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Bryan N. Zollinger – Candidate Position Summary

Taxation — I will oppose all new taxes and tax increases and work feverishly to reduce and cut current taxes. I believe our taxes are already too high because we are funding unconstitutional and unnecessary programs. I also believe there is plenty of waste in the current state budget to find areas where we can […]

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Jason West, Candidate for Representative District 28, Seat ‘B’

“The greatest power we as humans have is the RIGHT TO CHOOSE. The U.S. Constitution was founded on this very principle. Government should not dictate what is best for our health, what is best for our families, what is best for our businesses.”

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America: What We Are About

“Freedom is difficult to understand because it isn’t a presence but an absence — of governmental constraint.” — “A Time for Truth,” William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury for Presidents Nixon and Ford America: ‘In a nutshell:’ The United States was born out of the insatiable human longing for freedom. Pure Freedom is Pure […]

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Northwest Grassroots ‘Movie Night’ Shows Incredible Documentary: ShadowRing

Many Idahoans cursed with having to live in the southern (confederate) part of the state are probably not aware that Spokane, WA is almost considered part of north Idaho due its close proximity to the Coeur d’Alene area. A lot of citizens up here live in one state and work in the other with a […]

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Trial Lawyers Plot Public Heist

How to Buy a Seat on the Supreme Court With the release of candidate finance reports this week, we have learned a great deal about the race for the Supreme Court seat. The most startling fact is that the Idaho Trial Lawyers are engaged in a massive effort to place one of their own on […]

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Trump Isn’t Just Conservative, He’s the Most Conservative Presidential Candidate since Reagan

It’s time to clear up misconceptions, deceptions and distortions by the #NeverTrump crowd. Of course Trump is a conservative. Actually on the most important issues of the day, he’s the most conservative GOP Presidential candidate since Reagan. Keep reading- I’ll prove it to you. I’m one of you. I’m a true-blue lifelong conservative patriot. I’ve […]

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Gun Control, Supported by Criminals Worldwide!

“Can’t we all get along?” – Rodney King The Sandy Hook and Jovan Belcher/Kasandra Perkins tragedies have created a rallying point for those bent on limiting the U.S. citizen’s right to possess certain types of firearms. This is nothing new as each time a calamity like this happens, the same people rise up to blame […]

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Brent Regan’s view of Donald Trump

I like Ted Cruz, and I also like Trump, but for completely different reasons. In my experience as a manager I have found that if you look for a person’s talents and then find a way to apply them, success will be close at hand. Cruz and Trump have completely different skill sets but they […]

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The Fourth Amendment, Civil Forfeiture, & Digital Currency

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” That […]

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LIARS: Charles Darwin’s Deadly Deceptions

The truth about liars, is the title of a Coeur d’Alene Press Editorial (2/11/15). It is based on NBC’s chief anchor Brian Williams lying on “Nightly News.” The Editor says, “There is no Pulitzer for proving proficient in both cheating and lying.” This is regarding “a couple prominent national reporters who cheated by stealing someone […]

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Letter to the Editor: Local Control for Education

My daughter posted a picture recently of my 5-year-old granddaughter with a not so beautiful grimace on her face. Next to it, was a picture of her 2-year-old sister with a mischievous smile and hands held high covered in Desitin? Upon closer examination, you can see that Brynnley’s face, along with a few other things […]

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The Standard

In this multipart series on being an effective conservative we’ll look at the term conservative in the context that it is commonly used, “I am a conservative.” I am going to cover 4 aspects in this article. In the construction industry, a plumb bob is a standard, a 4′ level is a standard, and a […]

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