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2026-04-30 14:38:46 UTC

Guns and bulletproof vests: How federal agents arrested Fauci aide
David Morens, 78, was stripped and handcuffed for alleged email violations #COVID #FBI #Fauci
https://www.science.org/content/article/guns-and-bulletproof-vests-how-federal-agents-arrested-fauci-aide

2026-04-29 23:01:43 UTC

The Supreme Court just weakened your voice. Not just in Louisiana, everywhere.
In Louisiana v. Callais, the Court didn’t just tweak a map. It weakened key protections that help ensure people are fairly represented in our elections.
The decision makes it easier for politicians to draw maps that protect themselves and harder for voters —especially Black voters— to hold them accountable.

2026-04-07 23:52:40 UTC

Service Members: Here's help to get out of the military as a conscientious objector, with an honorable discharge.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/366/111/186/413/304/original/4e4f02aba268ca1c.png

2026-03-08 21:46:19 UTC

I'm attending Markers For Democracy's event, “Drawing the Line: An Evening with Political Cartoonists” - sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/mediademocracyproject/event/904914/

2026-02-24 15:33:49 UTC

Montana Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy voted to scrap solar tax credits after installing panels and battery storage at his Bozeman home.
#SolarEnergy #ShadySheehy #MTPol #GreenEnergy
https://www.eenews.net/articles/senator-mocked-green-energy-crap-his-house-runs-on-it/

2026-01-29 02:30:50 UTC

Livingston Montana
Friday noon
Park and 5th
#LivingstonMT #MTPol #Montana #ICEOut
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/976/023/714/280/737/original/0a61a1fc8b739923.jpg

2026-01-25 15:15:13 UTC

Call your Senators!
Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality!
#ICE #MPLS
https://indivisible.org/actions/ice-out-senate/

2026-01-25 04:24:58 UTC

ICE is going door to door in Cleveland Ohio!! RIGHT NOW!!
Please help spread the word!!
#ICE #ClevelandOhio #ClevelandOH #Ohio

2026-01-10 02:16:37 UTC

‪ICE OUT for Good Rally
Saturday, January 10th
Hamilton, MT
1st & Main
12-2
#MTPol
#HamiltonMT
#IceOutForGood
#Ravalli
#Bitterroot
#Indivisible

2025-11-24 02:05:58 UTC

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This might help. I haven't tried it. https://kokorobot.ca/site/remove_ai.html

2025-11-21 00:38:43 UTC

Western Watersheds Project has a Cow Pie Pal survey where we can report public land degradation due to livestock.
#Montana #Wyoming #PublicLands #Colorado #Utah https://westernwatersheds.org/cow-pie-pal-put-bad-grazing-on-the-map/

2025-11-13 04:41:33 UTC

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Happy to see her on Mastodon!

2025-10-20 13:51:59 UTC

ICE Agents Can Now Be Arrested in Chicago
Judge says agents are not allowed to arrest migrants trying to do the right thing by showing up to their immigration court appointments.
#ICE #Immigration
https://migrantinsider.com/p/ice-agents-can-now-be-arrested-in/

2025-10-19 15:23:11 UTC

The Tactical Error of Quote Tweeting Douchebags
A quick reminder on the ongoing tactical failure of promoting propaganda videos by quote tweeting them, and therefore delivering their emotional payload
#NoKings
https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/the-tactical-error-of-quote-tweeting

2025-10-18 00:26:42 UTC

The Brennan Center warns that misleading public comments are flooding the Election Assistance Commission supporting requiring passport-based citizenship proof to register to vote. This a barrier for millions of Americans. Reverse the flow of comments. Speak up. Comment NOW. http://bit.ly/42EZzkR

2025-10-02 14:14:39 UTC

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
#ICE #Immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated

2025-09-28 01:02:04 UTC

A step-by-step guide to saving seeds for gardeners and farmers
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/flowers-shrubs-trees/step-step-guide-saving-seeds

2025-09-28 00:45:32 UTC

The Survival Diet
Staying alive in a time of runaway inflation
https://substack.com/inbox/post/174461052

