Governor Gordon claims that the Appropriations Committee took a chainsaw to the budget with no rhyme or reason.  The Cow Pie's headline claimed the JAC "defunded" WYPBS.  But, neither of those things are true.  To cut through the media's bullcrap, I talked with Reps Pendergraft and Haroldson--both of whom are on the legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee.  Shocker, there's a big difference between what the media is telling you and what really happened.

Don't worry if you don't know what Eco-feminism is, just understand that you are paying for it at UW.  The Appropriations Committee called UW for one more discussion on January 9 to discuss some of the course offerings at the school: among those, Eco-feminism, global climate governance and environmental justice.

When asked to explain them, President Ed Seidel basically said the programs aren't offered any more but that he believes they are in the best interests of the State.

Also, a BIG Announcement about The Open Range Record.

The 1,000th EPISODE of Cowboy State Politics!  Megan Degenfelder sat down with me earlier this week to discuss her recent gubernatorial announcement.

It's a wide ranging discussion in which I, once again, did the job the mainstream Wyoming press won't do.  I asked her the hard questions: everything from windmills, to her time in China and why Wyoming school test scores are mediocre.  Nothing was off the table in this very candid interview.

With the legislative session starting in a couple of weeks, you can bet the WEA will swear up and down that we don't spend enough on education.  But school districts have proven that we already do.  Here's a replay of a great episode from this past September.  Don't forget that when we gave raises, they spent that money on other stuff. 

Communists haven't confined themselves to NYC.  There've been some rumblings about Albert Sommers considering a run for Superintendent of Public Instruction.  Bad news.  I thought that since Christine and I are dealing with communists in NY, I'd remind you that their influence absolutely made its way here.

Governor Gordon asked Chuck Gray if "he wanted to step outside."  Everyone knows what that question means.  Everyone, that is, except Amy Edmonds, the governor's spokeswoman.  According to her, Gordon just wanted to go have a conversation.  Uh huh.  The real question is WHY did Gordon say that?  No, not the conversation that led up to it, but why was that the last option that Gordon have?  He got caught, plain and simple.

And in other news, President Trump pre-endorsed (I guess that's a thing now) Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder for Governor.

The Supreme Court doesn't use dictionaries.  If they did, the abortion decision yesterday would have been very different.  Instead, they ruled that an act that results in death 100% of the time is, somehow, healthcare--a word that isn't defined in Wyoming statute.  But, studies convincingly show that abortion is pretty harmful and in some cases deadly to the mother as well.

Speaker of the House Chip Neiman joined me to discuss the ruling and what his priorities are for the upcoming session.

Already there's a ton of people running for office.  For Governor, there's 4 and there'll probably be more.  We conservatives can't seem to get in a room and decide who's the best candidate.  Wyoming's political history is lots of people run for an office and then the liberal Redcoat gets elected--that's been the last 16 years...or more.

To even consider running for office there's 4 things you have to have first: name recognition, cash, hard work and a fourth one which is definitely the most important.

On Friday, Rebecca Bextel and I announced The Open Range Record--an entirely new media platform.  The website is up and running and soon we will have our mobile app.

This week is bound the be full of campaign announcements.  Get ready, it's going to be a busy one! 

The U.S. carried out a military strike in Venezuela to capture the country's communist dictator.  From all indications, the operation was a complete success.  But there's lots of questions that need to be asked and answered about the President's actions.

Should we have captured Maduro?  The answer to that one is an unequivocal "YES!"  But should we have conducted airstrikes to do it?  Also, the President said a couple of things that gave me pause.  Namely, that we are going to be running the country for a while.  How long are we going to do that?  And, should that even be something to get involved in?

All good questions, and they deserve an answer.

Secretary of State and now candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Chuck Gray joins the program for his first interview since his announcement.  Also joining the program is my friend Josh Jennings.  He's the author of two books: (not kidding) Timmy the Tapeworm, and Space Tractor and Other Science Fiction Stories.  He is also a writer for the Glenn Beck Program.  It's a thoroughly entertaining show!