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A citizen interested in creating a more perfect union by embracing the better angels of our nature
Abraham Lincoln was the Emperor’s opposite, articulate, humble, principled, devoted to public service, devoted to a great cause and not out to advance himself and his pals.
—Garrison Keillor
—Garrison Keillor
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Abraham Lincoln was the Emperor’s opposite, articulate, humble, principled, devoted to public service, devoted to a great cause and not out to advance himself and his pals.
—Garrison Keillor
—Garrison Keillor
On this day in 1863 Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address to a crowd of 15,000 which begins, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
On this day in 1863 Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address to a crowd of 15,000 which begins, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Today’s the birthday of novelist and poet Margaret Atwood. Born in Ottawa, Ontario (1939), she spent much of her childhood reading and exploring in the woods of Northern Quebec where her father studied insects. She is best known for her novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), an international best-seller.
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Today’s the birthday of novelist and poet Margaret Atwood. Born in Ottawa, Ontario (1939), she spent much of her childhood reading and exploring in the woods of Northern Quebec where her father studied insects. She is best known for her novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), an international best-seller.
At the dedication ceremony in 1903, Mayor Moses Alexander stated that Boise High School would be a place where “the rich and the poor meet on terms of equality”. With public schools under attack and private school vouchers on the rise, politicians need to be reminded of our history.
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
At the dedication ceremony in 1903, Mayor Moses Alexander stated that Boise High School would be a place where “the rich and the poor meet on terms of equality”. With public schools under attack and private school vouchers on the rise, politicians need to be reminded of our history.
Economic insecurity, social fragmentation, and widespread deprivation create fertile ground for fear, resentment, and authoritarianism. Societies cannot be stable or just when people are left to struggle for their most basic needs.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Economic insecurity, social fragmentation, and widespread deprivation create fertile ground for fear, resentment, and authoritarianism. Societies cannot be stable or just when people are left to struggle for their most basic needs.
When people cannot secure essential needs like food or healthcare, they are often cast as responsible for their own hardship, and narratives that blame, divide, and oversimplify take hold. Blame may be politically convenient, but it does nothing to improve people’s lives.
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When people cannot secure essential needs like food or healthcare, they are often cast as responsible for their own hardship, and narratives that blame, divide, and oversimplify take hold. Blame may be politically convenient, but it does nothing to improve people’s lives.
Do we understand poverty as an individual failing, or as the result of historical forces, policies, and inequities that shape opportunity? The answer matters. The explanations we embrace determine the solutions we pursue — and whether those solutions reinforce stigma or uphold dignity.
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Do we understand poverty as an individual failing, or as the result of historical forces, policies, and inequities that shape opportunity? The answer matters. The explanations we embrace determine the solutions we pursue — and whether those solutions reinforce stigma or uphold dignity.
As healthcare subsidies expire and costs rise, millions face losing their health insurance. The urgent question is this: Why do so many Americans have to choose between medications or groceries? When people are forced to sacrifice one basic need for another, it indicates profound structural failure.
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As healthcare subsidies expire and costs rise, millions face losing their health insurance. The urgent question is this: Why do so many Americans have to choose between medications or groceries? When people are forced to sacrifice one basic need for another, it indicates profound structural failure.
Debates about whether government or private charities should provide food assistance often miss the larger context: widening economic inequality, wages that fall far short of living costs, and communities where affordable, healthy food is simply inaccessible.
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Debates about whether government or private charities should provide food assistance often miss the larger context: widening economic inequality, wages that fall far short of living costs, and communities where affordable, healthy food is simply inaccessible.
Republicans in Congress clearly have no plans whatsoever to improve the health and well-being of the American people. The repudiation of Trump at the polls on November 4th should be a wake-up call for all those complicit with Trump’s corrupt regime.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Republicans in Congress clearly have no plans whatsoever to improve the health and well-being of the American people. The repudiation of Trump at the polls on November 4th should be a wake-up call for all those complicit with Trump’s corrupt regime.
The latest release of Jeffrey Epstein emails reveals troubling details about Trump’s long relationship with Epstein and the cover-up carried out by his White House, Justice Department, and allies in Congress. Will our leaders stand with survivors, or with the man who protected their abuser?
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The latest release of Jeffrey Epstein emails reveals troubling details about Trump’s long relationship with Epstein and the cover-up carried out by his White House, Justice Department, and allies in Congress. Will our leaders stand with survivors, or with the man who protected their abuser?
The government shutdown successfully exposed the GOP as the party with no regard whatsoever for the health and well-being of the American people; the repudiation of Trump at the polls on November 4th is proof enough. Onward we go in the work of creating a more perfect union.
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The government shutdown successfully exposed the GOP as the party with no regard whatsoever for the health and well-being of the American people; the repudiation of Trump at the polls on November 4th is proof enough. Onward we go in the work of creating a more perfect union.
JD Vance and his publicly expressed hope that Usha converts from Hinduism to Christianity? Is there an announcement forthcoming? Certainly something his White Christian Nationalist MAGA base would enthusiastically embrace as Vance positions himself to succeed Trump as President.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
JD Vance and his publicly expressed hope that Usha converts from Hinduism to Christianity? Is there an announcement forthcoming? Certainly something his White Christian Nationalist MAGA base would enthusiastically embrace as Vance positions himself to succeed Trump as President.
