Kelly Kortum
@KellyKortum
Person. #mtleg Representive MT HD64. #mtpol #bozeman #netneutrality
I am once again honored to represent you, my fellow Montanans, in your state government, and am thankful for your ongoing support, thoughts, and neighborliness. Kelly Kortum
🚧 After just 8 working days, S 19th Ave construction is complete! All lanes, intersections & driveways are open. Crews paved 6.5 miles to improve road conditions. Final striping coming soon with minimal traffic impacts. Thanks for your patience! 👷♀️🛣
Oligarchy is not an abstract concept. The greed of the billionaire class and the control they exert over our political and economic lives are plain for everyone to see.
As Bernie Sanders campaigns against “oligarchy,” the data shows half of wealth concentration in the U.S. over the past dozen or so years has benefited just 19 families. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
similar things happening here in Utah.
A few months ago I noticed something unusual: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is increasingly outsourcing big cases to private lawyers — even though his office has 700+ attorneys in-house, with several specialized divisions. So we dug in...
The state of the free press has gotten very bad very quickly and we’re only six months into this presidency. mediamatters.org/mollie-hemingw…
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
BREAKING: The FCC approves $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger.
Is it notable that the House Speaker and House Majority Leader attempted to write a law that would allow him to keep his AG job if his law license was suspended? #mtpol #mtleg projects.montanafreepress.org/capitol-tracke…
Knudsen misconduct case: Commission on Practice decision is in, recommends the Supreme Court suspend the Montana Attorney General from practicing law for 90 days #mtnews #mtpol
The governor removed the ACLU from the Montana Criminal Justice Council and added a group that is designated a Hate Group by the SPLC. splcenter.org/resources/extr… #mtpol #mtleg
Gianforte removes ACLU from MT criminal justice council, gives spot to conservative org helenair.com/news/state-reg… #mtleg #mtpol
"However, if Team Gentrification wants a primary fight, our response will be forceful and unrelenting. We will teach them and all of their incumbents a painful lesson on June 23, 2026." @RepJeffries do you stand by these statements by your staff? If so please resign.
Shortsighted. "Montana is the fourth-largest state by area in the country and huge swaths of it are rural, meaning the public media stations need repeaters to reach these communities buried in valleys who have historically relied on them to receive news and information." #mtpol
“It will devastate us,” said the studio manager for the public radio station that serves the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. 70% of their annual budget is federal $. Story on that station and bigger ones like MT PBS, @YPRadioNews and @mtpublicradio here: helenair.com/news/state-reg…
Montana Public Radio reacted to the passage of The Rescissions Act of 2025 in a Facebook post Friday morning. bit.ly/4m5MuII
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so. nyti.ms/4500xIU
During Trump's first term, this senator spent a 4th of July in RUSSIA.
With @POTUS this evening to celebrate the One Big Beautiful Bill! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
With democracy under attack by oligarchs and authoritarians, voting with our wallets is an increasingly powerful tool. #boycott
Cancelled my @paramountplus subscription. The @StephenAtHome show cancellation disgusts me. We have to act with our wallets anymore
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.