On Reminding The Police Commission About The Constitution – by Travis Mateer

Last week, as I was finishing my new zine KILLERS OF CASCADIA, City Council member, Gwen Jones, gave me the funniest visual I’ve seen in quite some time, especially considering I had just written about Ted Kaczynski’s interest in “learned helplessness”, a theory that posits if you torture a dog long enough it stops fighting back.

Not only was Jones walking her dog across the bridge that burns doggy feet, her dog had a MUZZLE on. How perfect is that?

Before I get to the public comment I gave to the Police Commission just an hour ago, here’s a picture of the local resource guide I picked up before entering the conference room. Notice anything?

This image encapsulates, almost better than Gwen Jones walking a muzzled dog, how the illusion of Missoula being a caring, liberal community is a complete fiction that requires deceptive control of what people see in order to maintain the illusion. For those who read my coverage of the man who disrupted the NO KINGS protest, you can literally see in the above image where the fresh paint covered up the graffiti.

That coverage included my criticism of law enforcement allowing an intoxicated man to access the stage and steal the microphone before being removed from the stage where he was then allowed to continue his disruptive behavior after crossing the bridge and conspicuously defacing the Hip Strip wall that proudly displays the decree BELIEVE WOMEN, like women are incapable of deceptively exploiting legal processes for their own vindictive gain.

I was going to reference this incident in my comment, but I took too long telling the Commission how I did my best to help law enforcement catch a homeless killer during the summer of 2014 after explaining to them how my religious group, the Lady of Perpetual Paradox, is being targeted in a manner that makes me less confident that local law enforcement knows about and/or gives a shit about the Constitution.

If law enforcement needs MORE context about my long struggle with NOT having Constitutional protection, here’s the apology letter Gwen Jones was forced to give me by HR when her lapse in judgement caused her to momentarily forget about my right to criticize her sidewalk plan with a poem:

This anti-Constitutional harassment from a board-member of the non-profit I was working at at the time helped me to see this town and the people running it for what it is, so thank you Gwen. Also, it was so nice of the Chief of Police, Mike Colyer, to say hi to me by name. I hope he was listening closely to the pre-recorded banter in the conference room about Butte and the family that owns the Town Pump because my coverage of THAT town, like alleged drug dealing at the Fuel Fitness there, and the relationship between Town Pump and the LifeGuard Group, is pretty interesting, if I say so myself.

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The Useful Idiots Who Demonize Men And Fear-Monger Society Over SOME Gun Violence Are The Real Problem – by Travis Mateer

Should men act like men and intervene when an unstable person removes his pants on a train with women and children on it, or should men instead mirror what the women on this train did and run in the opposite direction?

If you read some of the news reports, like this one, the framing is obvious: the guy swinging his dick around is the victim and the men who intervened are the dangerous aggressors who society needs to deal with.

A man in a mental health crisis was beaten by members of the public on the London Underground yesterday (Thursday, August 7). The British Transport Police have said it is investigating after a video showing the shocking incident circulated on social media.

The video, seen by MyLondon, shows a man naked from the waist down on board a District line Tube near East Ham Underground Station who is then approached by a fellow passenger and told to get off the “f*** train”. The half-naked man then shouts at him to “f off” repeatedly, visibly appearing in distress.

A heated exchange continues and a fellow passenger joins in, before a group of men push the man into the Tube carriage doors. The group then slaps, beats, kicks and punches the man who holds his belt in his hands.

If I were the men in this video I would lawyer-up immediately, especially since this incident occurred in the UK where people are being sent to prison for Facebook posts.

Two men have been sent to prison for stirring up hatred and violence online after the Southport attack, in the first cases of their kind linked to the recent riots seen across the country.

Jordan Parlour, 28, was jailed for 20 months after pleading guilty to inciting racial hatred with Facebook posts in which he advocated an attack on a hotel in Leeds as part of the violent public disorder that swept England last week.

In Northampton, Tyler Kay, 26, was given three years and two months in prison for posts on X that called for mass deportation and for people to set fire to hotels housing asylum seekers.

