why Republicans are unlikely to adopt Monforton’s closed primary resolution. As usual, it’s a good analysis. Freedom Fighters At the Missoula Independent, reporter Ted McDermott has an incredible piece on a Montana militia member who organized militia…
Fundamentalists Organize to Dummy Down Education Standards The Montana Family Foundation, the group of imbeciles that thought celebrating bigotry by importing stale fast food from Idaho was a good idea, now has a new crusade.
Ken Miller has foisted himself into the public spotlight again, prompting speculation about whether he’s mulling another statewide run in 2014 or whether he’s trying to provide cover for some of Steve Daines’ wackier views. Against a backdrop of Tea Party calls to abolish the…
by Cowgirl The Montana Family Foundation’s Jeff Laszloffy suffered a slew of losses this session, but perhaps none was felt so bitterly as his failure to get a parental consent legislative referendum on the ballot for 2014. The Family Foundation’s legislative referenda work was the…
by Cowgirl The leader of the religious right group called the Montana Family Foundation proclaimed in a recent podcast that “God still today actively governs in the affairs of men.” If it was the will of God that Jeff Laszloffy introduced such right-wing bills this…
by Cowgirl A religious boarding school in northern Montana named Pinehaven Ranch has no license, no accreditation and employs teachers who are not certified, and is now dealing with allegations that the staff used violence to discipline students. And yet the Montana GOP has voted,…
The Great Falls Tribune is reporting this week on a group of imbeciles from Laurel, Montana who are celebrating their hatred of gay people with by throwing a Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day. Jeff Laszloffy, head of the Montana Family Foundation will bring the gay-haters together this…
