Month: March 2024

by Travis Mateer

It’s no one’s job to guard the rivers in Montana from the “accidents” that can occur. When someone dies, like Joey Thompson did last year, the only thing to be done is determine the cause and manner of death, which was supposedly done in the Thompson case. So why am I reminding these LifeGuards about the Thompson case?

Maybe because I’ve NEVER been satisfied with the narrative that Joey ended up in the river by “accident” after he went missing on April 11th, 2023. So, what do I know about this case that I have NOT written about yet? You’re about to find out.

Before we get to that, let’s take a look at the LifeGuard Group’s response to the Missoulian article that sparked my I TOLD YOU SO tour. Since I’m blocked by the LifeGuard Group on social media, it took me a bit to get the response. Here it is:

Let me repeat that last part so you’ll fully appreciate what comes next: “Despite the seriousness of these accusations, we have NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION from law enforcement agencies regarding them.“

Since Lowell Hochhalter is a many-hat-wearing kind of guy, it needs to be pointed out that not only is Lowell INSIDE the Sheriff’s Office, as the Chaplain, but he has ALSO publicly joked about BEING law enforcement, as my transcription of his comment on NBC Montana clearly indicates:

“We work right alongside law enforcement, we’re not the cops, and we don’t pretend to be th–well, sometimes we pretend to be the cops, but we know our limitations…”

Does Lowell REALLY understand limitations, like the limitation of CONFIDENTIAL criminal justice information? No, I don’t think he does, and that’s where his alleged conversation with a member of Joey Thompson’s family comes into play–something I was told about last year by this family member.

What was I told? Well, according to the family member, Lowell told them he thought a woman’s kid was involved in Joey’s death, and that the kid’s mom helped him cover up what happened. Since I’ve heard MORE stories about how this woman may have taken advantage of her position working with vulnerable people at the Transitional Safe Outdoor Space, I’m going to name her AND her kid, who I believe is technically an adult now.

Here’s my question for these two people who I would consider suspects if I were officially investigating this case: was April Seat or her son, Dylan, ever questioned by law enforcement about what happened on the night of April 11th, 2023, at the party with the bonfire down Deep Creek? Because I think they should be.

I already named another person of interest last June who allegedly was at the party on April 11th with Dylan, Joey and other youngsters drinking around a bonfire. That young man’s name is Kasen Konop, and I heard he fled to Superior after Joey went missing last year. I’ve also heard he sells teens illegal guns.

Why would the Sheriff’s Office be so reluctant to actually INVESTIGATE this case? Is it because there’s a nexus of corruption that exists between some local churches and our local badges? I think that is DEFINITELY a factor in this case, and one church I’m interested in is River of Life. Why? Because that’s the church where Jason Johnson goes, and Jason is friends with Dylan on Facebook AND a former undersheriff when T.J. McDermott was tarnishing the badge. Isn’t that interesting?

Jason must be a busy guy because he works at the Montana Department of Justice AND is on the staff at River of Life. Here’s the bio from RoL’s website:

Since Jason works at the Department of Justice, I wonder if he knows Andy Yedinak? Why am I asking this question? Well, Andy was quoted in the article about Lowell’s “non-profit”, and I just happen to know that Andy has MUCH MORE information than what made it into this Missoulian article. From the link (emphasis mine):

In an August 2023 email, Montana Department of Justice Agent Andrew Yedinak informed colleagues that he had “received a concerning call” from an organization in Missoula. Yedinak detailed a “traumatic experience” that allegedly unfolded after a survivor and her daughter arrived at the organization’s safe house, known as the LifeHouse at Crooked Tree Ranch.

The survivor contacted the LifeGuard Group, met them at the Missoula airport and was taken to the LifeHouse, according to the email.

“Once at their ranch, the S (survivor) claims that she was told that they (the Lifeguard Group) needed to conduct a strip search of her and her daughter as well as a cavity search of their pelvic regions which would be conducted by Tami Hochhalter,” Yedinak wrote. “The S advised she resisted from these requests and eventually was able to get her daughter and leave the property.”

What does Andy know that he’s not telling the Missoulian? Maybe someone should ask Gwen Jones or Susan Hay Patrick, because I’m pretty sure they both know what Andy knows, and they knew it last year, and as far as I can tell, they didn’t do shit about it.