2025-09-25 01:55:26 UTC

Do you want to effectively fight attacks on America’s public lands? Here’s how.
#PublicLands #PublicLandsInPublicHands #PublicLandsNotForSale
https://open.substack.com/pub/wessiler/p/we-need-to-talk-about-how-we-can

2025-09-24 16:22:00 UTC

No Kings 2.0
People Over Power
October 18, 2025
Livingston, MT 12-1 pm
River Dr & View Vista Dr
Gardiner, MT 3-4 pm
Jardine Rd & Scott St
Day of Defiance
Bring a friend, bring your food donation, and bring your signs
Indivisible Park County
Women's Action Project
#LivingstonMT #GardinerMT #YellowstoneNationalPark #Montana #NoKings
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/260/171/139/505/001/original/7c56a0b2b91736fd.mp4

2025-09-24 14:24:32 UTC

Rescission of Public Lands Rule Threatens Wildlife, Ranching, Hunting, Rural Communities
https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases/2025/9-10-25-Recission-of-Public-Lands-Rule-Threatens-Wildlife
Please comment https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/11/2025-17537/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule

2025-09-11 13:00:45 UTC

Republicans are closing Montana’s hospitals as fast as they can
#Medicaid #MTPol #Montana
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/republicans-are-closing-montanas

2025-09-10 13:37:01 UTC

Why Canadians Ghosted Las Vegas (and America) what it’s costing, and what it would take to come back.
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/video-las-vegas-mayor-called-a-press

2025-09-09 18:39:49 UTC

The cost of everyday essentials like groceries, gas, healthcare, and household goods is skyrocketing under Trump's presidency, with tariffs costing American families up to $2,400 a year on average. #Trumpflation

2025-09-09 18:37:48 UTC

Coffee is up 33%. Vegetables are up 40%. Washing machines cost 12% more. Costs are rising under Trump’s presidency. His policies aren’t working. It’s #Trumpflation.

2025-09-09 18:34:01 UTC

Trump promised to lower the cost of living, but things have gotten even harder! Coffee is up 33%. Vegetables are up 40%. Washing machines cost 12% more. @momsrising.org is gathering #Trumpflation stories about high prices - do you have one to share? https://trumpflation.momsrising.org/ #MomSky

2025-09-09 13:48:06 UTC

House passes bill to up Montana coal mining on BLM land
#MTPol #TroyDowning #Montana #ClimateChange #Coal #CoalMining
https://missoulacurrent.com/montana-coal-mining/

2025-09-04 23:56:34 UTC

Stop the Rollback of the Roadless Rule
Federal officials want to roll back the Roadless Rule, a critical safeguard for about 6 million acres of Montana’s undeveloped public lands.
#RoadlessRule #PublicLands #Montana #MTPol #PublicLandsInPublicHands
https://wildmontana.org/roadless-rule/

2025-09-04 01:36:52 UTC

Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage
#Medicare
https://act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-oz-medicare-ai

2025-08-31 22:01:49 UTC

As you prepare for tomorrow, check out the recording of yesterday's #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Mass Call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhVU-Ez6Bhs

2025-08-25 23:44:55 UTC

NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
#NASA #EarthScience #Climate #ClimateChange
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/nasas-acting-chief-calls-for-the-end-of-earth-science-at-the-space-agency/

2025-08-23 13:13:56 UTC

El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse
In El Paso, heat deaths hit record highs in 2023 and 2024. Advocates say not enough is being done to protect the region’s most vulnerable people.
#ClimateChange
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17082025/el-paso-extreme-heat-illness-death

2025-08-06 15:49:11 UTC

ICE raided the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles this morning. ICE agents rolled up in a Penske rental truck.
Activists called Penske corporate, who said to email:
[email protected]
#ICE #Immigration #Penske

2025-08-06 13:14:12 UTC

Tell your U.S. representative: Don’t sell off the USPS’s electric fleet
#USPS #EV #ClimateChange
https://environmentamerica.org/take-action/tell-your-u-s-representative-dont-sell-off-the-uspss-electric-fleet-2/

