Episode 187 — Fortress Idaho: What the Idaho GOP Should Do With the Next Two Years

The election is over. Idaho Republicans have two legislative sessions before the 2028 general election. What are they going to do with them?

The Pentagon’s FORTRESS America initiative calls for military bases that can keep operating if the power grid or supply lines go down. That got me thinking. How long could our own towns keep the water running if the power went out? What can Idaho do about illegal immigration right now? And how much of what our families depend on can we actually produce here?

On Episode 187 of The Backlash, I’m making the case for Fortress Idaho. We’ll get into why E-Verify stalled in Boise, what Idaho’s existing agreements with ICE actually do, and what Republican lawmakers and local officials could deliver over the next two years. That means taking illegal hiring seriously, keeping water and emergency communications running through outages, and building up the farms, businesses, churches, and families we count on when things go sideways.

I’ll also get into the uproar over Bug Hall’s GoFundMe, which passed $28,000 on a $2,000 goal after he asked for help ahead of the birth of his sixth child. Then we’ll preview Joel Webbon’s NXR conference, Christ Is King: America After Trump, coming up November 12–14 in Irving, Texas.

What would you put first on Idaho’s two-year agenda? Drop it in the comments.