Covid-19 has savaged America. Our country’s death rate is 40 times that of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan. Here: Over 2,000 per million of population. There: Under 50 per million. Why? They have common sense; we have Republicans. “Many lives would have been sa[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Idaho’
Idaho’s far right wants to renounce federal funding despite what that will do to their state
As elsewhere, a civil war is raging within Idaho’s GOP — between far right and even farther right. There are very few Democrats in Idaho. It’s a place where Ammon Bundy is fixin’ to run for governor (although he probably won’t be elected). The current fight is between p[...]
May 4th, 2021 - 5:13 pm § in Politics
How Idaho GOPers treated a rape victim
“The harassment began soon after a report by a 19-year-old intern, who alleged an Idaho lawmaker raped her, became public, the Associated Press reported here on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. “One state representative sought a copy of the police report and made inquiries into how the young woman [...]
“Greater Idaho” movement wants to redraw state lines
Idaho legislators are “intrigued but skeptical” about a scheme “to lop off about three-fourths of Oregon,” plus some northern California counties, and add those areas to Idaho to create “the nation’s third-largest state” by moving existing state boundaries, a Lo[...]
Idaho senator berates students for lobbying him
Dan Foreman, an Idaho state senator, berated a group of University of Idaho students who drove 300 miles to meet with him and other legislators about two pending bills relating to birth control and sex education. Instead of listening to them, Foreman angrily ranted against abortion and threatened to[...]
March 26th, 2015 - 5:19 pm § in Politics
This is what happens when a gay nerd snatches a homophobe’s domain away from him
-Actually, I think he looks better like this. Photo: Idaho state Rep. Paul Shepherd [...]
The ACLU is contesting an Idaho law that bans photography of cows!
There Were No Cows on The Microsoft Campus. As an American photographer and sometimes civil rights activist, I have very much appreciated the protections of free speech. For example, a couple of years ago I went to the Microsoft campus to photograph what I feel is a very sterile environment. I did[...]