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While Trump Drains the Swamp in Washington, Let’s Drain the Swamp in Idaho

Congratulations, Magic Valley! Prop 1 was defeated and conservative legislators won big. We won an election. Now let’s win the war against liberal swamp policies, right here in the Magic Valley and in Idaho. So let’s not make the mistake of thinking that by having Trump in the White House, and Magic Valley conservative legislators […]

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Ranked Choice Voting

Magic Valley Voters Defeat Prop 1

Thank you, Magic Valley voters. You did it! Percentage of No Votes in Magic Valley Counties Twin Falls 75% Gooding 81% Jerome 78% Lincoln 77% Minidoka 81% Percentage of No Votes in Other States Colorado 55% Missouri 69% Montana 52% Nevada 54% Oregon 60% South Dakota 66% Alaska repealed ranked choice voting by 52% Washington, […]

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Part 5: The Courage of the Black Robed Regiment

How the 18th century church stood for liberty and why it must do so again Approximate reading time: 4 minutes I just finished reading this most timely book. With our volatile election just days away now, I am seeing more and more news reports that our nation is vulnerable of being plunged into social anarchy, […]

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Part 4: The Courage to Resist Becoming a ‘Hackable Animal’

Approximate reading time: 4.5 minutes “Congratulations, you are now hackable animals”, declared futurist Yuval Harari in a commencement speech in 2020. Lest you dismiss Harari’s declaration as the musings of a fringe globalist, think again. Dr. Harari is the number two mastermind of the World Economic Forum, the premiere globalist organization that coined, “Building back […]

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Part 3: The Courage to Counter Coercion

Approximate reading time: 5:30 min. Abortion is healthcare. Males can have babies. Bidenomics is working. Criticizing mass migration is racist. Love is love. A totalitarian psy-ops operation is in full swing in our post-Christian, neo-pagan America. As I said in Part 1: The Courage to Tell Ourselves the Truth and Part 2: The Courage to […]

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Local News

Ranked Choice Voting Takes Center Stage at Twin Falls & Jerome Counties’ Republican Central Committee Meetings

Twin Falls County Central Committee Meeting, July 10, 2024 By Leslie Wolff, Precinct Committeeman Twin Falls#14 How I Became a Precinct Committeeman Since this is my first report, let me take a few minutes to introduce myself. Eight years ago, my husband and I escaped California and sought refuge in the red state of Idaho… […]

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Part 2: The Courage to Live in Truth

Approximate reading time: 5.5 min. As I said in my first installment in this series, Part 1: The Courage to Tell Ourselves the Truth, telling our selves the truth begins by bravely rejecting the convenient comfy lies of our day. Taking this first step of naked honesty ejects us from the comfy go-along-to-get-along route and […]

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Local News

Announcing: Idaho First Agenda

By Rep. Elect Clint Hostetler, Dist. 24, August 9, 2024 After the big primary win in May by our MVLA candidates from District 24 and 25, known as the “Magic Valley Miracle,” an announcement was made to form what is being known as the Idaho First Agenda. As stated in the first press release, the […]

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Part 1: The Courage to Tell Ourselves the Truth

Approximate reading time: 4 min. I want to thank Magic Valley’s own Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld for her latest Substack entry, “Are you a Warrior?” It finally got me to sit down and pen this first installment of what I hope to be a series on cultivating courage in these scary times. If ever there was […]

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Idaho State News

Woke Coeur d’Alene City Council Passes Draconian Hate Crime Ordinance

From Idaho Tribune On July 2, 2024, the City Council of Coeur d’Alene passed a hate crime ordinance. It’s essentially a mirror of the malicious harassment law in Idaho but laced with additional penalties to malign constitutionally minded citizens. It’s a simple way to put political opposition in a box that disagrees with socialists and […]

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Idaho State News

Red States Urge SCOTUS To Uphold Idaho’s Transgender Surgery Ban

From Daily Wire, February 22, 2024 Republican-led states across the country are urging the Supreme Court to allow Idaho to enforce its ban on transgender medical treatments for children, issuing a fact-filled take-down of the burgeoning industry that cites The Daily Wire’s reporting to the high court. Nineteen Republican attorneys general told the Supreme Court […]

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2024 Elections Articles

Meet David Leavitt, Candidate for State Representative Dist. 25 Seat B

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 3 minutes WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR OFFICE?  I don’t believe that I was really prompted to run for office. I believe deep down that I have to serve my country again. It’s like a sense of duty that I can’t ignore, having experienced […]

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2024 Elections

Meet Glenneda Zuiderveld, Incumbent State Senator, Dist. 24

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 2.15 minutes. WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR REELECTION? I am running for reelection out of a strong sense of duty to safeguard Idaho’s sovereignty, protect the liberties of my constituents, and preserve and defend our way of life for the generations that will come […]

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Meet Ernie Cahala, Candidate for Lincoln County Sheriff

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 4 minutes. WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF? I feel the people of Lincoln County deserve to be treated equally. The deputies need to have continual training in order to do their job proficiently. We need to crack down on drug issues […]

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2024 Elections

Meet Josh Kohl, Candidate for State Senate Dist. 25

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 6 minutes WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR OFFICE? I was born and raised in Idaho. I’m a son of a pastor and was raised in a family and community that held fast to the common conservative values that we all know and love; like […]