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June 28, 2012
June 28, 2012, Bozeman, Mont.—More than 50 people gathered on the Gallatin County Court House within three hours of the US Supreme Court’s decision to uphold all of the President’s new health care law. Despite the disappointing news of the court’s decision, activists gathered to express their opposition and to hear from local leaders. Joe [...]
June 21, 2012
By Joe Balyeat When Jon Tester was first up for election 6 years ago, his opponent went after him with the catch phrase – “Jon Tester: conservative haircut, liberal values”. After that attack proved unsuccessful, a modified version of it became my intro line for MT Senate floor speeches: “Howdy. I’m Joe Balyeat – Liberal [...]
June 20, 2012
Born in the Big Apple to Holocaust survivors, college student Henry Kriegel launched the Columbia University Young Americans for Freedom campus group in the early 1980s. His inspiration? It was his parents’ fight for survival during the Holocaust and Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980. Henry’s passion for survivors moved him across the country to Los [...]
June 19, 2012
Tonight in Kalispell, Montana, AFP kicked off the first stop of a five-city, three-day bus tour across the state. The events send a message to Montana Senator Jon Tester and other politicians that big government, freedom-killing policies are destroying Montana and the country – and that it’s time to embrace policies that support Montana. Over [...]
June 12, 2012
Editor’s note: In early June, District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock of Helena declared Legislative Referendum 123 an unconstitutional delegation of power by the Legislature to a legislative fiscal analyst acting on the entire body’s behalf and ordered it removed from the ballot. Sherlock said he expects his decision to be appealed to the Montana Supreme Court. [...]