A week ago I was cautiously optimistic that the Missoulian article would mean a wider understanding locally that what I’ve been raising the alarm about is real and dire and must be dealt with NOW, not tomorrow or sometime after stupid votes for compromised politicians are cast. Well, after texting Michael Burks, who for someone reason still responds to me, I’m MUCH LESS optimistic.

Who is Michael Burks? He’s a do-gooder Christian man who ran for political office after a former Missoula County Sheriff Deputy made a short documentary about his “Angel Flights”. Does Burks know what I’ve written about him? Because if he had, I seriously doubt I’d be getting text responses from this dude. Here are the relevant posts:

HD 97 Candidate Michael Burks And The Missoula Media (November 14th, 2021)

Oblivious Candidate Michael Burks And The Monumental Failure Of Public Protectors And Non-Profit Helpers (May 29th, 2022)

BREAKING: A Unique Perspective From A Private Business Man Who Sought Political Office (October 5th, 2022)

A Christian Piñata By The Name Of Michael Burks And His Connection To The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office (October 12th, 2022)

Considering all this context, I didn’t expect a response when I texted Michael, but the response I got helped me understand how short a reach the Missoulian now has after years of hollowing out its reporting capacity and trying to adapt to the technological shifts in information dissemination.

Isn’t this fascinating? Also, a little depressing, because it appears these information silos we choose to exist in have become hermetically sealed from news that challenges our assumptions, assumptions like our lawmen aren’t a bunch of law-cucks.

Someone asked me recently if I have concern for my safety, considering how clearly I’ve identified my shit-talking echo-location strategy, and my response is this: I don’t have any. In fact, my recent steps to expose these fuckers is an overt dare to them to try and stop me from sharing what I know, because my voice isn’t limited by my ability to breathe, that’s the benefit of being a kick-ass poet with a collection of poems that would become VERY well-known if something tragic happened to me.

If I thought this was my only life and nothing existed beyond our mortal expiration date, maybe I’d allow fear to turn me into the kind of cowards I see everywhere around me, cowards who KNOW it’s getting undeniably fucked out there, but they still go about their little routines like ANY of this is actually sustainable.

Well, it is not, and I’ll keep pointing out the local examples of shit ever-more-rapidly hitting the fan as spring makes us all a little nuts, a seasonal phenomenon I’ve been trying to understand for awhile, as this 2011 post (written as “lizard”) from 4&20 Blackbirds shows.

If you’d like to help my 2024 reporting, Travis’ Impact Fund‘ (TIF) hasn’t seen a donation in over two weeks, so what are you waiting for?

Thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

Back when I was promoting my documentary about Tax Increment Financing, someone with money considered supporting my work, but chose not to. I ran into him a few weeks ago at a coffee shop, then we spoke on the phone. After asking me if I was “coachable” (I am), he offered me some perspective: my “passion” was commendable, but my approach to breaking local narrative control on the issue of Tax Increment Financing came off as potentially “reckless”. Is he correct?

My potential financial supporter should have seen me out Friday night using my new TRASH ALCHEMIST persona to get attention for my urban camp trash removal event on April 8th, when I plan on removing trash and reading poems from my upcoming collection, My Road Is A Broken Heart At War. What a night! I handed out plenty of business cards, had some interesting conversations, and met a few community members who just might help me break cases that have gotten national attention here in Zoom Town.

Did I make any money on Friday night? No, because unlike the MMIP panhandlers at the Butterfly House on Saturday, my main focus wasn’t asking for money, it was simply trying to become LESS invisible in a community with influencers who fear the traction I might get if the broader public in this town realizes how much I know, and how long I’ve been trying to warn this town about what’s coming if things don’t change.

Did I make an appearance at the Butterfly House? You bet I did, and I put on my finest leather and silver to make a good impression, but I didn’t last five minutes before triggering a woman so badly, I had to leave before the cops were called. I’m pretty sure the person who DEFENDED Lowell Hochhalter and his role in the Jermain Charlo case was the woman pictured below with Detective Guy Baker:

Since my Butterfly House outreach was a bust, I decided to invoke the Trash Alchemist for some Saturday afternoon promotional work. Is my attention-getting strategy perhaps working TOO GOOD? That’s what I was asking myself after a friend told me my brief use of the megaphone outside the Missoula County Courthouse resulted in a call for contact on the police scanner. Hilarious.

