Vance comes to Belgrade to stump for Flint, Alme

By DARRELL EHRLICK| Editor-in-Chief

"We have ended the tyranny of DEI and racial discrimination in jobs and in universities because I happen to believe that real sovereignty starts with the individual, and no person can be truly free when their government or their employer cares more about so-called white privilege than about promoting the American dream," – U.S. Vice President JD Vance, while campaigning in Belgrade Monday.

Vance visits Belgrade, stumps for Alme and Flint

by Jordan Hansen

BELGRADE — Vice President JD Vance headlined a group of Republican state and federal officials stumping for Congressional candidates Aaron Flint and Kurt Alme at the Bozeman International Airport on Monday morning. The stop by Vance is part of Trump 47 Committee events — an effort by Republicans to stump for their candidates in battleground […]

Forstag holds flurry of events in Flathead as VP stumps in Belgrade

by Micah Drew

Before the sun crested the Swan Mountains on Monday, Democratic candidate Sam Forstag was meeting with a group of small business owners in a Whitefish bagel shop. Sesame seeds, a topping of one of the best selling bagels, are more expensive these days, said Dan Moe, owner of Cutthroat Bagel Company, as are paper products […]

Trump DOJ’s demand for emergency order in California vote counting dismissed by appeals court

by Jonathan Shorman

President Donald Trump’s 11th-hour campaign to intervene in California’s vote counting encountered its first resistance from federal courts on Monday, with appellate judges ruling against the effort. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against a U.S. Department of Justice request for a court order requiring California election officials to segregate and not count the […]

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