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Representative Peter Strand

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Parent. Teacher. Public servant. Representing the people of House District 63 in the Montana State Legislature after decades of serving in the public schools. https://linktr.ee/strandformontana

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Highlight of the week: Helping to put down SB 525 (chaplains in schools). This bill would have allowed MT schools to spend tax dollars on hiring anyone over 21, with no training, experience, or certification, to inject whatever religious views they hold personally…into our classrooms.

10.04.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m happy to report that following lots of hard work, HB320(school privatization/voucher bill) is officially dead on 3rd reading.

19.02.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a legislator, I assure you that public testimony is powerful. When you show up with your thoughts, and when you get others to do the same, legislators take note.

26.01.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2025 Session

Medicaid renewal hot in the House this week. HB 230 & HB 245 work to maintain this critical program. Both were celebrated with voluminous public testimony in Committee. Now they come to the Floor. Consider speaking up in support. Links to help you are here: www.repstrand.com/2025-session

26.01.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ed Stafman & Alanah Griffith: Republicans poised to butcher judiciary's independence β€œLet’s kill all the lawyers.”

β€œLet’s kill all the lawyers.”https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/ed-stafman-alanah-griffith-republicans-poised-to-butcher-judiciarys-independence/article_be9d12fa-c7dd-11ef-9944-87f224629df4.html

03.01.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Americans, please wake up. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

03.12.2023 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Embrace the play, the adventure: If you do, you’ll find that many culinary ambitions turn out to be no big deal.

20.11.2023 06:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I saw suicides mopped up with kitty litter, racist paranoiaβ€”and 3 rampage shooters I saw suicides mopped up with kitty litter, racist paranoiaβ€”and three rampage shooters.

Confessions of a Gun Range Worker

15.11.2023 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

imagine being a former baby and thinking people don’t deserve healthcare

19.10.2023 19:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please read this warning. Become familiar with the threats and the language. This is a flashing warning sign for our democracy. The alarm is being raised not just by me but from many historians and civil rights leaders who understand the danger we are in. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

13.11.2023 16:33 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
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I Was Obama’s 2012 Campaign Manager. There’s No Need to Panic Over Biden. Don’t sweat the doom and gloom polling. We’ve been here before.

On the other hand, stress over worst outcomes sure does motivate.

13.11.2023 17:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the sort of talk that tends to preface mass killing.

12.11.2023 01:45 πŸ‘ 1403 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 18

This is crazy.

12.11.2023 03:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For detail on the impact of US policy on Nazi policies, read James Q. Whitman’s Hitler’s American Model.

12.11.2023 03:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | A Trump-Biden Rematch Is the Election We Need How else are we going to resolve the questions that hang over our democracy?

Interesting perspective here…

www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/o...

11.11.2023 21:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter Thiel Is Taking a Break From Democracy It’s one of his many, many disappointments.

The animating purpose of representative democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of insane rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. Everything else is wainscoting.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

10.11.2023 21:19 πŸ‘ 310 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2