Montana judge rejects Zooey Zephyr's effort to return to state House floor

"I can whip any woman here"

Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D-MO) a lawmaker with gender dysphoria, will not be returning to the House floor after being censured by Republicans after telling them they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender mutilation on children. Ironically, the only people who would have had blood on their hands would have been the surgeons who did the cutting away of the children's genitals in non-reversible procedures.

District Court Judge Mike Menahan made the ruling on Tuesday after lawyers for the state of Montana asked the he reject Zephyr's request to return. The judge said he didn't have the authority to overrule the Legislature, so Zephyr would not return to the House floor.

Judge Menahan's five-page ruling said the move "would require this court to interfere with legislative authority in a manner that exceeds this court’s authority."

"It’s a really sad day for the country when the majority party can silence representation from the minority party whenever they take issue," Zephyr told the Associated Press.

It's an even sadder day when the left thinks that a child should be allowed to make a life-altering decision by going along with the crowd of the newly converted with gender dysphoria.

Zephyr, a dude who believes he's a woman, made headlines after criticizing state colleagues who supported a bill banning medical care for transitioning minors, with the "blood on their hands" bull.

"The only thing I will say is if you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there’s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands," the mentally ill Zephyr said when debating SB99.

His critics demanded he apologize but he refused. The Republican-led chamber in a 68-32 vote to bar him from access to the House floor keeps him from entering the anteroom or gallery, but he can vote remotely.

Lawyers for the state said court intervention on Zephyr's behalf would violate the separation of powers and the court agreed.

"Today’s decision is a win for the rule of law and the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said.

Alex Rate, Zephyr's lawyer, said an appeal was being considered, but the chances of success are as low as people who want to be able to mutilate children.

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China's spy balloon got what they paid for: our US military intel

The Chinese spy balloon that did figure eights around the United States early this year was able to gather intelligence from many sensitive military sites, a recent report from NBC News states, in spite of the Biden administration claiming no harm, no foul.

The report cites two American officials and a former administration official and says the balloon was controlled by China, it was maneuvered by China, and made a number of passes over primary military sites, sometimes in a figure-eight pattern as it transmitted data back to Beijing in "real time."

The three officials say the data obtained by China was primarily electronic signals that could be collected from weapons systems or base communications, a strategic military move that would help the Chinese target America's defensive and offensive weapons.

NBC, to their credit, tried to press the National Security Council for comment [on the administration's incompetence] and were fed the same tired lines they were handed back in February by the Department of Defense, claiming the balloon had "limited additive value" to China "over and above what [China] is likely able to collect through things like satellites in low earth orbit.”

In spite of the myriad data the balloon likely collected in late January and early February, Biden officials said that China could have gathered even more intelligence if the administration hadn't taken actions to move potential targets around to disrupt intelligence gathering. A better idea would have been to shoot the damn balloon down as soon as it was discovered rather than allowing it to hang around for so long.

The State Department previously admitted the spy balloon had intelligence-gathering capabilities, because it was a freaking "spy" balloon. It flew over Montana where the nuclear missile silos at Malmstrom AFB are located. It also flew in a path that would allow it to gather intelligence at other sensitive military sites, all with impunity, because the Chinese said it was a civilian airship and Biden didn't want to screw up his foreign pension.

Finally, after it was finished doing what China paid for it to do, the spy balloon was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4 by a U.S. military F-22 Raptor using a single air-to-air AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.

General Glen VanHerck, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), said that the balloon was up to 200 feet tall and weighed “in excess of a couple thousand pounds.” 

If it had an insignia stating: "Chinese Spy Balloon, Do Not Destroy," it may have stayed up there for another few weeks under this incompetent and corrupt administration.

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Train derails in Montana: unconfirmed contents spilled as Buttigieg has a cow

No less than 25 train cars derailed in Montana on Sunday, spilling contents into a nearby body of water and into the ground.

Transportation Secretary and train hobbyist Pete Buttigieg, immediately stopped chest feeding his baby and got his butt out to The Big Sky State to assess the situation.

Just kidding. He's still chest feeding with Chasten by his side.

As with all train derailments with concomitant chemical spillage, first responders claim that there was no threat to the public, yet nobody knows what the train was carrying.

Montana Rail Link owns the railroad and like everyone on Twitter, is aware of the situation, but the company that owns the train has yet to be identified, according to NBC Montana.

There have not been any reported injuries from the crash but nobody is drinking the water, showering for digging up their mushrooms for dinner. This latest fustercluck comes less than a week after a 70-car train derailed in North Dakota carrying hazardous material.

Mayor Pete, who is used to not fixing potholes, has also not done much to fix the problem or apparently looked into the cause as far as we can tell, because if he had a clue, he would shout it from the highest CNN host's microphone.

The Canadian Pacific train derailed around 11:15 p.m. roughly a mile southeast of Wyndmere in Richland County, the company said in a statement. No injuries were reported. 

Officials said 31 of the 70 cars derailed, some carrying hazardous materials, and crews identified a leak of liquid asphalt. No fires were caused by the derailment and since it was less than 50% of derailed cars, it was seen as no big deal by the company and Buttigieg.

