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Idaho Prop 1, Flock Cameras & Why Groceries Get Taxed

Idaho Prop 1 lands on the ballot the first Tuesday of November, and this episode opens its issue roundup there. The episode’s case is that the initiative would roll Idaho’s abortion law back further than it stood before the Dobbs decision — later into pregnancy, without parental notification or consent for minors, and performed by […]

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Flock Cameras, the Fauci Diaries & Idaho’s Prop 1 Vote

This episode delivers a fast-moving conservative read on the stories shaping Idaho right now, moving from local government accountability to statewide ballot fights before turning to a longer lesson in free-market economics. The through-line is a familiar one for the show: where Idaho’s money, rights, and values are most at stake — and where the […]

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Op-Ed: Why We Fight Against Abortion

This November, Idahoans have a choice to make: keep the Gem State a sanctuary for all life, including preborn babies, or adopt a radical abortion regime even darker than the days of Roe v. Wade. With less than two months until absentee ballots arrive in mailboxes, we have no time to lose when it comes […]

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PODCAST: Idaho Abortion Ballot, Flock Cameras & Free-Market Economics

The abortion initiative headed for Idaho’s ballot leads this week’s episode. Per the announcement cited from Secretary of State Phil McGrain, the measure to re-legalize abortion has enough signatures and is expected to appear as Proposition 1. The episode frames the next 100 days as all hands on deck to defeat it, citing figures that […]

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Op-Ed: Nine Month Abortion is Too Radical for Idaho

I’m sure you’ve heard that the so-called “Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act” has qualified for the ballot. That means you, the voters of Idaho, will face a clear choice this November: bring abortion back to Idaho, or maintain our state’s status as a sanctuary for the unborn. Supporters of the initiative, now called Proposition 1, […]

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Op-Ed: Vote No On Prop 1… Again

Well, it’s all but official. Word is that pro-abortion activists found enough signatures to get their radical and deceptive “Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act” on the November ballot. I’ve never seen such a dishonest title. Abortion is not about freedom, it’s not about privacy, and it’s certainly not about reproduction. Abortion is the deliberate destruction […]

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Labrador Letter: Defending Idaho’s Pro-Life Laws

Dear Friends, Last week, my office filed a motion asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s Defense of Life Act. The plaintiff claims that Idaho’s pro life laws are unconstitutional and prevent doctors from providing necessary emergency medical care. However, the evidence tells a remarkably different story. The physician bringing this challenge, […]

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Attorney General Labrador Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Idaho’s Pro-Life Law

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador filed a motion for summary judgment asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s Defense of Life Act. The motion reveals that Dr. Stacy Seyb, the physician bringing the challenge, never understood Idaho’s law nor read the January 2023 Idaho Supreme Court decision clarifying the state’s abortion laws […]

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Humanity and Abortion

Idaho has one of the most comprehensive abortion laws in the United States, effectively banning the procedure at all stages of pregnancy with narrow exceptions. The state’s framework consists of multiple overlapping statutes, primarily enacted or triggered after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. […]

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Labrador Letter: Idaho’s Defense of Life Act

Dear Friends, I’m pleased to share the Trump Department of Justice dismissed the previous administration’s attack on Idaho’s Defense of Life Act. I have been fighting against the Biden Administration’s twisted interpretation of federal statutes to keep individual states from enacting pro-life laws for the last two years, and this dismissal is a welcome relief. […]

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Building a Culture of Life: The Story of Stanton Healthcare and Its Mission

A Conversation with Brandi Swindell & Tea Party Bob Podcast Notes by Bob Neugebauer In the heart of Idaho’s Treasure Valley, a movement is growing that’s reshaping how we think about women’s healthcare and life-affirming choices. Brandi Swindell, a fourth-generation Idahoan and the founder of Stanton Healthcare, has built an organization that’s not just changing […]

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Significant Victory in Idaho’s Ongoing Fight to Protect Life

Dear Friends, Last week, we won a significant victory in Idaho’s ongoing fight to protect Life. Idaho’s Abortion Trafficking law can now be enforced, which prohibits anyone from taking a minor child out-of-state for an abortion or giving them drugs for a chemical abortion without parental consent. This law was the first of its kind […]

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