If Reps. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian, and Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, and chairman of the House State Affairs Committee, have their way, Idaho would formally petition Congress to convene a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. Under Article V of the Constitution, that takes two-thirds of the states. The Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force claims 28 states; […]

Do they not realize that it’s this kind of antics that cements the will of Trump supporters?  Hundreds marched through Seattle and Olympia Friday and a group in Portland burned several U.S. flags as activists protested the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The flag-burning occurred on Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square, called “Portland’s living room” because

The Bureau of Land Management has formally barred sheep from three grazing allotments along the Salmon and Little Salmon rivers east and south of Riggins and reduced access to a fourth. The move – made by BLM Idaho director Timothy M. Murphy at Boise to protect wild bighorn sheep from a disease carried by domestic

And why did all this foreign money dry up as soon as she lost the election?  “Rarely, If Ever, Has A Potential Commander In Chief Been So Closely Associated With An Organization That Has Solicited Financial Support From Foreign Governments.”  “Clinton formally joined the foundation in 2013 after leaving the State Department, and the organization

For those of you who missed it, here’s Trump’s Inaugural Address in 3 minutes: Twenty minutes into his presidency, Donald Trump, who is always claiming to have made, or to be about to make, astonishing history, had done so. Living down to expectations, he had delivered the most dreadful inaugural address in history. Kellyanne Conway,

Over Obama’s 8 years as president, he ordered 542 targeted drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Those strikes killed at least 324 civilians. As Donald Trump assumes office today, he inherits a targeted killing program that has been the cornerstone of U.S. counterterrorism strategy over the past eight years. On January 23, 2009, just

Newly released CIA documents shed some light on the US torture program that started after 9/11. Despite intense efforts to keep most of the details of their use of torture secret over recent years, the CIA’s most recent release of documents included several which shed new light on the practice of torture, as well as

Russia extends Edward Snowden’s visa through 2020. In 2018 Snowden will have the ability to apply for Russian citizenship.  Edward Snowden’s exile in Russia looks set to continue after authorities in the country reportedly signed off on a new three-year visa for the former National Security Agency contractor. Snowden, who leaked a trove of documents about

Isaiah McCoy spent six years on death row and is now free after a judge decided he was not guilty during his retrial. The retrial was granted after the prosecutor from the first trial was found to have threatened McCoy then lied to the judge about it.  I hope they bring a lawsuit against that

Senate Democrats lead by Ron Wyden block the confirmation vote for Trump’s CIA pick Mike Pompeo.  An objection from three Democratic senators will delay the U.S. Senate’s vote to confirm Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Sen.

Annie Holmquist discusses famed teacher John Taylor Gatto: In recent years, a number of Americans have been awakening to the realization that today’s children are not receiving a high-quality education. The nation’s test scores in everything from reading to science are evidence of that. But while many Americans now recognize what a good education is not, many are

Liberals claim that contraception is a human right that ought to be subsidized by the government in about 18 different ways. Without subsidies, they claim, it’s impossible for some people to afford. I disagree on all fronts. It’s not a human right. It’s not the government’s job to provide. And contraception is not difficult for

Police use tear gas and pressure grenades to thwart protesters from throwing rocks in Washington, D.C. More than 90 people have been arrested while protesting President Donald J. Trump in the nation’s capital.   

He’s really not going to be reigned in.  @POTUS is now the official handle of Donald Trump, but the 45th president turned to his personal twitter account to make his first tweets as America’s newest leader. The tweetstorm (sent from an iPhone) echoed Trump’s speech made just this afternoon. Trump further tweeted that “January 20th 2017,

It makes good sensational journalism, and I’m sure it titillates the Hollywood elites, but I’m not seeing it. From the Hollwood Reporter:  A small part of President Donald Trump’s inaugural address may have sounded familiar to those who remember 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. As a side-by-side comparison by Deadspin‘s Timothy Burke points out, part of the new President’s

Wired has quite the article, holding Silicon Valley’s feet to the fire for Trump’s ascendency.  Two years ago, journalist Anand Giridharadas took the stage at the TED Conference and told the attendant techno-solutionists that they were, in fact, part of the problem. Literally, that’s what he said. Here, I’ll quote him directly: “If you live