Via Betsy Russell’s blog An Eye on Boise at the Spokesman Review : At the Idaho Democratic Party’s three day state convention, which wrapped up over the weekend, delegates approved a resolution calling for changing the party’s current caucus system for presidential nominee selection to something more inclusive – something “at least as inclusive” as a primary […]
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Eighteen current Idaho lawmakers are “double dipping” – receiving a state retirement pension while also receiving their legislative salaries, the Associated Press reports. The practice is both legal and private – their names aren’t disclosed. The highest state pension a current lawmaker is receiving is $4,300 a month; the lowest is $280 per month. Idaho
They are not publicly saying it’s because of Trump, but… Apple has pulled its funding and support for the Republican National Convention next month because of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Politico reported on Saturday. The tech giant reportedly told GOP leaders it was opposed to Trump, who has singled the company out over
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Is anyone surprised with Obama’s ties to Chicago communists? Via Judicial Watch: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files obtained by Judicial Watch reveal that the dad, maternal grandpa and father-in-law of President Obama’s trusted senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, were hardcore Communists under investigation by the U.S. government. Jarrett’s dad, pathologist and geneticist Dr. James Bowman, had
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So, when the Supreme Court of Washington State fines Washington State $100k per day, where does the money go? Bottom line: education reform needs to be from the bottom up. A public education doesn’t necessarily mean government schools. The state of Washington says it is making progress complying with a court order to change the
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A grandpa “being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” How to Stop a Mass Shooting in Less Than 30 Seconds? With just one well-armed grandpa.
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ACT for America president and founder Brigitte Gabriel, speaks at the Family Research Council’s Watchmen on the Wall event about the threat of radical Islam. In this clip she outlines the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan for the destruction of Western civilization. The Muslim Brotherhood has spawned dozens and dozens of organizations across the globe, including the
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Somehow, Omar Mateen’s massacre has put American Christians on the defensive. We are now fully through the looking glass. A Muslim man walked into a gay nightclub and gunned down 49 men and women, most of them gay or lesbian. He paused in the middle of his massacre to call 911 and a local television
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Via the WaPo: Congress stepped this week into a sensitive issue that’s been quietly roiling the already-challenging hiring system for federal jobs: the Obama administration’s high-profile push to give preference to veterans. The Senate version of the vast military policy bill that now heads to conference with the House would knock out one of the
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Another Republican bails because of Trump. Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, who has been a Republican for 45 years and has been elected mayor four times as a Republican, has left the party. Jones announced Friday that he has switched his party registration to “unaffiliated.” He pointed to multiple factors, specifically the social conservative bent of
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It’s too bad that Chicago doesn’t have any kind of gun control laws to prevent this kind of violence from occurring. Oh. Wait. Chicago has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation. Via ABC News: CHICAGO — At least 18 people have been shot so far this weekend and six of those
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The overall assumption of SB 1146 is that it protects gay, lesbian and transgender students against discrimination at private Christian universities. However, this overlooks the devastating impact on constitutional freedoms. Tens of thousands of students in California, many of them first-generation and people of various nationalities, will potentially have their college choice limited. SB 1146
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The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would make it more difficult for universities to get religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBT individuals. The bill would affect more than 30 higher education institutions in California that currently have religious exemptions to federal or state anti-discrimination laws.
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The Washington Post has talked to delegates who are part of a group of “dozens” who are looking to save the party by stopping Trump. “This literally is an ‘Anybody but Trump’ movement,” said Kendal Unruh, a Republican delegate from Colorado who is leading the campaign. “Nobody has any idea who is going to step
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As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump prepare to represent the Democrat and Republican parties this November, many people fed up with the two-party system are seeking an anti-establishment alternative. While most people are familiar with the Libertarian Party, the Green Party or even the Constitution Party (recognized officially in 26 states) some are seeking an
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