Tag: Montana
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 26
Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 13, 2018
Green Party candidate in Montana was on GOP payroll, the murder of Gazan children, Canada as Syria's new enemy, and more.
The Montana moms who decided refugees will be welcome in their...
Even in a conservative and rural state, Mary Poole and her book club felt Missoula was a good place for refugees. So they made it happen.
Greg Gianforte agrees to plead guilty for body-slamming reporter
Despite the fact that Gianforte assaulted a reporter, the congressional candidate defeated his Democratic opponent by more than 20,000 votes.
The folk singer vs. the millionaire: A Berniecrat aims for Montana’s...
Rob Quist’s House campaign draws on Montana’s populist spirit.
3 creative solutions to protect water, wildlife, and a warming city
In the heat zone of Louisville, Kentucky, 170 residents have been trained as “citizen foresters.”
White nationalists target Jews in small Montana town
A call to action in the Daily Stormer describes Jews as a “vicious, evil race of hate-filled psychopaths.”
How Montanans Stopped the Largest New Coal Mine in North America
The abandonment of the Otter Creek mine project shows that land defenders and climate activists are learning how to take on big energy companies and win.
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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.