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Proud liberal DEM from Montana. The nuns couldn't beat the cursing or righteous opinions out of me. Photographer. Pool Player. Forestry Worker. Union member. RIGHTS FOR: Women-BLM-Indigenous People-LGBTQ+ Advocate for Gun Reform, Ukraine, Kids & Animals

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · Jul 5

Time to pin a new image from my Americana Images Album:

Garden of 1000 Buddhas. Near Arlee, Montana in the Jocko Valley, north of Missoula, MT.

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 7h

After all, the kazillionaires in the world are predominantly in the oil business.
Of course he wants a piece of that action.
Killing fishermen be damned. #Gluttony #SevenDeadlySins

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 11h

I've noticed that John's wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, hasn't been making public appearances since her man went rogue. She was front & center before the cameras when John was our poster child. I supposed she will re-appear once John flips his party affiliation. She'll be at Mar-A-Lago parties.

Feminist Wild 🦋 💙 🇺🇸 ✌️ 🦅 @feministwild.bsky.social · 1d

THIS 👇👇👇

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 12h

I typically go through my pantry a couple times a year to see what I can donate that is useful.
I'm now doing this quarterly & I'm dismayed that I now have less to donate.
I can't believe the American people have to step up to the plate to feed hungry people because our 💰 is going to a con man.

Little Miss FAFO @nofuxgiven.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s your America First
Here’s your Make America Great Again

WIC and SNAP funding will end.
This isn’t a “problem”..this is going to be a FAMINE.

Let that sink in.

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 12h

The Larch show is in full swing up the North Fork (1st photo). The "Golden Cathedral" loop drive around Hungry Horse Reservoir is now ramping up (2nd photo). Next week will be prime time for the loop drive.

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 13h

The march towards winter in Montana has begun. The snow capped peaks are accumulating the white stuff daily now.

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 13h

When I step of the trail and enter the forest, I am looking for new things to discover. This is a moss carpet on a forest floor. My dog and I can attest to the fact that this makes the best afternoon nap surface.

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 13h

I was hoping that Leonard Leo would have a stroke when Pope Leo was ordained. He spent millions of dollars & a decade of inside politicking to get his radical right-wing Cardinal ordained after Pope Francis died. He despised Pope Francis as a "woke" Pope. Now he has one who is even more woke! 🤣

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 13h

Students for Life is a Leonard Leo affiliated front group. Only Catholic media ever mentions that. Politico (owned by German trumpers) and other MSM continue to hide Leo involvement in the Catholic Christofascist coup.

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 13h

Have you noticed that the big-name DEM politicians never really go after the Citizen United SCOTUS decision that decimated our voting system?
Maybe it's because the dinosaurs & peeps like Jeffries are deeply ingrained in the money end? These useless titans wouldn't be financed by us & they know it.

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 13h

How in the fuck is that was monger going to finance another war even bigger than the one he's drowning in now?
Is our taxpayer money being funneled to his war efforts through the guy he has pedophile tapes on?

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17h

Russia is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as it prepares for war with Nato,Norway’s defence minister has warned,the Telegraph reports.
▪️"Russia is building up on the Kola peninsula ...where one of the largest arsenals of nuclear warheads in the world is located.⤵️

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

For Montanans who proudly claim MT is a red state & has always been - Bullshit. Our history is purple.
Before women's right to vote was ratified, MT did it, then elected the first FEMALE Congresswoman. Our State Constitution reads like a liberal manual. Recent GOP takeover doesn't change history.

a blue flag with the word montana written in white letters

ALT: a blue flag with the word montana written in white letters

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

That's right ICE. Take orders from a non-elected official. I'm sure that will work out well for you in a court of law once we arrest for your law-breaking asses.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Miller: To all ICE GOONS: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who tries to stop you is committing a felony

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

Melania Trump will never have to worry about laugh and smile lines as she ages out.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

Shitlers grift on that ballroom is right out of his NY business playbook.
Each time he talks about it, the footprint gets bigger & the price tag climbs.
Yet no blueprints are offered. Just artist renderings of the exterior & shots of a complete interior. All specs provided to date don't make sense.

a man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat and a white suit is standing in front of a blackboard .

ALT: a man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat and a white suit is standing in front of a blackboard .

