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A new movement has been started recently in support of the current administration’s policies, Promethean Action. Analyses of the policies, as well as support offered for grassroots action. A few days ago, the group reportedly had 70,000 followers, mostly in America, but also from other parts of the world.

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In the Thursday Q and A session, many listeners have chimed in by sending in questions ahead of time by email or asking them during the show in chat. Last Thursday’s subject: Trump vs. the Fed; The Final Battle for America’s Economy.

The leaders of this movement, Susan Kokinda and Barbara Boyd, give knowledgeable assessments on what is going on in politics. A very interesting recap of the President’s speech in Davos, for one. If you are among those wondering why the President does what he does, these videos may give you a new understanding. As of January 22, they had gathered 400,000 subscribers – up from 70,000 just days ago.

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Promethean PAC is planning on giving us insight in what various candidates stand for to help us make the right choices in the 2026  midterm elections.

January 18, 2026

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MTCAG: Water and Power Alert – What You Can Do!

Alert from Montana Citizens Action Group – Affecting Flathead and Lake counties and other areas of Montana

Think we had a lake water level problem before? Think your power bills are high now? Quietly slipping through the bureaucratic hands in an effort to stay out of the public eye are large data centers for POLSON, Missoula, Great Falls, Bozeman, Helena, and Billings. A contract for INITIAL 50 megawatts of power from the Kerr Dam, and an undisclosed quantity of water, have been slated for the data center in Polson. The Governor, in collaboration with out of state business entities, the CSKT, and Daines among other legislators, have promoted and signed off non-publicized deals on data centers in Montana, including one for the Polson area getting water and power from the Kerr Dam and Flathead river and lake. In June of 2025, it was publicized that Northwestern Energy was in negotiations for multiple data centers, with little disclosed on exactly who, where, and how much water and energy would be used and what impact it would have, but the initial contracts are for 1400 megawatts in 2026 to three data center companies (that’s the equivalent to 800k-1million homes). It has been near impossible to get information, but Quantum Investors and Bitzero have both made claims of opening data centers in Montana in 2026, including, “rural areas.” The purpose of the data centers are for both AI and/or bitcoin mining. The national data center map shows currently three buildings in Billings, one in Bozeman, one in Butte, and TWENTY data center buildings in Great Falls. This map only shows facilities that have been publicized and on record for at least six months, which means it does not show proposed centers nor centers in progress or not publicized. However, Northwestern Energy has already told the Montana Public Service Commission that they expect to provide utilities to these data centers starting in JANUARY 2026. A call to Kerr Dam had a representative inform me directly they are expecting to provide services sometime in spring of 2026.

SO WHO CARES?

If you have not been following the impacts of this, a recent study found that data centers in the US consumed more water than all the water bottling facilities (that was only what was found). There has been no identification of how much water would be needed for these Montana facilities, but if we are already having historic low lake levels because of drought, what will happen when we have a drought year and then have to meet the massive water demands of these centers? There has been zero information provided to the affected public on this.

Additionally, the costs of building and maintaining the electric grid to power the centers is generally being pawned off to the rest of the customer base. Some residents around the country saw 500% increase in their power bills. Why? Because if it took $5 million to upgrade the power grid infrastructure, the data center wasn’t held solely responsible and the cost was split equally among all the customers, with the data center representing only one customer! Northwestern Energy has already been confirming deals with these data centers, with no word whatsoever on how they would split any bill. This means that without public pressure, YOUR BILL would carry the tag of whatever cost it took to provide power to a single private business.

WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS?

Montana law requires that Northwestern Energy show that there is no long term impact to customers from new large load contracts. In September 2025, Northwestern Energy stated they would not adhere to this as well as not offer opportunity for public comment or input. Gianforte and Daines, among the other parties leading this effort, are staying out of it and letting it all slide, as they are the ones who invited the data centers in the first place. At the end of November, a group of non-profits filed a petition with the Montana Public Service Commission asking to create a separate business classification for data centers, ensuring any costs associated with them are billed only to them. In response, Northwestern Energy filed a legal motion to acquire a protective order in disclosing any information in these contracts. There can be no other reason other than fear that the details will show that Northwestern Energy could break laws and/or confirm significant impacts to utility customers as well as water impacts.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

1)      Swarm Gianforte and Daines about the subject. If they aren’t going to act in their constituents favor, let them know no more votes for them!

