Showing posts with label Montana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montana. Show all posts
Friday, May 1, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
‘Psychological torture’: outcry over conditions at ICE desert detention camp
Detainees tell of abuse at sprawling Texas facility whose giant generators gobble energy and fuel climate crisis…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/ice-desert-detention-camp-east-montana
Sunday, April 5, 2026
Red State Supreme Court STUNS GOP with MAJOR Ruling
The beginning of the end for Citizens United and unlimited corporate cash in politics?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zIjRjkgZxw
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Senator mocked ‘green energy crap.’ His house runs on it. - POLITICO
Montana Republican Tim Sheehy voted to scrap solar tax credits after installing panels and battery storage at his Bozeman home...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Republican Zinke will retire
His retirement could make Montana's 1st District more competitive for Democrats in November. House Democrats had been targeting the district prior to Zinke's announcement... 
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country - POLITICO
"You cannot fire our firefighters. You cannot fire our trail crews. You have to have selective logging, and water restoration, and healthy forests," Zink said. "People in Washington, D.C., on the West Coast, East Coast — they don't understand what that means to us out here."…
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/15/doge-cuts-donald-trump-montana-00681695
Friday, December 12, 2025
Montana youth activists who won climate case petition for enforcement
In a groundbreaking legal decision in August 2023, a Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 youth plaintiffs who had accused state officials of violating their constitutional rights by promoting fossil fuels. The state's supreme court affirmed the judge's findings in late 2024. But state lawmakers have since violated her ruling, enshrining new laws this year that contradict it, argue 13 of the 16 plaintiffs in a petition filed on Wednesday...
Monday, February 3, 2025
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Should Confessional Booths Protect Predators? (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #568)
— After “faith-healing” death of 8-year-old girl, 14 Christians found guilty of manslaughter. (1:55)
— Montana Democrats want to require priests to report confessions of child abuse. (14:45)
— Washington lawmaker defends bill making priests mandated reporters. (33:22)
— Atheist group sues to end tax exemptions for church-owned apartments in Madison. (48:00)
— The Supreme Court will decide if taxpayers should fund a religious charter school. (59:43)
— Right-wing priest Calvin Robinson had his religious title revoked after imitating Elon Musk’s salute. (1:05:18)
Interview:
— Montana Democrats want to require priests to report confessions of child abuse. (14:45)
— Washington lawmaker defends bill making priests mandated reporters. (33:22)
— Atheist group sues to end tax exemptions for church-owned apartments in Madison. (48:00)
— The Supreme Court will decide if taxpayers should fund a religious charter school. (59:43)
— Right-wing priest Calvin Robinson had his religious title revoked after imitating Elon Musk’s salute. (1:05:18)
Interview:
Friday, December 13, 2024
Montana supreme court blocks ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors
State's top court temporarily stops SB 99 on grounds that it will likely violate privacy rights enshrined in constitution…
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Montana becomes eighth state to put measure protecting abortion on ballot
Voters will be asked whether to protect abortion in state constitution after Republicans fail to block initiative…
Friday, June 28, 2024
Rep. Matt Rosendale Is Spoiling Republicans' Messaging On IVF | HuffPost Latest News
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) claims in vitro fertilization, a broadly popular fertility treatment, kills more children than abortion...
Friday, April 5, 2024
BREAKING: state Supreme Court drops SURPRISE bad news for Republicans
Marc Elias discusses some rare good news for voting rights from the Montana Supreme Court.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Montana Supreme Court strikes down voting restrictions - The Washington Post
The laws ended same-day voter registration in most cases, eliminated student ID cards as a permitted form of voter ID and sought to curtail paid ballot-collection efforts. They also outlawed absentee ballots for people who would be 18 years old by Election Day...
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Why Montana’s Two-Spirit people are challenging a state law that defines sex as binary | CNN
As they fight to reclaim their history, some in Montana's Two-Spirit community are challenging a state law that defines sex as binary because it "infringes" on their spiritual and cultural beliefs...
Friday, June 2, 2023
New anti-transgender laws will hurt Indigenous peoples’ rights and religious expression
One thing these new laws do not take into account is that the 12 federally recognized tribes in Montana have historically recognized multiple gender identities, including transgender identities. Most Indigenous peoples recognize multiple gender identities that are believed to be the result of supernatural intervention…
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
‘Let her speak!’: protests after Montana Republicans silence trans lawmaker | Montana | The Guardian
"She's been silenced because she spoke the truth about what these anti-trans bills are doing in Montana – to trans youth especially," …
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Federal Judge Strikes Down Part of Montana’s Far-Reaching Anti-Vax Law — ProPublica
In a victory for public health advocates, a federal judge in Montana has blocked the state from implementing a law that would make it illegal for hospitals to ask employees if they are vaccinated. The measure, which passed last year, was the country's most extreme anti-vaccination law.
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