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Bob's Words of Wisdom

I Once Was Blind but Now Can See (Part 2)

Enter Butch Otter – A 12 Year Payback to his Faithful Before we start this history of Butch Otter it is necessary that you understand who IACI is as they have been the most influential force in Idaho’s political arena for decades giving them a say in every important policy decision made by our legislators. […]

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News Opinions / Op-eds

The Great Reset Is Local

The World Economic Forum Great Reset Initiative is a global tyrannical plan being forced upon the world to enact its 4th Industrial Revolution (4thIR), primarily change the way the economy works, and change how we all live. As usual, this obscenity is being paid for by taxpayers that will only add to the ongoing debt […]

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Op-Ed Vaccine Mandates Should Be Banned

Idaho’s Legislature will resume the session on November 15th. My most sincere hope is for the Legislature to pass a bill to protect Idahoans from big corporations and “special-interest science.” Our elected leaders need to make vaccine-mandates illegal! We are inundated with hordes of subject matter experts who are so arrogant in their beliefs they […]

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Congressman Fulcher Leads Discussion on Supply Chain Impacts of Federal Vaccine Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) likely unlawful federal vaccine mandate:  “There’s no way around it. President Biden’s vaccine mandate is bad for workers, it’s bad […]

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Outraged at IRS Reporting Scheme

Guest column submitted by U.S. Senator Mike Crapo “Americans are starting to be worried about this. Do you think that this pay‑for of giving the IRS more money to crack down on unpaid taxes is going to stay in the reconciliation bill?” “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.” –Speaker Pelosi exchange with reporter during weekly press […]

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John Livingston

Who Do They Serve?

My last duty station on active duty in the Navy was in Keflavik Iceland at the NATO Base Hospital. I held two jobs during those two years. I was a staff General Surgeon and head of the Department of Surgery, and I was The Director of Clinical Affairs. There was an inherent conflict of interest in […]

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John Livingston

Character of a People

My wife and I have spent the last 10 days on Chesapeake Bay. We are staying in a cottage on Mobjack Bay. Before I married my wife, I spent 20 years in Tidewater Virginia during my surgical training and then my service in the Navy. I truly love Virginia. When we got away from the […]

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John Livingston

Corruption or Purnell’s Law

As organizations evolve from inception, through incubation, and then to maturity, the creative energy of the entrepreneur and the explorer is often times replaced by a middle manager who is more concerned with maintaining the status quo or market share. Sometimes middle managers become CEOs. We see this happening around us every day. The small […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

I Once Was Blind but Now Can See

Part 1 — in the Beginning For almost a decade, we at the Gem State Patriot have been trying to get Idahoans’ attention to the fact that too many of its government officials have been growing more corrupt every year they remain in office. The challenge has been to wake them up so that they […]

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Bryan Smith: Why I’m running for Congress

Last Saturday, I announced that I’m running for Congress to replace Mike Simpson in the United States House of Representatives. For over 20 long years, Simpson has been in Washington where he’s voted for amnesty for illegals, massive spending increases, bigger government, and gun control. And now he’s joined radical environmentalists to destroy four dams […]

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Why COVID Orders Are Not Law and the Many Ways They Could Be Stopped

When news of COVID lockdown orders began to be reported back in early 2020, my immediate concern was not over the virus but the lawfulness of the orders. Yes, the virus matters and should be researched by doctors so they can advise their patients as to the best methods of prevention and/or treatment. However, without […]

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School Board Elections November 2nd

“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.” -Deuteronomy 6:6-7 If nothing is more […]

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