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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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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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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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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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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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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 […]

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Meet Lyle Johnstone, Candidate for State Representative Dist. 26b

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 3 minutes WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR OFFICE? The reason I am running for the Idaho legislature is my concern for Idaho’s children, Idaho’s water, and Idahoans’ hard-earned money. The people, the citizens of Idaho, are not being represented by the legislature. The citizens […]

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Meet Kally Schiffler, Candidate for State Representative Dist. 26a

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 4.5 minutes WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR OFFICE? I was prompted to run for office when my granddaughters would comehome from the capitol — working as interns — and they would share with me different things that took place during their day and would […]

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Meet Andrew Easterday, Candidate for Twin Falls County Sheriff

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 3 minutes WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR SHERIFF? We’ve got Highway 93 running through the county, and it’s a bloodline for drugs. We’ve seen some deputies pull drugs off of 93, but that’s only because they’ve taken upon it themselves to get out find […]

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Meet Clint Hostetler, Candidate for State Representative Dist. 24a

2024 Republican Primary Magic Valley Candidate Series Approximate reading time: 6 minutes WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN FOR OFFICE? Shortly after arriving in Idaho back in 2021, I started to notice that something seemed a bit off. Things I had witnessed back in California decades ago were starting to creep into the Gem State. Policies […]