A family in Glasgow, Montana is accusing the state’s child protective services of “kidnapping” their teenage daughter after the girl began to identify as a transgender “boy.” Krista and Todd Kolstad spoke to Reduxx about their ordeal, revealing that the child had been removed from their care and was now going to be sent to Canada.
Krista, the child’s step-mother, explains that their nightmare began in August of 2023 after they received a call that their 14-year-old daughter, Jennifer*, had expressed suicidal ideations while at school.
“She had always had problems at school,” Krista says, noting that she and Todd had even pulled her from one district and sent her to another due to issues with bullying in an effort to give her a fresh start. But despite experiencing some real-world hardships, Krista claims Jennifer also had some undiagnosed mental health concerns, including attention-seeking behavior.
Later on that same evening, a case worker with Montana Child and Family Services (CFS) showed up to the Kolstad home to speak with Jennifer and do an inspection. Krista had been preparing dinner at the time, and invited the case worker to tour the residence despite both her and her husband being distressed by the sudden appearance.
Their first mistake ? Allowing any of these people into their home without a search warrant or at least having their attorney present.
It gets worse. If you think Republicans in Montana will help this family or even follow the very laws they passed at the behest of Montana voters, then think think again.
This is Republican Governor Greg Gianforte and he thinks kidnapping children from their parents to undergo bizarre medical interventions already illegal in Montana is just fine and apparently, the state is sending this 14 year old victim to Canada
When asked to comment on the matter, Gov. Gianforte told TND that children’s rights to “grow up in happy, healthy homes with loving families” are “not always realized.”
“Upon hearing recent allegations related to a child welfare case, I asked Lieutenant Governor Kristen Juras – an experienced attorney, constitutional conservative, mother, and grandmother – to review it,” Gov. Gianforte said. “Consulting with the director of DPHHS and personally examining case documents, Lieutenant Governor Juras has concluded that DPHHS and the court have followed state policy and law in their handling of this tragic case.”
Gov. Gianforte continued, noting a Montana law prohibiting medical gender transitions for minors.
“Our administration will continue to advance policies that strengthen our families and protect Montana kids, like what we have done to promote adoption and to ban permanent, invasive, life-altering medical procedures on children, like puberty blockers, hormonal treatments, and sex-reassignment surgeries,” he said.
This Gianforte is a dangerous fool and imbecile.
God help this family, please.
Busy today and so had no time to read the wonderful Hamster as always items of interest here until now.
See y’all tomorrow when I have more time to myself. 🙂
Yeah. Somehow I don’t see a $200 coffee machine in my future.
I’m only hoping the USPS is so incompetent it will somehow send Super Dave’s Cuisinart Burr Grinder Coffee machine to me instead.
Those burr grinders cost are pricey.
49 mharper I don’t know what to tell you. If the USPS is so incompetent as to order equipment that won’t fit inside their building, I’m not sure how to predict how well they will solve the problem of three months of packages piling up inside those two distribution hubs. And more and more packages arrive every day. America, what… Read more »
Postal workers hate Amazon because they have had to actually work hard since taking on that contract.
If it wasn’t for the Amazon income, the postal service would be even more millions in the red every year.
So does that mean that my 2 missing packages dead-ended at the distribution hub?? USPS just throws those away if they can’t process them in the old building?
Sheer genius on display.
I’ll leave y’all with this; two guys in a bar. 😀
The problem with ordering from Amazon, now, is that they utilize the USPS for an enormous amount of that final 10-20 miles of the delivery. Our rural mail-lady absolutely hates Amazon and says that she went to work for the USPS NOT Amazon but now most of her deliveries are Amazon. She refuses to work on Sunday though and they… Read more »
Scrolling up I see GJT already mentioned the CFL bulb asploding into flames.
yup.
I believe the dizzy Crawford cowboy dunce signed the bill that started the ball rolling on that ban.
EV cars are the CFLs of the 2020’s.
Oh and I’ve not given up on a Cuisinart Burr Grind Coffee Pot. They no longer make the model I had but my wife found a closeout at Bed Bath & Beyond so I’m going to give it a shot. FWIW: It lasted over 5 years and we used it every day.
