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National Police Association Backs Fulcher’s No Tax on Overtime Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) issued the following statement after the National Police Association endorsed the Keep Every Extra Penny (KEEP) Act, H.R. 405. “I’m proud to have the support of the National Police Association for my bill, the KEEP Act, which would eliminate the federal income tax on overtime pay. This legislation […]

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John Livingston

Eye on the Ball

Please don’t tell my wife. Today after doing a PERPLEXITY AI search, I changed my mind. My mother used to say that if I didn’t have an opinion about something then give me 10 secs! I found out that Division 1 College athletes graduate at a higher rate than Division 3 athletes. The numbers used […]

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John Livingston

Habits Lead to Competence

From the time I was five years old until I went to college, I spent several weeks each summer on the Ojibwa Indian Reservation at Cass Lake Minnesota. We lived on Norway Beach in the Chippawa National Forest. We held Title and Deed to our home, but the property immediately surrounding our home was on […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Boise Blues and Electric Shock Therapy

Just when it appeared that the furor over Mayor McLean’s flying of the Rainbow flag honoring the GAY COMMUNITY in Boise and the city council’s approving it as the official flag of Boise another shoe drops. It appears that our capital city mayor is once again under fire but this time by the Trump Administration’s […]

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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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John Livingston

Thank You — Never Enough

I spent Memorial Day 2025 on Whidby Island, Washington. Our new family vacation home is in Oak Harbor, the home of Whidby Island Naval Air Station. It was good to see so many young military families at Mass on Memorial Day Sunday. It reinforces my belief that we are hopefully at the beginning of a […]

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John Livingston

Alibis Destroy Character

We have all heard the story of “Alibi Ike” in one form or another. I learned the lesson on a football practice field in Marion, Ohio, when I was 16 years old. Upper Arlington—The good guys, were scrimmaging the team from Marion. It was at the end of the scrimmage, and the second teamers were […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Corporate Physicians, Heal Thyselves

We have two types of medical care in our country. The first is that given by the godless corporate hospitals and the second is that given by the independent physicians who don’t have to depend on corporate rules and regulations that seem to have crept into our medical system. We have shifted from a physician […]

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John Livingston

Pardon Dr. Ryan Cole

I was asked by a group of concerned citizens to give my opinion about the actions that have been taken against Dr. Ryan Cole by both the Washington State Board of Medicine and The Idaho Board of Medicine. I have not recently reviewed the allegations made against him, nor have I reviewed all of the […]

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