Commentary
How Horman, Moyle, and the Idaho Freedom Foundation Hijacked the Budget Process to Protect Their Friends
This is a story about people in power punishing legislators who put their constituents before party leadership. It is also, unfortunately, a true story now playing out in depressing fashion behind closed Republican doors in the Idaho Statehouse. For those of you who closely follow Idaho politics, what you’re about to read will come as…
Read MoreLet’s not render Idaho’s domestic terrorism law useless
Idaho’s landmark Terrorist Control Act (TCA) will be rendered useless if the Idaho House of Representatives passes a bill approved by the Senate on January 25. Among other things, the TCA made it a serious felony for those who commit criminal acts that are “dangerous to human life” and intended to “intimidate or coerce” either…
Read MoreIn Remembrance: The Idaho Freedom Foundation (2009-2024)
With a complex blend of emotions, we announce the passing of the Idaho Freedom Foundation. The organization has succumbed to a painful, undiagnosed case of Chronic Hypocrisy. The IFF we all knew over the last ten years is dead. From its ashes rises something much worse: a flailing network of extremist groups that actively defend…
Read MoreTake Back Idaho Condemns Election of Dorothy Moon to Idaho GOP Party Chair
Moon’s Chairmanship Represents a Dangerous Lurch to the Fringes of the Party BLACKFOOT, Idaho (July 16, 2022) – Take Back Idaho’s board issued the following statement in response to Dorothy Moon’s election to Idaho Republican Party State Chair: “Dorothy Moon’s election to Idaho GOP leadership is absolutely disturbing. Moon’s dangerous gallery of associations— including militant Ammon…
Read MoreTake Back Idaho Applauds Idaho Voters for Rejecting McGeachin, Giddings, Moon, Durst
GOP Primary a referendum on Idaho Freedom Foundation factions BLACKFOOT, Idaho (May 17, 2022) – In the wake of last night’s Republican primary election, the Take Back Idaho board is pleased to recognize the efforts of Idaho voters who turned out to reject extremist candidates at the ballot box. The more that Idaho voters learned…
Read MoreIdaho desperately needs help from its independent voters on May 17
By Jim Jones Article 1, section 19 of the Idaho Constitution boldly proclaims: “No power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere with or prevent the free and lawful exercise of the right of suffrage.” The right to vote is one of the most important tools we citizens have to shape the future of…
Read MoreStakes are too high for unaffiliated voters to sit out Idaho’s May 17 primary election
Voting has been a big part of my life. I worked in the office of the Idaho secretary of state from 1974 to 2015, including 26 years as chief deputy to Pete Cenarrusa and 12 years as secretary of state. Probably more than anyone else in the state, I can attest that elections do matter.…
Read MoreExtreme Candidates Moon, Giddings Among von Ehlinger’s Champions
Today, the disgraced former legislator was convicted of rape BLACKFOOT, Idaho (April 29, 2022) – Take Back Idaho is drawing attention to the ties between officials running for constitutional office in the upcoming Republican primary and Aaron von Ehlinger, the 39-year-old former legislator who was convicted today of raping a 19-year-old statehouse intern, Jane Doe. …
Read MoreIdaho’s schools are not failing – let’s recognize their success
By Don Coberly, Geoffrey Thomas, Wil Overgaard At a recent House Education Committee hearing on HB627 (now revised as HB 723), a bill to move state funding for schools from average daily attendance (ADA) to enrollment, committee member Representative Judy Boyle said that she could not support continuing to pay for “failing schools.” She repeated the statement again…
Read MoreElected Officials Must Unite in Rejecting Political Violence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 18, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT Jennifer Ellis, Board Chair (208) 681 – 6004 Elected Officials Must Unite in Rejecting Political Violence Janice McGeachin joins Ammon Bundy in elevating extremists whose threats and doxxing shut down Idaho’s largest hospital BLACKFOOT, Idaho (March 18, 2022) – Take Back Idaho has released the following…
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