About the fire hazard the CFL bulbs are bad to overheat and catch fire. Each one has a tiny ballast, a transformer that is cheaply made and subject to overheat.
another great act by the joined@thehip blood money sucking Vampyres.
banning one of the greatest inventions in history.
the incandescent bulb.
My three years of care-giving had its many special moments and gifts from God. But I couldn’t recommend working full-time and simultaneous full-time caregiving. To anyone.
I can only assume the Punsalon project is done tastefully, otherwise TT wouldn’t watch it.
38 GJT Those CFL bulbs, you know the ones that were going to save the planet, were/are full of mercury. All that white powder that comes out when they are crushed or broken is highly toxic mercury. It’s probably too late, but you should sue the manufacturer for all your health problems. CFL bulbs were one of the great, grand… Read more »
It’s been many years ago now but in our old house we had those curly light bulbs in a chandelier above the dining room table that started fizzling then flamed and a small pop. Fortunately I was sitting right there when it did it. Never used one of those bulbs again.
Agreed.
I was lucky it turned out to be that stupid curly fluorescent bulb, and not the fixture – or a worse problem.
RE: Shannon’s comment last night about a flickering light fixture Don’t do like Shannon did and ignore this for heaven knows how long. If you have a lamp or especially a fixture mounted in a wall or ceiling and it is flickering – don’t use it until you can repair it or have someone to do it for you. It’s… Read more »
Back around 1976 or 1977, John Kraak of JK Trucking in Pasadena had a big ranch outside of San Marcos* on Hwy 183. When his long-time, loyal (40 years ?) shop foreman wanted to retire, Mr. Kraak gave him a couple of acres on the backside of the ranch with its own road access. The old man built a nice… Read more »
It would have never occurred to me to make a video record of the time I spent with the old man. The violation of privacy and discretion is the polar opposite of what I am about and what the old man wanted. If you had seen the videos – and they were very short, not long invasive records – you… Read more »
When I heard that the meat puppet was heading to East Palestine a full year after the train disaster, I knew it wasn’t going to go well for him. An East Palestine, Ohio resident spoke out on the news that President Biden will visit his community one year after a toxic train derailment devastated the city, suggesting the commander-in-chief is only making… Read more »
#29 TT: I’ve been catching videos of Chris Punsalon over yonder. He’s a young man who has been spending his time being his grandmother’s caregiver, putting off his career to do this. He’s posted touching, wonderful, loving short videos of himself with his beloved grandmother. He’s shared her quirks, how he talks to her, feeds her, carries her, cares for… Read more »
The thrift store I frequent has a whole shelf of coffee makers.
My main regret about the expensive Cuisinart toaster I bought is that I threw it in the dumpster instead of taking out to the country for target practice.
The problem with ordering from Amazon, now, is that they utilize the USPS for an enormous amount of that final 10-20 miles of the delivery.
I gave up and went back to Mr.Coffee coffee makers.
Work just fine. Unfortunately, you can’t get them for $10 anymore.
And I refuse to buy any Cuisinart products anymore. They’ll sell their name to any jakeleg manufacturer these days.
I’ve been catching videos of Chris Punsalon over yonder. He’s a young man who has been spending his time being his grandmother’s caregiver, putting off his career to do this. He’s posted touching, wonderful, loving short videos of himself with his beloved grandmother. He’s shared her quirks, how he talks to her, feeds her, carries her, cares for her –… Read more »
I’m back from my dental appointment. We talked over the treatment plan going forward, and I asked for MORE work to be done in addition to the previous 4 implants+bone grafts+plus whatever other painful and/or expensive procedures are to be done. My first baby tooth to be pulled, and rather reluctantly, was in college. It’s in a spot behind my… Read more »
#19 Shannon
I guess that explains why I have 2 packages that have reported the following status in Informed Delivery online for several days now:
Delivery Date Unknown
If Caroline Glick was a weather person and she told me it was going to blizzard on July 4th I would put snow chains on my car. Watch the whole damn thing. It has been nice knowing ya.
European Farmers’ Have a Big Mad !!! Farmers in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Romania, and other countries across Europe are protesting radical leftist governments by obstructing major transport networks with tractors. This widespread populist movement is sweeping Europe at a time when over-regulation, taxes, and the climate change agenda threaten the livelihoods of not just farmers but working-class… Read more »
The satellite TV guys must be in a hurt.
