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A Poll Showing Views on Socialism
Fox News recently continued a poll on US attitudes toward socialism. Over the past 17 years, the chart shows that the percentage of Americans who think moving toward socialism would be a good thing has moved from 23% in January of 2009 to 38% in March of 2026. As always, the poll just shows how people answered the question. My tendency is to regard 60% and 61% numbers regarding socialism as a bad thing as indicating the ideas of wealth taxes will be a long while before they gain majority support – but this is a snapshot of life worth…
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I read Alexander Muse’s August 4 article, “Biden Killed The Credibility Of Crime Statistics For Political Gain,” and it sent me down a rabbit hole. Not because I blindly believe everything I read that happens to agree with my politics. Quite the opposite. When somebody makes claims this serious, I want to know where the numbers came…
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After the recent district court decision in Texas, as a member of GOA I would not be in violation of federal law if I build a short-barreled rifle, a suppressor, or a sawed-off shotgun. That is a heck of a change in my lifetime – the National Firearms Act, passed in 1934, mandated a $200…
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Before We Invite Another Industry In, We Should Remember What Industry Has Already Left Behind We have spent the first four parts of this series asking questions about Montana’s new experimental medicine laws, the outside organizations that helped push them, the money surrounding the longevity industry, and what could happen if treatment centers eventually lead…
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By AmberLi Emery He had barely arrived in Lincoln County before becoming County Administrator. Within weeks, he was involved in election matters. Eight days after sitting in the primary-election canvass with Melanie Howell, Howell was placed on leave. Weeks later, Williams was put in charge of the Elections Office. There are times when a timeline…
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We started the Mountain Ear (both times) because we wanted better coverage of local news. There are so many board meetings, and all of them are important. The Tobacco Valley News faces the same problem we do- not enough people and too many meetings, and their focus is on a larger area. So we started…
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An emergency meeting of the Trego school board was called again on May 4 at 4 PM to update the community on the methamphetamine contamination of the school grounds.. Although the meeting was poorly noticed, there were nearly 40 community members in attendance, these included parents, teachers, former students and teachers and interested community members.…
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Earlier this week, a meeting was held to formalize the existing long-term relationship between the TFS Community Hall and the TFS Fire Department. Tables were set to form a circle, and the meeting began with introductions. It was a joint meeting meant to prevent future problems, without any reason to expect them. The issue: an…
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An emergency school board meeting was held at the TFS Community Hall, Saturday at noon (which coincidentally is the time the Rendezvous Parade in Eureka began). The board acknowledged that they failed to provide adequate (48 hours notice) on the meeting, and cited the requisite MCA code allowing it in the event of an unforseen…
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When I went to get some repair work done, the person I was consulting advised fixing the structural issues and then putting the same ancient dilapidated siding back on the building. The rational? Property taxes. Last summer, we joked about how much the nice flowers my mother had on their porch raised their taxes. They…
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I spent most of a year away from the school after I finished my term. I attended a couple of board meetings because I was asked – on one hand, there was, at the least, the appearance of an unlawful board meeting . . . unlawful because it appeared to violate Montana’s open meeting law.…
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Historically, independent voters, and voters for minor third parties, do not get a large percentage of votes. Often, they’re considered “spoiler” candidates, who lose the election for someone by dra4wing critical support away during a close race. Or their thought of as simply “protest candidates” with no chance of winning. In Montana, for the presidential…
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Not many years ago, if you were faced with a cluster of unacceptable clowns on your ballot, you could write a name in and cast a protest vote. Hell, I guess you still can – the thing is, your write-in protest vote won’t be counted or reported. With the elimination of subsection 7 last year,…