They say politics is the art of the possible, so given the results, I’d say they are pessimists. Some of these posts pre-date my work in drug policy reform and demonstrate an interesting political evolution for a blue guy from a red state.
Yesterday, the Attorney General confirmed that a sign declaring that Black, brown, and white kids are all welcome in Idaho’s schools violates Idaho law.
The main thoroughfare through Grants Pass, Oregon, was lined for three blocks on both sides of the three-lane highway with protestors for the #NoKingsDay nationwide protest. Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators—perhaps over a thousand—filled the sidewalks in front of the Josephine County Courthouse.
In order to keep the hospital “a welcoming environment for all,” St. Luke’s in Boise is no longer flying the “increasingly contentious” Gay Pride Flag.
For example, this fine neckbeard, replete in his “Long Bunch Of Text On A T-Shirt That The Facebook MAGA Algorithm Showed Me That Says Something Bad About Liberals,” his 9mm pistol strapped to his waist in case one of those grandmas across the street in a Pride cape is secret Antifa infantry, tattoos down his arm that explain his particular pride in the original Germanic runes, and a black-and-white striped Straight Pride Flag.
I wasn’t satisfied with the thrown-together nature of my rough draft recording from this morning’s podcast, so I re-recorded my
Redundancy, you say? Too much red tape? Reorganizing Idaho government to make it more efficient? Well, do I have an idea from Nebraska for you!
There was a fantastic turnout on 6th Street for the No Kings Day protest in Grants Pass, Oregon. Protestors lined the block in front of the Josephine County Courthouse, where 63% of voters picked Donald Trump in 2024.
Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers creatively used his veto powers to make a Republican-approved education budget increase last for four-hundred years, and the liberal state Supreme Court has okayed it.
This year, Idaho legislators tackled a vexing problem. Some places in the state were flying the rainbow flag, the symbol of gay pride! Determined to ensure that visitors to The Handmaid State didn’t confuse Idaho as a place that would be welcoming of LGBT people, they passed House Bill 96, which only allows the American flag, the Idaho (or other states’) flag, the city flag, and military flags to be displayed by any government entity.
In my lifetime, it is easy to recall the last time a Republican President handed over the Oval Office to a Republican President-Elect: it was Ronald Reagan completing eight years of rule and turning it over to his Vice President George H.W. Bush to rule for another four.
A federal judge has placed an injunction on Idaho’s House Bill 83, the so-called “Immigration Cooperation and Enforcement Act” that creates
The entire length of Jackson Street was packed ten deep on the sidewalks on both sides of the road and filling the median for four blocks.