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Attorney General Labrador Leads 27 States Encouraging SCOTUS to Overturn Gun and Magazine Ban in Illinois

[BOISE] – Attorneys General Raúl Labrador of Idaho and Todd Rokita of Indiana led 26 other states in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court challenging Illinois’ unconstitutional ban of AR-15 rifles and their standard 30-round magazines. “This ruling from the Seventh Circuit flies in the face of the Bruen decision and the […]

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Labrador Letter: “Debanking”

Dear Friends, Recently, my office has taken several concerned phone calls from Idaho residents who are worried about the new trend playing out in the financial sectors of our economy – “debanking,” where a large banking institution quietly closes your account because your business isn’t meeting their social goals, like climate change or Diversity, Equity, […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

SOTU – 73 Minutes of Unadulterated Propaganda and Lies

What I heard in the SOTU was an old man who was pumped up with drugs and deteriorating mentally shouting like an angry child who was looking for attention. This is a man who three short years ago claimed he was going to be the great uniter yet he has done nothing but divide our […]

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Congressman Fulcher’s Statement on the State of the Union Address

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Fulcher released the following statement on President Biden’s State of the Union address: “The State of the Union that President Biden just described is not an accurate reality. The truth is, President Biden and his anti-American policies are responsible for our border crisis, not Congress. Almost a year ago, the House […]

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Caucus Saboteurs

Last Saturday, thanks to efforts by the Idaho Republican Party, nearly 40,000 Idaho Republicans were able to cast their vote for their preferred Presidential Candidate. This could not have happened without the Republican Party acting after the Secretary of State, the legislature and the Governor all agreed to cancel the March Presidential Primary. What is […]

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Idahoans Demand Change!

Straw Poll Reveals Discontent with Biden’s Leadership, Embrace Conservative Values for Restoration Last weekend, tens of thousands of Republicans came together to select Idaho’s choice for the next President of the United States. Donald Trump overwhelmingly won the Idaho Republican Presidential Caucus, taking approximately 85% of the vote. The voice of the people was heard […]

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Balanced Budget & Term Limit Resolutions

On March 1, 2024, the Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee (SJRC) voted to send SCR 114 and SCR 115 to the floor for a vote. SCR 114 addresses Term Limits, and SCR 115 addresses a Balanced Budget amendment (BBA). Both resolutions include the language “call a convention” or “calling of a convention of the states”. […]

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John Livingston

Always Life First

I believe the progressive wings of the Democratic and Republican parties are going to make women’s rights and specifically access to abortion, a central part of their campaign this year. The issue is not complicated but has become nuanced and conflated with issues of claimed human rights, not necessarily individual rights and responsibilities. G. K. […]

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Republicans Do The Splits

In our current political scene, it looks like Republicans in North Idaho are doing the splits. We have a far right extremely small splinter group largely composed of out-of-state agitators who are either Catholic monarchists, anti-Semites, Christian Nationalist authoritarians, or some combination of those or other tiny faction. Then we have the Kootenai County Republican […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Heads up, Dorothy, the RINOs are on the Rampage

Idahoans are being inundated with propaganda mail from many different moderate to left leaning organizations that have been helping to turn our state Blue for the past 20 years. Much of this propaganda is aimed at our duly elected Chairwoman of Idaho’s Republican Party, Dorothy Moon. We saw the same thing happen when Barry Peterson […]

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President Donald J. Trump wins Idaho Republican Presidential Caucus

The Idaho Republican Party announces that President Donald J. Trump has won the Idaho Republican Presidential Caucus.  See below for IDGOP Chairwoman Dorothy Moon’s full statement: “We are pleased to announce that with over 84% of the precincts reporting the results of the Idaho Republican Presidential Caucus, President Donald J. Trump has won all 32 […]

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Republicans Rally Against Sabotage Efforts, Ready for Successful Caucus Event

Are you getting sick of seeing bad faith attacks on the Idaho Republican Party and our upcoming Presidential Caucus? I know I am. It’s quite frankly downright disgusting, and I’m going to call out the bad actors who are behind it. The power brokers of Idaho’s political establishment took a beating at the state convention […]

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