And it’s a better solution than a statewide sales tax that Montanans pay for 365 days a year, just so we can try and tax tourists who come to Montana for one week in a year. montana-mint.com/lastbestnews/2…

A couple Central Montana icons with a little sunset mixed in….

#Montana PBS tells stories that are key to our identity as Montanans. “Backroads of Montana” “Montana Ag Live” “11th & Grant” “Butte America” and “Class C” to name a few. “We strongly urge Congress to stand by its appropriation for public media.” #mtnews news-journal.com/please-call-fo…

Sen. Chuck Grassley: "Our resolution calls for television providers, including streaming services, to make C-SPAN public affairs programming available to all Americans in real time on all platforms...For the tens of millions of Americans who have cut the cord and get their

Have you heard the rumor that Montana's new budget grew by 18%? Well, Montana's Legislative Fiscal Division just confirmed the 2025-2027 budget grew by just 2.1%, below inflation! The final budget is conservative, balanced, and responsible. #mtpol #mtleg

JFK at American University, today 1963: “If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. . . . "We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full email below

INCREDIBLE ANIMAL CHASE: This is not something you see on your morning commute every day! Check out the video Allana Holderman captured outside Deer Lodge of a bear trying to hunt an elk calf while trying to evade a mad mama. Chime In wildlife photos: nbcmontana.com/chimein

The world 🌍 is a better, safer, stronger and more peaceful and economically prosperous place when American leadership plays a role in global affairs, not by retreating from them. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today" -Lincoln.

One does not bury a nuclear operation 300 feet under a mountain and enrich uranium beyond the needs of civilian purposes unless one wants a nuclear weapons program.

A trio of buttes in central Montana

Chancellor Merz: For far too long, we in Germany didn’t want to hear our Baltic neighbours’ warnings about Russia’s imperialist policies. We have recognised this mistake – and there is no going back from this realisation.

*should* have learned.

Lee Hamilton on Foreign Policy #271: “Human rights are an American ideal”news.iu.edu/live/news/45858

George W. Bush and Laura Bush during his 1994 Texas Governor run

"The ballot initiative and referendum power granted by our Constitution is an incredible right that ensures the voice of “we the people” can be heard loud, clear and directly on important issues..." Joel Krautter helenair.com/opinion/column…

Montana Constitution Protects the Power of “We the People” | Friends of the Montana Constitution #mtpol montanaconstitution.org/news/montana-c…

Lisa Murkowski strongly objecting to public broadcasting cuts in rescissions bill: “Well, I can tell you that there has been probably no issue, no single issue that has drawn out more interest across the state of Alaska than support for public broadcasting,” she told us

We lost one of the good guys, Gerry Spence. Glad to have been able to attend his trial college in Wyoming. AP NEWS: “Fringe-wearing Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence dies at 96” apnews.com/article/gerry-…

72% of Americans support overturning Citizens United. The Montana Plan make Citizens United irrelevant. Help #TEI undo Citizens United in Montana and your state! Join us at TransparentElection.org #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited #TheMontanaPlan