On the early afternoon of March 21, 2025, a town hall was hosted by Indivisible Bozeman and Indivisible Park County. About 350 Montana citizens showed up, filling the Large Meeting Room of the Bozeman Public Library to capacity, with about 200 more standing in the cold and wind outside the front entrance. Brian Cassel moderated the event, introducing speakers Bruce Grubbs, a former Republican State Legislator and Bozeman School Board member; Brett Heitshuzen, a veteran from Helena, who had moderated the veterans rally at the State Capitol on March 14, 2025, (selected audio of which can be found on the KGVM website https://kgvm.org/show/veterans-rally-helena-mt-3-14-25/.) He was followed by Dr. Jerry Groggel, whose daughter & son-in-law were fired without warning from USAID and were currently stranded in Ecuador; and then former MT Republican Governor and Attorney General, Marc Racicot.

MT Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, as well as Representative Ryan Zinke, had been invited to attend and hear the concerns of their constituents. They had let it be known that they would not attend. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle quoted a spokesperson for Senator Sheehy responding “Senator Sheehy will not be attending the Indivisible event, because he does not support and does not want to be associated with Indivisible’s radical policies defunding police departments and abolishing ICE.” The Chronicle quoted a spokesperson for Senator Daines saying “Indivisible is a far-left group funded by the radical wing of the Democrat (sic) Party and does not dictate the senator’s schedule.” In any case, Daines had flown to China, arriving there Thursday evening. Representatives for Zinke did not respond to the Chronicle’s request for comment.

Anticipating their absence, the organizers had placed caricatures of the three, which were attached to chairs at the front of the room.

You can judge for yourself from the audio of the Town Hall how radical the citizens who attended actually are.

As part of a national effort, veterans and their supporters rallied at the Nation’s capitol as well as state capitols in all 50 states at noon on March 14, 2025 to stand for the protection of veterans programs, such as the Veterans Crisis Line, which are endangered as specified in Project 2025 by the current administration.
As of February 2024, the VA employed over 400,000 people, reflecting the sheer number of veterans in need of care. Many of these veterans served in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars that left long-lasting physical and psychological scars on those who fought. According to a leaked memo, the Trump administration plans to cut 83,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a move that critics say would severely impact medical care and support services for veterans.

KGVM was in Helena for the Veterans rally and recorded audio, selections of which we share with you. It was cold and very windy, with snow flurries flying and the hardware on the flag pole constantly clanging over the voices of the speakers and the crowd, amplifying the emergency nature of our national situation.