The Gov Who Cried Wolf, Then Shot It

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Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

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🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Montana Governor Greg Gianforte shot a trapped wolf, then he pressured state workers to blame his wolf-loathing pal. But that's not even the weird part. Plus, Harvard becomes the second prominent Massachusetts school to eliminate DEI statements as a requirement for hiring, Tyler Austin Harper is back to discuss these statements and more. And colleges love to brag about their past activism, even if the cause that brought the protesters to the quad was a hoax. Check out Hunter Design Studio. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at [email protected] To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | MikePesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 from Peach Fish Productions.
0:07.0	It's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.
0:09.0	I like the New York Times, I really do.
0:11.0	They bring me news from afar yesterday was German
0:14.6	rudebagas quite trendy there today was a weird one news from not abroad but the
0:20.0	interior the governor of Montana shot a wolf which isn't illegal it's not even
0:25.0	objected to by most montanans to whom wolves aren't the gorgeous bad boy Johnny
0:31.0	depth version of their labradoodle, snickers.
0:34.6	Still, the New York Times sought to give us some context by noting,
0:39.2	but Mr. Jean Forte, that's Greg G.
0:41.2	G. and Forte, the governor, but Mr. Jean-Forty, Republican, is running for re-election this year and some find the killing of a once-protected species distasteful.
0:52.0	Yeah, I'll tell you finds it distasteful. Yeah I'll tell you who finds it distasteful. The Lumbdoto whim and yet the New York Times
0:57.2	didn't even quote the League of Montana is experiencing distaste or displeasure over wolf hunting in Montana.
1:04.6	No, no quote from them.
1:06.3	Lumbdoto whim, unheard from.
1:09.2	There is some public interest, to be sure,
1:11.9	in that two employees of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
1:16.4	where they say pressured to report that it wasn't the governor but his hunting buddy who
1:21.6	recorded the kill.
1:23.0	And it does seem that the governor tried to lie and pressure a state employee
1:26.8	to get out of a relatively minor infraction,
1:29.7	which was remedied by taking an online course.
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