# Montana Dispatch -Truth, Beauty & Resistance - by Ryan Busse I'm a believer in progress and the urgency to fight like we mean it. Ranch kid, former firearms exec, author, wild game chef, and member of a kick-ass family. Page: Feed: --- ## [BREAKING!! The Boundary Waters Needed A Hero - Thank God For Tim Walz!](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/breaking-the-boundary-waters-needed) _2026-08-18 · Ryan Busse_ MN Gov Walz Issues Executive Order That Will Slow Twin Metals Mine ## [It's The Data Centers, Stupid](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/its-the-data-centers-stupid) _2026-08-16 · Ryan Busse_ Political Realignment Is At Hand If Dems Will Just Grab It ## [The 5 Biggest Lies Being Used to Destroy Public Lands](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/the-5-biggest-lies-being-used-to) _2026-08-06 · Ryan Busse_ For many Westerners like me, public lands and the laws that protect our shared environment are the most tangible example of American exceptionalism. ## [Investigative Report: Why Republicans Are At War With Public Lands And Wildlife](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/investigative-report-why-republicans) _2026-07-18 · Ryan Busse_ There’s no denying the Trump administration and its army of House and Senate Republican lackies are at full-on war with our public lands, wildlife, and bedrock environmental laws. ## [Trump Admin Officially Launches Plan to Kill Endangered and Threatened Species](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/trump-admin-officially-launches-plan) _2026-07-13 · Ryan Busse_ On Friday, the Trump Administration gleefully announced that it would no longer consider burning, rototilling, cutting, plowing, draining, poisoning, bulldozing, or otherwise destroying critical habitats or ecosystems as a “harm” to endangered and threatened plants and animals that depend on these ecosystems. ## [Changed By the Backbone Of the World](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/changed-by-the-backbone-of-the-world) _2026-06-29 · Ryan Busse_ What's At Risk In The Battle For The Heart of Montana and Our Nation ## [YOLOing with Roosevelt and Abbey](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/yoloing-with-roosevelt-and-abbey) _2026-06-17 · Ryan Busse_ Last week, after losing an election here in Montana, I spent a couple of days flyfishing with my son, Badge. ## [Montana Is Ground Zero In The Battle Over Data Centers - I'm Running to Fight Them](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/montana-is-ground-zero-in-the-battle) _2026-05-21 · Ryan Busse_ What you are about to read will strike you as incredible, and to be fair, the situation we are facing in Montana is indeed frightening, bordering on dystopian, and likely existential, but I assure you it’s all extremely credible. ## [Democrats Poised To Flip Western Montana District - Interview With Ryan Busse](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/democrats-poised-to-flip-western) _2026-05-19 · Ryan Busse_ A recording from Ryan Busse and Independent Thought's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198481173/b0a2bf5f57ba76ba1f692bf1ee5b1ede.mp3) ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cVgmTHpVVX6v) _2026-05-19 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [My Inspiration: A Family of Fighters](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/my-inspiration-a-family-of-fighters) _2026-04-06 · Ryan Busse_ Much has been said about the current polling woes of “national Democrats.” The frustration is real, but those approval numbers aren’t diving because Democratic values are out of fashion; voters are angry because too many Democrats either aren’t focused on what matters or aren’t fighting hard enough to deliver real change.