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Monday Headlines: Cats, Ghosts, Daines and Cars

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November 3, 2025

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Monday Headlines: Cats, Ghosts, Daines and Cars

Here’s a quick look at our top stories for Monday, 3, 2025:

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Cats and plants team up to help Montana’s mental health crisis

Cats and plants team up to help Montana’s mental health crisis

Thousands of trick-or-treaters haunt Butte’s Treat Street at World Museum of Mining

Thousands of trick-or-treaters haunt Butte’s Treat Street at World Museum of Mining

Steve Daines visits Montana This Morning on Halloween 2025

Senator Steve Daines visits Montana This Morning on Halloween 2025

Real-life Cars movie scene made from HAY BALES in Bozeman

Real-life Cars movie scene made from HAY BALES in Bozeman

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Historical Facts, Events, Notable Births and Deaths for November 3

Major Historical Events

1903 – Panama Declares Independence from Colombia The most significant event of November 3rd occurred in 1903 when Panama declared independence from Colombia with U.S. backing. This revolution was engineered by Panamanian nationalists supported by the Panama Canal Company and given tacit approval by President Theodore Roosevelt. The U.S. warship USS Nashville had arrived in Colón on November 2nd, and Colombian forces were prevented from crushing the rebellion. Only one person died in the revolution – Wong Kong Yee of China, who was mortally wounded when the Colombian gunboat Bogotá fired shells on Panama City.

1918 – Armistice Ending World War I The armistice ending World War I was signed in Compiègne, France, marking the end of one of history’s deadliest conflicts.

1957 – Sputnik 2 Launched The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying Laika, a female Siberian Husky, becoming the second spacecraft to carry a living animal and heightening Cold War tensions.

1900 – First U.S. Auto Show The first-ever U.S. Auto Show opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden, showcasing 160 vehicles. Interestingly, consumers of the time favored steam- and battery-powered vehicles over noisy internal combustion engines.

1992 – Bill Clinton Elected President Democrat Bill Clinton was elected as the 42nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush.

Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs

1817 – The first steam-powered ferry service began operation between New York and Hoboken, New Jersey
1935 – Chemistry Nobel Prize awarded to Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie for synthesizing new isotopes
1977 – Tandy Corporation released the TRS-80 Model I, one of the first mass-produced personal computers
1992 – IBM Simon, the first smartphone, was unveiled at COMDEX
2004 – European Space Agency successfully landed the Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae probe on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Cultural and Entertainment Events

1928 – Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” featuring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York City
1954 – The original “Godzilla” film, directed by Ishirō Honda, was released in Japan
1956 – “The Nat King Cole Show” premiered on NBC, making television history as the first national TV show hosted by an African American
1986 – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “The Phantom of the Opera” had its world premiere in London’s West End
2017 – Taylor Swift released her sixth studio album “Reputation,” which became the year’s best-selling album in the United States

Political Milestones

1868 – Ulysses S. Grant elected as 18th President of the United States
1970 – Salvador Allende became President of Chile, the first democratically elected Marxist leader in Latin America
1979 – The Greensboro Massacre occurred when Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis killed five members of the Communist Workers Party during a “Death to the Klan” rally in North Carolina

Notable Births (November 3)

Historical Figures:

1794 – William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist
1801 – Karl Baedeker, German publisher known for travel guidebooks
1900 – André Malraux, French novelist and art historian

Entertainment:

1918 – Bob Feller, legendary American baseball pitcher
1921 – Charles Bronson, American actor known for “The Magnificent Seven” and “Death Wish”
1949 – Anna Wintour, British-American journalist and Vogue editor-in-chief
1954 – Adam Ant, English singer and musician
1957 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist (“Rocky IV”)
1987 – Colin Kaepernick, NFL quarterback known for his social justice activism
1995 – Kendall Jenner, American model and television personality

Notable Deaths (November 3)

Scientists and Intellectuals:

1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician who formulated the theory of electromagnetic radiation
1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, and Nobel Prize winner
1979 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-British physicist and Nobel laureate, inventor of holography

Artists and Cultural Figures:

1466 – Donatello, Italian Renaissance sculptor and artist
1755 – Montesquieu, French political philosopher
2014 – Acker Bilk, English clarinetist and composer

Fun Facts for November 3

November 3rd is celebrated as Sandwich Day in honor of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who is credited with inventing the sandwich
This date has been particularly significant for independence movements – besides Panama in 1903, Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1978
The Washington Monument was completed in 1884
NASA successfully launched TIROS-1, the first weather satellite, in 1960

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February 26 recap: Missoula and Western Montana news you may have missed today

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February 27, 2026

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February 26 recap: Missoula and Western Montana news you may have missed today

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Escobar, Jayapal, Members of Congress Call on Camp East Montana to be Shut Down – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

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February 26, 2026

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Escobar, Jayapal, Members of Congress Call on Camp East Montana to be Shut Down – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) – joined by Representative Pramila Jayapal, the Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, and 22 other Members of Congress – sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons calling for the immediate closure of Camp East Montana in El Paso. They cite urgent humanitarian concerns following multiple deaths in custody, documented unsafe conditions, and serious deficiencies in medical care.

