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Conservative politics from Wyoming and the nation. The media doesn’t report the truth and they are always playing for the left. Politicians lie and it’s my job to prove it. The only way that we set our country back to Constitutional principles is by exposing those who are trying to destroy it.
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Chris Adamo wrote the response to Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals--the book that begins with an acknowledgement to Lucifer. The left has their playbook in Alinsky, Adamo's book Rules for Defeating Radicals explains how to beat them. He joins me on the program to talk about the book and the left in Wyoming.
The National Education Association wants to replace the word "mother" with birthing parent. The Wyoming Education Association is training teachers to be activists--and it's on their website! Also a great interview with Rick Coppinger who is running against Bob Nicholas in House District 7.
Agent 29 appeared on the Cowboy State Daily morning show this morning. It was masterpiece theater. There was a discussion about the budget, recalibration and a few others. But the fireworks started when Jake tried to cast budget reductions as "drastic." It just went down hill from there.
Ken's response? Words mean things.
Rep Hageman held several town halls across the eastern half of Wyoming this past week. I caught up with her in Wheatland.
Wyoming is in the middle of a Winter drought. Snow packs are down and most of the state has seen more of 60 degrees than 6. This summer, there's going to be a huge problem with water--not just for Wyoming but the surrounding states. I asked Harriet what we can expect.
A big question on everyone's mind is the SAVE America Act that appears to be hung up in the Senate. I got a few answers from our Representative on that.
Many journalists have a problem reporting facts accurately. The biggest problem though is their own political activism in their reporting. That often happens in Wyoming media. There's no better example than how the media behaved this legislative session. It didn't matter if they had verified their facts, often they just ran with it.
In one example, the author decided to misquote me, take me out of context and not tell the truth about what actually happened.
Security footage of the entrance to the Legislative Service Office during the time of the "check incident" has been deleted. The Wyoming Highway Patrol, in response to an open records request by The Open Range Record, said the videos had "timed out of the system" and are no longer available.
This is a shocking development considering that a criminal investigation is ongoing. It also raises serious questions about the integrity of the investigation and how the legislature deals with the public's right to know.
Over the weekend, two resolutions of censure showed up in county GOP meetings. Both of them failed miserably. The reasons they were brought have nothing to do with anything Republican and everything to do with personal squabbles. All political organizations have to have money to operate; so it doesn't make sense to try to prevent anyone from raising money.
But that is exactly what the Teton County GOP and Taylor Allred attempted to do.
Also, the Cow Pie (CSD) takes a stab at describing what a Republican is. Their attempt reveals more about who the Cowboy State Daily is than anything.
The Wyoming Association of Sheriff's and Chiefs of Police has been loudly advocating against the Second Amendment Protection Act Amendments (SF101). A lot of their testimony has not been entirely accurate. The House Appropriations committee, when hearing the bill, exposed a lot of it.
The Cowboy State Daily has played right along with them publishing an article full of inaccuracies. No surprise there! All they had to do was read the bill.
In a rare Thursday episode, the results of the Special Investigative Committee. Surprise there's nothing there. What's more interesting is what the Washut's committee DID NOT investigate.
While the check incident was going on, Senate President Dennis Biteman allowed a lobbyist access to the Senate floor.
The Sheridan Press used a photo of a slain Sheridan police officer to push a political narrative.
Kylie Wall is the Natrona County High student who faced massive backlash from school staff for starting a TPUSA Club America chapter. Her signs were torn down, she was told what she could and could not do--even in her free time. Now, her chapter is up and running.
A bill she is supporting, HB159, is making its way through the Wyoming Legislature. She joined me for an interview over the weekend.
Wyofile and Wyoming Public Media went to great lengths to paint conservatives as liars in the "Special" Investigative Committee. It would be one thing if the two of them weren't in the room but Wyofile and WPM sat through the grueling 4 hour spectacle. Really, they're activists masquerading as journalists.
In other news, Correnti's resolutions rightfully met a quick death at the WYGOP Central Committee Meeting. They were the 2026 equivalent of the "Me Too" movement.
Finally, I got to sit down with Rep Pendergraft, Agent 29, and talk about the session. It's been really hard to schedule time with him.
The conversation begins with a discussion of how he views representation. Some legislators look at their emails and make decisions based on how popular one side or the other is. Really though, according to Ken, this job is about being able to make the hard decisions.
His vote on Sheridan College was one of those. He originally fought for funding at the college and when that failed, lots of other things got added to the measure.
It's a Republic and not a popularity contest.
On the Floor of the house Art Washut accused another member of reading a script that had been given to them. There are a bunch of people who read from their phones and their computers but Art never says anything about that.
Here's the link to the article I mentioned in the show:
https://www.openrangerecord.com/news/999ab213-5dcf-4d39-8a7f-6ae34f2f7fd0
There are several gun bills moving through the Wyoming Legislature. Mark Jones, National Director for Gun Owners of America joins me to run through all of them.
He joined me on the new Open Range Record program, The Roundup. It's a full hour of gun talk!
Governor Gordon issued an exec order banning political contributions on state grounds. The only problem is he really can't do that--he can't even accomplish that inside the Capitol Building itself. It is a political stunt. And there's a little problem of him transferring $150,000.00 to his Prosperity and Commerce PAC. Yes, it's named PAC PAC.
A lot of what you're seeing is political theater; most of it is un-tethered from reality.
There was a rally Friday at the Capitol that was billed and permitted as an "Equality Rally." Really, it was an anti-ICE, anti-law enforcement rally. Sarah Burlingame of Wyoming Equality submitted the permit. What transpired was over 100 people--mostly school children screaming, impeding traffic and denigrating law enforcement.
It's Valentine's Day, and I certainly can't let the day pass without giving a present to my favorite group of people, the Redcoats. Marilyn Connoly, Julie Jarvis, Elisa Campbell, Ken Clouston and others have gone full blown Democrat. When the final session numbers are done, Democrat Mike Yin will have voted with the Republicans more than this group.
AND, Landon Brown thinks he's a Ronald Reagan Republican. Not kidding, he said that on the CSD Morning Show. The fun is just beginning for the 2026 Budget Session.
Rep Hageman joined the program this morning. Today, she has U.S. Atty General Pam Bondi in front of her committee. Though I haven't really been interested in talking about Epstein, this seemed like a good opportunity to get the scoop on it.
Turns out, there's a very good reason why a lot of those records haven't been released. Also, I asked Rep Hageman "Why haven't we seen a bunch of people in handcuffs?" It's a great discussion!
The legislature kicked off today with the usual pomp and circumstance. The only remarkable thing about Gordon's speech was what he didn't talk about--climate change. He probably thought that'd be unpopular so instead he lectured legislators how they should do things his way. He also promised that he would always defend Wyoming's right to export our resources.
Too bad, the legislature gave him the money to do that in 2019 and he vetoed the bill.
Also, you know you've made it when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court refers to your show in the State of the Judiciary speech. All I can say is I'm not the one full of misinformation.
Sen Eric Barlow helped found the non-profit 501c(3) Edible Prairie Project. Its goal is to get locally sourced goods into the hands of needy families. A laudable goal to be sure. The problem is that Eric Barlow is a sitting Wyoming Senator, was on the board of EPP and used the non-profit to buy meat from his own sheep!
This is exactly the type of insider behavior that voters are sick of.
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great interview