The cleanup was expected to last between seven and 10 days, local reports said. So far, six days have passed and the job is not complete, Pete.

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The Fang Fang-ish Spy Balloon is 'maneuverable'--changed direction at 60K feet

The Department of Defense said Friday that the suspected Chinese spy balloon that is flying over the United States is able to maneuver and was able to change direction at 60,000 feet.

Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder didn't reveal how the balloon could be maneuvered and has also refused to say if Fang Fang or anyone in the communist Chinese government was controlling the balloon. He is also not saying if so called President Joe Biden was paid to allow the balloon to fly over our airspace, or even if Biden's handler(s) want(s) it shot down. 

Perhaps as he walks out the door, Ron Klain can throw a rock at it.

Ryder also said that the balloon was “maneuverable” and that the Pentagon believes “it will probably be over the United States for a few days.”

“We know that balloon has violated US airspace and international law — which is unacceptable. And we’ve conveyed this directly to the PRC on multiple levels,” he told reporters Friday. “The fact is, we know that it’s a surveillance balloon, and I’m not going to be able to be more specific than that.”

But by doing nothing about it, evidently it is acceptable because talk is cheap.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed in a statement that the balloon was a “civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological purposes,” which is total crap.

The statement laughingly claimed that the balloon “deviated far from its planned course.” It is currently over Montana assessing cattle flatulence, it is believed.

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Trump considering privatizing the CIA

The Trump administration and Central Intelligence Agency are looking at a few proposals to hire companies in the private sector to perform the covert operations overseas.

According to BuzzFeed News, the proposals were initially presented to the White House over the summer. They describe the proposed plans as "highly unusual," but if approved, it would include the creation of large intelligence networks in hostile foreign areas known as "denial areas."

The operators would recruit and handle local agents, perform psychological operations, and capture terrorist suspects and render them to the US or ally country. The primary targets of the proposals are "Islamic extremism."

BuzzFeed said that one of the proposals involves Amyntor Group, headquartered in the northwestern Montana town known as Whitefish. The company is private and staffed with former U.S. Intelligence community staff with security clearances. They specialize in intelligence training and risk assessment. They collect and analyze intelligence and provide counterintelligence services for government agencies in the U.S. as well as "friendly foreign governments" abroad.

Amyntor Group leadership held discussions with senior Trump administration officials in late November, according to BuzzFeed. They also said that the catalyst for privatizing some intelligence operations is due to the negative view the Administration believes the CIA has of the White House. And they claim the CIA isn't willing to go along with Trump's efforts to make the agency's operations more aggressive and, in Mike Pompeo's words, "much more vicious."

Thus, they believe privatization will bypass the resistance and doubt of the CIA's upper management.

If this proposal bears fruit, it will have a powerful effect on all future spy novels.



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Press freedom groups file congressional ethics charge against Gianforte

"Aaaadrian!"

It's never a good idea to push a journalist to the ground and pound him like you're in the schoolyard and he called your mother a bad name.

A number of press freedom groups have filed a congressional ethics complaint against Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) for allegedly body-slamming a reporter who was asking him a question.

It's also indefensible. I don't care if you're on the left or the right--you don't attack a member of the press because you didn't like the question or simply had a bad day.

PEN America, Free Press, Society of Professional Journalists and Reporters Without Borders filed a formal complaint with Congressional ethics officials on Friday. The report comes about a week after the incident in which Gianforte went 'all Rambo' body-slamming Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs.

The question Jacobs asked Greg "The Crusher" Gianforte was about the recent Congressional Budget Office estimate of the GOP's health bill, a question that should really piss off any Republican who didn't like the question.

Gianforte was charged with assault, and the case is still pending in Macho County, Montana.

But seriously, this is unacceptable in the U.S.A.

"A member of the House hasn't physically assaulted someone this severely since the Civil War [how is it that a war can be 'civil'] and we are unaware of any historical precedent for a lawmaker beating up a reporter," said Gabe Rottman, PEN America's Washington Director in a statement. "While Rep. Gianforte's apology was necessary, it was hardly sufficient."

The incident occurred the night prior to the special election for Montana's only U.S. House seat. Not surprisingly, because the district in question has gone red for years, Gianforte beat Democratic challenger, Rob Quist.

The groups filed the complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics and also wrote to the House Ethics Committee calling for an open investigation within 30 days of any member being charged with a crime, according to a statement.

True to form, the libtards also sent a letter to President Trump claiming that his inflammatory verbiage directed at the media have been followed by violence against journalists. 

If a tree falls in the forest . . . it's Trump's fault . . . everything is Trump's fault.

Gianforte was totally out of line and should not be sworn in just because he's a Republican. Someone has to take the moral high ground and you know it's never going to be the left. We cannot have this kind of behavior in the US.

I don't believe Quist should win on default either. The district that elected Gianforte obviously wants a Republican and that's who needs to get that seat.

If we are happy he won because he's a Republican, then we're no better than they are.

Something is terribly wrong with the country of late and it isn't Trump's fault--I believe it's the fault of the Obama administration and his dividing us along different demographics. So on one level, you can understand how angry both sides can become, but there's no excuse for physical violence unless you want to start an uncivil war.


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