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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“a primary reason for the termination decisions at issue is because of location in blue states.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Excerpt from Washington Post story: "“No decisions were made on politics,” Wright told the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Wednesday. “I keep hearing that charge. It’s bullshit. We’re going to say it a million times. It’s not true. It’s actually false.”
Across town, a federal judge was drafting a court order based on Wright’s lawyers admitting the Energy Department had done just that. The Thursday ruling by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in D.C. restored 11 clean energy grants in states President Donald Trump lost in 2024; government attorneys had acknowledged those election results influenced why the funding was nixed."
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Almost half of Montana's electricity comes from renewable sources - a 3X increase over the last decade - and yet our politicians keep telling us we need to burn coal.
Table from Environment American Report showing that MT generated 44% of its electricity from wind, solar, and geothermal in 2025, an increase from 15% in 2016.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Exactly. It's not a question of whether or not we should tax wealth, it is not a question of whose wealth we want to tax. Right now we do not tax the asset class that makes up the wealth of the richest 1%, but we do tax the asset class that makes up the wealth of the poorest 50%!
Graph showing the asset classes that make up the wealth of Americans by percentile group.  Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/compare/chart/#quarter:145;series:Assets;demographic:networth;population:all;units:levels
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
montanafreepress.org/2026/05/19/m...
Graph showing response to question “ What is your impression of the following candidates for U.S. Senate?”
Bodnar_
Independent

Alme
Republican

Neill
Democrat 
Black Wolf-
Democrat 
Bankhead
Democrat 

Hummert
Democrat

see story link for specifics.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
Graph showing how Jeff Bezos’s wealth grew to $127 billion 2006-2018, but the amount he paid in taxes was on $1.48 billion.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/...
Screenshots of Sen. Tim Sheehy's financial disclosure listing his Bridger Aerospace stock.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
They're not wearing masks because that would slow down their ability to "process" chicken sandwiches.
Photo of ICE agents "helping with airport security" in the food court at ATL.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This line up of plantiffs is making the case for exactly why the Montana Plan is needed. These groups don’t care about ”free speech” they care about their ability to buy elections.
Opening listing of plaintiffs from legal complaint: MONTANA MINING ASSOCIATION, MONTANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, KALISPELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MONTANA CONTRACTOR'S ASSOCIATION, MONTANA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, TREASURE STATE RESOURCE ASSOCIATION, MONTANA STOCKGROWERS ASSOCIATION, and MONTANA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This is some truly tortured logic from Rep. Downing about the so-called SAVE Act. Oh well, he and other Montana Republicans are going to really regret supporting this bill when they see which party benefits from suppressing the votes of Montanans in rural areas and who don’t have passports.
Rep Downing to Newsmax about the SAVE Act: “ And the obvious question is, if you don't think there's a problem, why are you afraid of doing this?”
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This seems like a good time to reference Dunning-Kruger.
Figure 1 from Kruger and Dunning 1999: Perceived ability to recognize humor as a function of actual test performance, showing that people with a poor sense of humor tend to overestimate their sense of humor.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Tiny man Greg Bovino in his CBP truck
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
5 PM tonight for anyone in Helena: show up and stand up for peace and justice.
Indivisible Helena Flyer: 

