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Jeff Mangan
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"Like all constitutions, the Montana Constitution is a creature of compromise, spinning a web of rights and powers holding each other in tension. statecourtreport.org/our-work/an...
A Constitution Unique to Montana and Uniquely Montanan
The state’s 1972 charter is populist, pro-conservation, and libertarian. 
statecourtreport.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Montana has a long history of citizen's grassroots reform & fierce independence, particularly when it comes to money in politics, corruption, and the citizen's initiative process. #CampaignFinance #DarkMoney #TEI
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New polling commissioned by @IssueOneReform and conducted this month by YouGov reveals that overwhelming majorities of Americans — and Montanans — broadly believe that large-scale political spending by corporations, dark money groups, and wealthy donors undermines democracy, creates
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“Montana has a history of fighting corporate spending and is a fitting state to spearhead the beginning of the end of Citizens United" transparentelection.org disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/montana-has...
Truthout | Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections
That plan is the basis of the Transparent Election Initiative’s constitutional amendment as a ballot measure to be put before Montana voters in 2026. The measure asks voters whether or not their state should redefine corporate charters to disallow spending in elections.
disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tired of dark money, no transparency, hidden donors? The Montana Plan takes away a corporation's power to spend in your state's politics. It really is that simple. We're starting in #Montana! Volunteer, Contribute, Organize, Engage! transparentelection.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Q...
Undoing Citizens United with The Montana Plan #CorporatePower #CampaignFinance #DarkMoney
Montana Is Undoing Citizens United. Your State Can Too.In 2010 in Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court said the government can’t regulate corporations’ ...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Join us ONLINE for a virtual presentation of The Montana Plan! Monday, November 24th at 6:00PM! Log on & learn about TEI and The Montana Plan! disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/the-montana...
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
'The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money groups, nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without revealing their donors' @BrennanCenter
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/re...
Dark Money Hit a Record High of $1.9 Billion in 2024 Federal Races
Spending by groups that do not disclose their donors has increased and become harder to trace.
www.brennancenter.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How do you ensure that your ethical principles are consistent and coherent, and not based on situational or arbitrary factors? #Leadership #Values #LeadEthically
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Do you have the power to fly? The right to actually fly? Of course not! We're working to ensure corporations don't have the power to spend in politics. That's The Montana Plan. youtube.com/shorts/3wHw... Join us!
Why the Montana Plan Doesn't Violate Citizens United #campaignfinance #corporatepower #darkmoney
Why doesn't The Montana Plan violate Citizens United? Citizens United was all about corporate rights; The Montana Plan is all about corporate powers. And tha...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything." - Malala Yousafzai #LeadEthically #Leadership
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Helena Education Foundation Great Conversations 2025! November 19th. Join us at 'The Montana Plan' table! Votes, Values, and Vision group of topics! "The Montana Plan - Our Ballot Initiative to Undo Citizens United - Jeff Mangan hefmt.org/event/great...
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"The story of copper is largely woven around the passions, hatreds, and ambitions of two men … to understand the story, one must understand the men" CP Connolly published 1906-07 McClure's Magazine, via Montana History Portal
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Join us ONLINE TONIGHT for a virtual presentation of The Montana Plan! Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00PM! Log on & learn about TEI and The Montana Plan! disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/the-montana...
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Money has broken our system. We can fix it. Join the Transparent Election Initiative montanaplan.com @transparent406 #TheMontanaPlan
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Gratitude is infectious! Look around and contemplate all the work and services provided by public employees. Wow! Thank you for the work you do!! #Gratitude #PublicSector
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Join us ONLINE for a virtual presentation of The Montana Plan! Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00PM! Log on & learn about TEI and The Montana Plan! disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/the-montana...
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The cryptocurrency industry has rapidly become the single largest corporate contributor to political campaigns, spending over $358 million during the 2024 cycle #TheMontanaPlan transparentelection.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
American's agree unlimited IE spending gives rise to corruption. @IssueOneReform
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Join us ONLINE for a virtual presentation of The Montana Plan! Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00PM! Log on & learn about TEI and The Montana Plan! disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/the-montana...
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
.@IssueOneReform 's statement on the TEI's The Montana Plan "This game-changing ballot measure is one of the most innovative approaches to curb the undue influence of big money in politics and end secret spending in elections I’ve seen."
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Issue One celebrates new Montana ballot measure effort to undo Citizens United - Issue One
Today, a crosspartisan group of political leaders unveiled “The Montana Plan,” a first-in-the-nation ballot measure proposal that would amend corporate charters in Montana to eliminate corporate and dark money from…
issueone.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
at @OpenSecretsDC The vast majority of Americans — no matter their partisan identification — say unlimited political spending weakens democracy and wealthy donors have too much power in elections, a new national poll indicates www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/1...
Most Americans see unlimited election spending as a threat to democracy: poll - OpenSecrets News
The vast majority of Americans — no matter their partisan identification — say unlimited political spending weakens democracy and wealthy…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The 2024 election cycle marked a historic milestone in campaign finance, with dark money groups—nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without revealing their donors—contributing a record $1.9 billion to federal races.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy Birthday, #Montana
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM