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 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 | Jul 13, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism, Idaho Legislature
I have had enough of this one-party system of government that breeds corruption. The latest affront comes with news that lame-duck Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is openly gifting the vice chair of the Idaho Republican Party with tens of thousands of dollars in wages. Yes,...
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...
