Resident Kali Wicks became Commissioner Kali Wicks effective Monday night as city commissioners confirmed the Liberty County native and senior manager of government relations at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana to replace Rob Farris-Olsen on the Helena City Commission. “I have been particularly impressed with Ms. Wicks’ commitment to this community,” said Commissioner Read More…
JACKSON, Wyo. — Hundreds of Teton County businesses could owe more in taxes this year as the Teton County Assessor’s Office seeks commercial personal-property taxes that have gone uncollected for years. “This is not anything new,” Assessor Melissa Shinkle said. “This is just a matter of catching up because it hasn’t been done for years Read More…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming legislators have endorsed allocating nearly $5 million for security improvements at K-12 schools. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that the Joint Appropriations Committee added the money to a supplemental school construction bill on Friday. Local districts would identify projects they need. Del McOmie, director of the State Construction Department, says a Read More…
In November, Montana’s Board of Public Education revoked the license of a former Ronan middle school teacher who was accused of having a sexual relationship with a high school student who was 18. It’s a devastating career impact for a teacher, effectively wiping out their ability to teach in Montana. But the state’s top school Read More…
CREDIT: Federal Bureau of Prisons (public domain) https://www.bop.gov/resources/news/20160523_inmates_embrace_threshold.jsp Yesterday, the Senate passed the First Step Act by a vote of 87-12. The First Step Act is a minor sentencing reform act tbat, in my view, should have been uncontroversial. First, it only affects the 181,000 inmates in the custody of Federal Bureau of Prisons and Read More…
Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix December 19 at 10:51 AM Rudy Giuliani has assumed the title of President Trump’s lawyer. But it often seems he isn’t clued in on even the most basic details of Trump’s biggest legal issues. One of the starkest examples came Tuesday night, when CNN obtained the Read More…
The Donald Trump Administration has thankfully eradicated another Barack Obama Administration legacy liability. The Obama Administration was the most proactively anti-energy presidency with which We the People have ever been afflicted. Obama’s Quiet War on Oil: “The oil and gas industry is in the crosshairs of the administration’s eco-agenda….” It really wasn’t all that quiet. Read More…
If Gallup’s latest survey of what issues concern Americans the most is anything to go by, politicians with an eye on the 2020 elections may want to rethink their strategy. In a remarkable flip from only two years ago, the biggest problem on the minds of the voters is the state of their own government. Read More…
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I NEED A NAP This lady is gearing up to be one of the great Congress-critters of all time. I can FEEL IT. Congressperson-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has already made waves in D.C with her comments about not being able to afford a couch to crash on until her job starts next month and threatening Donald Read More…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellIsrael boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate Schumer blasts GOP request for immigration ‘slush fund’ Trump: ‘Too early to say’ if shutdown will be averted MORE (R-Ky.) said Wednesday he will move a stopgap measure funding the government until early February. The measure if passed by Read More…
President TrumpDonald John TrumpREAD: Transcript of James Comey’s interview with House Republicans Klobuchar on 2020: ‘I do think you want voices from the Midwest’ Israel boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate MORE on Wednesday complained that he was the victim of a “total double standard” of justice after a lawsuit in New York Read More…
The United States and China may have called a truce on tariffs, but tensions remained high during a diplomatic meeting in Switzerland this week. International frustration over America’s protectionist stance boiled over during a closed-door review of U.S. trade policy at the World Trade Organization, according to an official in Geneva. India called America unpopular. Read More…
CREDIT: 130401-A-MX357-061 by US Army Program Executive Officer Soldier, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0/Original.Sgt. Joshua J. Clark, from Elkhart, Ind., with the 591st Engineer Company (Sappers), provides over watch security for Air Force Explosive Ordinance Disposal personnel outside an Afghan Border Police checkpoint near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border April 1 in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Read More…
