Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Dear Editor, The short game in Montana politics is not about governing or solving problems. It's a business model built on fear, anger, and resentment that substitutes fake policy analysis and ideological scorecards for honest debate. There are several central players in this short game: the Montana Freedom Caucus (MFC), Art Wittich (the Montana GOP's Florida-based staffer), Americans for Prosperity-Montana (AFP), the Frontier Institute, and the multiple groups they operate under pseudonyms. Whi...
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...
