Of course Gianforte doesn’t care about people struggling to better themselves and pay for college, despite nefarious student loan policies, he can not only buy his election he could buy a college…

From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/09/21/more-than-100k-montanans-eligible-for-student-debt-relief-according-to-white-house-projections/?

Ignoring the fact that gas taxes pay for only roughly one-third of road costs, a Montana state legislator attacks electric vehicles (& a smart energy future) by asking EVs to pay more in taxes than they already do in electricity fees…

From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/09/20/interim-committee-passes-two-draft-bills-aimed-at-taxing-electric-vehicles/? double taxation, climate change, EV future better for Montana, fossil fuels lobbyist, Denley Loge

Anyone surprised?: the Gianforte administration makes a workforce training program difficult to enter and then, citing low participation, redirects money for the program to businesses…

From the Billings Gazette: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/republicans-shift-6m-from-workforce-training-grants-to-biz-automation-loans/article_396c6a65-bd49-51ac-9322-6beb80adfbd5.html? sleight-of-hand, benefitting big business instead of individuals, who profits?, Department of Commerce, typical Republican antics, GOP

Republicans, including Montana’s Steve Daines and Matt Rosendale, are “all hat and no cattle” when it comes to our nation’s southern border: they’re all about political stunts, distractions from their own failures and no courage to offer solutions…

From kut.org: https://www.kut.org/texas/2022-04-13/gov-abbotts-new-border-policies-spur-backlash-among-many-republicans-included DeSantis, Abbott, Florida, Texas, circus, obsession

Good reads here on why COVID may no longer be a pandemic, and how the virus is now endemic (but stay up-to-date on vaccinations and mask when appropriate)…

From nymag.com: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/09/biden-right-to-say-the-pandemic-is-over-on-60-minutes.html From the American Medical Association: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/how-we-will-know-when-covid-19-has-become-endemic coronavirus, Parodi, AMA, masking, vaccination