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John Livingston

The Problem of “Social Cost”

In Idaho at all levels of government we are watching before our eyes a centralization of the political process. The State of Idaho budget is 55% funded by the Feds—with strings attached. At the local level through government grants and incentives to participate in Federalized programs—think activation fees and matching funds for Medicaid and public […]

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John Livingston

There is No Claim on Virtue

It seems pretty obvious to me that the Biden campaign and the deep-deep state have nothing of a policy nature upon which to run. What have they done in the past three years that has been successful? Inflation, immigration, the politicization of our legal system, a military under assault from the bureaucratic “woke” estate at […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

It’s A Republic If You Can Keep It

Happy Fourth of July to all of our Readers! After this week’s presidential debate, Americans have to ask the question, “Who is running our country because we all know after this debate it is not Joe Biden?” Personally, I believe that it is Obama and his band of “Totalitarian Socialists” who have been making the […]

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Unity

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” Antoine de Saint Exupery There has been a lot of talk about the need for unity in the Republican Party. The […]

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SCOTUS Restores Rights for Cities, States to Regulate Homeless Camping

[BOISE] – The Supreme Court rejected judicial overreach by the Ninth Circuit and restored the ability of struggling West Coast cities to effectively manage their public spaces. The majority opinion cited several times an amicus brief led by Idaho. Before the ruling, cities in the Ninth Circuit could not enforce bans on public camping unless they […]

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John Livingston

Happy Fourth of July

Great men and women as they mature and rise to positions of leadership within their families, their businesses, in the professional world and hopefully in government, develop systems within their minds and souls that help them make difficult decisions. I am talking of course about serious-minded people. Our Founding Fathers were serious people. Early on […]

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Why is the Truth Being Ignored?

As everyone focuses on the devastation that would ensue if Joe Biden were re-elected, or the triumphs for America that would come with a Donal Trump win, the refusal to target and address the real problem persists. The real problem that will continue with either one of those candidates is the government behaving in full […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

The Enemy Within

Scare Tactics or Reality? China has acquired farmland near 19 highly sensitive military bases. They have been putting malware in many of our natural resources and pose a serious threat to National security. They currently own 350k acres of U.S. farmland. It is doubtful that they purchased this land to grow corn or potatoes. You […]

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Conventional Wisdom

The Idaho Republican Convention happened last weekend and it was a success in multiple ways. The three day event began with committee meetings held at The Coeur d’Alene Resort and ended with a General Session at NIC’s Schuler Auditorium. The NIC catering staff supplied a delicious lunch for 750 people on both Friday and Saturday. […]

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Fighting the Biden Administration’s radical green-energy agenda

There are few projects that have solidified such widespread opposition as the Lava Ridge wind development proposal, forced on the people of Idaho by the Biden Administration and an East Coast energy consortium. They want to build a massive wind farm on federal land in Idaho’s beautiful Magic Valley and sell the generated power to […]

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Using AI in Warfare

While Israel is being condemned for its actions taken against Hamas following the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel, there are some aspects of warfare being used by Israel which most may not be aware. In February 2023, Israel announced the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect and classify terrorist targets which would accelerate […]

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John Livingston

Win, Baby, Win!

Idaho’s conservative Republicans have had a great couple of weeks. Dorothy Moon being reelected by 62% of the Delegate vote at the State Convention in Coeur d ‘Alene jml was a bigger margin than she got last time around. Russ Fulcher is making a name for himself in Washington DC and in Idaho. Raul Labrador […]

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