America’s Hunger Games

In 2012, Americans flocked to the theater to witness the airing of a new dystopian film called The Hunger Games. In this post-apocalyptic feature, there are twelve districts where one girl and one boy are forced to serve as sacrificial tributes to the Capital of Panem. They are the punishment meted out on the people…

I Have Front Row Seats to the Political Theater

As intermission arrives the curtain closes, the audience rises in applause. People move to the break area and the stage is reset for Act II and beyond. Act I ended in a cliff hanger and what happens next only a few are allowed to know. The main characters remain the same while some of the…

Aftermath of the Red Trickle, 2022

This report was originally published in Poor Roger’s Almanac on November 9th, 2022. Like many other people, I was expecting at least a wave which was discernible. Heck, I even predicted that ten months ago. “The 2022 mid-term elections will result in the Democrats being decimated and the Republicans securely ensconced as the majority party…

Montana Democrats Abortion Privacy Defense Falls Flat After COVID Authoritarianism

After two years of Montana Democrats gleefully and vigorously advocating for the forced-masking and forced-vaccination of their fellow Montanans, their sudden defense of “health privacy” in service of codifying abortion into Montana law through judicial activism exposes not only their hypocrisy, but their ignorance. Prominent Montana Democrats including former elected Democrats and Democrat-aligned non-profits have…

The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

Ryan Zinke’s congressional candidacy has once again shone a spotlight on a concept I like to call “Einstein’s definition of political insanity”: the action of voting for the lesser of two evils, repeatedly (simply because “he’s a Republican!”), and thinking that, magically, the candidate will morph into a principled politician. Someone who instead looks out…

Montana Democrats Disenfranchise Rural Voters

Maps Submitted By Montana Democrats Play for Keeps, Zero Compromise

VIDEO: US House Candidate Ryan Zinke Wags Finger At Flathead Woman Probing Vote Record: “Have you served? Don’t ever question my oath of office.”

As a result of population increase in Montana from data collected during the United States 2020 Census, Montana will be apportioned additional representation in the US House of Representatives in the form of one additional House seat. The new congressional apportionment will give Montanan’s a total of four representatives when a candidate is elected in…

PHOTOS: #StopTheSteal MAGA Rally at Missoula County Courthouse

On January 6th, Missoula County conservatives and supporters of President Donald J. Trump gathered outside the Missoula County Courthouse to show their support. Due to the well-documented, but rarely reported evidence of voter and election fraud, many Missoula County Trump supporters contend that the election was stolen from the President. Thousands of affidavits submitted by…