Daines should decry Trump’s scheme on payroll tax The D.C. administration keeps talking up its scheme to slash the payroll tax as part of any further release of covid funding. They either don’t know or don’t care that Medicare and Social Security are funded by the payroll tax. Sen. Tester has spoken out persuasively and […]

Whether you vote by mail or in person, who will you vote for to represent Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives? My vote will be for Kathleen Williams. Why? Kathleen is a proven leader who gets results. She is level-headed, caring, honest and non-partisan. As a three-term Montana legislator, she passed legislation with people […]

Jedediah Hinkle is a bad choice for HD 67! He voted against funding to protect children from child abuse and neglect, sexual assault, bullying, and opposed the Safe Child Initiative. He voted against mental health and suicide prevention campaigns. He voted to deny women’s rights to health care decisions and criminalize those choices. He voted […]

One of the things that gives me hope and optimism in these difficult and divisive times are the number of young people stepping up to the challenges of leadership. Alice Buckley epitomizes the leadership we need in Montana. I’ve known Alice as a colleague, fellow Leadership Montana classmate, and friend. She is a bright light, […]

Our democracy depends on us rising up, casting vote This election coming up is perhaps the most important of our life time. It’s a choice between an out-of-control president and decent, respectful, responsible, and knowledgeable people, like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We simply cannot stand by and allow those in power to take our […]

In this time of heightened awareness to the history of discrimination against people of color and Native Americans, I’m grateful that my friend, Ed Stafman, is running to represent south central Bozeman in the Montana Legislature. As a Black woman, a senior citizen, and someone with a physical disability, I know that Ed will have […]

Supporting Colette Campbell for HD67 is as much about her support of me as a Montana worker as it is the issues she cares about: a living wage for us, the benefits that a job affords like health care, time off to recreate and enjoy the fruits of our labor and the care for our […]

As a lifelong Montanan and active member of the Montana Chapter of the National Organization for Women, I support NOW’s endorsement of Mike Cooney for governor and Raph Graybill for attorney general. Cooney, a fourth-generation Montanan, possesses the extensive and relevant experience and home-grown dedication necessary. For Mike, it’s about service, not power; about inclusion, […]

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 Counterpunch printed in the Missoulian Enabling Trump’s Ongoing Disasters by GEORGE OCHENSKI FacebookTwitterRedditEmail As if the nation hasn’t been traumatized enough by the horrendous effects of the out-of-control coronavirus pandemic, thanks to recorded interviews with legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward, we find that President Trump knew the disease was deadly, was easily transmitted […]

Reproductive health care is basic health care. Reproductive freedom is basic freedom. Montanans deserve representatives who believe this wholeheartedly, and who recognize the amount of work required to make us a state that fully reflects this reality. Alice Buckley is ready for this challenge, and I’m excited to see her represent HD63 in 2021. As […]