Is my amplified voice too triggering for our community? And, speaking of the word COMMUNITY, is that what the Zootown Arts COMMUNITY Center is promoting when they canceled a show on a local artist at the last minute because of weak ticket sales?

Yep, it was this act by the ZACC that inspired me to add the megaphone to my ensemble on Friday night. After a full weekend of market-testing, I can tell you this is a POWERFUL pairing, so I will do my best to use this power responsibly.

After hearing about the cancellation at the ZACC, and after using my megaphone to remind them what the word COMMUNITY actually means, I read this article about their fundraising efforts. Is everyone asking the beleaguered public for money right now?

Moving forward, they’re planning on more community outreach to see what programs people are interested in.

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“We’re packed to the gills, but we want to see more older adults and more community members across the board,” said Jen Ryan Hickes, their marketing and development director.

Should you give money to the ZACC? My humble opinion is FUCK NO! Why? Because, the ZACC is a part of the narrative control infrastructure in this corrupt town, which is why they kept me from attending this event in 2022. It appears that the ZACC is just another virtue-signaling organization that is inconvenienced by the fact our Sheriff’s Office can euthanize and execute black men under their woke noses.

If you are blessed with discretionary funds, who SHOULD you give money to? Obviously I’m going to answer with a big old ME because I believe that I have the right combination of ego and self-awareness to kick some serious ass and send narrative controllers fleeing, so consider plopping some digital dollars into Travis’ Impact Fund (TIF).

Before getting to Sam Tripoli complaining on his recent podcast about someone calling him a “gate-keeper”, I want to give readers an example of WHY it’s important to support a local, independent journalist like myself: who else is going to tell you about the rumors swirling that North Star Security is dirty and some of their staff are rumored to be dealing drugs out of a North Start vehicle?

From the link (emphasis mine):

Mark Fiorentino, CSKT tribal member and Resident Manager of North Star Security, has a vision to provide expert protection with security officers who go above and beyond their clients’ expectations. North Star Security offers armed and unarmed officers for special events, residential security, commercial security, and patrol services. Fiorentino and his employees are licensed by the State of Montana, which gives the community peace of mind. 

Sure, if I had any confidence in the STATE of Montana, I may give this claim some credence, but considering I’ve written articles about Montana being a failed state essentially welcoming traffickers to Big Sky Country, well, I’m going to call BULLSHIT on this company’s ability to give people living on the Rez “peace of mind”.

If Zoom Town wanted to get serious about making headway on difficult issues, like urban camping and human trafficking, they would empower ME to do my thing on a bigger scale. For example, here’s me connecting homeless camp cleanups to human trafficking in April of 2021 (emphasis mine):

I was involved with last Friday’s clean-up and, though the clean-up part was productive, I was VERY discouraged to see how bad this area has gotten again after so many personal hours spent tactfully working to remove tons and tons of trash over the years.

One item I found in the trash was a young Native woman’s ID. This validates my concern about how areas like these can function, especially in the warmer months when seasonal transient activity increases.

I spoke about these concern in a Zoom meeting earlier this week with the Missing Indigenous Woman’s Task Force. They were very receptive about my description of homeless encampments and motels being places touched by human trafficking and meth abuse. I wonder what they would think about citizens like myself and Kevin getting lectured to by homeless advocates about our good-faith efforts to address what they are enabling?

So, how might I be empowered to bring my amazing talents to difficult issues in order to find and implement creative solutions? How about putting ME in charge of a hundred million dollar foundation created by the sale of Community Medical Center? That’s right, it appears the Headwaters Foundation will be looking for a new director:

The Headwaters Foundation announced CEO Brenda Solorzano will be leaving the organization.

The foundation works with western Montanans to improve the health of communities.

The board intends to hire someone consistent with the values and approach of the company.

The approach of this “company” should be pretty simple, since the money was stipulated to benefit our local community, especially considering how TERRIBLE it’s become to work within our “health” industry. The “failed state” link above discusses the degradation of Community Medial Center AFTER the sellout. This is just one little facet of Montana’s bigger problem, which is corruption from top to bottom.