Courage & Action Gathering
WHEN: 5 pm, Monday, Jan 26th (Prior to the 6 pm City Commission Mtg)
WHERE: City County Building 316 N Park Ave at 6th, East Steps WHAT: A community gathering to mourn another tragic death and take action by expressing support for the resolution before our City Commission, preventing Helena from entering into a 287(g) agreement with ICE/DHS, and to support amendments that include de-masking ICE agents and prohibiting racial profiling.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Cover of the Replacements album All Shook Down.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Post a perfect album from 1989. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, 1984-1989.
Cover of the album Lloyd Cole and the Commotions 1884-1989
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Donald Trump has a 41% approval rating in Montana. dailymontanan.com/2025/10/28/m...
Chart from 2025 Montana poll showing Donald Trump approval at 41% and disapproval at 41%.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Wow THREE TRILLION dollars is some truly shameless misinformation.
Screenshot of false claim by NBC Montana that the Open Society Foundations donated $3 TRILLION dollars to Indivisible.  "Through a fund, the foundation issued a $3 trillion grant to the Indivisible Organization that was good for two years "to support the grantee's social welfare activities.”"
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Post a concert photo you took
Cracker, Pine Creek Lodge, Montana, July 2025
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
There is simply no way an alleged law enforcement official accepts $50,000 in cash and is not up to something deeply illlegal. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
“ On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case and sources.”
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Antifascist Indiana Jones punching a Nazi.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Got yet another annoying fundraising text this morning, this one from "Win Blue USA." 15 minutes of digging and it was clear that it was another one of the Dem Scam PACs that @samsteindc.bsky.social and others have written about. These grifters are a plague on our already teetering democracy. 1/
Yet another grifting fundraising text that reads "VIRAL: Pete Buttigieg just DESTROYED Trump's "politics of fear" on NPR! Do you stand with Pete? Vote Now: https://txt.winblueusa.com/"
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
And the proportion of people covered by Medicaid who identify as Republicans is almost certainly higher in Montana.
Chart from Washington Post column by Philip Bump showing that about 25% of people covered by Medicaid are Republicans.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
And they came up to me with tears in their eyes and said "sir, we are selling the gas for $1.99, sir." gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
Screenshot of AAA's map of gas prices, which shows the lowest average is presently $2.705/gallon in Mississippi.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Randy is totally right, the dipshits aren’t getting the message about the need to reduce threats of political violence.
Tweet from Florida Man Randy Fine (R-Dipshit) “ I have news for the embarrassment that claims to be our President — try to take our guns and you’ll learn why the Second Amendment was written in the first place.”
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Logo from Killer Kristi’s brilliant “Meth We’re On It” PR campaign.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
This also seems somewhat more significant than two sentences in passing.
Excerpt from New York Times story: “ As a large government contractor, his aerospace firm, SpaceX, must maintain a drug-free work force and administers random drug tests to its employees. But Mr. Musk has received advance warning of the tests, according to people close to the process. SpaceX did not respond to questions about those warnings.”
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Angry goose meme asking which national parks the Trump Administration is planning on transfering to state management
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Angry goose meme asking which national parks these grifters plan to transfer to "state management"
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Corey Lewandowski thinking hard.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
...and for comparison, a map of how Montanans voted in 2024.
Map of 2024 election results in Montana, by county.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Thank you CBS News for accurately describing tariffs as imposed on imports from countries rather than imposed on countries.
Screenshot of CBS News story that says “The first tariff will be a 10% across-the-board tax applied to all imports to the U.S. The second tariff, reciprocal tariffs, will be applied to imports from 60 countries”
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Reminder: 1/3 of Montana's state budget is from federal funding, making us the state most dependent on federal aid. usafacts.org/articles/whi...
Map depicting state dependence on federal funding from USAFacts.com
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Nobody’s talking about how the Houthi chat also included a Russian agent.
Photo of Tulsi Gabbard looking surprised
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
moments earlier...
fake image of Kristi Noem throwing a puppy out of an airplane
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Federal agents are now calling people terrorists and kicking them out of the country for having sent emails critical of the Trump Administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Translated excerpt from linked Le Monde story: "According to a diplomatic source to AFP, the incident occurred on March 9. This space researcher allegedly underwent a random check on arrival, during which his work computer and personal phone were searched. From the same source, messages referring to the treatment of scientists by the Trump administration would have been found. He would have been accused of messages "which reflect hatred towards Trump and can be described as terrorism". His professional and personal equipment was confiscated and the researcher was sent back to Europe the next day"
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Trump's "truth" post about winning his golf tournament while dozens of people were being killed by storms.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Trump's Truth Social post about winning his golf tournament (while dozens of people died in storms all over the midwest/south).
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Map depicting each state's dependency on imports, a la imports as a % of GDP, from https://www.voronoiapp.com/trade/-US-State-Import-Dependency-3474
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
$200 million of taxpayer dollars AND they ditched competitive bidding rules so that Kristi could award it to her special friend Corey Lewandowski's campaign buddies: apnews.com/article/dhs-...
Excerpt from AP story: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of a $200 million television ad campaign that lauds President Donald Trump for his crackdown on illegal immigration."
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Interesting to see that Rep. Zinke is now targeting "biologists" as enemies of the state (along with the old standbys lawyers and environmentalists). dailyinterlake.com/news/2025/ma...
Excerpt of Daily Interlake article in which Zinke said "[the Department of Government Efficiency] to set their sights on the real waste — the overpaid lawyers, biologists and environmental zealots and the to- heavy bureaucracy. "
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Montana gas prices have been on a steady climb since December 2024. www.gasbuddy.com/charts
Chart depicting gas prices in Montana since December 2024, from https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
www.havredailynews.com/story/2025/0...
Sign on Bureau of Reclamation outhouse: "This facility is closed due to federal government cuts in staff, budget, and contracts.  Contact your congressional representatives foor more information."
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The tax gap - the amount of taxes owed but not actually paid - is $600+ billion/year. 52% of that is due to the richest 5% of Americans underreporting their income or just refusing to pay their taxes.
IRS graphic depicting the projected tax gap of $606B for 2022, from https://www.irs.gov/statistics/irs-the-tax-gap
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
But they totally forgot to ask about the issues that the Montana Legislature is spending all their time on, like persecuting trans kids, mandating religious education, and which flags are legal to fly in state government buildings.
Chart from the Montana Free Press poll depicting satisfaction with state government on several key issues, from https://montanafreepress.org/2025/03/05/montana-poll-results-show-satisfaction-divide-along-partisan-lines/
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
...and now we have a bill in the Montana legislature for the wholesale sell off of state public lands. bills.legmt.gov#/laws/bill/2...
Text of SB 361, a bill to sell off state public lands
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Daines keeps calling it a $4.5 trillion tax because he doesn't want to admit that half of the benefits go to the richest 5%. Congress could extend just the lower bracket rate cuts, which benefits everyone including the super rich - but Daines wants EXTRA tax cuts for billionaires.
Chart showing that 49% of the benefits of extending the Trump tax cut goes to the richest 5% of households.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Tim Sheehy, a week after he was elected, told his friends in the privatized firefighting industry that he would use his Senate seat to help get "contracts to sustain the industry." None of this is about good land management or fire safety, it is all about grifting taxpayer $ to private companies.
A report from privatized firefighting conference in which Tim Sheehy "emphasized the significance of the aerial and ground industry and the need for contracts which help sustain the industry, promising to work on the issue when he joined the Senate."
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
How can anyone with even the slightest awareness of the media landscape think that these perspectives are “underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion”?
excerpt from Bezos’s email: “I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America.  I also believe that these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion.”
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Seems pretty clear…
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