“…the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”
—Ted Kennedy
—Ted Kennedy
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“…the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”
—Ted Kennedy
—Ted Kennedy
Democrats in Congress are the last remaining opposition to Trump’s quest for absolute power and his war against the working class.
We are living in the most dangerous and pivotal moment in modern American history. Our children and future generations will not forget what we do now.
—Bernie Sanders
We are living in the most dangerous and pivotal moment in modern American history. Our children and future generations will not forget what we do now.
—Bernie Sanders
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Democrats in Congress are the last remaining opposition to Trump’s quest for absolute power and his war against the working class.
We are living in the most dangerous and pivotal moment in modern American history. Our children and future generations will not forget what we do now.
—Bernie Sanders
We are living in the most dangerous and pivotal moment in modern American history. Our children and future generations will not forget what we do now.
—Bernie Sanders
The Democrats cannot allow tens of thousands of Americans to unnecessarily die because they no longer have health insurance. They cannot allow nursing homes, rural hospitals and community health centers to be decimated. Democrats cannot cave in the government shutdown fight. They must stand firm.
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Democrats cannot allow tens of thousands of Americans to unnecessarily die because they no longer have health insurance. They cannot allow nursing homes, rural hospitals and community health centers to be decimated. Democrats cannot cave in the government shutdown fight. They must stand firm.
Americans understand that the Trump regime is responsible for the government shutdown. Republicans gave a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the 1%, slashed Medicaid, threw 15 million Americans off health care and doubled the cost of premiums in the Affordable Care Act, yet refuse to negotiate.
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Americans understand that the Trump regime is responsible for the government shutdown. Republicans gave a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the 1%, slashed Medicaid, threw 15 million Americans off health care and doubled the cost of premiums in the Affordable Care Act, yet refuse to negotiate.
At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, while ordinary Americans are unable to afford their rent, their health care, their education, their groceries and other basic necessities, Zohran showed that people want transformational economic and political change.
—Bernie Sanders
—Bernie Sanders
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, while ordinary Americans are unable to afford their rent, their health care, their education, their groceries and other basic necessities, Zohran showed that people want transformational economic and political change.
—Bernie Sanders
—Bernie Sanders
Elections are moments of truth. They reveal what voters value and what they’re ready to leave behind. At this moment, voters are rejecting the chaos, corruption, and cruelty that define Trump’s Republican Party and choosing leaders who put people and real solutions first.
—Idaho Democratic Party
—Idaho Democratic Party
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Elections are moments of truth. They reveal what voters value and what they’re ready to leave behind. At this moment, voters are rejecting the chaos, corruption, and cruelty that define Trump’s Republican Party and choosing leaders who put people and real solutions first.
—Idaho Democratic Party
—Idaho Democratic Party
This is what Republican supermajority mismanagement looks like…
“Idaho Ed News reports that Idaho lawmakers may need to cut $555.2 million from agency spending requests or tap reserves to balance next fiscal year’s budget, if state revenue doesn’t rebound from lagging tax collections.”
“Idaho Ed News reports that Idaho lawmakers may need to cut $555.2 million from agency spending requests or tap reserves to balance next fiscal year’s budget, if state revenue doesn’t rebound from lagging tax collections.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what Republican supermajority mismanagement looks like…
“Idaho Ed News reports that Idaho lawmakers may need to cut $555.2 million from agency spending requests or tap reserves to balance next fiscal year’s budget, if state revenue doesn’t rebound from lagging tax collections.”
“Idaho Ed News reports that Idaho lawmakers may need to cut $555.2 million from agency spending requests or tap reserves to balance next fiscal year’s budget, if state revenue doesn’t rebound from lagging tax collections.”
Unlike Trump’s dystopian regime, Democrats believe that everyday Idahoans should be able to care for their family, afford a roof over their head, and see a doctor. That means tackling the cost of groceries, utilities, and childcare, investing in public education, not more kickbacks to billionaires.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Unlike Trump’s dystopian regime, Democrats believe that everyday Idahoans should be able to care for their family, afford a roof over their head, and see a doctor. That means tackling the cost of groceries, utilities, and childcare, investing in public education, not more kickbacks to billionaires.
Donald Trump, with his “evil”, mean-spirited remarks as Nancy Pelosi announces the end of her career in the House, once again demonstrates his absolute lack of character and class; a pathetic figure woefully unfit for the highest office in the land.
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Donald Trump, with his “evil”, mean-spirited remarks as Nancy Pelosi announces the end of her career in the House, once again demonstrates his absolute lack of character and class; a pathetic figure woefully unfit for the highest office in the land.
It was thrilling to celebrate Democrats’ huge wins across the country and up and down the ballot this week. Because when Democrats win, everyday people win.
—Lauren Necochea
Idaho Democratic Party Chair
—Lauren Necochea
Idaho Democratic Party Chair
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It was thrilling to celebrate Democrats’ huge wins across the country and up and down the ballot this week. Because when Democrats win, everyday people win.
—Lauren Necochea
Idaho Democratic Party Chair
—Lauren Necochea
Idaho Democratic Party Chair