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Mr. President, Go Directly to the People to Build the Wall

I have a message for President Trump. Congress will never pay to build the wall. Democrats will never fund the wall. They no longer care about either America, or middle-class Americans, or American workers. They couldn’t care less about heroin, or cocaine, or a myriad of other deadly drugs flooding our nation, killing our children. They couldn’t […]

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Action Alert – Bundy Defense Fund

Dear Friends, Family and Concerned Citizens, I am writing to ask for your financial support for the Ammon Bundy Defense Fund. I have come to know Ammon and the other Idaho detainees. I pray you will join me in this effort to help finance legal expenses for the upcoming trial. In Liberty, Darr It is difficult to […]

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100 Days of Trump: Change in the Media

— Published with Permission of LibertyNation.com — Although it was not among his promises to the American people, it can be rightly argued that the one place President Donald Trump has fostered a prodigious amount of change in a short time is in the kingdom of the Fourth Estate. Whether by design or sheer force […]

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Antiquities Act Review: Restoring land, hope, and economic freedom in the West

— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — The grazing allotment used by the Finicums, until the BLM kicked them out, is covered by the Grand Canyon Parashant monument. Therefore, if that monument is reversed, then it will be easier for Jeanette Finicum to recover her grazing allotment and ranch. PRESIDENT ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REVIEW […]

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Notes for the Boise State University Wrestling Resistance

A few elections ago, I asked a friend to ask for the salaries of Boise State University people. The hard copy information exists in their library and is available upon request at the front desk. My friend got the run-around and finally when she was presented the information, the University wanted to charge her hundreds […]

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All Polls are not Equal: Fulcher Maintains Strong Lead With Conservatives

The Editorial Board of the Gem State Patriot decided to do this poll for the 2018 gubernatorial race because of a poll published by the Idaho Freedom Foundation taken Feb. 6 – 8. While we have enormous respect for the Idaho Freedom Foundation, we felt their poll presented a slanted result because of the narrow […]

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Clintons Committed More Treason Than For Which the Rosenbergs Were Executed! – Where is Justice?

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed on June 19, 1953 after being convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. They refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the electric chair. The Rosenbergs […]

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The Bundy Verdict: Two Points of View

— Published with Permission of LibertyNation.com — Editor’s note: The Liberty Nation Editorial staff has been hard at work reporting and analyzing the first of several trials in the case of the United States v. Cliven Bundy et al. Today we offer you a point-counterpoint discussion offering two perspectives on the same event. Leesa K. […]

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Tribes Issue Water Claim, Ranchers Fear the Worst

— Published with Permission from Herald and News — In April 2014, ranchers and the Tribes signed the Upper Basin Comprehensive Agreement. The ranchers agreed to retire 18,000 acres of land or 30,000 acre feet of water and do riparian repair work on the rivers in exchange for an allotment of water each year… At […]

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You Want a Good Governor for Idaho? ‘Read the Resume’

We just finished reading Idaho Freedom Foundation President Wayne Hoffman article “2018 campaign for governor starts now” and tried to figure out why his first comments were about Congressman Labrador. The Congressman is not even a declared candidate for governor so why would you put him in a poll with the declared candidates? The IFF […]

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Trump Should Release His Tax Returns – 8 Years After Obama Releases His Sealed Records

In the first place, there is no law that a President of the United States must release his tax returns for periods prior to his election. From the website taxhistory.org, “Individual income tax returns — including those of public figures — are private information, protected by law from unauthorized disclosure. Indeed, the Internal Revenue Service […]

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POLL: Who is your top choice for Idaho Governor in 2018?

The 2018 Idaho Governor’s race is shaping up to be a crowded field. Who is your preferred candidate in this race? Incumbent Butch Otter isn’t running for reelection, so it’s an open seat which only makes the outcome of the race that much more unknown. Don’t let the talking heads in the mainstream media tell […]

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