Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to examine the bullying tactics Big Dairy is using against conservative legislators and their families during Idaho’s primary election season. Nate reveals that Senator Glenita Zeiderweld’s husband Tom has lost approximately 85% of his fleet services business after dairies pulled their contracts — and […]
Dear Republican Candidates, Supporters, and Volunteers, On behalf of Chairwoman Dorothy Moon, the Idaho GOP invites you to join us for an Election Night Watch Party at the newly built Residence Inn in Eagle, Idaho (515 S. Palmetto Ave.), beginning at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (See map below.) It has […]
Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to break down the newly released 2026 Idaho Freedom Index — the annual scorecard rating every legislator and the governor based on how they actually voted, not what they promised. With the legislature adjourned, the full session’s votes have been compiled against 430 rated […]
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember—the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” Zig Ziglar Critics of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) claim that efforts to vet candidates, make recommendations, and uphold the principles in the Republican Party Platform are destructive to the party […]
Open the newspaper or turn on the evening news and you’ll see members of the other party complaining about what Idaho’s Republican majority is doing. They insist that if they were in charge—rather than Republicans holding a supermajority in the Legislature—things would be different. But it’s worth taking the time to evaluate ideology by its […]
Dear Friends, Across the country, corrections officers are watching drones fly over prison facilities carrying drugs, weapons, and cell phones directly to inmates. They can see it happening. Under current federal law, they often cannot legally stop it. In March, I joined 20 other attorneys general in a letter to Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Senior Director […]
A Hayekian Case Against Idaho’s Marijuana Act In economics, Friedrich Hayek distinguished between two kinds of knowledge. “General” or scientific knowledge is abstract and law‑like what economists, engineers, and scientists know about general relationships of cause and effect, production functions, and technological possibilities. “Particular” or local knowledge concerns the “circumstances of time and place”: concrete, […]
Bob Neugebauer and Dylan Stocker take on Idaho’s most politically charged current events in a wide-ranging conversation on the Idaho Post. The episode centers on the Department of Justice suing Idaho over voter rolls, a conflict both hosts examine through the lens of personal privacy, election integrity, and the state’s long pattern of resisting federal […]
Everybody has an opinion, and that is especially true around election time. Voters are bombarded with signs, texts, mailers, and social media ads designed to change their views on one candidate or another. Some of these messages are substantive—sharing an incumbent’s voting record or explaining what a challenger will do differently—but others are nothing more […]
Bob Neugebauer and Dylan Stocker cover a sweeping range of Idaho political terrain in what Bob describes as the beginning of a regular partnership on the Idaho Pulse. They open on the 2026 GOP gubernatorial primary, with Stocker — who is himself running for Boise County commissioner — arguing that Governor Brad Little’s refusal to […]
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, I shared part of what we accomplished in 2025 protecting children and defending Idaho’s laws. If you missed that newsletter, you can read it here. This week I want to tell you about our fights against scammers and threats to your constitutional rights. Defending Constitutional Rights Idaho was on the front […]
And what happens to Idaho if the office collapses? This started with one question in Horseshoe Bend Last Tuesday at the “Meet the Representatives” town hall in Horseshoe Bend, I asked a question based on direct work with Idaho sheriffs. I told the room I have interviewed sheriffs across the state, and they are all […]