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Hillary wore a $12,495 Armani jacket during a speech about inequality.  As Orwell said, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” HT: No Agenda

CNN’s Anderson Cooper presses Hillary Clinton on using the US State Department to extract donations for the Clinton Foundation from foreign entities.   HT: No Agenda

Here’s a Hillary-Trump mashup on illegal immigration. Probably from a Trump SuperPAC. The thing to note is that Hillary is on the record sounding just like Trump on illegal immigration. HT: No Agenda

Here’s an interview Hillary did with ABC News where she refuses to say that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right. HT: No Agenda

Trump talks about his potential Supreme Court picks: “These judges all are pro-life”. That’s one way to energize the base who dislike him. Simultaneously, Hillary addresses Planned Parenthood. We sure know where their bread is buttered.

An AP analysis of government data shows the problem of students habitually missing school varies widely from state to state, with about one-third of students in the nation’s capital absent 15 days or more in a single school year Via US News & World Report:  The problem of students habitually missing school varies widely from

From the Associated Press: Dealing a blow to gun supporters, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Americans do not have a constitutional right to carry concealed weapons in public. In a dispute that could ultimately wind up before the Supreme Court, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said local law enforcement officials

Notice how progressives use the courts to create law instead of the legislative branch. From the Seattle Times: Randy Dorn says it could be time to close Washington state’s K-12 public schools. You wouldn’t expect the state superintendent of public instruction to say that. But Dorn, who isn’t seeking re-election, argues in a court brief

Via KXLY: If you’ve ever thought about donating blood, now is the time. Our area is facing a serious blood shortage due to the Zika virus. The Inland Northwest Blood Center said the virus decreased donations and low performing drives have affected the blood supply, dropping inventory to critically low levels during a historically high-need

From the Washington Post: As state legislatures across the country wrap up their 2016 sessions, one of the most active areas of legislating hasn’t been red-hot LGBT issues or immigration. It’s been the decades-old issue of abortion. And on that issue, social conservatives are on a roll. This year, antiabortion advocates passed some 30 laws in 14

David Johnson, Iowa Republican state senator, has suspended his GOP membership over Trump’s nomination. He compares Trump’s campaign to the rise of Adolf Hitler. Via the Des Moines Register:  State Sen. David Johnson, one of the senior members of the Iowa Senate, says he has suspended his Republican Party membership to protest “the racist remarks and

GOP U.S. Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois is withdrawing his previous endorsement of Donald Trump. He’s the first Republican U.S. Senator to do that. Via the Washington Post:  Sen. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican facing a difficult re-election campaign, reversed course Tuesday and withdrew his support for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Kirk is

Taxpayers dish out $20,000 just to settle each refugee and asylum seeker, who are then immediately eligible for cash welfare, food stamps, housing and medical aid, according to a new report on the “refugee industry.” From the Washington Examiner: The report provided federal budget figures showing that the government spends $19,884 on each refugee the

This is what you get when progressives become fascists. A writer for the Huffington Post is defending his recent op-ed that “a violent response” is the “logical” approach to stopping presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Jesse Benn wrote in the op-ed titled “Sorry Liberals, A Violent Response To Trump Is As Logical As Any,” posted

As reported in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. A 26-year-old Moscow man is being held in Lath County Jail on a $20,000 bond after being charged with 11 felony counts of possession of child porn. A warrant was issued for William Ames’ arrest June 1 after police learned he had left Moscow for Utah following an interview

The Gem State is at the top of the list for job growth and Bannock County economic experts say it’s because of a favorable climate for businesses in the state. Personal finance and business website Kiplinger highlighted Idaho and nine other states with employment gains ranging from 2.7 percent to 3.5 percent. According to the

From Eye on Boise:  James Piotrowski, the Democrat who’s challenging Idaho GOP 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador, sent out a news release today calling on Labrador to clarify how he can support presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump after Trump’s comments about a federal judge and the judge’s Mexican heritage. Labrador hasn’t responded to multiple requests

From the Idaho Statesman:  Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador says momentum is building in Congress for major criminal justice reforms aimed at reversing decades of focus on long prison terms that hit even nonviolent and first-time offenders. “I believe that we’re going to see some of the greatest reforms in a generation,” Labrador told a