Visibility Brigades
Now More Visible than Ever!
https://open.substack.com/pub/grassrootsconnector/p/visibility-brigades

Measles and Predators
RFK Jr. Unleashed
Charlie Angus / The Resistance

#Measles
https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/measles-and-predators-rfk-jr-unleashed

With Trump’s support, Republicans are pushing a tax plan that will lock in Trump’s tax handouts for the ultra-wealthy, and “actively transfer money” away from us.

Two young German travelers expected their Hawaii trip to be a highlight. Instead, their visit ended in handcuffs, jail time, and deportation — a stark reminder of the risks some international visitors face at US borders.
https://beatofhawaii.com/why-these-hawaii-travelers-were-jailed-and-deported/

Montanans:
Oppose Northwestern Energy's proposed rate increase.

The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC), the agency which regulated monopoly utilities, will hold a hearing starting April 22 to decide whether to approve NorthWestern's proposal to hike electricity rates by 26%.

#MTPol #MTLeg

Tell the PSC: Vote NO on NorthWestern's Rate Hike

Call or email the Public Service Commission and urge them to reject NorthWestern Energy's requested rate increase because it will hurt Montana families and small businesses:
📞 Call: 406-444-6199
📧 Email: pschelp@mt.gov
📝 Or send a message through Montana Conservation Voters' advocacy form https://secure.everyaction.com/NUYArnGIQEiP98kiyLlIpQ2?emci=ffa82f40-151a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=3ae375d8-191a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=887765

NorthWestern continues to ignore more affordable, cleaner alternatives like wind, solar, and energy storage, instead doubling down on expensive fossil fuels to boost their profits at our expense.

NorthWestern wants customers to pay more than $2.3 billion to fund its methane gas plant near Laurel. The company is also pushing for a blank check to charge Montanans for future, undefined investments in the aging, unreliable Colstrip coal plant, which could saddle us with billions more in costs.

Trump is ABUSING HIS POWER to EXTORT compliance, political favors, or payoffs through the arbitrary and capricious application of laws and policies.

This pointless trade war fits the pattern of Trump abusing his power. He is instituting a punishment to virtually all industries, only to force each industry or business to come begging hat-in-hand for exemptions that he will dole out in exchange for political favors and personal financial gain.

Tariffs Are Bad, But Trump's New Port Fees Are Also Shaping Up To Be A Disaster

Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1829700/trump-tariffs-port-fees-potential-impact/

US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacks

The Base, terrorist group founded in 2018, free to export violence abroad as Trump pulls FBI from pursuing far right

#StandWithUkraine #SlaveUkraini
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/the-base-neo-nazi-russia-ukraine

Montanans:
OPPOSE HB 377: Generally revise access by parent to child patient health care information

Hearing (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety 03/24/2025 03:00 pm

Rep. Nelly Nicol (R-Billings)

#MTPol #MTLeg

HB 377 would require health care providers to give parents access to their children’s health care records even in the case of suspected abuse.

Https://legmt.gov/participate

‘Deport every person under the sun’: ICE detains Cubans during immigration appointments
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302373304.html#storylink=cpy

A Rhode Island doctor who traveled home to Lebanon to visit family was prevented by U.S. Customs officials from reentering the country on Thursday at Boston's Logan International Airport and told she was being deported back to her home country, said a fellow doctor and a lawyer for Brown Medicine
https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2025/03/14/brown-medicine-doctor-told-shes-being-deported-after-trip-to-lebanon/82418182007/

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

Gavin Newsom and the MAGA Democrat Trap
https://www.theframelab.org/why-gavin-newsoms-maga-play-is-a-losing-game-for-democrats-2/

Christi Jacobson, Montana Secretary of State
Austin Knudsen, Montana Attorney General
Susie Hedalen, Montana OPI
Jim Brown, Auditor
Greg Gianforte, Governor
Dawnell Fuller, Land Board Secretary

Do not let them put you off by saying they are state representatives and have nothing to do with this. Every elected official must be held to account.
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/crystals-story

Crystal's Story by Monica Tranel

Crystal Jones loves her job at Lake Como, in the Darby District of the Bitterroot National Forest, the most highly used developed recreation area in Region 1 (North Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, parts of South Dakota and Wyoming).
#MTPol
Montanans: To speak out about our public lands, contact all 5 members of the Board of Land Commissioners by emailing landboard@mt.gov and tell them to speak up and stand up for Montanans:

The Real State of the Union w/ Timothy Snyder, Zoom with Red Wine and Blue.
https://secure.everyaction.com/2x85gDn53kika6Tt7OfUdw2

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
| Donald Trump | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/trump-national-forest-executive-order