Terri Pickens: "Thank you Governor Little for letting us know you don’t...
"The Idaho Legislature usually can be counted on to generate embarrassing headlines, and this year was no exception, according to the Idaho Statesman editorial board. "But it wasn’t all bad. Some of it...
View ArticleRaul Labrador is Good at What He Does for Himself, Lousy for Those He...
By Michael Strickland Raul Labrador is an opportunist who has been riding a gravy train that began with his initial boost to Congress on the backs of Tea Party anger and an opponent who was the dubbed...
View ArticleIdaho AG attempts to bully private organization over “dangerous” and...
by Michael StricklandConservative Republicans love to espouse "local control." But they love big government overreach when it can help them grab headlines. Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador this...
View ArticleElect Bob Solomon for Idaho District 10 Senate
“A great legislative session would be one in which we address these real issues and needs at the beginning of the session, taking time to craft great laws, and putting partisan pet issues to the side....
View ArticleVote Kaylee Peterson for Congress
Help us keep a majority in Congress!The incumbent is a poster child for right-wing extremism. I will be a voice for reason, collaboration, bipartisanship and principled compromise. He puts loyalty to...
View ArticleIdaho nears the fulfillment of Aryan Nations leader’s vision for creating a...
Part one of a two-part series. Part two here.Back in the 1970s and ‘80s—a period when white supremacists and far-right nationalists had been largely relegated to the fringes of American politics—the...
View ArticleGet Idaho Back To The Politics Of The People: Vote Natalie MacLachlan for...
by Michael Strickland“I decided to run for office as I watched Public Education become public enemy number one over the last 2 years. I believe that public education is the great equalizer and is the...
View ArticleSupport David Roth for United States Senate
Both of Idaho's senators opposed the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. The Idaho Senate seats are considered some of the safest in the nation. The two stuffed shirts...
View ArticleReflections on the Idaho Legislature: Michelle Stennett Looks Back ... and...
"Have you ever put your heart and soul into doing something, hopefully helpful to others, only to realize upon reflection later, how much you received in return?, Michelle Stennett said in Reflections...
View ArticleTaking on The Extremists: James Ruchti for Idaho Senate
“We’re going to see what people want (this election season),”James Ruchti told East Idaho News. “Do they want extreme partisanship, extreme rhetoric, fighting about ideology. Or do they want people to...
View ArticleVote for Miranda Marquit for Idaho District 33
I always enjoy driving to Idaho Falls. The beautiful landscape and wide-open skies fill me with optimism. Last week, the drive was even more special, and my reasons to be hopeful for a better future...
View ArticleSen. Risch REFUSES to Debate Paulette Jordan - OUTRAGE
BREAKING: IDAHO IS IN PLAYForty years after a Reagan landslide upset the reelection bid of liberal Senator Frank Church (D), we have the opportunity of a lifetime…to flip the reddest state in the Union...
View ArticleRe-elect TJ Thomson to Boise City Council
Crossposted on 43rd State Blues I first met TJ Thomson at an AFL-CIO labor day picnic in Boise a few years ago. I had felt disillusioned with the hostility and narrow-mindedness of many elected...
View ArticleIt's Time To Reclaim Idaho!
by Michael Strickland“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” -- Margaret Mead Idaho is always at the top....
View ArticleNancy Harris: The Best Candidate for United States Senator from Idaho
The Old Boys Club is facing disruption. Nancy Harris has announced the launch of her 2020 campaign looking to become the first woman Idaho sends to the U.S. Senate.Harris is an Idaho native who says...
View ArticleIdaho Republican Rep. Chad Christensen: Plagiarism
Should an elected official know better?A local lawmaker was among the speakers at a rally on the Capitol steps in Boise on Friday, where he decried what he sees as the erosion of freedom and urged...
View ArticleIdaho Lt. Governor Candidate Janice McGeachin Thanks “Proud to Be White...
Choose your friends wisely. Will Idaho elect a Lt. Governor who openly accepts white supremacists?A truly awful conversation was recently on Facebook under this post. It has since been deleted....
View ArticleIs Idaho GOP Representative Priscilla Giddings Threatening Students?
Update: 3:18 pm MST: The story has officially gone viral.From the Idaho State Journal:The posting has already received widespread attention, with DailyKos publishing an article on the Facebook...
View ArticleStacey Mooney Out As Director of Nampa Civic Center
Idaho has never been great about funding the arts. Since we moved here in 2008, my family has seen three directors of the Nampa Civic Center move on.As of today, the city of Nampa official website...
View ArticleHonest Customer Feedback Leads to Racist/Sexist Response by Aj's Deli in...
I have been to Aj's Deli in Nampa, ID twice. Both times were years ago. Today, I see why something in my soul has had me driving by there almost every day (back and forth from work), but never entering...
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