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Design is Destiny

We see how Democrat administered cities are in decline. Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York all experience rising crime rates, economic uncertainty, increased homelessness, and other societal maladies that make those cities unattractive to most Americans. What we don’t see are any effective corrective actions to address these problems. If a […]

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Op-Ed: They Told You Idaho Was Safe. They Lied.

My name is Brian Lenney, and I represent you in the Idaho State Senate. I took an oath to defend Idaho and America, and I refuse to watch our state be transformed while staying silent. I came to Idaho because it represented everything America used to be. A place where hardworking Americans could raise families […]

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An Important Message from the Idaho Freedom Foundation

Donate to save our state from the illegal invasion and their enablers! While we had many victories in 2025, there was one topic that, despite overwhelming support for, went unaddressed by our Legislature: Stopping illegal immigration. Now, riots are breaking out across major cities. Illegals and their enablers are waving foreign flags, looting, and committing […]

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Labrador Letter: The Illegal Immigration Problem

Dear Friends, Illegal immigration isn’t just a problem for South Texas, Arizona, or California. It’s a national crisis—and Idaho is feeling the impact. Trafficking routes stretch from both the southern and northern borders into every region of the country, and our communities are not immune.  Here in Idaho, we’ve seen the consequences of the last […]

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Op-Ed: Standing Up For the Rule of Law

The rule of law is the foundation of western civilization. More than 800 years ago, Englishmen forced the tyrannical King John to sign a document respecting their natural rights, including the right to a trial by jury. Two hundred and fifty years ago, our Founding Fathers declared independence from another tyrannical king, standing on the […]

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Party Dysphoria

“It is not a criminal violation to enter the country illegally. It’s not. It’s not criminal. It’s not a crime. It’s not a crime.” Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas The Democrat party is in such bad shape that many Democrats don’t want to identify as Democrats anymore. Democrat leadership is acting out in strange and desperate […]

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Immigration Sanity

America is a land of immigrants, which isn’t unique as this can be said about virtually every nation. Unless your ZIP Code is The Garden of Eden, we are all either immigrants or descended from immigrants. Beginning with the first humans, we have roamed the entire planet and now, facilitated by our technology, occupy every […]

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Is there a Need for H1B visas?

For many years I have personally been opposed to H1B visas primarily because of the games that big corporations play using a system that is meant to be means to benefit our country’s economy and instead turn it into a way for them to make more profits with lower cost wages. Years ago, I wrote […]

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Labrador Letter: Protecting the Freedoms of our Citizens

Dear Friends, It’s been a busy week for us! Obviously, there were tremendous political victories at the state and federal levels that dramatically affect the people of Idaho. But our office also delivered legal victories in federal court on two important issues regarding illegal immigration and a federal minimum wage for contractors. Both resulted from […]

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Special Airfare for Illegals Coming to America

With word being spread that there are hundreds of thousands of criminals in our country the question remains “Where Are They” and how do we get them out? We are hearing about the surge in Venezuelan gang activity across the U.S. but is the liberal media reporting the truth to the American people since they […]

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Labrador Defends American Firearms Manufacturers from Liability for Mexico’s Gun Violence

[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a coalition of 27 states in defending American firearms manufacturers against attempts to hold the companies liable for gun violence in Mexico. If a lower court’s ruling is allowed to stand, Americans’ Second Amendment rights could be threatened. In their petition, the attorneys general ask the Supreme Court of […]

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Are Illegals the Democrats’ Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Ever since President Obama left office there has been a coordinated effort to open our borders to illegal immigrants in hopes of inundating the U.S. with a huge mass migration of illegals that we cannot possibly cope with. This process started by Obama before he left office and was his way of changing the face […]

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