The Senate will introduce a short-term measure to fund the government Wednesday as an impasse over President Donald Trump‘s border wall threatens a partial government shutdown. The so-called continuing resolution would fund the government through Feb. 8, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced. The Senate will take up the measure later Wednesday, the Kentucky Republican Read More…
With ISIS on the ropes, is it time for a knockout blow — or to blow the Syrian pop stand? According to the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump has chosen the latter. Under pressure from Turkey, the US has notified its partners in the region that it will commence a full withdrawal from Syria: In Read More…
President TrumpDonald John TrumpREAD: Transcript of James Comey’s interview with House Republicans Klobuchar on 2020: ‘I do think you want voices from the Midwest’ Israel boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate MORE is declaring victory against ISIS in Syria as his administration prepares to withdraw U.S. forces from the country. “We have defeated Read More…
In today’s politically correct environment, Fox New’s Tucker Carlson isn’t considered safe, but brutal truths are brutal for a reason, and Carlson isn’t shy about being truthful. Recently, Carlson began discussing the illegal immigrants who arrived via the migrant caravan and are now camping out in Tijuana, Mexico. As Tijuana officials and many residents are Read More…
President TrumpDonald John TrumpREAD: Transcript of James Comey’s interview with House Republicans Klobuchar on 2020: ‘I do think you want voices from the Midwest’ Israel boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate MORE on Tuesday night signed an executive order that gives federal employees the day off on Christmas Eve. The executive order, which Read More…
The mainstream media isn’t trustworthy on its best day, and it would appear that the generation born and raised amid the most high-tech era of the information age is abandoning the old media in droves. According to a new , there is a stark difference in trust for the media in age groups. The older Read More…
The Republican Party in South Carolina is weighing whether to cancel its presidential nominating contest in 2020 in an effort to protect President TrumpDonald John TrumpREAD: Transcript of James Comey’s interview with House Republicans Klobuchar on 2020: ‘I do think you want voices from the Midwest’ Israel boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate Read More…
The Washington Post calls this a “rare bipartisan victory” for Donald Trump, and it might be the only significant cross-aisle win of the last two years. Late yesterday, the criminal-justice reform bill known as the First Step Act passed the Senate with 87 votes. The president cheered the result last night: ….This will keep our Read More…
Former first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaMichelle Obama reflects on ‘refreshing’ tradition of sharing candy with George W. Bush Regina King says she’d be honored to portray Michelle Obama in a movie Michelle Obama jokes Barack’s message of hope began with being late for dinner MORE on Tuesday revealed one phrase that was on her mind Read More…
Oh, what irony. The left doesn’t seem to be able to take as well as it gives, and it sure gives a lot when it comes to online nastiness. This is hilarious, given the fact that the left is constantly complaining about how vitriolic the right is on social media, and are consistently begging whatever Read More…
President Donald Trump and the White House are claiming that the newly renegotiated North American trade deal will mean that Mexico is going to pay for the southern border wall promised by Trump on the campaign trail. The argument is part of the White House’s position on border security as Trump urges Congress to pony Read More…
CNN anchor Don Lemon on Tuesday said that President TrumpDonald John TrumpREAD: Transcript of James Comey’s interview with House Republicans Klobuchar on 2020: ‘I do think you want voices from the Midwest’ Israel boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate MORE is “still riding” the “Obama economy,” saying he thinks the boost from tax cuts Read More…
Generally, when we hear about a county or city hosting a firearms “buyback” program it quickly turns into something of a joke. The police wind up taking in all manner of broken or antiquated firearms and paying out what would normally be considered more than the weapons were worth. Participation rates also tend to be Read More…
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday ripped former national security advisor Michael Flynn for once presiding over a “lock her up” chant about Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonRoger Stone fundraising off promise not to testify against Trump Rivaling chants of ‘USA,’ ‘lock him up’ greet Flynn after sentencing hearing The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Flynn awaits sentencing Read More…
Max Boot, Washington Post December 19, 2018 AP Photo/HBO, Janet Van Ham The standard, so to speak, interpretation of the demise of the Weekly Standard is that it is symbolic of the fate of non-Trumpian conservatism. There is something to this analysis, but it is too neat by half. Read Full Article »