In a 2002 transcript from his testimony to Congress Barlow said that energy development is creating "destroyed soils, degraded water, and dried up aquifers."

The rest of the Republicans on the board tried to obfuscate the issue and kept bringing up reasons why the amendment wouldn't work.  What ensued was pretty predictable. 

We talked about what he's campaigning on and we had some time to talk some more Wyoming-centric issues.

Though it took us a few days to find a time to visit, he joined me on Tuesday's live program.  It's a great interview.

Teton County tried a bylaw change that tried to limit what the press can do in one of their meetings.  The trend is clear, those in power don't want the public knowing what they are doing.

Yesterday's live program ended up being a heck of a lot of fun.  Here's a replay of it.

Ken's response?  Words mean things.

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.

In one example, the author decided to misquote me, take me out of context and not tell the truth about what actually happened. 

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. 

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 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.

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.

A bill she is supporting, HB159, is making its way through the Wyoming Legislature.  She joined me for an interview over the weekend.

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.

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.

Here's the link to the article I mentioned in the show:

https://www.openrangerecord.com/news/999ab213-5dcf-4d39-8a7f-6ae34f2f7fd0 

He joined me on the new Open Range Record program, The Roundup.  It's a full hour of gun talk!

A lot of what you're seeing is political theater; most of it is un-tethered from reality.

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.

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!

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.

This is exactly the type of insider behavior that voters are sick of.

I tracked down the President of the State Freedom Caucus Andy Roth to get to the bottom of all the smears the likes of Sen Ed Cooper, Ogden Driskill, Albert Sommers and others have been spreading.

Now, Albert Sommers and Gail Symons are claiming the reason we have to keep the WBC is for community infrastructure.  The problem with that argument is we already have another office that handles that.

Gubernatorial candidate Brent Bien called in to talk with Rep Bear.  He was conspicuously absent from a Wyofile article about all those running for governor. 

This is a great, really long form interview with the guy crafting the finances for the next two years.  It's well worth a listen!

Turns out, it was from a member of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.  Dr. Jenna Robinson is the president of that organization.  She joined me on the show to talk about what can be done to fix a lot of these programs and the center she leads.

In previous interviews Harriet has called herself a "free speech absolutist."  So, I wanted to ask her about the the Trump Administration's FCC's decision to 'go after' talk shows that favor liberal guests.  To me, that smacks of the fairness doctrine and 'net neutrality' that conservatives have been fighting against for decades.  Why are we the ones suggesting it now?

At length, we discussed some of the issues she planned on asking Jack Smith about.  At the end of the program, you'll find out what happened to him when he sat across from our Representative.

Using my sources, I tracked down Mr Wasserberger and called him.  He claimed that it was he who was sent the video and he only forwarded it on.  Whether he made the video or not, it is clear from the phone conversation that he knew it was taken out of context.  When asked about it, he said, "That's just politics."

Not exactly, it's the WORST kind of politics.

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.

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.

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

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

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! 

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.

Generally, leftists accuse Republicans of what they are doing.  In this case, the billboard accuses Honor Wyoming of not being transparent or accountable.  Pretty rich coming from a group that has almost absolutely nothing online about them.  However, there is a little nugget in their website data.  The website was registered by a Utah company that has some pretty spooky ties.

A piece in the Pravda on the Platte questions whether it is moral or not to arrest and deport illegal aliens; because, you know, they're just trying to make a better life here.

We hope that you and your family have an amazing Christmas!

Rebecca Bextel joins the program to talk about Harriet's run and all of the politics surrounding it.

Plus, some obligatory Christmas stories!!

Another way they pull this gag is they say, "We found some money in our budget."  As if any of them really don't know what's in there in the first place.  Here's how it works, at budget time, they tell you they have to have your cash.  Then, they don't spend it as intended only later to claim that it was "found."

But if they don't spend it for what they told you, do they really need it in the first place?  Nope!

One of the things we haven't really talked about is what the 2026 ballot might look like.  Most of it hinges on what Rep Hageman decides to do.  Secretary Gray and others have said they won't run for the same seat as our Representative.  But that's only one seat--there's plenty more to run for.

In this episode, I put all of the audio together that clearly shows what happened and what Nick Siddle claims to have happened.  The two are very different.

It's another Democrat ploy, just like "climate change."  Affordability can be made to mean anything.  Really though it's just an attempt to convince you to agree with them.  They say stuff like, 'your checkbook doesn't lie,' and other tropes.  The truth is though that prices are down on a lot of the things we buy all the time.

The short answer is not even close.  But you don't understand the reality of it until you look at the national NAEP scores as Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder told the Appropriations Committee to do.

If we aren't paying to educate our students, what are we paying for exactly?  I reality of where we are at will shock you.

Rep Hageman joins me for our monthly discussion to discuss these subsidies and the ballooning problem of fraud in our healthcare system.  And, yes, I did ask her if she's running for governor.