They are the first people to be charged for posting criminal messages online linked to the recent far-right violence.

Closer to home, the man who was recently arrested after a week-long manhunt for killing 4 people in Anaconda at The Owl Bar inspired one of our City Council members to open her stupid mouth regarding gun violence. Here’s the quote from Kristen Jordan, the woman who thinks slandering a citizen journalist is just another day at the office:

Council member Kristen Jordan said the nation’s gun laws remain an issue.

“I think it’s time America really starts to consider some different gun laws and how guns are overtaking every aspect of our lives and our safety,” said Jordan. “It’s a tough place we’re living in right now. Things feel pretty tough right now.”

Did Kristen Jordan act horrified about gun violence when a man claiming to be a woman murdered “her” neighbor with a gun for no fucking reason?

No, Kristen, it’s not GUN LAWS that remain the core issue here, it’s the large-scale deterioration of society pushed by the psychopath class in order to stop humans from rising up against their ANTI-HUMAN agenda.

Today Donald Trump will be escalating the reaction/solution to homelessness as part of the predictable reaction to a problem the psychopath class has nurtured for this very reason. Here’s the statement:

This move, specific to Washington DC, comes less than a month after Trump’s Executive Order at the end of July regarding homelessness. Since that order was made some of the people I follow on this topic have increased their content production, a smart move for content creators that I would have emulated were it not for the anti-Constitutional restraints placed on me by the bathroom judge, Mandamus Shane.

The “Mandamus Shane” link is funny to me because it documents Judge Vannatta’s worry (for himself) that courthouse security (read MEN WITH GUNS) isn’t good enough to protect him. Here’s the quote where this bathroom judge frets about his safety:

“Anyone can walk into the courthouse, walk into any courtroom, with a weapon,” said Missoula County District Court Judge Shane Vannatta.

Some employees and staff at the Missoula County Courthouse feel security is lacking.

There are three entrance doors open and one in the courthouse connected to the Department of Motor Vehicles.

At least one contracted security guard is stationed on the first floor when you enter, but there are no metal detectors.

Why are you so concerned, Mandamus Shane? Do you understand what Montana Democrats understand about weaponizing the judiciary and the blowback it will inevitably inspire?

To wrap up today’s post, here’s the poem I turned into a song for my bathroom judge. I might not be able to write about the local chapter of United Way, but I’m fairly confident I’m still allowed to write poetry.

Thanks for reading!

On Making The Tangible Damages Memo MORE Tangible For The Under-Informed Public – by Travis Mateer

First, to better understand the “Tangible Damages” memo our legacy media gatekeepers tried to conceal from the public, check out Western Montana News’ coverage and link to the ACTUAL memo, provided to the public via Matthew Monforton. Thanks Matt!

After reading the insightful analysis I’m more satisfied than ever with my hyper-local political stance because it’s becoming more and more clear to the general public that BOTH parties in Montana feature vile, self-serving grifters who seem to lack consistent principles and/or a guiding moral framework to ground them during these disorienting times.

While I suggest reading the WMN article in full, there are some things that stood out I’d like to highlight, like this excerpt:

The most revealing passages center on the party’s dependence on Montana’s judicial system. One section bluntly states: “A citizens’ initiative to enshrine the nonpartisanship of judicial races in the state Constitution must pass on the next ballot (2026), or Democrats and the left will face an existential threat.”

This admission amounts to a strategic confession. Democrats understand that their electoral path is narrowing amid cultural backlash. Montana’s courts—not the electorate—have become the firewall for policies the party cannot pass through legislation.

The report concedes that this strategy could backfire: “Every time a court rules against these extreme bills, it fuels Montana Republicans’ zealous attacks on the courts, bolstering their claims of judicial politicization.” Yet Democrats double down, asserting that independent judges “uphold Constitutional rights… and ensure the continued nonpartisanship of Montana’s congressional and legislative redistricting process.”

This perspective is one I’ve had to personally endure as a citizen journalist who once had the first amendment protection to write about a Missoula non-profit, that non-profit’s director, and the relationship between this non-profit to the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office and the nationally trending narrative of rampant homelessness, especially in the cities Democrats control.