Right before I walked into the Butterfly House on Saturday, I got a call from the twenty-something punk who does the booking for Sam Tripoli, a guy by the name of Mark Steeves. I’ve been hearing that I’m not the only one he’s blacklisted, so I’ve renewed my claims that he’s a gate-keeper depriving his boss of quality content, and depriving me of the chance to promote my work to a MUCH larger audience.

Speaking as someone who ALSO has a fragile ego, thus requiring me to file butthurt reports on myself, I’m trying to have some sympathy for this little tall man who considers himself a synchromystic, but after hearing the Shroud of Turin discussed in Tripoli’s most recent episode, well, I’m going to have to file ANOTHER butthurt report, since the synchronicity work I’m doing has a direct connection to the Shroud.

It’s been discouraging, to say the least, to realize how a range of witting to unwitting content creators who comprise the “alt-media” landscape seem to be just another layer of narrative control, creators like William Ramsey, who I’ve also been calling out recently while defending my own narrative terrain from grifters and exploiters.

The silver lining to all this is the incredible poetry that’s come from my struggles, and one of the poems I plan on reading April 8th goes HARD R with the “N” word, so if you think I’m difficult to ignore now, JUST WAIT for how I use the ultimate TRIGGER word in a piece of art the SHOULD come with the Constitutional protection of free speech, so stay tuned.

And, as always, thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

Armageddon shouldn’t make me smile, but the shit I’ve been warning about for years continues to unfold in interesting ways, and in larger cities, like New York, so while I appreciate the more manageable scale of Missoula’s microcosm of urban camping and broken criminal justice, it just doesn’t get the attention of homeless/immigrant camps like this one:

From the link:

Democrats in New York City and their allies in leftist corporate media are keeping a massive migrant shelter hidden from the public, located at a previously operational airfield in southern Brooklyn. This comes as the metro area has been flooded with upwards of 175,000 illegals in just a few short years. 

According to a recent AFP News report, large white tents full of Central and South Americans, Africans, Chinese, and Russians are packed like cattle on one of the runways at Floyd Bennett Field. It’s hard to say how many migrants are in the tent city, but some figures put it at nearly 2,000.

Citizen journalists are the people breaking stories like this one, kind of like how I was the only one reporting yesterday about Ryan Tollefson’s arrest for cleaning up the riverbank on West Broadway. Now, in another exclusive, here’s a look at a spot along Grant Creek that may be the current location of the infamous Todd Spence. If this is his spot, I’m glad he’s got decent reading to help him pass the time.

https://vimeo.com/925957487?share=copy

Todd Spence represents the breakdown of the criminal justice system, which in New York entails suspects in a gruesome murder case getting out on bail. Apparently this anecdotal evidence of the criminal justice system in full collapse was too much for Ana Kasparian to take. From the link:

Earlier this month, three roomates were charged with hiding pieces of two dismembered bodies, which were hacked up with meat cleavers and then scattered around Long Island.

The suspects, Steven Brown, 44, Jeffrey Mackey, 38, and Amanda Wallace, 40, along with homeless woman Alexis Nieves, 33 – allegedly tried to conceal the corpses in what the NY Post called “a scheme so grisly that the drains, toilets, sinks and showers stopped working in the Amityville home where three of the accused had just moved weeks earlier,” Suffolk County prosecutors claimed.

How in the ever-living fuck were THESE suspects released from custody? Can “New York bail reform” really be blamed?

The suspects were then released with GPS ankle monitors.

“This is yet another absurd result thanks to ‘Bail Reform’ and a system where the Legislature in Albany substitutes their judgment for the judgment of our judges and the litigants in court,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, who slammed the state’s bail laws.

Meanwhile, suspect Amanda Wallace was arrested again for allegedly stealing beauty products from a CVS in Lindenhurst on Friday.

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The shocking lack of basic police work caused The Young Turks’ Ana Kasparian to flip out – who said “If being on the left means supporting this, then I’m not on the left.”

A shocking lack of basic police work, you say? You mean, like taking 16 months to NOT make an arrest in the ONE AND ONLY murder investigation your Sheriff’s Office had all year? Yeah.