Josh Dorrell from the Wyoming Business Council told the members of Appropriations that it's his job to create an economic system.  He actually said that!  The committee rightly peppered him with questions demanding he explain himself.

The government shutdown is a perfect example.  Private organizations shined, helping those in need across the whole state.  Nationwide, Americans raise over half-a-trillion every year for benevolent purposes.  Are you telling me we can't handle the needs of the poor with that amount of cash?  We can, and the WTE admits it.

The author's claims lead you to believe he must be a card carrying Democrat.  Is he a Democrat or is he just another cross-over voter?   

Most of us have no idea what really happened in the Plymouth Colony.  We're told that Thanksgiving Day was the pilgrims giving thanks to the Indians for saving their lives.  That's not even close to the truth.

Of course, my answer is that the free market is not the problem, it's government intervention and playing around in private business.

While Josh Dorrell, the head of the WBC, and I have very different perspectives on business, this interview is one of the clearest examples of the two competing forces in our economy--government and private enterprise.  Dorrell thinks that government needs to be involved and I know that that's the problem.  This is a fascinating discussion.

Joining the program is former Rep Mark Jennings.

The Revenue Committee met last week and discussed a bill that would eliminate property taxes and replace them with an increased sales tax.  Of course, the usual suspects, the WCCA objected to it because it would decrease the amount of your money they could spend.  

During the discussion Sen Case moved to table the bill.  Why?  Because in his own words, he's in favor of new taxes.  In the past he has said that he's even in favor of an income tax.  But the EXCLUSIVE audio I have paints a very different picture as to why he wanted to table the bill.  I'd say it's unbelievable, but coming from him it's totally something he would say.

His budget is littered with a whole bunch of things he claims are 'essential."  Most of them are handouts and have nothing to do with the proper role of government.

The City of Sheridan Clerk claims that voters approved for local government to give their money away to private organizations.  Funny, the original ballot measure doesn't say anything about that!!

You see their logo all over the place in our state.  This is a great discussion with the guy behind them.

Rep Harriet Hageman joins me to discuss the shutdown and to give her take on what actually happened.  Also, because I couldn't resist, I asked her opinion of Mamdani's election in NY.

Better Wyoming is a left wing group run by Nate Martin, the husband of Democrat Rep Karlee Provenza.  Pick a liberal cause and they've probably advocated for it.

While they are doing the same thing, really they only have the same goal--to discredit those representatives who are part of the Freedom Caucus.  In doing so, they only discredit themselves.

Dr Seidel sat down with me for a wide ranging discussion about school funding, successes and controversies during his administration.  We talked about the gigantic amount of money Wyoming Citizens pour into the school--half a billion every two years--free speech and UW being one of the top research schools in America.

Two of the supporters of Convention of States Action--the organization Mark Meckler helped found--who appear on promotional materials have written articles that are completely the opposite of what the crowd in Sheridan was told.  In the end, it's obvious, no one should support a convention.

A perfect example of this showed up for the weekend.  Nearly every piece of the post was provably false and yet it appeared to be genuine.  Of course, it's from a well-known source who happens to have a column on the Cow Pie.

One unique point of his scholarship is that it will not only reach university-bound students, tech school students would also qualify.  It's called the Wyoming Faith and Freedom Fund.  He sat down with me to discuss the idea behind it and how it's going to work.

In another case of social media posting by teachers, Marie Hamilton of the Southeast Wyoming Sentinel joins me to discuss a Goshen County teacher who is also the spouse of the school superintendent--Stacy Kramer.  Her posts clearly violate the school district's social media policy.  

Hanson's social media posts are available at https://cowboystatepolitics.com/Show-Content.html 

Marie Hamilton's report is available here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JTjexHySE/

Really, government shouldn't be advantaging one business over another--they don't get to choose which business succeeds and which one fails.  That's called socialism, pure and simple.

Agent 29 sings BOTH verses of the Star Spangled Banner at the Sheridan event; and Gabe Saint and the Wyoming Freedom Caucus honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk at another.

**This episode contains inappropriate language.**

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There's been some push back to some of the legislative ratings sites.  The scrutiny is absolutely legitimate.  Know what the goal and agenda of the site is before you make a decision to trust the results or not.

In the first segment, the conversation unpacks the labeling of the Freedom Caucus as the 'new right' by local media and examines its implications. Guests John Bear, Bill Allemand, Chris Knapp and Agent 29 offer insights into conservative values and clarify misconceptions related to capitalism and government intervention.

The episode then shifts to an intensive debate on nuclear energy and the potential establishment of nuclear waste storage in Wyoming. Representatives share genuine concerns about safety, federal influence, and community impact, particularly highlighting the need for transparency and cautious policy making.

As the discussion unfolds, listeners are encouraged to engage with multifaceted views on conservatism, political labeling, and Wyoming's strategic decisions, providing a comprehensive overview of current state politics.

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