by Terri Pickens | Jun 8, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Idaho Families, Labor
It’s my business to stand up to bullies and big shots, literally. One of my favorite examples of that came early in my career against a pack of lawyers from Chicago’s biggest law firm. I was a year out of the University of Idaho Law School. A couple of Caldwell onion...
by Terri Pickens | Jun 3, 2022 | Civil & Human Rights
June is Pride Month, and I am mindful of the extremists, but let me say this first: Love always wins. I pay attention to the extremists because they do not want to see our LGBTQ friends and family stride through the world safely, with dignity. It’s important to know...
by Terri Pickens | May 23, 2022 | 2022 Election News
Mr. Bedke, on Wednesday, you sent out an email promising to run against “Joe Biden and the DC Democrats.” My goodness, Mr. Bedke. Perhaps you are confused. You aren’t running against the President of the United States of America! You are running against me. I’m right...
by Terri Pickens | May 13, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Jobs / Economic Growth, Property Taxes, Public Education, Public Lands
After Tuesday, we will know the name of the person I am running against for Lieutenant Governor. But we already know what I am running against. I am running against a pervasive sense of entitlement that settled over Idaho government like a toxic fog. The politicians...
by Terri Pickens | May 6, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Civil & Human Rights, Health Care
A constitutional right will likely be taken away from us. We see our rights diminish at a time when extremists in the Republican-dominated Idaho government are attacking librarians, school teachers, and universities. This loss of rights comes as Idaho’s elected...
by Terri Pickens | Apr 29, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism, Health Care, Public Education
I’ve traveled to Twin Falls and Coeur d’Alene recently and can tell you that people don’t want to see extremist politicians continue to chip away at our freedoms. In Twin Falls, I spoke with students. Many were concerned about the direction Idaho is taking. I spoke...
by Terri Pickens | Apr 26, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism, Idaho Legislature
Last week marked the anniversary of when Idaho’s acting governor delivered the “oath of office” to a band of extremists. That was Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin on April 19, 2019. She was in high spirits at a rally outside the Idaho Capitol where she emboldened her allies...
by Terri Pickens | Apr 14, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Idaho Legislature
It’s tempting to feel like our voices don’t matter, like our votes don’t matter. Maybe it feels like powerful politicians can simply ignore us, as if we are too small to matter. That’s the lie. The truth is in the actions of Republican candidates for Lieutenant...
by Terri Pickens | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism, Idaho Legislature, Public Education
In Speaker Scott Bedke’s House of Representatives, Republican politicians don’t want small government–they want control. They want to control women. Bedke’s House passed an unconstitutional law that eliminates a woman’s right to make personal reproductive...
by Terri Pickens | Mar 22, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism, Health Care
Last week a family and their chaplain could not reach the bedside of their dying father. Why? Politicians. Extremists gathered in front of St. Luke’s Medical Center in Boise to wave signs, block traffic, and swap conspiracy theories. The catalyst was a malnourished...
