I gasped a little when I scooped the Sunday Billings Gazette off the front porch. “Tester to resign,” the front-page headline screamed. (more…) Continue Reading →
Tester takes on Trump heat
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Teachers with guns? Sign me up
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U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., says the cowards who shoot up schools can be stopped with deadly force. Daines has been known to hide under his desk at the sight of a loaded question, but he may have a point. And If we are going to start arming teachers, I’m a pretty good candidate. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Donald Trump, Steve Daines
Montana Viewpoint: Trump could learn from Truman
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As a fourth-grader, when the siren heralded the air raid drill I dutifully crawled under my desk and put my hands over my head and didn’t move until the all-clear sounded. During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 I was as scared as anybody that the Russians were going to bomb us to oblivion and vice-versa. Now, with North Korea and Russia and the United States bragging about their nuclear capacity, I mostly just hope for the best because there’s not a thing I can do about it. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Donald Trump, Harry S. Truman
On school shootings, Daines touts deadly force deterrent
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Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., joined President Donald Trump in a bicameral meeting at the White House on Wednesday to discuss school safety, saying future school shootings can be stopped by deadly force. Daines, who released a video of the meeting in a press release, told the president that action is needed now. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Donald Trump, Jon Tester, school shootings, Steve Daines
America gets a mulligan
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Will somebody please give me a mulligan? I know my life hasn’t been everything it ought to be. I have procrastinated, drank to excess, used illegal drugs and jaywalked. I have used foul language, lost my temper and indulged in gluttony. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Donald Trump, Family Research Council, Tony Perkins
Billings marchers will join others around state, world
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Women’s marches are being organized across the state and around the world this Saturday, a year after huge crowds turned out last January on the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. State Sen. Jen Gross, D-Billings, a co-coordinator of the Montana Women’s March Billings, said last year’s Women’s March on Montana, which drew an estimated 10,000 people to Helena, was powerfully exciting. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Big Sky Rising, Donald Trump, Helena, Jen Gross, Montana Women's March Billings, North Park
Politics turns scatological
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I have been delightfully ill the last few days. Runny nose, coughing and an aching body, but no fever, diarrhea or upset stomach. Some misery, to be sure, but nothing too intense. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Donald Trump, Immigration
Tester, Zinke and the end of history
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Facts no longer matter in politics. If facts are history, then history no longer matters either, judging from recent incidents involving one current and one former Montana member of Congress. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Donald Trump, Jon Tester, Ryan Zinke
Rosendale muffs easy radio play
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“Sharia Steve,” the caller said, and I hoped for an epiphany. Matt Rosendale, who hopes to abandon his job as state auditor to become a U.S. senator next year, was being interviewed last week on the “Voices of Montana” radio show. The caller was slandering Gov. Steve Bullock, and I was hoping Rosendale might have a John McCain moment and set the caller straight. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, 'Voices of Montana', Donald Trump, Matt Rosendale, Sharia law, Steve Bullock
Opinion: Dissing Montana supporters—Trump’s 4th way
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In the weeks following Donald Trump’s inauguration, I enumerated the first three ways that the then-new president had disappointed his Montana supporters. (more…) Continue Reading →
