by Terri Pickens | Mar 28, 2024 | 2026 Election News, Civil & Human Rights, Extremism, Idaho Legislature
Like many of you, I am appalled by the recent events in North Idaho, where racists attacked a group of young women competing in the NCAA basketball tournament. I am also equally appalled at our present Governor’s recent actions. Unlike the present occupant of the...
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 | 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...