2025-07-31 01:57:42 UTC

Trump and Congressional Republicans just rewrote the rules of SNAP. For the first time ever, states will have to help pay for benefits—costs that could run into the billions. This historic shift will force states to cut services or raise revenue to keep families fed. https://bit.ly/4f9cuRh

2025-07-31 01:56:52 UTC

Single parents are working, caregiving, and budgeting every dollar. The recently passed budget reconciliation bill puts them in an impossible position: prove you’re working enough—or lose food for your family. That’s not support. That’s sabotage. #SNAPmatters

2025-07-31 01:54:40 UTC

SNAP helps families get back on their feet and keeps dollars flowing to grocery stores, corner markets, and farmers' markets. The new SNAP cuts will hurt everyone. #SNAPmatters

2025-07-28 13:46:33 UTC

"Trump announces new 15% sales tax on US consumers.”
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-announces-new-15-sales-tax/

2025-07-27 23:28:11 UTC

Why Adelita Grijalva’s Campaign Should Matter to Everyone
The special election in AZ-07 isn’t just local. It’s a national referendum on Trump’s cruelty and the power of people-centered politics.
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/why-adelita-grijalvas-campaign-should

2025-07-25 14:49:18 UTC

Trump Voters Wanted Relief From Medical Bills. For Millions, the Bills Are About To Get Bigger.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medical-debt-trump-poilicies-little-relief/

2025-07-24 22:19:15 UTC

Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/quebec-man-warning-canadian-boaters-after-he-was-detained-by-us-coast-guard-put-in-jail-cell/

2025-07-21 15:26:32 UTC

Migrants at ICE jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/migrants-miami-ice-jail-abuses

2025-07-17 13:41:06 UTC

The MAGA Murder Bill will dramatically slow development of new clean energy generation in Montana, during a time of rapid growth in demand.
#MTPol #Montana #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange
https://monicatranel.substack.com/p/power-of-public-power

2025-07-05 02:36:11 UTC

MAGA Republicans are cutting programs that benefit hard-working Americans just so billionaires can get even more tax breaks and hand-outs.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/798/283/318/477/428/original/11e4f1973eecb6fd.jpg

2025-07-04 02:24:43 UTC

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T-Mobile is launching a venture with Starlink that will help fund Musk.

2025-07-01 18:32:08 UTC

Your zip code should not determine your access to care.
But under MAGA Republicans’ budget bill, rural hospitals may be forced to close.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/779/391/335/418/681/original/87e4a53df0b965dc.jpg

2025-07-01 18:14:30 UTC

You work hard. You pay your taxes. Trump’s tax plan rewards billionaires who hoard wealth while gutting the programs working families rely on.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/779/334/278/303/044/original/4d5e7bdfe37ce38d.jpg

2025-07-01 16:45:46 UTC

We must keep the faith and keep our eyes on the prize.
July 17, we get into trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.
Join us! https://social.demcast.com/s/qOPDwfnu
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/778/985/408/318/013/original/b250bd739bcc9c71.mp4

2025-06-29 20:34:35 UTC

"What’s in Republicans’ “Big, Beautiful Bill”?”
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/768/559/269/269/498/original/db4122fc53abde09.jpg

2025-06-28 15:21:33 UTC

Republicans are so concerned with people in wheelchairs fighting for their healthcare, that they ZIP TIE them! #MedicaidSavesOurLives
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/761/668/307/632/920/original/e2fc14f343a34ca8.mp4

2025-06-27 16:00:34 UTC

Every word of this.
#WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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2025-06-26 18:30:28 UTC

We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations. The same forces that used violence against John Lewis and are back, with billionaires’ backers and authoritarian ambition.
Join us July 17 because #GoodTroubleLivesOn https://social.demcast.com/s/rUu6GqAG

2025-06-26 01:11:34 UTC

WATCH as the DC police ARREST people in wheelchairs in the Russell Senate Office Building!
They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid.
#WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/747/001/490/931/637/original/c499184a756a6d86.mp4

