Uncommon Ground

Uncommon Ground

These Times

The last couple years have been very difficult for farmers

By Mike Jopek
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Old-Fashioned Handshake

The last six years of Republican control in Montana have proven outrageously expensive for the working stiff and retiree

By Mike Jopek
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Dog Days of Politics

Why Montana candidates need more honey and less vinegar this election season

By Mike Jopek
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State Power

The job of state government is to secure your rights and make you feel safe at home

By Mike Jopek
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Just a Bit Easier

Dark money, broken promises, and what workers actually want

By Mike Jopek
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Three Lifetimes

The courage of the younger generation is awe inspiring

By Mike Jopek
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Power Guzzling Data

Montanans are understandably skeptical about the massive data centers corporations want to expedite

By Mike Jopek
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Shadow Party

Nobody knows what values the big money pumping millions into Montana promotes

By Mike Jopek
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Preying on Us

Montana’s governor proclaimed a day to pray for rain

By Mike Jopek
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Montana Yes-Men

They’re spending our taxpayer dollars creating a Roaring Twenties for just them, filled with ballrooms, gold statues and nonstop champagne

By Mike Jopek
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Dark Money Circus

Only Montana citizens can remind the paid consultants and secret billionaires that this is our home

By Mike Jopek
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Blocking Local Control

The real pain of progress is watching Helena rip away our constitutional right to self-govern our own town

By Mike Jopek
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Winning Focus

Republicans who run everything statewide only cater to the political donor class

By Mike Jopek
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Dark vs. Dark

Party bosses seem intent on purging rural Republicans from their own party, replaced by loyalist who pass the ideological purity test

By Mike Jopek