As the Republican leadership of the 115th Congress prepares to fulfill US President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise of repealing and replacing Obamacare, Democrats are digging in to defend President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.  Read Full Article

  President-elect Donald Trump has supported WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s assertions that the Russian government was not the source of leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Read Full Article

Sounds like the Republicans were trying to plug up that drain. 

Both of Idaho’s U.S. House members – GOP Reps. Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador – opposed the secret vote to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, reports Rob Hotakainen of McClatchy News. Simpson’s spokeswoman, Nikki Wallace, told McClatchy, “Congressman Simpson voted no and spoke against it.” Labrador missed the vote, as he was flying from

The public comment period for the federal government’s multimillion dollar review of possibly breaching the Four Lower Snake River Dams has been extended.  The agencies will now be taking comment until February 7th.  The initial deadline was January 17th.  A federal judge in Portland ordered the feds to consider dam removal to assist salmon recovery. 

Who is going to pay $8,500 out of pocket to attend a government school?  A post office box won’t be enough for Idaho students to go to school in Clarkston anymore, beginning with the 2017-18 school year. Next fall, students will be required to provide a physical address when they register for school in Clarkston,

Trump threatens General Motors with tax.  The auto industry’s relationship with President-elect Donald Trump took a dramatic turn Tuesday as Ford Motor Co. decided to shift investment dollars targeted for Mexico to the U.S., while Trump threatened General Motors with a tax on some imported small cars. Ford is canceling plans to build a new

Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo has been named to the Senate Judiciary Committee, a position that could help him shepherd through the nomination and confirmation of Idaho’s next federal district judge and push for Idaho to get a third federal judgeship. Crapo didn’t give up any of his other committee assignments; he’ll also remain on the

Via Eye on Boise:  Vogue Magazine today came out with an article on the “10 Hottest Travel Destinations of 2017,” and amid such exotic locales as Oman, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, there’s a single U.S. destination included: Idaho. “Idaho is having a moment,” the magazine says. “The capital, Boise, may not have an Ace Hotel

IFF has posted their Idaho Freedom Index. 

You’ll notice that the rankings are based on per-student spending, not based on outcomes.  Second, this is based on state spending, not local property taxes being added in (which are significant in Moscow).  Third, there is an expectation that poorer states will spend the same amount per student as richer states do (percent of their

My Letter to the Editor ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Reciting National Education Association talking points, Nick Gier (His View, Dec. 8) is furious that President-elect Donald Trump picked Betsy DeVos as secretary of education. Gier equivocates

Minimum wage increased for employees who receive tips will lead to restaurants hiring fewer employees. Colorado was among the four states where voters approved a minimum wage hike in November. Among the specific provisions for the new wage hike was the stipulation that tipped workers — such as waiters who receive tips and are paid

Obama plans to release 19 more Guantanamo Bay detainees before he leaves office. Why do you think he’s waited until the last month of his presidency to do so?  The White House on Tuesday pledged to move ahead with the transfer of 19 detainees out of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, rejecting President-elect Donald

Ben Swann breaks down the Countering Disinformations and Propaganda Act that was passed with the NDAA 2017.   

The Washington Post admits that its story about Russia hacking the electric grid was fake news. The Washington Post now reports that the laptop, that was originally reported as being hacked by Russia, only had an employee connecting to a flagged IP address. Over the weekend we noted that the Washington Post was caught spreading

In an interview with Sean Hannity, Julian Assange says that the DNC/Podesta Emails were not given to WikiLeaks from Russia. Who ya’ gunna believe?  It won’t be the first time Julian Assange was interviewed and asked whether the source of the hacked DNC and Podesta emails was Russia; however, it will be the first time

The House will vote on a rule change today that will weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics. House members complain that they are not given Constitutional rights by the Office of Congressional Ethics. President-elect Donald Trump dramatically strong-armed House Republicans into line Tuesday in his first Washington power play, after they voted to gut an

Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News for a role at NBC News, sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The move, officially announced later Tuesday by NBC News, ends a lengthy period of public speculation about her future at the 21st Century Fox-owned network. The New York Times‘ Jim Rutenberg first reported the move. Kelly’s new role will see her