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Story links, diagrams show while A.G. made baseless claims, he was doing the very things he accused others of ARTICLE (thanks to the Washington Free Beacon): “Shadowy liberal groups helped propel to victory a gubernatorial candidate who has led the fight against undisclosed “dark money” and championed transparency in political spending…publicly available inf […]

Judge orders COPP to turn over stolen ATP materials, slams State for improper conduct   >> Court order rebukes COPP for improperly holding stolen evidence from a criminal investigation, using it to smear candidates before an election >> Ferguson warns Bullock: ‘This is how Nixon got impeached.’ LIVINGSTON, MONT. — A Montana judge ordered theRead […]

“The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog is looking into whether the agency uses separate internal email accounts to conduct government affairs,” The Hill reports. “EPA’s inspector general said the audit follows on a congressional request. Some lawmakers have pressed EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson for answers on her alleged use of a sep […]

President Barack Obama is so committed to the Gang Green agenda he held his first press conference in eight months to announce he would seek new job-killing limits on the amount of harmless carbon dioxide power plants produce. “(E)nvironmentalists are hopeful that Obama will fashion a muscular agenda through existing administrative powers, such as expandingR […]

A former Baucus staffer will run for Montana's sole U.S. House seat, and D.C.-based Hilltop Public Solutions will once again be along for the ride.The post John Lewis Hires Hilltop Staffer for U.S. House Campaign in Montana appeared first on Media Trackers. […]

Florida Senate Democratic Party Leader Chris Smith embarrassed himself Friday with a series of false statements while lashing out at Media Trackers Florida in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.The post Florida Democratic Leader Smith Caught Falsely Smearing Media Trackers appeared first on Media Trackers. […]

In a controversial move, the Bad River Band of Chippewa have hired their own wetlands delineator to map out wetlands located on property controlled by Gogebic Taconite, a company seeking to build an iron mine.The post Wisconsin Tribe Could Push for Double Standard on Wetlands appeared first on Media Trackers. […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org At this point, the White House might just be trolling conservatives. With Obamacare set to launch in less than three months and Republicans in Congress furiously searching for ways to stop the law, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that three Planned Parenthood affiliates across the nation will […]

By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog LINCOLN – Bold Nebraska is organizing opposition to a planned transmission line by the state’s largest electric utility in north central Nebraska out of suspicion it’s meant to serve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. They appear to be looking for a bogeyman in the wrong place. Because in the meantime, the [...]Th […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org Are there any Democrats in the state willing to run in 2014 for the Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Max Baucus? It doesn’t look like it. View the story “Another Dem passes on 2014 #MTsen run” on Storify The post Another top Dem passes on U.S. Senate contest appeared first on Watchdog.org. […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org In a battle that cut across partisan lines, Montana’s lone congressman, Republican Steve Daines, voted Wednesday to support an amendment that would have curtailed some spying activities by the U.S. government. The amendment, pushed by Michigan Reps. Justin Amash, a Republican, and John Conyers, a Democrat, would have ended the […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org The community organizers are coming. Backed by federal cash, community health centers around Montana collectively will  hire 27 workers tasked only with pushing more people into Obamacare. Last week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $150 million in community health center grants, […]

Missoula has been suffering one of those land use wars so typical of some Montana cities. The city council, which is controlled by “progressives,” has voted to ease zoning restrictions to allow backyard houses in all neighborhoods, thereby feeding its ideological devotion to crowding. Or, to use their euphemism, “infill.” A striking aspect of infill battles […]

I think the most significant thing to come out of the trio (so far) of Obama administration scandals last week was how they pointed out the cognitive and practical failures of “progressive” beliefs about big government. They’re scrambling to define the abuses and failures of government agencies and individuals as aberrations of a government that oversees, we […]

The news outlets tell us the IRS has been targeting conservative non-profits for unfavorable treatment. Based on my own experience, my guess is that these things happen far more often than reported—both on the state and federal levels. In the 1990s, I was the subject of some suspicious audits by the Montana Department of Revenue (DOR). There were several rea […]