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  First thing that came to mind lol
  Hopefully we can hook up with Joseph seed before the Nukes fall.
context: Montana has a tradition of ticket-splitting and has long been one of the most politically independent states in the union, resisting the kind of single-party rule that has flourished in the neighboring states of Idaho and Wyoming. But in recent years, Republicans have managed to secure an ironclad grasp over state government, and the religious right is ascendant. “We’re a country founded on Christian ideals,” Austin Knudsen, the attorney general, told me. “That’s what’s made us the country that we are.” In 2021, the Montana Legislature passed a bill banning transgender athletes on sports teams at public schools and universities, an increased tax credit benefiting private Christian schools and numerous anti-abortion laws. “They’re trying to convert the state,” said Whitney Williams, who ran for governor as a Democrat in 2020. When the state G.O.P. gathered in Billings last July to formalize its platform, Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, told those assembled that Montana was “a symbol for the nation.”
  
  And how did Nationalist Christians take control of Montana?
  Citizens United was a big help. The GOP governor being a billionaire who can spend his own money to win didn't hurt.
  
  Changes to campaign-finance laws have also contributed to tipping the balance of power in the state. Following the 2010 Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, a dark-money group that became known as American Tradition Partnership challenged Montana’s 1912 law that prohibited corporate spending on campaigns. In 2011, the Montana Supreme Court upheld the law, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ruling the following year, and corporate money poured into Montana. State law still restricts direct corporate spending on local elections, but political-action committees and dark-money groups have injected money into divisive contests and, as in much of the country, there’s no limit on candidates’ donations to their own campaigns. >
  
  Every time I hear someone say "America was founded on Christian ideals" I ask them "Which ones?" Jesus explicitly said "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's" meaning pay your taxes. Paul told the church in Rome to "obey every law of man". Those concepts don't really give room for an armed rebellion against the government because you don't like the tax laws. >
  
  A better example is to refer people to The Treaty of Tripoli. It states "In so much as the United States is not a Christian nation..." >
  
  Or the 1st amendment >
  
  Well, considering they voted in Gianforte the day after he assaulted a reporter, there’s no surprise here. >
  
  70% of the ballots or something like that had already been cast by the time of the assault, so it was too late to change very many votes.
  We probably would have elected him anyway, but FYI. >
  
  We keep electing him to even after that so it’s safe to say he still would’ve won. I have family that liked him even more after the episode 🤮 >
  
  This is all explained in the documentary Far Cry 5.