A painting depicting cops as pigs amid the violence and frustration of the 2014 Ferguson protests and riots no longer hangs in the halls of the US Capitol. A congressman took it down after several police departments called for the art piece to be removed. Read Full Article

President-elect Donald Trump took to his favorite social media platform early Saturday to state that only “fools” or “stupid people” would think that the US having a good relationship with Russia is bad. Read Full Article

Latah County’s new sheriff will be sworn into office Monday morning.  Richie Skiles was elected to replace the retiring Wayne Rausch last Fall.  Rausch has been Latah County Sheriff for 12 years.  Skiles is scheduled to take the oath of office Monday morning at 11:30 inside the courthouse in Moscow.

From Susan Stamper Brown:  Because the Democratic Party continues to implode, I thought it would be helpful to write my third annual “Suggestions for Liberals” column. So here goes: Understand that political correctness and despotism go hand-in-hand. The First Amendment makes America a politically incorrect zone, so deal with it. That means everyone gets to voice

US Marines are being sent back into the Helmond Providence in Afghanistan. The Marines left the Providence as a part of the American drawdown of forces in Afghanistan two years ago. The Tablian now control most of the Providence, including the capital. Via AntiWar:  Over two years after the Obama Administration announced a “draw-down” in

The Tax Foundation looks into what states Americans are moving to and what states Americans are leaving. Welcome to Idaho!  States compete with each other in a number of ways. Attracting (and retaining) new residents is one of the areas of competition. To help quantify where individuals move, United Van Lines, the largest moving company

The following are breakdowns of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Report.  Marcy Wheeler’s response to the DNI report on Russian hacking. While she finds the report was strong in proving Russia had the motivations to hack the DNC/Podesta emails, the report lacked credibility in all other areas. Robert Perry breaks down the DNI report. Perry

The Director of National Intelligence releases the report on Russian hacking the DNC/Podesta emails. They conclude that Russia used an information campaign to undermine the election. Here’s the link to the 25-page PDF of the report. 

This article explains how Trump will have the ability to expose many secrets hidden by the Obama Administration. Trump could expose the memos that allowed Obama to do targeted drone strikes on American citizens, memos that expose the justification for the wars in Libya and Syria, and Trump can free up the FOIA process that

Looks like the states are going to get back control of their own land.  They pretend that only the feds are conservationists.  Conservation groups are sounding the alarm over an obscure rule change made by U.S. House Republicans that they say makes it easier to transfer or sell federal land. While setting the ground rules

Explains the harsh rhetoric towards Obama from Israel this last week. 

I attended college in Germany from 1979-1980, and I had the opportunity to travel in Communist East Germany and Czechoslovakia. This is exactly the way it was. One choice of everything, if it was even available.

Another Walter Williams worth reading (aren’t they all! )

There’s a big difference between hacking the voting machine and hacking some DNC emails. That seems to be lost on the Liberals.  This poll is worth highlighting for a few reasons:  (1)  It presents an ideal opportunity to reiterate an important factual claim about our electoral process,  (2)  it allows us to puncture liberals’ self-righteousness

A professor at an American University wants to bring the very Muslim practice of Sharia law to America — cutting off hands for theft.