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Support the Teachers and Education, Part 1

School Summer break is here. I visited schools in Rigby. They are using this time to reorganize, to clean, and to repair the school grounds. That’s great! Get ready for the next school year. Following their lead, I want to share my thoughts on how we can help our teachers and education from kindergarten to […]

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John Livingston

The Holes in Our Hearts

Has there ever been a group of people bound by a political false narrative that have been consistently wrong over many years, and be able to survive as a politically significant entity? In retrospect there were observations to be made that could have been used to define the moral predicates that were behind the faux […]

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Podcast

Pride Power & Taxes

A Conversation with IFF President Ron Nate & Tea Party Bob Podcast Notes by Bob Neugebauer Idaho’s Battle for True Pride: Celebrating Heroes While Confronting Rising Costs The Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Pride in America series has struck a nerve with the mainstream media, generating both criticism and unprecedented support from conservative Idahoans. What began as […]

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Election Integrity

Conducting honest and fair elections is a cornerstone to our Republican form of government. However, only 69% of adults are confident their votes would be counted accurately. Nearly a third of Americans are not confident in our election systems. Why? Elections are conducted by the states where the actual process of voting is typically managed […]

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Labrador Letter: Keeping Idaho Families Informed About Online Safety

Dear Friends, As both a parent and Idaho’s Attorney General, I’m deeply troubled by recent reports that Meta’s AI technology is exposing children to sexually explicit content and potentially facilitating online predators. I want to take a moment to share what Idaho families need to know. My office has joined a 28-state coalition demanding immediate answers from […]

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Op-Ed: You’re Invited to Pocatello

This month, Republicans from throughout the Gem State will come together in beautiful Pocatello, Idaho, to enjoy fellowship and take care of important party business. The Idaho GOP State Central Committee is made up of delegates from every legislative district and county in the state. We gather every six months to hear reports from across […]

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National Police Association Backs Fulcher’s No Tax on Overtime Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) issued the following statement after the National Police Association endorsed the Keep Every Extra Penny (KEEP) Act, H.R. 405. “I’m proud to have the support of the National Police Association for my bill, the KEEP Act, which would eliminate the federal income tax on overtime pay. This legislation […]

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John Livingston

Eye on the Ball

Please don’t tell my wife. Today after doing a PERPLEXITY AI search, I changed my mind. My mother used to say that if I didn’t have an opinion about something then give me 10 secs! I found out that Division 1 College athletes graduate at a higher rate than Division 3 athletes. The numbers used […]

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John Livingston

Habits Lead to Competence

From the time I was five years old until I went to college, I spent several weeks each summer on the Ojibwa Indian Reservation at Cass Lake Minnesota. We lived on Norway Beach in the Chippawa National Forest. We held Title and Deed to our home, but the property immediately surrounding our home was on […]

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Boise Blues and Electric Shock Therapy

Just when it appeared that the furor over Mayor McLean’s flying of the Rainbow flag honoring the GAY COMMUNITY in Boise and the city council’s approving it as the official flag of Boise another shoe drops. It appears that our capital city mayor is once again under fire but this time by the Trump Administration’s […]

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Color Revolution

Did we have a Color Revolution right here? A Color Revolution is a term used to describe a sometimes violent political movement aimed at challenging or overthrowing an existing government or power structure, typically incorporating protests, civil disobedience, and grassroots mobilization. These movements are often characterized by their use of a specific theme or color […]

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Labrador Letter: Defending Biological Reality in Federal Corrections Policy

How transgender-identifying individuals are housed in federal prisons is not a theoretical question. It directly affects the safety, privacy, and dignity of inmates, particularly women. Under the Biden Administration, federal agencies were instructed to disregard biological sex and could instead classify inmates based solely on how they self-identified. That policy treated personal identity claims as if they were biological facts and authorized prison […]

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