by Terri Pickens | Oct 22, 2022 | Civil & Human Rights, Extremism, Health Care, Idaho Families
Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises.” –Abraham...
by Terri Pickens | Oct 5, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Civil & Human Rights, Health Care, Idaho Families, Idaho Legislature
Imagine Idaho’s rightwing extremists working full-time, all year long, in the Legislature to decide what the government will let us do in our bedrooms and bookshelves (or insert whatever offensive choice of the day needs to be snuffed out for our own good). That’s...
by Terri Pickens | Sep 26, 2022 | 2022 Election News
Behold! The famous “Bedke Backbone.” My opponent Scott Bedke will not debate me on the Treasure Valley’s largest TV news station. So, I am issuing the following statement—full of great self-righteousness and grave condemnation (tempered with passive aggressive...
by Terri Pickens | Sep 18, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Civil & Human Rights, Health Care, Idaho Families, Jobs / Economic Growth, Public Education, Public Lands
Tomorrow, Idaho’s leaders will respect the lives of women. Tomorrow, our leaders will honor our right to make reproductive healthcare decisions. Tomorrow, leaders won’t create outrage over every little thing to raise a campaign dollar. Tomorrow, our kids will...
by Terri Pickens | Sep 7, 2022 | Civil & Human Rights, Public Infrastructure, Public Lands
When I went camping as a kid, Mom and Dad never let us leave without sprucing up our campsite. Dad said: Always leave your campsite better than you found it. That simple Idaho value is why I am running for Lieutenant Governor. A photo from a recent camping...
