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Labrador Letter: What An Attorney General Does

Dear Friends, Most people don’t spend their days reading court filings or coalition letters from attorneys general—and I don’t blame them. But behind those filings is where we do some of our most important work defending Idaho’s values, protecting our freedoms, and standing up to overreach. So in this week’s Labrador Letter, I want to […]

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Op-Ed: Every Election Matters

When most people think about elections, they think of presidential contests, gubernatorial races, or seats in Congress. These big, flashy campaigns dominate the headlines. But some of the most consequential decisions affecting our communities don’t come from Washington, or even from Boise. They come from local boards and commissions elected in so-called “off-cycle” elections. Less […]

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John Livingston

Idaho DOGE is Not DOGE

Elon Musk and his “band of merry guys and gals” has created controversy and consternation in the hearts of the entrenched political bureaucratic deep state in Washington DC. We need the same thing to happen in Idaho State Government, and the entrenched Republican establishment in Boise is doing everything within their power to not let […]

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John Livingston

Actions Not Words

I find it interesting that as President Trump celebrates his First 100 days, his detractors in the media and those progressive politicians on the left have nothing of substance to offer in the political debate. As President Trump takes actions, secures the boarder, strengthens our military, engages magistrates and mayors who fail to obey the […]

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Hey Grok, What is Trespass?

People who are pushing a false narrative about the February Town Hall are trying to distract you with irrelevant Strawman arguments. To get a neutral answer I asked the Grok AI a clear question. Here is the question and the answer: In Idaho if you have rented a high school auditorium to hold an event […]

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Attorney General Labrador Joins Letter Demanding the Nation’s Leading Companies to Abandon DEI Initiatives

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador has joined a letter with 14 other attorneys general urging the Business Roundtable, an association of the nation’s leading companies, to abandon their unlawful and misguided DEI initiative. Many of the Roundtable’s members have replaced free-market principles with costly and divisive DEI policies against the guidance of the Supreme Court.  The […]

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Attorney General Labrador Asks Boise Mayor to Comply with State Law

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador has sent the following letter to Boise Mayor Lauren McLean addressing the City’s ongoing violation of Idaho’s recently enacted House Bill 96 prohibiting the display of unauthorized flags by cities or other governmental entities on government property. The letter reads: Dear Mayor McLean: As you are aware, the Idaho Legislature […]

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John Livingston

Change the Process

J. R. R. Tolkien the great writer of novels (THE HOBBIT and LORD OF THE RINGS) are just two examples, was also a great Christian Apologetic who is credited with helping C. S. Lewis in his faith journey. Like so many great authors and astute observers of everyday life, they possess the gift of great […]

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John Livingston

The “Why” that Informs the Practice of Medicine

According to The American Medical Association (AMA) Master File and The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the supply of physicians who are actively participating in patient care is 9.3% higher in 2020 than it was in 2009. This trend has continued through 2024—the numbers for that year are not yet available. There are currently 1.1million […]

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God has Given America a Second Chance

Easter is a time for all Christians to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for our sins and his resurrection from dead is the hope that God gave us for the future. As we celebrate this momentous religious day, we should all be grateful that we live in a country that gives us the freedom to […]

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The Truth Will Keep You Free

What should be the consequence if a law enforcement officer concealed the truth to facilitate an arrest? Sadly, the information age has done little to bring us closer to the truth. In many ways the truth is difficult to ascertain because it is shrouded in lies. People with agendas and ulterior motives will confuse or […]

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Op-Ed: Democrats Against Democracy

This week, Idaho received a special visit from the strange world of Blue America. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York seem to be pretty popular on the left, despite promoting a tired, discredited ideology with rhetoric lifted straight from the 1960s. They parachuted into Nampa to deliver a sermon […]

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