Now, here’s a video of a great little rant I went on after inspecting this disgusting “urban camp”. I like how the thumbnail chosen for the video makes me look slightly horrified.

https://vimeo.com/925956001?share=copy

This spot is one I’ve cleaned up before, so I’m excited to continue moving forward with my alchemical trash plans, especially since that hotel I took a selfie in front of reminded me of this recent story (though it’s not the same hotel):

From the link:

On March 16, 2024, at approximately 2:35 AM, a Missoula Police Department officer responded to a report of a break-in at the TownePlace Suites. Dispatch reiterated to the officer that the 911 caller was TownePlace Suites employee, and a female could be heard in the background calling her a “dumb b***h.”  

Several officers arrived on scene and one could hear banging on a side door of the hotel. He observed a female standing outside of it and identified her as the female that broke the door. He said it appeared that the female was attempting to run back into the hotel. 

With all the excitement happening, including writing up a business plan to pitch to select businesses, I’m proud that I made time for Skiggy, the new editor of the Missoulian, who made time yesterday to meet the public. If you didn’t know that was happening, it’s because you didn’t read this (emphasis mine):

A few weeks ago, I wrote my first column in Montana. I’ve since scheduled 19 meetings and answered about four dozen emails and phone calls — from readers, elected officials, city and county organizations, advocacy groups and others. Let’s keep talking.

Might as well be over coffee, right? I’m going to be sitting by the fireplace at Panera Bread on Reserve Street in Missoula on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., then at City Brew on Harrison Avenue in Butte on Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. Stop by and chat. I’ll buy.

Did I show up to meet Skiggy? You bet I did, and I had one main question to ask him, which was this: do you know the name Sean Stevenson? The answer was no, so I took about 10 minutes to give our new editor the very short version of the case that started me on this odyssey over 4 years ago.

Local media did finally catch up to my reporting yesterday, reporting that Ryan Tollefson remains adamant that his cleanups should continue. From the link (emphasis mine):

Ryan Tollefson said police arrested him after he defended himself when a homeless person attacked him. The man accused Tollefson of taking away his possessions.

Tollefson said he broke the hockey sticks being used to attack him, and that’s when he was arrested.

“I tried to talk to him. I tried to reason with him, but he just wanted to fight,” Tollefson said. “In hindsight, I should’ve just left. I should’ve left, but this cause is so important to me.”

Tollefson was released later that day and said he plans to continue his crusade to tidy up the area.

I understand crusades, since I’m on one myself to expose the corruption here, but I avoid physical altercations, if possible. That’s why I walked away from Andy Smetanka on Wednesday. Besides, if I am going to get into a fight, I’d prefer a more worthy adversary than an aging hipster, especially considering how well-armed I am.

The amazing object pictured above is the crown jewel in my new marketing approach, and it’s been working splendidly all week long! Dressing up like an extra in a Mad Max movie while carrying a modified Missoulian mailbox screwed to the butt of an antique rifle is getting me LOTS of attention and starting LOTS of conversations, which then allows me to hand out my business cards. I think becoming the TRASH ALCHEMIST is going to be a hoot, and it’s going to make me VERY DIFFICULT to ignore.

If you see me jingling down the sidewalk with my marketing contraption and my megaphone, worry not! The Trash Alchemist is a benevolent character with actionable ideas on mitigating the symptoms of societal collapse, so know that there’s purpose to the spectacle, and the purpose is to monetize my unique skillset for the betterment of Zoom Town.

If you’re itching to support my work, you don’t have to wait for an in-person run-in with the Trash Alchemist, just click here to support Travis’ Impact Fund (TIF). It’s been nearly two weeks since my last donation, which just highlights how NOT sustainable a donation-based monetization model is for the work I’m trying to do.

A quick side-note: I’m not the only one worrying about money, last night the Zootown Arts Community Center (ZACC) cancelled a show for a local artist because they didn’t make enough money on the ticket sales, so I guess the idea of being a COMMUNITY center was just woke marketing. Don’t worry, the Trash Alchemist took to the streets last night with a megaphone to remind the ZACC what the word COMMUNITY means, and I even got a few pedestrians curious enough to record my performance. I think spring this year is going to be a VERY PRODUCTIVE season for me, so stay tuned.

