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John Livingston

THE HMP’s (Handmaiden Manservant Party)

On May 1 Hiliary Clinton spoke at the Newmark Civic Life Series in Manhattan at the 92nd Street Y, New York. She argued that there is a “very blatant effort to basically send a message, most exemplified by Vance and Musk, and others, that, you know, what we really need from you women are more children… and […]

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John Livingston

Faith and Patriotism

The greatest war in the history of the world was fought and won without a shot ever being fired or a soldier or sailor having been killed in battle. Three men leveraged and then deployed their moral fiber and virtue, and their profound belief in God, that was the bases of the moral pillars they […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

What’s up with Education in Idaho? More Levies?

I always hear people complaining about taxes and how they keep going up, but when I told a group of our homeowners today that there was an election this Tuesday to raise their taxes, many of them did not know about it. So let me educate all of our readers about the 27 counties that […]

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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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John Livingston

Defending Our Country

What an incredible 115 days Donald Trump has had. Trying to pin down a central theme with so many accomplishments on the national security, economic, and with DOGE is tough to do. Even as his administration confronts the virtue signaling-nihilistic, “dummy scrimmage Wanta be heroes” on the political left and in the mainstream media and […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Trump’s Second 1st 100 Days

As President Trump’s first one hundred days comes to an end, we look at the progress he has made and the many challenges that lie ahead. He has signed 142 executive orders ranging from closing our borders to most recently eliminating funding for NPR and PBS, which have been accused of biased programing. I don’t […]

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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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AG Labrador Leads Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Strike Down Hawaii’s Unconstitutional Public Carry Ban

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador of Idaho and Attorney General Austin Knudsen of Montana filed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutional right to bear arms and strike down Hawaii’s sweeping restrictions on lawful public carry. The brief, filed in Wolford v. Lopez, asks the Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling […]

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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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