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AG Labrador Asks Supreme Court to Review Idaho’s Law Protecting Women’s Sports

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador filed a supplemental brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant immediate review of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act rather than sending the case back to a lower court. The brief argues that vital constitutional questions about sex-based classifications and women’s athletic opportunities require the Court’s urgent attention. “While […]

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Vice Chairman Fulcher Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing titled Looking Under the Hood: The State of NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety. Subcommittee Vice Chairman Fulcher’s opening statement as prepared for delivery: “Good morning and thank you to our witnesses for joining today’s […]

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Remembering the Price of Freedom

It’s that time of year again, when Idahoans turn out for parades, light fireworks, and celebrate the greatest country on God’s green earth. Two hundred forty-nine years ago, John Adams declared that we should commemorate America’s independence with pomp and parade, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent […]

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John Livingston

Property Rights and the Right of Contract

Life goes on in the Plantation. We are dealing with an issue that many of you have written to me about and our situation is happening all over Idaho in large and small communities. Our quite peaceful neighborhood is soon to become a construction site and dump for a new “project” of high-density housing that […]

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John Livingston

What is Medicine For?

Over the past several years I have written about the evolving changes in medicine that have occurred with the replacement of traditional medical ethics—think the Hippocratic Oath for example that is almost never used anymore at Medical School graduations, with a secular humanistic ethic that early in the nineteen sixties evolved into medical consumerism and […]

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John Livingston

What Makes a Hero?

I received an e-mail today from a friend that was very critical of Benjamin Netanyahu. Here are some of his words: He tried to “Make himself an essential war-time leader, in order to put off facing criminal charges? That has a familiar ring to it.” Here is my response: The Netanyahu family has served the […]

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An Important Message from the Idaho Freedom Foundation

Donate to save our state from the illegal invasion and their enablers! While we had many victories in 2025, there was one topic that, despite overwhelming support for, went unaddressed by our Legislature: Stopping illegal immigration. Now, riots are breaking out across major cities. Illegals and their enablers are waving foreign flags, looting, and committing […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Leadership is Back in America

Most Americans do not know the history of Iran’s nuclear program which started in 1957 with the signing of Atoms for Peace, with initial support from the United States. While the program expanded in the 1970s, it was paused after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. As the new regime gained power it became clear that they […]

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Idaho Faces Growth and Ideological Challenges

A Conversation with IFF President Ron Nate & Tea Party Bob Podcast Notes by Bob Neugebauer Bottom Line: Idaho stands at a crossroads where explosive population growth and infiltrating woke ideology threaten the conservative values that attracted newcomers in the first place, requiring expanded vigilance across judicial, bureaucratic, and local government spheres. Idaho’s conservative movement […]

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Trump Flashback

It was ten years ago this week that Trump rode down the golden escalator to announce his candidacy. In November of 2015 I wrote the following “My Turn” essay which the CDA Press editor declined to print claiming my prediction of a Trump victory was laughable. TRUMP He is bold, brash, bombastic and has an […]

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Labrador Letter: Victory in Fight Against Child Gender Transition Procedures

Dear Friends, After two years of fighting in federal court, we’ve won. Challengers to Idaho’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act have dismissed their lawsuit entirely and Idaho is now free to fully enforce our law protecting children in Idaho from harmful and irreversible gender transition procedures. This victory is more than just a legal win on […]

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AG Labrador Announces Dismissal of Lawsuit Following Termination of University of Phoenix Acquisition

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced today the dismissal of his lawsuit against the Idaho State Board of Education, following the Board’s decision to terminate the University of Idaho’s planned acquisition of the University of Phoenix. The lawsuit, originally filed in June 2023, challenged the Board’s compliance with Idaho’s Open Meeting Law during its […]

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