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According to publicly available grant data from USAID, the leftwing Montana Human Rights Network—rebranded Catalyst Montana—received 71% of its funding through taxpayer grants.

WRITTEN BY
Roy McKenzie
This story originally published in Western Montana News, www.westernmt.news
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In May 2023, Western Montana News contributor Casey Whalen reported on allegations that the Montana Human Rights Network—now operating as Catalyst Montana—attempted to “hijack and silence” conservative media outlets. Fresh scrutiny of the leftwing organization emerged last week on the heels of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency audit of payouts made by USAID. Publicly available USAID grant data revealed that Catalyst Montana derived roughly 71% of its revenue (about $735,117) from federal taxpayer funds, in addition to receiving $30,000 from the Transgender Law Center, $38,000 from the Tides Foundation, and $60,000 from the Windward Fund.

Catalyst Montana Funding Prompts Calls for State Inquiry

Republican Sen. Wendy McKamey Votes Against Her Party’s Values

Cascade County, It No JOKE – Wendy is WOKE!

Sen. Wendy McKamey cast a vote against SB 128, a bill designed to prevent county governments from stripping elected clerks and recorders of their election duties during their term. When voters choose an official, they do so with a clear understanding of the responsibilities tied to that role. Allowing another elected official to diminish those duties undermines the trust and intent of the voters.

Sen. McKamey’s vote against SB 128 is comparable to electing a U.S. President and then stripping them of most of their powers and responsibilities. This would effectively transform the role from a position of leadership and authority to one of symbolic presence, undermining the mandate given by the voters.

Sen. McKamey stood out as the sole Republican to side with all Democrats in voting against SB 128—a decision with significant implications for Cascade County, where voters had chosen Sandra Merchant as Clerk, Recorder, and Election Administrator. Adding to the intrigue, McKamey also contributed to the campaign of Rena Moore Fontana, the Democratic candidate for Cascade Clerk and Recorder running against Sandra Merchant the Republican candidate. Sen. McKamey’s decision to vote against SB 128 enabled Cascade County Commissioners Joe Briggs and Jim Larsen to remove election administrator duties from the Clerk and Recorder. This effectively overturned the choice of Cascade County voters who had elected Sandra Merchant to oversee elections.

Check McKamey’s voting record-it’s atrocious!

1. Voted for child mutilation promoting transgender agenda
2. Voted for abortion with no limitations
3. Voted to allow a male to use the female bathroom during this session.

Wendy is also one of the 9 Senators that were “Rebuked” by the MTGOP on February 24, 2025 for voting with the Democrats and giving them a de facto 27-23 majority in the Senate. The Montana Freedom Caucus calls them the RINO 9 and here are Cascade County’s two that must GO: Check McKamey’s voting record-it’s atrocious!

Cascade County, it is No JOKE – Wendy is WOKE!

Cascade County, It No JOKE – Wendy is WOKE!

WRITTEN BY
Glenn T. Stanton
The Federalist
PDF – Anyone Who Calls A Man A Woman Immediately Erases His Own Credibility

We are in a civilizational moment where we must all resolve to reject, without apology or explanation, this deception in every form. ABC, NBC, Fox and CNN have all reported on a man’s arrest for vandalizing cyber trucks at a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado. Rather than being honest and calling a man a man, their stories are filled with references to a woman.

It is crystal clear to any reader that no woman was involved in the incident. Yet even Fox News gave the headline “Woman arrested after explosives discovered at Tesla dealership.” Their report features this official mugshot of a person who is clearly a man, and used female pronouns for him, although it also noted he goes by the name Justin Thomas Nelson in addition to a female name. ABC’s brief story referred to this man three times as a woman. At least USA Today referred to Nelson as a “person,” even though it used grammatically incorrect “they” pronouns.

It is long overdue to declare that no reasonable journalist should ever trade in such deceptions. No credible news source should publish and distribute them. No discerning reader should tolerate them.
It is manufactured falsehood. Let us all demand to be done with it.

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A Brief Look at Your Cascade County Budget PDF

Your FY 2025 Cascade County budget contains approximately $109,146,002 million of expenditures across all funds. The total budgeted expenditures for the FY 2024 County budget was $101,976,145. This reflects a 7% increase in expenditures over the FY 2024 amended budget. The total budgeted revenue for the County in FY 2025 is $82,827,126. The total budgeted revenue in FY 2024 was set at $79,148,194. This reflects a 4.6% increase in revenue over the FY 2024 amended budget. The Commission balances the budget by using reserves from the previous year. The difference between the Revenue and Expenditures is made up by Reserves.

In November, 2022, the County Budget Officer/Grants Coordinator retired after giving official notice in May of the same year. Beginning November, 2022, Cascade County Commissioner Briggs assumed management and execution of the County budget. Departmental budget-building meetings in 2023 were not recorded and quarterly budget updates were not provided to the Board of Commissioners and the taxpayer, according to notices posted on the County website. In the early part of 2024, departmental budget building meetings were again lawfully noticed and recorded.

In June of 2024, a Chief Finance Officer (CFO) was hired, and the CFO assumed the budgeting responsibilities. Budget-building meetings are now held between the CFO and the department heads. There continues to be no quarterly budget updates provided to the Board of Commissioners or the taxpayer, according to notices posted on the County website.

The FY 2026 County budget-building process has already begun. Internally, the budget was “opened” in January. Now is the time the Public should be actively updated and participating in the building of your upcoming fiscal budget, prior to the Interim Operating Budget for FY 2026 being adopted by July 1, 2025. The final budget for FY 2026 will “close” for adoption by the Commission, tentatively, on September 4, 2025. Phone your Cascade County Commissioners office at 406-454-6810, or email them at commission@cascadecountymt.gov, for scheduling information on your County budgeting meetings.

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