2)      Contact the Montana Public Service Commission and have them hold Northwestern Energy accountable to law. Each region has an ELECTED Commissioner. Contact them and tell them to advocate on your behalf, or no more votes for them!

3)      Contact the Attorney General’s office and have them look into any and all breaches of Montana law around anyone involved with data centers.

4)      Contact Zinke’s office (DC 202-225-5628, Kalispell 406-317-0027) and Sheehy’s office (DC 202-224-2264, Kalispell 406-257-3398). Call BOTH offices of each representative as the person answering the phone may not forward your complaint depending on who it is on what day at what location.

INFORMATION VERIFICATION

I do not know everything about this matter, nor do I have all the answers. The information in my write up is my personal summary that comes from about a dozen sources I found through numerous types of searches. I also called the Kerr Dam directly upon which they verified some of this info as well. I reached out to some contacts with different agencies who were also able to point me to some of this info. Overall, the information has been difficult to find and I’ve been given the runaround by representatives and Northwestern Energy. If you are looking to have me verify every bit of information for you, I won’t. I have put my time into this subject and given my summary of the information I have been able to find. I am not here to spend my time doing all of the work for you outside of informing you of my findings. I will give some links that can start you on the track, but if you’ve followed my posts before, I believe each person needs to follow their own research for their own conclusions if they question the author of a summary. Again, the limited links I am providing is only a fraction of what I found and does not represent the entirety of my sources.

https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/groups-file-complaint-to-stop-northwestern-energy-from-shifting-data-center-costs-to-residential-customers

https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Gov_Gianforte_Celebrates_Announcement_of_New_Investment_in_Data_Center_Montana_Jobs?

NorthWestern Energy inks power agreement with AI data center planned for Yellowstone County

 

NorthWestern Energy inks power agreement with proposed AI data center in Yellowstone County 

NorthWestern wants to supply new AI data center with enough electricity for 800K homes

 

NorthWestern Energy plans to power a massive new data center

 

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Serve as an Election Judge

Greetings, Election Judges and Future Election Judges,

I’m excited to invite you to serve as an election judge for the 2026–2028 election cycle in Lake County! Whether you are a seasoned election judge or someone who has recently expressed interest in helping for the first time, thank you—your willingness to serve is truly appreciated. We simply could not conduct successful elections without the dedication and commitment of our election judges.

Attached, you’ll find an Election Judge Application for 2026–2028, along with an informational flyer about becoming an election judge. After reviewing the flyer, please feel free to post it at your workplace or share it with friends and family who may be interested in serving. If you would like to be an election judge for the 2026-2028 election cycle, please complete the application and return it to the election office at your earliest convenience.

Mandatory training will take place in March. I will follow up with applicants to share available training dates and times.

Thank you again for your interest and your willingness to support the election process. We truly value your time and commitment.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Toni Kramer
Lake County Election Administrator
Ph: (406) 883-7269 | 500 1st Street East, Polson, MT 59860
Elections | Lake County, MT

2026_Election Judge Application_fillable

_BE AN ELECTION JUDGE 2026

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Help Restore Power Where It Belongs

Fellow Patriots,

    2026 is a critical year for our nation.  We must retain the House and Senate to keep President Trump’s great revival and revitalization of America rolling!  Make no mistake about it–President Trump is on the ballot in 2026, even though it is a mid-term!  

