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Bob's Words of Wisdom

History in the Making

The left calls them the Dictator and the Hillbilly, but it doesn’t matter what they call them — they may have to live with both these gentlemen, who could run the table to run this country for the next 12 years! The Trump train is rolling and with JD Vance now on board as his […]

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Will Trump Unify our Country and Stop the Fleecing of America?

Only a few saw the corruption in the Deep State: For all of my adult life, I have voted Republican even though there were many times I had to I has to hold my nose as I pulled the lever in the voting booth. Let’s face it folks for a good many years the republican […]

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Multiplication of Division

America is divided. Ask most anyone and they would likely agree. However, you may not get consensus on the reason for the division, or where the fracture actually lays. It is as if we have a general feeling of division but among your known circle of friends and acquaintances, specific boundaries of disagreement become blurred. […]

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The Great Awaking

Yes, folks, they just convicted Donald Trump of a Nonexistent Crime. Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet we are definitely a country under siege and Americans are finally waking up to that fact. History was made this past week when the Kangaroo Court in N.Y.C. and a dishonest Judge that was hand […]

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Hate Lost

We have the election results and all of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) Recommended Candidates won their races. KCRCC Recommended Candidates Leslie Duncan, Marc Eberlein, Bob Norris, Carl Bjerke and Elaine Price won their competitive races by wide margins. This is a repeat of the 2022 primary where all of the KCRCC Recommended […]

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John Livingston

If You Don’t Kill the King

Pyrrhus was a Greek King and General of the Hellenistic period. He was one of the strongest opponents of ancient Rome and ranked with Alexander The Great and Hannibal as a Great Leader and General. He fought a series of three great battles against the mighty Roman Legions from 289-275 B. C. and defeated Rome […]

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It’s Time to Pick your Poison for the Primary Elections

I’m going to make this short and sweet as this primary election has been more contentious than any I have experienced in my 31 years of following politics in Idaho. I have said many times in my writing and on the radio that Idaho is basically a Libertarian-bent state when it comes to politics and […]

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Can Illegal Aliens Vote?

There is much speculation and talk about why so many illegals are being allowed to enter our country, and that one aspect may have to do with building a base of voters, more so for the democratic party.  In 2021, the White House announced Executive Order (EO) 14019, Promoting Access to Voting. It begins by […]

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John Livingston

Queensbury Rules or No Holds Barred

Did it ever occur to anyone that all the out of State money going into the Defend and Protect Idaho PAC, The Governor’s PAC, and the Idaho Freedom PAC may be coming from the same places in many cases? What better way to help the Idaho GOP implode than to up fund both sides of […]

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Gem State Patriot 2024 GOP Primary Endorsements

For county and local races, please consider the 2024 May Primary Voter Guide from ConservativesOf: Idaho. U.S. Representative, District 1 — Russ FulcherU.S. Representative, District 2 — Scott Cleveland Legislative Dist. 1 — Senate — Scott HerndonLegislative Dist. 1 — House Seat A — Spencer HutchingsLegislative Dist. 1 — House Seat B — Cornel Rasor […]

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Labrador Letter: Idaho’s Laws for Election Security

Dear Friends, Last week my office achieved an important victory in the defense of Idaho’s laws for election security. In a unanimous 5-0 decision in Babe Vote et. al. v. McGrane, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho’s law that said a student identification card was not an acceptable form of ID when it comes to […]

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Guest Opinion: Cleveland will Protect Dams and Idaho Water

A Guest Opinion by Scott Cleveland, Candidate for Representative of 2nd Congressional District I’m Scott Cleveland and I’m the Republican candidate for Idaho’s U.S. House of Representatives 2nd Congressional District on May 21st. My opponent is career politician, Mike Simpson. While Mike Simpson has supported the dairy industry in the past, his position has changed, […]

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