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MontanaMama

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2. Billionaires will fight this tooth and nail.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:41 PM

Aug 18

They can afford to own and build places in Montana that no one else can. Daines, Gianforte and friends most likely have had their hands greased by the billionaire class. Billionaires and private equity firms continue to buy tens of thousands of acres adjacent to public land and then close off access. It's an ongoing story up here.

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Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark money [View all] RandySF Aug 16 OP

Good, though I fully expect it will be fought tooth and nail by corporations Metaphorical Aug 16 #1

Billionaires will fight this tooth and nail. MontanaMama Aug 18 #2