2025-06-22 23:46:13 UTC

Your gas prices are absolutely going to spike.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rachelandthecity/p/americans-are-about-to-pay-more-for

2025-06-21 14:39:43 UTC

#ShowYourStripes Today, June 21 to raise awareness about human-caused climate change. https://bit.ly/warming-stripes-2025 #ClimateMatters via Climate Central
#ClimateChange
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/721/864/912/843/059/original/756371d6e14f787f.mp4

2025-06-19 01:24:55 UTC

Republicans are living out their fantasy of randomly kidnapping people who look foreign and abducting them.
Just watch:
#MAGAKidnappers
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/707/413/758/380/719/original/f1922dfe423da3fb.mp4

2025-06-12 22:00:27 UTC

Pete is 100% correct:
"Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty."
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/672/637/596/561/184/original/61eaf26712d5b053.mp4

2025-06-12 16:20:13 UTC

"To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/671/300/974/732/801/original/778d1c73490a3fb3.mp4

2025-06-09 01:46:58 UTC

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Since then, the Trump administration has only escalated its attacks on the Los Angeles community, deploying the military against our own people. This is a clear attack on our communities, workers and our First Amendment rights. Demand that David Huerta be freed and ICE raids end immediately
https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/freedavidendraids/

2025-06-09 01:46:49 UTC

In person and virtual rallies:
On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocating for immigrant workers. While he has been released from the hospital, he remains in federal custody.

2025-06-08 20:07:59 UTC

Attend Not Above the Law's event, “Disappeared in America Mass Call” - sign up now!
#DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump
https://www.mobilize.us/notabovethelaw/event/796700/

2025-06-08 15:19:47 UTC

Call to action for California:
Mass mobilization, Sunday 2pm, LA City Hall. #3E #StopICE
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2025-06-07 17:01:39 UTC

📢 Veterans and Families Take a Stand: Highlights from the Unite for Veterans Rally https://www.newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/veterans-and-families-take-a-stand

2025-06-06 01:44:46 UTC

Sick ICE agents are stuck in Djibouti at risk of malaria and rocket attacks. Why won’t Trump bring them back?
by Alex Woodward The Independent
A group of immigration officers are stuck in a small east African country, plagued by smog from burn pits with human waste, at risk of malaria, and taking a dozen medications to battle chronic respiratory illness
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/djibouti-ice-brian-murphy-trump-b2764678.html

2025-06-04 13:15:42 UTC

JUNE 14 we are showing up EVERYWHERE! There are 1475 events taking place across the USA!
We have a simple message:
No thrones.
No Crowns.
No KINGS!
Find your event! https://www.nokings.org/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/625/277/171/482/908/original/7e252a5f41677575.mp4

2025-05-29 16:48:50 UTC

The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist
https://www.notus.org/health-science/make-america-healthy-again-report-citation-errors

2025-05-28 02:01:39 UTC

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Join protest:
Saturday, May 31st
Flathead Airport, Kalispell
Why protest:
• Avelo is aiding in the unjust and illegal removal of immigrants.
• These deportations often happen without hearings, without legal support, and without accountability.

2025-05-28 02:01:05 UTC

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These flights are forcibly removing undocumented individuals, many of whom have been denied their basic right to due process and a fair hearing.
This isn’t just a contract—it’s complicity in a system of cruelty.
It’s the quiet normalization of fascism, with corporate partners cashing in on human suffering.

2025-05-28 02:00:47 UTC

Montanans
** CALL TO ACTION IN THE FLATHEAD**
Flathead Democracy Group stands in solidarity with immigrants, asylum-seekers, and every human being targeted by this violent system.
#MTPol #Montana #Kalispell #KalispellMT #KalispellMontana
That’s why they’re taking action against Avelo Airlines—a company that has accepted a $150 million contract to operate deportation flights.