And, as always, thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

I was all ready to meet the man responsible for starting a trash movement, but the meeting wasn’t able to happen because of an alleged assault. What happened? Based on texts I received later in the day from Mr. Tollefson, this is what he claims occurred:

A man allegedly pushed Ryan three times, resulting in Ryan calling 911, but according to Ryan nothing was done to address the issue, so he continued working to remove trash from near the river bank. The man who pushed Ryan got increasingly agitated, then chucked two hockey sticks at him, so Ryan broke the hockey sticks in half and added them to the trash pile, which is when the man began “wailing” on Ryan. When the police responded to a passerby who called 911, they allegedly accused RYAN of stealing the man’s personal belongings.

Here’s the official booking for Ryan Tollefson’s disorderly conduct charge:

When I got to thinking about Missoula’s Crisis Intervention Team and the Mobile Crisis Support Team–both programs we are told will lose funding from ARPA drying up–I started to wonder, why aren’t either of these programs able to help address the conflict arising between campers and this citizen who got fed up with what he was seeing along the river? Because today I counted AT LEAST city police cruisers on scene to address this as a criminal matter.

If I was still coordinating the Homeless Outreach Program–a program I grew from its infancy in 2010 to a well-respected part of the service delivery system when I left in 2016–this incident with Ryan Tollefson would NEVER have happened.

Instead of just waiting around for someone else to get off their ass and do something PROACTIVE regarding this escalating situation, I was busy yesterday deploying my deescalation skills, including having conversations with people still camping along West Broadway.

These direct conversations with “urban campers” (before that was even a term) was a critical component in the work I was doing at the shelter, and it’s work I’m doing AGAIN, without any guarantee of a paycheck, because no one else has the unique abilities combined with the inclination to act that I have apparently been blessed (or cursed) with.

Or maybe I should just take a chill pill, sit back, and watch what unfolds as police use their hilarious show-of-force to protect campers throwing pills, clothes, and rotting food into the river.

Another part of this story I forgot to mention in my last post is what Ryan Tollefson told the Facebook Group audience about his appearance in court. According to Ryan, the judge suggested he CONTINUE going out and picking up trash. I wonder what the cops think about that? Because I already know they have a VERY LOW opinion of some judges, especially the ones who preside over Municipal Court.

The short-term satisfaction of telling everyone I TOLD YOU SO has waned considerably, so if I can devise a more consistent way to fund my unique skillset plus box-truck capacity, I’m going to do it.

While I worked on laying the groundwork for a successful cleanup next month, local media reported on another big hit to local employment after the announcement of the Pyramid lumber mill closure last week. If workers can’t afford housing because they don’t have jobs, they should know that there’s plenty of river-front dirt patches to pitch a tent and start a life of drug-abusing victimhood on.

How did our train-loving County Commissioner react to this private sector closing of Pyramid before Roseburg closed? His idea was to talk to other politicians about it

Missoula County Commissioner Dave Strohmaier said on Friday that they’ve been in talks with Pyramid Mountain Lumber’s leadership team and have also reached out to Montana’s Congressional leadership and the Governor’s Office as Thursday’s news broke.

Isn’t this funny? Dave Strohmaier, a Democrat, thinks Republicans like Zinke, Rosendale and Gianforte are going to do something about this. Why would they? This year’s contentious political cycle ensures no cross-party cooperation for a greater good is going to happen, so Dave’s suggestion is pure window-dressing covering the fact there’s NOTHING he can do.

In the latest Missoulian story, the Pyramid closure is being blamed primarily on housing problem, and the housing problem is being blamed on the lack of a sewer system, something the politicians have been trying to get money to fund for over a decade, like this article from 2013:

A private foundation based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming has donated $500,000 to assist with funding for a Seeley Lake sewer system.

Missoula County Commissioner Jean Curtiss said on Thursday, November 21 that the sewer board in Seeley Lake received the grant for the first phase of the system after spending several years planning.

“The septic systems in the area all seemed to run toward the lake,” Curtis said. “To protect the lake, they formed the sewer board that’s been working for years to design and build a sewer system.

Six years later, Jean Curtiss was hired by the board to be the manager. Is this the same Jean Curtiss that presided over the sale of the historic hospital at Fort Missoula? Yes, it is.

