Officeholders who benefit from the closed GOP primary are desperate

It is telling that the loudest voices against Prop 1 are those who hold office because of the closed Republican…

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Idaho voters face a stark “them-or-us” choice in November

Bryan Smith, an ultra-right Republican and vice chair of the extremist Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), understands that the Open Primaries…

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Out-of-state sleaze merchants are cranking up their smear campaigns

With the political season upon us, extreme-right dark money interests are gearing up to elect legislative candidates who will sing…

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Dorothy Moon is fueling efforts to detoxify Idaho’s Republican Party

Dorothy Moon held onto her position as boss of the extremist branch of Idaho’s Republican Party at the GOP convention…

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This primary election will be the last where smear campaigns succeed

Ever since the Republican Party decided to close its primary elections in 2011, we have witnessed increasingly nasty, truth-deprived GOP…

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The morality police won in this chapter, but that’s not the end of the book

Idaho has an interesting history of occasionally using the power of government for or against religion. Fortunately, when all is…

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Moon’s GOP dances to the tune of the Idaho Freedom Foundation

Dorothy Moon’s branch of the Republican Party is so entwined with the inaptly named Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) that it…

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Idaho voters can be trusted to responsibly exercise their initiative rights

It was a bit surprising to read an opinion piece that Representative Lance Clow (R-Twin Falls) has circulated to media…

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The extremist branch of the Idaho GOP tightens its grip on power

Despite the fact that Idaho is a Republican stronghold and will likely remain such for the foreseeable future, the group…

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