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Integrity in Affiliation Explained

Every two years, the Idaho Republican Party asks primary candidates to sign the Integrity in Affiliation Form. This simply asks if candidates have read and support the Idaho State Constitution and the Idaho Republican Platform. Sounds simple, but nothing is ever simple in today’s media and political environment. Some, apparently troubled with the notion of […]

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Idahoans have chosen to protect life. Biden is trying to stop us.

In his 2021 inaugural address, President Biden remarked, “The will of the people has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded. We have learned again that democracy is precious.” Then, a year later, this self-declared unifier sued my state for exercising democracy. Idaho passed the Defense of Life Act in 2020 to protect […]

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Department Of Defense Playing Doctor?

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Conceived in 2019, the Department of Defense (DOD), under its Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department (DTRA), developed a program called Discovery of MCMs (medical countermeasures) Against Novel Entities (DOMANE) “to rapidly identify a combination of drugs to impact the novel biological threat from multiple targets, which […]

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Internet of Everything

Internet of Things (IoT) is basically a world of devices connected through the internet with most people using some form of this technology. But IoT is not the end goal here, it is the Internet of Everything (IoE). Basically, that means an individual’s whole world will be centered around the internet. In this Cisco commercial, […]

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John Livingston

Our Christian Founding

I was challenged by several people last week regarding the connection between the Republican structures of government in ancient Rome and the Enlightenment Principles that were both instrumental in the Founding of The American Republic. As alluded to below our founding was unique because it not only incorporated the political philosophies of Ancient Greece and […]

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Gem State Patriot 2024 GOP Primary Endorsements

For county and local races, please consider the 2024 May Primary Voter Guide from ConservativesOf: Idaho. U.S. Representative, District 1 — Russ FulcherU.S. Representative, District 2 — Scott Cleveland Legislative Dist. 1 — Senate — Scott HerndonLegislative Dist. 1 — House Seat A — Spencer HutchingsLegislative Dist. 1 — House Seat B — Cornel Rasor […]

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It’s Our Anniversary – Fourteen Years and Counting

I would personally like to thank all of our readers for their support! George Orwell once said “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act: Be careful what you say nowadays or you could be considered an enemy of the state. How in heaven’s name did we get to the […]

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Shut Up!

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell ‘Faith, family and freedom loving conservative Republicans need to shut up and go away.’ That is the message we are hearing from the Democrats and their allies in the Republican Party. There is a statewide effort to crush the grassroots […]

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Idaho GOP Loves the Grass Roots

In 1854, Americans from all walks of life gathered in churches, schoolhouses, and community centers to build what would become the Republican Party. Our party has always worked best when authority and legitimacy come from the ground up rather than the top down. My election as Chair at the 2022 State Convention in Twin Falls […]

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What About a State Bank?

Doom and gloom messages of a financial apocalypse across the world continue, with many questions as what can be done about it. Most certainly, this federal administration has no intention of taking any corrective action, and the current Idaho governor doesn’t seem to grasp how he has entangled our state into the fray.  Creative solutions […]

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John Livingston

In God’s Image

Abortion is a difficult subject to talk about because almost every single adult living in the United States either knows of a family member or a close friend who has had an abortion. One in four women in the United States will have had an abortion by the time they have reached menopause. Since Roe […]

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Labrador Letter: Idaho’s Laws for Election Security

Dear Friends, Last week my office achieved an important victory in the defense of Idaho’s laws for election security. In a unanimous 5-0 decision in Babe Vote et. al. v. McGrane, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho’s law that said a student identification card was not an acceptable form of ID when it comes to […]

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