SATURDAY ROUNDUP: 12/21/24.Catching up on the week's news. By Brian Almon (12/21/24)

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Brian always has interesting things to say! Topics covered include:

• Idaho’s four electors officially cast their votes for Donald Trump for president and J.D. Vance for vice president.

• How Brian approaches the tactics of politics.

• The Giving Machine.

• Idaho Poll conducted by Mountain States Policy Center.

• Guest editorials at the Chronicle:

  Colton Bennett on the initiative process

  US Sen. Jim Risch on nuclear power

  Sen. Brandon Shippy on legislator pay

  Rep. David Leavitt on legislator pay

  Idaho GOP chair Dorothy Moon on the Electoral College

  Attorney General Raúl Labrador on a win for Idaho’s sovereignty

  Brent Regan on the Electoral College

  Ryan Spoon on legislator pay

• Idaho Freedom Foundation 2024 Pork Report (see also our coverage here: substack.com/@bige47/no…)

• Idaho Dept. of Transportation building repair projected to cost $64 million vs the $32 million estimated during the last legislative session.

• Fascinating political history of the 1940s and other tidbits.

• Upcoming Idaho GOP Winter meeting in Boise on January 3-4, 2025.