This marks the fourth letter Congresswoman Escobar has sent to DHS and ICE leadership. The previous three letters have gone unanswered.

The letter can be found in its entirety below and here.

“Secretary Noem and Acting Director Lyons:

We are urgently calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to shut down Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas.

Camp East Montana has been operational for six months, and at least three people have died at the site since December 2025: Francisco Gaspar-Andres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, and Victor Manuel Diaz. The El Paso County Medical Examiner has officially ruled Lunas Campos’ death a homicide, citing “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.”

Camp East Montana was constructed in a matter of weeks and opened before construction was complete and it does not have enough federal staff on-site to provide adequate oversight. Over the last several months, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, in whose district this facility is located, has sent multiple letters to DHS and ICE regarding concerns about the conditions at Camp East Montana, and has received no responses.

According to detainees, there have been constant and consistent problems at the facility since it opened, beginning with the facility’s poor construction and poor ambient temperature control. Upon opening, the drinking water at Camp East Montana tasted foul and made some detainees sick. Detainees continue to be served inadequate meals, including food that is rotten or frozen; last fall, the facility was also consistently failing to make dietary accommodations for detainees. Detainees have shared that they have sporadic access to outside spaces and recreational areas, and that their dormitory pods are cleaned only once every eight days, despite pods housing up to 72 people at a time. Laundry services are not consistent, and people are washing their clothes in the facility showers. Additionally, the facility experiences flooding and sewage backups when it rains, leading to stagnant water.

One of the biggest concerns with the Camp East Montana facility is the inadequate medical care being provided to detainees. Our offices have heard that only the most ill detainees are referred to the medical unit and that there are inconsistencies as to how soon after arriving detainees are able to undergo initial medical screenings. Detainees with chronic health issues who rely on regimented medications for their health have had difficulty accessing necessary medications, including blood pressure medication and insulin.

At least one of the deaths that occurred in ICE custody, the death of Francisco Gaspar-Andres, appears to partially be the result of poor medical care by staff at the facility. According to ICE’s own account, Gaspar-Andres sought medical attention from facility staff for increasingly serious symptoms, but was only transferred to an area hospital once his condition had severely deteriorated.

In addition to our concerns about poor medical care, we are also aware that detainees have experienced irregular access to their legal counsel, including instances of detainees having only two minutes allotted per phone call every 8 days, which is contrary to ICE’s Detention Standards on access to counsel, and that the belatedly created law library lacks adequate resources for the amount of people currently held at the facility. In January 2026, ICE announced the on-site death of Geraldo Lunas Campos “after experiencing medical distress.” ICE opened an investigation into the death, but did not provide a cause of death. However, The Washington Post later reported that another man detained at Camp East Montana had witnessed guards choking Lunas Campos when he refused to enter a segregated housing unit. Weeks later, the El Paso County Medical Examiner ruled that Lunas Campos had experienced “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression” and ruled his death a homicide.

Lunas Campos is the first detainee to die at Camp East Montana as a result of a use-of-force incident, but we are strongly concerned that he will not be the last if ICE is allowed to continue operating Camp East Montana.

ICE was given $45 billion in taxpayer dollars in the reconciliation bill, $1.2 billion of which were awarded to Acquisition Logistics, LLC, a company with no previous experience managing immigration detention facilities, to build and oversee Camp East Montana. However, in the wake of three deaths in custody so far, continued concerns about conditions at the facility, and ICE’s apparent disinterest in responding to oversight letters from Congress, we do not believe Camp East Montana is being run professionally or responsibly.

Camp East Montana must be shut down. For the safety of everyone at the facility, for an end to abuses to detainees, and for fiscal responsibility to the American people, the site cannot continue to operate. We are calling on DHS and ICE to move to immediately close operations at Camp East Montana.

We look forward to hearing from the Department promptly on this matter.

The other co-signers include Representatives Yassamin Ansari, Nanette Barragán, Yvette Clarke, Lloyd Doggett, Maxwell Frost, Jesús “Chuy” García, Sylvia Garcia, Daniel Goldman, Jimmy Gomez, Henry Johnson, Stephen Lynch, Seth Moulton, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delia Ramirez, Andrea Salinas, Janice Schakowsky, Darren Soto, Rashida Tlaib, Paul Tonko, Lauren Underwood, Gabe Vasquez, and Nydia Velázquez.

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Governor’s energy task force continues public discussions on data centers

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February 26, 2026

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Governor’s energy task force continues public discussions on data centers

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