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Craig, Montana, USA
Joined August 2008
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Tired of dark money, no transparency, hidden donors? The Montana Plan takes away a corporation's power to spend in your state's politics. It really is that simple. We're starting in #Montana! Learn more at transparentelection.org and join us by organizing in your community!
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New @FEC filings show the four main super PACs aligned with congressional leadership have combined to raise nearly $400 MILLION from their affiliated #darkmoney groups ā more than $1 of every $4 of their receipts
issueone.org/articles/leaderā¦
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Chart of the Week š: Outside groups spent $330M during the primaries. Since then, outside spending has exploded, hitting $1.3B as of Oct. 20 with a heavy focus on competitive Senate races. Spending for & against @JamesTalarico tops the chart.
More: opensecrets.org/news/2026/10ā¦
ALT Chart showing the 10 candidates who have been the subject of the most outside spending in 2026 general election as of Oct. 20.
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New FEC filings show how both parties are raising big bucks from secret donors. Congress must do more to empower voters.
issueone.org/articles/leaderā¦
at @nytimes "The reports laid bare the phenomenon that has defined the midterm money competition: Democratic candidates are dominating in fund-raising. But when you include super PACs and other outside groups, Republicans have a huge financial advantage" Gift link in thread
Gift link nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/miā¦
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NEW: U.S. corporations are paying the lowest tax rate seen in decades.
706 major corporations collectively paid a federal income tax rate of just 10.4%, less than half the statutory rate.
114 corporations paid zero.
itep.org/corporate-tax-avoidā¦
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#DYK @USPS created the Election Mail Logo to help identify mail from state, territorial, and local election officials. Only election officials can use the logo, so voters can know that mail is from an election office. #VoteReady #Election2026
Learn more: nased.org/faqs
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NEW ā
Democrats in competitive races are destroying Republicans in fundraising.
But the Republican party committees and super PACs are destroying Democrats right back.
Chart with @matt_zdun.
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Strong winds are expected at time later this morning and into the evening hours over portions of North Central MT. The strong winds could create difficult driving conditions for high profile vehicles. #mtwx
ALT Strong Winds Today
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The average family health plan through an employer now costs more than $28,000 a year.
Premiums rose 5% over the past year, for single and family coverage alike, while wages only rose 3.7%.
According to the KFF 2026 Employer Health Benefits Survey, forecasts for 2027 point to premium hikes approaching double digits, which could put pressure on employers to keep plans affordable.
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Healthcare premiums are expected to skyrocket for the fourth year in a row, and employees will likely pay more when they receive care, too, per CNN
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ā.. The trend is accelerating. New data shows that this year, the average cost of a family health plan crossed $28,000, rising by 5% ..
.. The share coming out of employeesā paychecks shot up even fasterāto $7,471, an increase of 9% ..ā
@WSJ
wsj.com/health/healthcare/inā¦
(artificial persons) don't lose it's voice under The Montana Plan. You can see there's been plenty of lobbying happening - local, state and federal. ā at Helena, MT
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia spent about $7.5 million COMBINED lobbying the federal government in the third quarter.
This spending continues an upward trend in financial efforts to influence lawmakers.
Read more from @schwellenbach for @pogoinvestigate:
pogo.org/investigates/boom-iā¦
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As we await Nov 3, hereās a look at MTās postwar congressional outcomes. Students love seeing this (from Jonās bookā¦ you should get a copy!) Data viz by Eric Dietrich.
Why don't we see more young people running for office? Is it money in politics? bbc.com/news/articles/cmde8rā¦
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Americans are paying 38.3% more for electricity in 2026 than they did in 2020, per Bloomberg.
Thatās faster than overall inflation, which is up roughly 29% over the same period.
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As seen in the @washingtonpost, today, @CatoInstitute and @scottlincicome released the annual ranking of state freedom.
Arizona is #1.
The study takes into account different indicators of economic and personal freedom -- ranging from, e.g., occupational licensure, to taxes, to medical freedom, to free speech, to educational choice.
Lots of neat data and mappings of the data available here: cato.org/freedom-50-states/2ā¦
And here's the Washington Post article: washingtonpost.com/opinions/ā¦