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Temo May @temo801.bsky.social · 4d

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

When do they get to the part in their Nazi playbook where they arrest art dealers & art collectors, take their art and disappear them?

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Denouncing modern art (AKA "Degenerate Art") was the only part of the Nazi playbook that had been missing from Stephen Miller's commentaries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

What he said! White leftists will support the white guy w. a Nazi tattoo if he agrees to not take aPac $ yet you do not support the WOMAN who is also running who is currently the Governor AND stood up to Shitler on camera, so everyone knows where she stands.
White privilege lives in the DEMs too.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Understand this: most Black people see the Graham Platner controversy through a completely different lens than most white people— our lived experience. So stop telling us it’s no big deal. It’s no big deal to YOU.

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Blackironfitter @blackironfitter669.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure he's being propped up by the Republicans in that state. He should switch parties, he'd probably win. He checks all the boxes.

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

Dump the Nazi lover for the strong woman who stands up to Shitler, Governor Janet Mills.

I'm shocked she's down in the primary polls over this guy EVEN after this news on him broke.

WTF is up with that? Is Platner getting dark money?

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

Well right, because the "I had no idea" story never made any sense whatsoever

Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 2d

CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

This is Maine's other choice over Platner.
She's a proven winner, yet there are people making all kinds of excuses for this grown man's personal decisions.
Meanwhile the woman who has proven she can stand up to Shitler, yet she is down in the polls. Shameful.

Janet Mills @janetmillsforme.bsky.social · 2d

The difference couldn’t be more clear. I fight for Maine, Susan Collins bends the knee to Donald Trump.

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s not forget

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By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure there's some dark super pac money for the other side of the aisle for him.

rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 2d

boy, i know what i'd do if i got news like this

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

He's using the ballroom to do the same grift he was convicted of 34 times! FFS!

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 2d

There are no plans for the ballroom

Here's why the new White House ballroom project is not real. (The demo is obviously real.) Some background - I am a licensed Architect with 20+ years of experience. I have worked on multiple Federal projects with sensitive building programs that required background checks.

1. With a projected size of 90,000sf and a newly revised budget of $300M, the cost per square foot would be $3,333. No building costs anywhere near that. $1,000/sf is astronomical.

2. Let's assume, since we are drawing in the classical, style, that the proportions of the building adhere to the Golden Ratio. A 90,000sf would be a building with a footprint roughly 380' x 235'. Longer than a football field and 1.5x as wide.

2. The building is projected to accommodate 999 people. 15sf/person is required for a banquet area; 20sf/person is pretty comfortable. What you see in the rendering below is closer to 20sf/person. That's only 20,000sf, or a space that is 200'x100'. It's supposed to be a ballroom, so let's be extraordinarily generous and provide 10,000sf for the ballroom support functions, and another 10,000sf for pre-function. Extraordinarily generous. That's STILL only 40,000sf, not even half of the supposed building.

3. There are no drawings for the building. The renderings are poorly coordinated - exterior views do not match the interior views. See below - the White House is 70 feet tall, to the roof. The interior renderings show a room that is roughly 100' x 200', with a ~20 foot ceiling. The exterior renderings show a building footprint of 4.5x that amount.

Those are renderings that could be produced by young staff in a week or two, at most. Nothing else exists.

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 1d

I'm actually relieved. We don't know who they are planning on using those drones on. Best that they malfunction.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

This guy’s company will now be manufacturing the motors for our military drones. What could go wrong?

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 2d

She sold her soul for designer clothes.

Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 2d

To think that she started out as a member of the Green Party

Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik.bsky.social · 2d

Former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema lobbies for data center developer at Chandler AZ Plan Commission. Says she's working "hand in glove" w Trump Admin & warns city to embrace DCs or face federal intervention. City Council vote on Sinema's DC scheduled for Nov. 13.

By The Way @bythewaymt.bsky.social · 2d

Did Argentina get their President from central casting like we did? He sure looks like it.

Ethan @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 2d

Trump unscrupulous accusing cattle breeder and farmers of not understanding the benefits of his tariffs. A slap in the face to those who feed the nation. Pure contempt and glaring proof of a deranged man, disconnected from the reality of his own citizens and their hard work.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1