Not only have I tracked the changing colors of Sheriff chameleons like T.J. McDermott and Jesse Slaughter, who both rebranded as Conservatives once they sensed the political winds shifting, but I’ve highlighted how promotions of people like Jason Johnson to a new statewide Chaplain position is VERY suspect when you know the local terrain like I do.

Since I don’t subscribe to party politics as a hyper-local citizen journalist I am free to criticize Gianforte’s appointment of Aaron Flint’s wife, Jessica, to a position on a board that replaces the ACLU. If Conservatives are happy about this then that’s a good indication they are incapable of taking off their partisan blinders to see how narrative control ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS in Big Sky Country.

A typically quiet legislative panel focused on criminal justice policy continues to serve as the stage for a political turf war.

A considerable Republican lineup — Montana’s entire congressional delegation, along with four statewide elected officials, 40-some legislators and a handful of others — co-signed a letter on Monday supporting Gov. Greg Gianforte’s appointment to the Criminal Justice Oversight Council.

Two weeks ago, Gianforte’s office notified the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana its representative had not been reappointed to the CJOC and was being replaced by a staffer from the Alliance for Defending Freedom, an ideological opposite of the ACLU. ADF is an influential, Christian-conservative advocacy group that’s grown more active in litigation, policymaking and campaigning in recent years.

The move prompted a protest last week by the ACLU’s allies in the criminal justice arena, including the Montana Innocence Project and the Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, as well as other active social justice groups, such as Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana, Forward Montana and Western Native Voice. The groups’ opposition largely hung on what they called the lack of expertise of the ADF and its appointee, Jessica Flint.

Will Aaron Flint be LESS LIKELY than he already is to criticize the Sheriff/Highway Patrol side of the criminal justice system now that his wife will be getting privileged information from around the state? I think the answer is pretty obvious.

Stupid Democrats and stupid Republicans who don’t give a shit about their constituents should ALL be weary of how fucking sick of this bullshit EVERYONE is getting. Did anyone in Helena this past session do anything substantive to counter the spiraling cost of housing? Because, by 2030, Montana is going to be the MOST UNAFFORDABLE STATE IN AMERICA.

If you think Democrats like Ellie Boldman and Danny Tenenbaum can do productive things with a “Republican” Governor who long ago sold out to a CIA-connected tech company, well, I’m not sure there’s anything I can do to help that very wrong impression put into your brain by propagandists.

Stay tuned for more local coverage from a truly non-partisan perspective as I navigate the restrictions placed upon me by the bathroom judge who I just wrote a very fun song for, one I’d like to share if it wasn’t for my concern that the judiciary, especially in Missoula, have forgotten what the Constitution is supposed to protect.

Thanks for reading!

Sam Tripoli’s N-Word Summit Pitch Plus Missoula’s Racist Micro-Aggressions – by Travis Mateer

First, I think having an “N-Word Summit” is a GREAT idea, so great I’ll be including a special letter to Sam in the little zine I’m working on (hashtag SERIAL KILLER SUMMER!) imploring him to allow me to participate–not to make money, of course, like Sam does by telling jokes and selling dick-chew, but to alleviate all the rage-energy I have after being a failure at properly monetizing edgy racist language for loot.

I try to not go full BUTTHURT like this unless I have a local angle, and an aggrieved black man recently went to Reddit to say he got looks in Missoula that made him sad.

Obviously, being interested in the commentary around this post, I combed through it, since curating local perspectives is one of the many benefits of the local work I do, and THIS one seemed quite relevant:

Also in the upcoming zine I’ll be peddling somewhere in this valley I’m legally obligated NOT to leave without permission, I’m mixing excerpts from LYNCH ON LYNCH, a fascinating book I just acquired, along with some interesting data points about Montana’s history with serial killing that should get all you “true crime” obsessives wondering HOW Montana came to be such a great place to kill people.

Shire-Reeves, I’m looking at YOU!

Thanks for reading.