    The totalitarian left as we saw during the Biden years is seeking to thwart every good thing done by this President so they can seize power and ruthlessly wield that power to jail their opposition, rig the election process, arrest conservatives while letting leftist off scott free, replace native American voters with imported illegals from around the globe, and push America into being a socialist hell-hole where only the elite live well and the common citizen pays for it in taxes.
    The Montana GOP is the only game in town capable of derailing the totalitarian plans of the far and extremely well funded left (think Soros, Bill Gates, etc,.).
    No matter what you thought of the MTGOP of the past, there is a new sheriff in town with Art Wittich’s election to Chair.  The new group is working hard to implement decisive change, and that ‘change’ has the establishment hopping mad!  The power brokers of old are working hard to make the new MTGOP fail!  They liked the bland ‘we support everyone with an ‘R’ behind their name’ approach that went before, but those days are over.  Chair Wittich is working hard to restore power to the grassroots and take it away from the rich ‘party bosses’ that had long counted on their big-money donations to ensure they got only the people they wanted elected to the legislatures of the state and federal government.
    The power brokers fear this change and are betting against the new MTGOP! 
    We need your help to restore power to the people where it belongs.  To the maximum extent possible, please attend the Winter Kickoff event this year, take the training, and let’s win big for the people in 2026.  Let’s put real ‘America First’ conservative candidates in office, and let’s keep the federal House and Senate in the hands of Republicans–for the sake of our great President, Donald Trump!  President Trump is on the ballot!!  Get all your unregistered friends out to vote and keep the Trump Train rolling–for the sake of our future!
    And if you haven’t contributed to the MTGOP before, I understand.  But this has to change now.  We are up against big-moneyed interests that do not want you to have a voice but instead want to preserve the status quo.  Let’s send them a message and help reviatlize the NEW MTGOP!  Donate, and give generously.
    We must win in 2026.   Our future is at stake!
See you in Great Falls!
Tracy Sharp
Chair, Lake County Republican Central Committee

This Song for J6ers May Appeal to Young Crowds – Share!

Never forget J6. Too many in New York forgot 9/11, apparently making it  impossible to overcome any maladministration of elections.

Referring to past voter roll manipulations exposed by Marly Hornik; strange ballot layout with duplication of candidate names, pushing others to side; O’Keefe reporter showing questionable voter registration practices; etc. 

The message of the song below is well worth sharing, even if the music doesn’t appeal to all age groups. 😉

If you want to reach a younger crowd, this may be one tool! Click either image to play.

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EVERYTHING Hinges on Elections

We the People have to be as loud as possible…. (Mel K)

The entire country is captured by a global financial order that is not willing to give up at all. [The government is not going to save us.] We the People have to be the ones.

Above are excerpts from Mel K’s conversation with Jovan Pulitzer on the evidence that has shown President Trump why no-excuse mail ballots must be done away with. Click the image to watch the show.

On January 6, 2017, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson designated election systems as critical infrastructure. That is when the silent federalizing of our elections begun. Facts about Albert sensors for monitoring elections nationwide, networking systems for information sharing and analysis (ISACs), etc., can be found in the following book:

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Wield the Sword of TRUTH

What is the truth? Never hurts to check sources…

Can we trust that our freedom of religion will always be there? How do we work to ensure that it will? One truth that is hard to dispute is that freedom of religion can only be preserved if Christians get involved in politics. Preaching or following the gospel is not enough. We need the Christian community to be involved. Prayers alone cannot avert the attempts to cleave us from the Bible and the Constitution as well as the Christian values that it is founded on.

Charles Garner, historian and author, has talked extensively on the importance of encouraging our Christian friends to get involved, and we should not forget the book that he wrote to help us in that mission:

What is the truth about the letter that Benjamin Netanyahu has made public? It has been claimed that it is not real. Andrew Kolvet with TPUSA says it is.

Was Charlie an antisemite like some seem to claim? Did he turn AGAINST Israel? He may have criticized Israeli leadership, but does that make him an antisemite? Not according to his own words. Listen to what he says in a focus group with TPUSA chapter leaders. Was he for aggression in general or for the judicial system doing ITS job? In this group he clearly renounces added aggression.

Charlie Kirk on X: “There is no denying that Israel has become a massive topic in U.S. politics, and particularly among Gen Z. At our recent Student Action Summit, I hosted a focus group with our TPUSA students to get a sense of what they think about the topic. As you’ll see, they don’t hate Israel https://t.co/OhK5k8SRZX” / X

 

Do not retreat from social media without a fight. Truth: ‘The front lines of this information war are on social media.’ (from the referenced letter)

General Flynn has reiterated this thought on all his platforms.

 

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