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Color Revolution

Did we have a Color Revolution right here? A Color Revolution is a term used to describe a sometimes violent political movement aimed at challenging or overthrowing an existing government or power structure, typically incorporating protests, civil disobedience, and grassroots mobilization. These movements are often characterized by their use of a specific theme or color […]

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Labrador Letter: Defending Biological Reality in Federal Corrections Policy

How transgender-identifying individuals are housed in federal prisons is not a theoretical question. It directly affects the safety, privacy, and dignity of inmates, particularly women. Under the Biden Administration, federal agencies were instructed to disregard biological sex and could instead classify inmates based solely on how they self-identified. That policy treated personal identity claims as if they were biological facts and authorized prison […]

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Press Release: AG Labrador Secures Judgment Against Coast to Coast Carports, Inc.

BOISE —Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced a judgment entered in March 2025 against Coast to Coast Carports, Inc., following allegations of deceptive business practices involving custom-made garages and carports. The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division filed suit in December 2024, alleging that Coast to Coast accepted consumer payments for custom-made garages and carports, failed to deliver […]

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Press Release: AG Labrador Joins Coalition Urging Meta to Address AI Sexual Exploitation Risks

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador has joined a coalition of 28 state attorneys general in demanding answers from Meta Platforms, Inc. after disturbing reports surfaced showing that Meta’s social media AI assistant, known as “Meta AI,” may expose children to sexually explicit content and allow adults to simulate the grooming of minors.  “The reports concerning Meta’s […]

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Idaho in the Crosshairs

Idaho is one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation, a bastion of conservative values where the GOP has dominated politics for decades. From its rural landscapes to its small-town ethos, Idaho’s political identity is rooted in principles like limited government, individual liberty, and traditional values. Here in Kootenai County the Republicans have […]

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The Time to Encourage Local Land Management Is Now, Here’s Why

In our great state of Idaho, God has graciously blessed us with the vast natural resources we need to be self-sufficient and prosperous, but we must have governance that allows us access to our resources. After seven years in Congress, it is clear to me what does not work—depending on the federal government to wisely […]

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The 2nd Amendment Doesn’t End At State Lines

This op-ed was co-written with Austin Knudsen, the Attorney General of Montana. Imagine if your freedom of speech applied only with a store owner’s express permission, or if your right to worship disappeared the moment you entered a public park. That’s the logic behind a Hawaii law that bans gun carry preemptively on private property […]

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Congressman Russ Fulcher on Natural Resource Committee Advancing a Historic Package for the Reconciliation Bill

CONTACT: Christianné Allen, Christianne.Allen@mail.house.govCONTACT: Marisa Melton, Marisa.Melton@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Natural Resources held a successful full committee markup and advanced its portion of the reconciliation bill: “After a long night on Capitol Hill, my Natural Resources colleagues and I passed our portion of the reconciliation […]

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What’s Next for Universal School Choice

This article courtesy of the Idaho Freedom Foundation Among the most important triumphs of the 2025 legislative session were the steps taken to advance educational freedom. After years of stubborn resistance from the education establishment, Idaho joined the ranks of conservative states with a meaningful school choice initiative thanks to the leadership of several key […]

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Op-Ed: Time for Congress to Get to Work

After four disastrous years of the Biden regime, the American people chose to return power to the one man they trusted to finally do what they’ve been demanding for years. Donald Trump is a fighter, and he triumphantly returned to the White House with an audacious plan to bulldoze the bureaucratic rot, challenge the D.C. […]

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Your Child’s Safety

The culture war rages on multiple fronts, and for decades, conservatives who champion traditional values have been losing ground. The battle surrounds us, and on May 20, it will appear in the polling booth camouflaged as a community library trustee election. It is a seemingly minor election with only a few local issues on the […]

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Labrador Letter: Idaho Defends Truckers from California’s EV Overreach

Dear Friends, This week, the State of California agreed to repeal key provisions of a sweeping electric-vehicle mandate known as Advanced Clean Fleets. This rule, issued by the California Air Resources Board, sought to force a nationwide shift in trucking technology without legal authority or the consent of other states. Idaho joined a 17-state coalition […]

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