Darrell Ehrlick

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

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

Done and done.

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

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.

Brah...
Very true

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.

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

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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...

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

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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.

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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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.

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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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.

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

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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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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

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 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...

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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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.

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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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...

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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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?

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.

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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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.

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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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.

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

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Ducking questions raises another question: Would the answers matter? • Daily Montanan Columnist Darrell Ehrlick wonders why people should bother with questions when the answers they receive from Montana politicians face no accountability.

In my latest column, I note that our newly-minted Senator-elect continues his unbroken streak of not answering questions. But, I wonder: Would the answers matter?
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Climate change will cost Montana agriculture more than 9,000 job losses, $181M, report says • Daily Montanan A new report says that climate change in Montana will cost jobs and more than $181 million unless practices change.

I am giving this new platform a try. Here's a story we just posted at the Daily Montanan. Climate change will hurt Montana's agriculture.

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