Dennis M Taylor
@dmt4mt.bsky.social
5.4K followers 720 following 9.3K posts
Montana guy concerned about politics, history, social justice, and civil liberties. (he/him)
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
donmoyn.bsky.social
You can't put a price on this kind of friendship.
www.cnbc.com/2024/09/03/t...
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
annie1x.bsky.social
#Pinks #ProudBlue
This is old. I just can’t help going back to when he sided with Russian Intel over our own and how it wasn’t a deal breaker. He’s never been on America’s side. NEVER.
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit
The US president contradicts intelligence agencies over claims of interference in the US election.
www.bbc.com
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
johndroutsas.bsky.social
Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House called No Kings protests “hate America rallies”. Nothing could be further from the truth. These are true patriots exercising 1st Amendment rights to say we do not want dictatorship by Trump. We don’t want unneeded military troops in our cities. We want democracy.
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
thetnholler.bsky.social
FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔

Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
desertrat77.bsky.social
PBS NewsHour tonight had a good bit on Leonard Peltier. Find the streaming of it.
#maddow
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
propublica.org
Along with fast-tracking FEMA funds for the Naples pier, Noem flew to the Florida city on a government plane to tour the site, then stayed for the weekend and had dinner with the donor, according to emails and an interview with the Naples mayor.

(Published September)
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
www.propublica.org
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
newyorker.com
For those of who have already entered the strange and wonderful zone of László Krasznahorkai’s fiction, the news that he won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature comes as no great surprise. “It seems something straightforwardly just,” James Wood writes.
László Krasznahorkai and Contemporary Europe’s Perilous Reality
The swirling sentences of the new Nobel laureate’s fiction overlay small-town politics with an uneasy sense of impending apocalypse.
www.newyorker.com
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
noramabie.bsky.social
NEW: After years of legislative debate, today marks the first time the state of Montana - home to 12 tribes and 7 reservations - has officially observed Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.
For the first time, Montana officially celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
After years of legislative debate, Oct. 13 marks the first time the state has officially observed the day as a legal holiday.
montanafreepress.org
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
floralashes.bsky.social
SCOTUS: “It’s unconstitutional for legislatures to pass laws against racial discrimination, but it’s totally constitutional for the executive branch to openly violate the 14th amendment.”
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
rosesbloom24.bsky.social
Soon after John Roberts and Sam Alito were installed on the court two decades ago, they helped deliver the apotheosis: 2010’s Citizens United opinion manufacturing the legal fiction that spending by

1/2

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
pbsnews.org
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen. https://to.pbs.org/3KVlkXz
WATCH: Johnson responds to critics on why he won't call House back for shutdown negotiations
Johnson says he “won't negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen the government.
www.pbs.org
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
theathletic.com
NEWS: Lions safety Brian Branch has been suspended for one game by the NFL after instigating a scuffle with the Chiefs on Sunday night, the league announced.
Reposted by Dennis M Taylor
newscurrentnow.com
🚨BREAKING: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN, and The Atlantic in flat-out rejecting the Pentagon’s new press restrictions—calling them a direct threat to the First Amendment.

When the press has to fight the military for free speech, you know democracy’s on the line.