The issue of housing affordability has dire implications for many non-wealthy people in this valley, including me, since I’m planning on joining the homeless community after my residential lease is up at the end of May. Fuck paying rent in this retarded town, I’m going to live in my box truck and continue exposing the cognitive impairments of our cognitively challenged leaders and influencers until I get a book deal or become less famous so I can sue propagandists, like Martin Kidston.

Once I become homeless, will I be protected from vigilante harm? That seems to be the trend, like a Queens property owner who got herself arrested for changing the locks on HER OWN HOME. Because squatters have more rights than homeowners?

A pair of vigilantes showed up to a house in Queens, New York where the homeowner was recently arrested for changing the locks on her own house in order to try and evict squatters.

On Tuesday afternoon, two unidentified men driving a black pickup truck pulled into the driveway of the Flushing home in search of the squatters.

“We are looking to get this guy out,” one of the men told the Daily Mail. “I am here to talk to him. I want to see why he is here.”

Did I warn about vigilantism last spring? I did. Was I taken seriously? I was not. Is it fun to be a prophet? Ask Cassandra.

If you would like to financially support a prophetic journalist who can see the future (including his own homelessness), Travis’ Impact Fund (TIF) is still accepting donations. Any amount helps.

Thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

The title of this post is the title of my upcoming collection of poems, and they’re some of the hardest hitting, funniest pieces of writing I’ve ever written, including my use of the ultimate trigger word at the conclusion of a poem I’m calling SMART BOMBS.

Being a talented poet and artist requires a sizable ego, and mine is huge, sometimes reaching delusion-of-grandeur peaks that includes speculation that the messiah, Jesus Christ, is an enthusiastic admirer of my work. Do I need a Zendaya to cool my jets?

While Paul remains Dune’s increasingly questionable protagonist, the perspective of Zendaya’s Chani—a Fremen warrior who doesn’t believe in the prophecy that Paul is a savior—is pivotal to understanding where director Denis Villeneuve is trying to take Dune. These films are based on Frank Herbert’s books, which were written to comment on colonialism, religion, white saviorism, and the perils of saviorism more generally. At a Monday screening of Dune: Part 2 in New York City, Villeneuve spoke about the role of Chani’s character in the sequel to clarify that Paul’s arc is meant to critique rather than glorify Messianic figures who promise to free the oppressed.

I wrote about Zendaya’s Euphoria performance in a series of posts at the end of last year I called Building A New Credibility because my talents include decoding popular culture to illuminate the nefarious messaging intended to make us pliable subjects of the psychopath class, but I don’t expect my not-so-humble work to free anyone who hasn’t already started doing the work to free themselves first.

So no, I don’t need a Zendaya to cool my jets, nor do I need a hipster named Smetanka, but a Smetanka is what I got last night as I strolled around downtown with a friend. When Smetanka realized it was me he was trying to talk to, he realized his mistake, which I emphasized by calling him a cultural elitist then walked off before breaking the stupid hipster glasses on Smetanka’s stupid face.

Why do I despise Andy Smetanka? Because, when Missoula was being semi-exposed by Jon Krakuaer, Andy was more worried about Missoula’s image than he was about the fact our town is so fucking corrupt it took a national best-selling author to start the process of exposing our corruption, a process I am continuing with unique methodology.

Here’s a screenshot from my post about Smetanka that highlights why I think he’s a cultural elitist doing this town NO FAVORS with his “art”:

If Andy wants to be a protector of Missoula’s IMAGE, that’s fine, but he should understand that puts him in the category of opposition to MY artistic goals, which is exposure of the narrative controllers on a longer timeline than anyone in this town is capable of conceiving of because they don’t understand what’s at stake here.

On April 8th, the day of the eclipse, I’ll be putting my poetic talents on full display after a river cleanup I’m putting together near the Poverello Center. I’m calling it the ECLIPSE THEIR BULLSHIT cleanup, so put this date on your calendar if the reality of what’s actually happening in our country and town is something you want to pay attention to.

Or maybe you prefer to take other actions?

If you appreciate a no-filter, zero-fuck-giving artist fighting a narrative war on behalf of Jesus and euthanized and executed black men in Missoula, Montana, then consider helping me by donating to Travis’ Impact Fund (TIF)

Thanks for reading!