2025-05-21 19:13:13 UTC

Millions of Americans will lose Medicaid and food assistance under Trump's proposed tax bill, all to pay for more tax breaks for billionaires who don't need them.
#StopTheBillionaireBailout
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2025-05-19 15:23:23 UTC

Responding to Federal Medicaid Reductions: Which States Are Most at Risk?
#Medicaid
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/responding-to-federal-medicaid-reductions-which-states-are-most-at-risk/

2025-05-15 01:00:23 UTC

Elon Musk wants permission to launch more rockets from Cape Canaveral—a lot more.
The FAA is accepting public comment on Musk's plan through May 15.
Submit a comment RIGHT NOW to tell the FAA to reject Musk's application. https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FAA-2025-0114-0001
Musk's SpaceX has permission to launch 50 rockets per year from Cape Canaveral on Florida's Space Coast.

2025-05-10 15:18:12 UTC

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They’re draining our savings, abducting our neighbors, and stealing medicine from seniors to enrich their billionaire backers.
Only by joining together to confront these bullies who seek to control us will we protect our freedoms, our families, and our futures.

2025-05-10 15:17:28 UTC

Americans across races, places and parties value our freedoms – but Trump, MAGA and Musk are running a regime of the bullies, for the billionaires.
From Trump’s tariffs seizing the wealth we’ve saved, to Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of our government, to Congressional Republicans' MAGA Murder Budget, this regime abuses and impoverishes anyone who doesn’t look, live, or love like them.

2025-04-25 21:20:26 UTC

Emergency Actions related to the arrest of Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan:
*TOMORROW* Protest outside FBI Building in St. Francis (3600 S Lake Dr. St. Francis, WI) @ 3 pm
#Milwaukee #Wisconsin
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2025-04-18 18:12:04 UTC

These 15 MAGA Republicans will sell out their own constituents to fund tax breaks to the rich.
They are willing to let their constituents DIE and cut Medicaid to do this.
Light up those phones! #MedicaidCutsKillUS
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/360/306/063/261/478/original/ed8017db7594d576.jpg

2025-04-18 17:28:31 UTC

More than 72 million Americans rely on Medicaid for health care coverage — that’s 1 in 5 people in this country.
And 41% of ALL births care covered by Medicaid.
Republicans want women pregnant with no access to maternity care.
#MedicaidCutsKillUS
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/360/142/932/765/199/original/1f3a0a6fb7ee5a3e.png

2025-04-18 01:39:04 UTC

#Montana #LivingstonMT #LivingstonMontana #MTPol
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/356/408/366/290/846/original/5ae9804dac7c02ba.png

2025-04-05 13:41:40 UTC

Trump doesn’t just declare “national emergencies.” He creates them. He unilaterally started a trade war with the rest of the world, and the American people will be the war’s first casualties. This will trigger a recession. It is reckless endangerment of the American economy.

2025-04-05 13:41:33 UTC

Trump is imposing a huge new sales tax on everything we buy. Not only will prices rise, the economic crash will cause mass layoffs, throwing even more people out of work on top of the hundreds of thousands of workers already being laid off by Trump. He did not have to do this. He chose to inflict this pain on the American people.

2025-04-04 14:00:26 UTC

2 infants die of pertussis in Louisiana
#Pertussis #WhoopingCough
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/cases-rise-nationally-2-infants-die-pertussis-louisiana

2025-04-03 20:39:56 UTC

Hands Off! Butte Fights Back
Butte Rally 12-1 in front of Mall on 4/5
https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/771906/

2025-04-02 14:23:36 UTC

50 canceled vaccination clinics
After the termination of three CDC grants to Dallas on March 24, 11 full-time and 10 part-time staffers who worked in the epidemiology group to respond to outbreaks, including measles, lost their jobs.
The loss of those staffers forced the city to cancel the large number of vaccination clinics.
#Measles #VaccinesSaveLives
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-local-officials-react-rif-impacts-public-health/

2025-04-01 18:14:54 UTC

How to let your friends automatically know that you have been detained and ‘Disappeared’ by ICE
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/03/31/how-to-let-your-friends-automatically-know-that-you-have-been-detained-and-disappeared-by-ice/

2025-03-29 14:23:38 UTC

Trump strangles foreign tourism to America by insulting allies & arresting students. How much will this cost you? Check this map!
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/03/29/trump-strangles-foreign-tourism-trump-insults-allies-arrests-foreign-students/

2025-03-28 21:15:49 UTC

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
#Measles
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report

2025-03-22 14:57:40 UTC

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Myths and Misinformation
Social Security wasn’t supposed to be taxed: False.
The Social Security Act allowed the taxation of payments. In 1983, Congress taxed 50% of benefits for high earners, increasing to 85% in 1993.
The Social Security trust fund is part of the general fund: False.
Social Security appears in the federal budget for accounting purposes, but those funds are not part of the general fund and cannot be used for other needs.

