by Terri Pickens | Nov 6, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism, Idaho Legislature
When I saw our Lt. Governor promoting extremism, flirting with white nationalists, attacking teachers, and much more, I was compelled to run. I knew I could be a rational voice in the Capitol. I could stop the chaos. I could stand up to extremists. My values of...
by Terri Pickens | Oct 31, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism
Want a big scare this Halloween? I can take you to a marbled mansion where whispers of injustice waft through great halls. Drafty air crackles with burning books. Cries issue from dim back rooms where bad deals come to life and good ideas are tortured and...
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...
by Terri Pickens | Aug 29, 2022 | Extremism
Boise, Idaho–Lt. Governor candidate Terri Pickens Manweiler called on her opponent to stop the cruelty and to stop fighting a lifesaving injunction that delays enforcement of parts of Idaho’s inhumane anti-abortion law. “As I campaign across Idaho, so many men and...
by Terri Pickens | Aug 24, 2022 | Extremism
This is not a drill: freedom and democracy are under siege and we all need to be in the fight. The forces for white nationalist extremism are targeting libraries. Bonners Ferry’s library director resigned last week. She wrote: Photo by KHQ The good news is that we can...
by Terri Pickens | Aug 20, 2022 | Public Education
Back-to-school time is expensive and it’s a huge time commitment–but I love it. Okay, I don’t love how my kids keep changing sizes so I have to keep buying clothes. I don’t love that they need enough school supplies to equip an army. I don’t love the endless driving:...
