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  • Op-Ed: Good Governance Isn't Unpatriotic - It's Our Duty

    BRAD BARKER, Montana House District 55|Jan 28, 2026

    As primary season approaches, the rhetoric is getting sharper and smoke thicker. With the barrage of attacks from Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Montana Freedom Caucus (MFC), and the State GOP that they control, it’s hard to know who’s who and why they are attacking. AFP – A Koch-linked political machine based in the D.C. beltway using “grassroots” branding to advance out-of-state corporate interests. It floods states with lobbying, mailers, robocalls, and pressure campaigns – often funded by undisclosed donors. MFC – A hard-right fa...