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Ongoing Fraud Investigations and Local Concerns Allegations of billions of dollars in fraud continue to surface in states such as Minnesota, with investigations now beginning in Maine and Ohio. These developments suggest that further abuse in misusing U.S. taxpayer money is likely to be uncovered. It would be naive to assume that Idaho is immune […]
Dear Friends, The news cycle moves fast. A legal victory one week becomes old news the next. An arrest that took months of investigation gets buried under whatever controversy dominates the headlines. I understand that. But I also think you deserve to know what your Attorney General’s office accomplished this year, even if some of […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced this week that his office entered into a settlement agreement with Right Now Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing LLC, stemming from the investigation of consumer complaints regarding business practices. Right Now signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) which addresses the various concerns and requires a payment of […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador is warning Idahoans about a text scam claiming recipients must act urgently to receive $2,000 tariff rebate checks. The fraudulent messages, complete with bold and capitalized words, claim the recipient’s check will not be sent unless they click a link and respond immediately. These texts are not from any […]
Will 2026 be the year AGI reveals the truth about “Climate Change”? Twenty years ago, Al Gore’s Power Point presentation turned film “An Inconvenient Truth” opened the door to massive societal and economic commitments to battle the existential threat of global warming. Anyone who dared to question the climate model predictions was labeled a heretic […]
Dependency, Corruption, and the Bill Coming Due The national news is now reporting roughly a billion dollars in suspected waste, fraud, and abuse in Minnesota’s state‑administered programs that distribute federal money—SNAP, Medicaid, rental assistance, and small‑business COVID loans, particularly in Somali communities in Minneapolis and its suburbs. Even more troubling are whistleblower claims from inside […]
Does your interlocutor believe in a universal moral law binding on all human beings? That single question determines whether political argument will rest on reason or dissolve into pure passion. A moral predicate is the foundational moral assumption on which all subsequent reasoning depends. Without some shared base, rational debate becomes impossible. The historical foundations of the American […]
Re: Request to Pause IDHW Childcare Appropriations Rep. Josh Tanner and I sent a letter to IDHW on New Year’s Eve. We’re demanding they halt new childcare grant payments until they get their house in order. >>You can read about that here But there’s still a tad bit of confusion about what this letter is […]
A few years ago, I got a new license plate for my car. I chose the number 2024 as a reminder of how important that year was going to be. The fate of our nation hung in the balance—would we accept the yoke of woke totalitarianism, progressivism, and Marxism, or would we elect a leader […]
As we enter a new year, it is time for every American to contemplate what kind of country they want to live in. When we look back at the past 25 years, our country has been on a roller coaster ride economically and socially. Since 2000, the U.S. national debt has increased by about $30 […]
How Idaho’s Fiscal Discipline Collapsed Idaho policymakers face an uncomfortable question: how does a state transform a $496 million surplus into deficit projections within a single budget cycle? The answer reveals fundamental weaknesses in fiscal oversight and political incentives that govern public spending. Idaho’s experience offers a case study in how even traditionally conservative states […]
There are always two sides to a story. Such divergence of opinion on one story has surfaced between one former Idaho legislator, and one current legislator. Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld posted an article, Understanding the IACI Endorsement, discussing the Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry (IACI) and its political influence over elected officials and policy. In […]