Their latest offer includes a $500.00 prepaid MasterCard for signing up.
Speaking of the Debil; CPS veteran saw child-abuse prevention come of age. Houston Comical Feb 16, 2004 Judy Hay will turn off her pager this Friday after decades of having it close by. The spokeswoman for Harris County Children’s Protective Services is retiring, ending a career that has spanned 30 years and a complete turnaround in the public’s understanding of… Read more »
Your only hope is that it was shipped via UPS or FedEx. It was Amazon but I’ve already got my money back. One of these days I’ll tell y’all about my coffeepot fiasco. Coffee Pots ordered = 4, received & sent back = 3. I started this journey the first of October and sent the last one back on Monday… Read more »
Super Dave
Your only hope is that it was shipped via UPS or FedEx.
Texpat @ 11:06 AM.
And swallowed it hook, line and sinker. What a bunch of idiots, the Babylon Bee doesn’t stand a chance against these nut-jobs. Oh and RTWDT so you can see Iowa Hawk’s comments. 😉
#19 Shannon, see if they can find my Cuisinart Burr Grind Coffee Pot
It was last seen in or around Saint Louis Missouri. 😉
KHOU has been reporting for three weeks on delayed/missing Houston area mail due to problems in the USPS Northside and Missouri City distribution hubs. People started tracking their packages and mail disappearing into these two black holes back in early December. They are now reporting that the initial cause was that new, modern sorting equipment shipped to the Northside distribution… Read more »
UPS plans to cut 12,000 jobs UPS CEO Carol Tomé defined 2023 as ‘a unique and difficult year’ UPS announced Tuesday that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs after its revenue forecast missed analysts’ estimates. UPS said in a statement to FOX Business that its right-sizing its global workforce after having lower volume and seeing a more than $9… Read more »
Vivek Ramaswamy is a harmless hotdog who bathes in attention. He decides to rile things up and makes, I think, a half-in-jest joke about a conspiracy involving the Super Bowl, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and Joe Biden’s nomination. Rolling Stone grabs the bait before it can hit the ground and the Left goes Wild !! Trump Allies Pledge ‘Holy… Read more »
I’ll have to leave soon for my dental appointment. Today is not a surgery day, it’s an evaluation day. My super-duper imagine has been studied and we are going to evaluate my care plan and see if we need any changes going forward. I believe the next surgery is two bone grafts done on one day – both on the… Read more »
However, a new bill making its way through Congress known as the “Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024,” would make all of this illegal or at least suspicious enough to draw scrutiny from the feds. More importantly, it would paint a target on the back of every single American gun owner, which is the actual intent of this ill-conceived… Read more »
Mr. C. then wades into something I missed. I like to watch Michael Knowles and Matt Walsh on the Daily Wire. (Did you know that Ben Shapiro participated in a rap video, “Facts,” that hit #1 globally?) I’ve missed their shows lately, so I had no idea that Matt had waded into the moon landing conspiracy debate. But what most… Read more »
Next at the C&C: the collapse of real estate, especially commercial. I believe it has been Texpat who’s been hawking this for some time now. Chickens are roosting, so to speak. The Chinese real estate group Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy. From stories that I’ve read – and hopefully interpreted correctly – the Chinese government has tried to keep its… Read more »
Morning, chick-a-doodle-dooze. I need to go to Kroger with my Gotta-Have list. Somehow, I was surprised to see that after opening 2 cans of cat food for the fuzzers’ breakfast, I then had only ONE CAN remaining for their supper.
REGRESSION ☙ Wednesday, January 31, 2024 ☙ C&C NEWS Good morning, C&C, it’s Wednesday! In today’s wide-ranging roundup: Baphomet basher charged with new hate crimes while cop-attackers freed; thoughts about Evergrande’s financial implosion and the potential worldwide effects; and why we are going backwards technologically, politically, and culturally, and what to do about it. NEWS: Remember the clean cut, no… Read more »
Well wagonburner in #8 has won the interwebs for the day. 😀
TP 0837: Raskin and his co-sponsors should be kicked out of office for even proposing such a blatant, constitution violating bill. Hopefully this abomination will never make it out of committee.