2025-03-22 14:57:05 UTC

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Facts, Myths, and Threats
Social Security is an “entitlement” program, meaning everyone eligible is entitled to Social Security payments.
It’s a “mandatory” item in the federal budget, which means the government is required to make those payments.
Social Security makes up about 21% of the federal budget.

2025-03-22 14:56:29 UTC

Social Security and You
Social Security is the government retirement program you and your employer contribute to with each paycheck. It pays you back monthly upon retirement. Currently, around 69 million Americans receive Social Security payments.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/206/631/429/180/443/original/62daeeee8f396505.jpg
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2025-03-15 13:38:58 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, NALC branches are hosting local rallies to say "Hell no!" to dismantling the Postal Service. With branches holding events nationwide on the same day, we are sending a clear, unified message: Hands off USPS!
#USPS
https://www.nalc.org/news/fight-like-hell

2025-03-06 04:11:37 UTC

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This bill would change the definition of “material damage” under the Montana Surface Mine Reclamation Act, allowing coal companies to sidestep responsibility for water pollution and harmful impacts. It would even allow them to conduct their own analysis on the damage, instead of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), a classic case of the wolf guarding the henhouse. 🐔🐺

2025-03-06 04:11:15 UTC

Montanans:
Oppose HB 587, sponsored by Rep. Gary Parry (R-Colstrip), a bill that could weaken protections for our water quality and make it harder to hold coal companies accountable for damaging our water. 💧
#MTPol #MTLeg

2025-03-05 14:52:12 UTC

Trump Vowed To End Surprise Medical Bills. The Office Working on That Just Got Slashed.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-surprise-medical-bills-agency-responsible-job-cuts-doge/

2025-03-02 01:04:02 UTC

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Custer-Gallatin Forest Montana https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-laidoff-custergallatin-employees

2025-02-28 00:42:22 UTC

BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions https://popular.info/p/breaking-sec-halts-fraud-prosecution

2025-02-27 16:14:24 UTC

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In addition, while nuclear power has lower emissions than fossil fuel energy, claims that it is carbon-free are patently false. Nuclear companies conflate and twist numbers to exclude the full life cycle of uranium extraction from calculating the carbon footprint of power generation.
Montana is better off without either of these bills.

2025-02-27 16:14:06 UTC

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Nuclear energy is dangerous from the time uranium is pulled from the earth to the time its waste must be buried back into it. There is no safe way to extract, use, or discard uranium.
Many Indigenous groups around the world, including on the Navajo Nation in the Southwest U.S., have experienced extreme harms of uranium mining, from cancers caused by extracting the ore itself to perpetually polluted water to violence from pro-mining groups.

2025-02-27 16:13:39 UTC

Montanans:
OPPOSE HB 696 and HB 623
(H) Energy 2/28 @ 3 p.m.
#MTLeg #MTPol
These bills propose to invite a truly disturbing new industry to Montana: processing uranium and storing nuclear waste. These bills would encourage the most dangerous and polluting parts of the nuclear energy process to come to Montana, as well as pave the way for future nuclear development in the state.

2025-02-27 14:20:24 UTC

Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed #SocialSecurity Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-social-security-elon-musk-trump-closures-benefits

2025-02-25 17:56:22 UTC

Bird flu claims over 100 sandhill cranes in LaPorte County, Indiana, 1500 statewide
#AvianFlu #BirdFlu #H5N1
https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/ecology/bird-flu-claims-over-100-sandhill-cranes-in-laporte-county-1500-statewide/ar-AA1zHUKB