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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · 25d

Folks -- and I cannot stress this enough -- punctuation matters.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Jul 28

Crunchy peanut butter is to peanut butter what Chardonnay is to wine.

Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Feb 25

Done and done.

Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Feb 25

OK, I was watching some comments from the White House and the man with the golden toilet is talking about common sense. 🤨

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Feb 24

If the Trump administration really wanted to do something good, it would go after the folks who make Almond Joy. There is nothing joyful about ruining almonds.

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nacholib.bsky.social @nacholib.bsky.social · Feb 12

Brah...
Very true

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Feb 12

In my latest column, I can quite figure out why Montana Senate Democrats would protect a former antagonist.

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Ellsworth turns from former persecutor to latest Democratic martyr • Daily Montanan

Columnist Darrell Ehrlick wonders why former Senate President Jason Ellsworth is being defended by Senate Democrats.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Feb 6

Folks, this story by my colleague @keilaszpaller.bsky.social is just heartbreaking, but it needs to be read.

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'Queer drain' being documented in Montana as legislature advances contentious bills • Daily Montanan

Charley Macorn loves Montana, their home for 38 years, but Macorn also fears Montana isn’t capable of loving her back. “I love Montana with so much of my heart,” said Macorn, who goes by they/she pron...

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Feb 6

In my latest column, I write that I have no problem with the presence of the 10 Commandments, I just don't think teachers should have to teach the subject matter.

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What's Moses have to do with chemistry, anyway? • Daily Montanan

Columnist Darrell Ehrlick says that if Montana leaders want to teach more about religion, then plastering the walls with the Ten Commandments isn't the way to do it.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Jan 27

In my latest column, I said that using any part of Yellowstone County to round up immigrants is not acceptable, and our history should prove it.

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Not in our town, not in our community, not here • Daily Montanan

Columnist Darrell Ehrlick asks Yellowstone County Commissioners to stop plans of using the MetraPark as a holding pen for immigrants.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Jan 9

In my latest column, I suggest there's a two-tiered justice system: One for most of us, then the one for the super rich.

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Justice's fork-in-the-road: Laws for the super rich and the rest of us • Daily Montanan

Columnist Darrell Ehrlick says that the problem with the justice system, both in Montana and in the U.S., isn't in applying the laws, it's in applying the consequences.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Jan 9

Um...I don't mean to throw shade here, but I am not sure how these two things are connected ...

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Jan 7

In my latest column, I suggest the problem with the Montana Legislature is that they can't get around the Constitution. Power, literally, to the people.

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They can change the courts, but they can't change the Constitution • Daily Montanan

Columnist Darrell Ehrlick says that much of the anger by the Montana Legislature is misplaced because they keep on trying to legislate round the Montana Constitution.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 26

In my latest column, I wonder why the government wants less intrusion for big business in Montana, but more intrusion into your personal life.

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Montana residents can't afford less energy oversight • Daily Montanan

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte wants to get out of big business' way and NorthWestern tries to claim that less oversight means lower prices. Columnist Darrell Ehrlick isn't buying any of it.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 19

My colleague, @keilaszpaller.bsky.social is covering this story of Amazon workers striking in Missoula, with less than a week before Christmas.

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Union workers in Missoula to join national Teamsters strike against Amazon • Daily Montanan

Union workers in Missoula join national Teamsters strike against Amazon at warehouse to call for higher wages and better benefits.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 19

In my latest column, I wonder how Flathead County Commissioners know that some state is OK to accept, and other dollars are socialist.

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The houses that freedom is building in the Flathead • Daily Montanan

Columnist Darrell Ehrlick writes that the overheated concerns about state welfare and socialism are actually harming Flathead County workers.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 18

Lots of new, interesting information and reaction from the Held case, updated by @mddrew.bsky.social and @blairmiller.bsky.social

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Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in Held, historic youth climate case • Daily Montanan

Limit on analysis of greenhouse gas emissions unconstitutional, court says in 6-1 opinion

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 18

Another first for Montana: The state's Supreme Court upholds a victory for youth who fought for a 'clean, healthful environment.'

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Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in Held, historic youth climate case • Daily Montanan

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial , affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional...

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Erik Olson @erikolson-mt.bsky.social · Dec 10

This is a fascinating development in a case that scared a bunch of people in Billings in the fall of 2023. Good reporting from our partners @dailymontanan.bsky.social and @darrellehrlick.bsky.social .
A little background thread to help everyone catch up:
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Second Amendment groups say armed man across from grade school should be exonerated

A coalition of gun-rights groups is arguing that a federal appeals court should overturn a conviction of a Billings man who appeared to be menacing an elementary school with a gun in hand.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 13

Some stories just make you sit back and say: Wow.
This story by my colleague Micah Drew is one of those.

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Flathead County hesitates to greenlight $9 million in homebuyer assistance funding • Daily Montanan

The 2023 legislature allocated $56 million for counties to provide homebuyer assistance. A majority of counties, which are not responsible for providing any funding for the program, have signed resolu...

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 10

Just doing some math (always dangerous for a journalist) and to get ready to deport 13M people, the U.S. government says it will need to upgrade detention facilities at a cost of $88B. Even assuming those are accurate, that means the US spending more than $6,600 per immigrant. Does that make sense?

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Dec 3

In my latest column, I write that Joe Biden's pardon of his son is indefensible and only continues to undermine the courts.

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Et tu, Joe? • Daily Montanan

Columnist Darrell Ehrlick says two wrongs don't make anything right and Joe Biden is pardoning Hunter, his son, for all the wrong reasons.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Nov 29

In the first of a three-part series, the Daily Montanan takes a deeper look at Montana's affordable housing crisis. The first part considers what is already working.

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Housing help is already here • Daily Montanan

While some cities are fretting about what to do with affordable housing, Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis said there are already tools available.

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Darrell Ehrlick @darrellehrlick.bsky.social · Nov 29

They call it "community-based" care, but the model that many Montana politicians talk about really doesn't exist here.

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The community-based model of care that doesn't exist in any Montana community • Daily Montanan

As lawmakers continue to talk about community-based mental health programs and programs to support addiction, columnist Darrell Ehrlick says they don't exist because Montana has cash starved them.

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