That there could be people who, having purportedly watched the same ABC presidential debate broadcast last night as I did, still abide the delusion that Donald John Trump is or ever was…
Author: Mike Weland
Mike Weland has been reporting local news in Boundary County since 1991. A lifelong moderate Republican and a proud never-Trumper, he launched this site on the eve of Donald Trump's second inauguration to post editorials he published while owner of 9B.News and as a place for musings as we enter what is sure to be a most interesting time ahead.
Freedom Caucus Senator wrecks Prop 1, Weland responds ‘nu uh’
This Will WRECK Idaho Prop1 is THAT bad. Here’s why .. By Idaho Senator and Freedom Caucus Member Brian Lenney Nampa Idaho is under attack by out-of-state, progressive elites who want to…
With 85 days left, complacency is not an option
It is heartening to see the positive energy generated by the ascension of Kamala Harris to presidential candidate among those who recognize the very real threat of Donald Trump, MAGA and Project…
Forsaking freedoms for snake oil
The right-wing rhetoric has ramped up since Kamala Harris took the baton from Joe Biden to make the final sprint to the finish line, not just the champion of Democrats but of…
Why is the left so against MAGA?
“Why is the left so against MAGA? It literally means ‘make America great again,’” a reader wrote recently. “What American doesn’t want that?” A fair question deserving a full and reasoned answer….
Trump remains Trump, as delusional as ever
I go on record to thank Joe Biden for his service to our nation and for all he accomplished in spite of being saddled with such a graceless and vituperative predecessor as…
Assertion and rebuttal over obsession with Trump
Eric Lindenbusch Bonners Ferry Mike, I think I’m beginning to understand another reason why Donald Trump has been so successful in the real estate business. You and others have allowed him to…
Sympathy can’t overcome responsibility
It’s been a long time, but people of my generation remember when assassination seemed a normal part of our political discourse. It wasn’t, never is. But man oh dear … John F,…
The demise of the GOP; brought down by Chicken Little
This piece was published before I learned of today’s assassination attempt. I am thankful Donald Trump is safe and okay in the wake of the shooting incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, and hope…
Independence Day: May it not be our last
“Today, there is no lower court in the United States of America than its highest court,” I wrote Monday after the abhorrent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on presidential immunity from…
Betrayed by the weak
Today, there is no lower court in the United States of America than its highest court. The U.S. Supreme Court of Donald J. Trump has upended the rule of law, negated the…
Better to beat Trump at the polls than open the cookie jar for him again
It is time to end this national delusion built on lies called MAGA, to burst the bubble of the multitudes who still believe that Donald Trump offers anything that will in any…
Is we is or is we ain’t?
Former president and now proclaimed 2024 presidential candidate Donald J. Trump continues to proclaim his strong advocacy for the rule of law, a stance long a cornerstone of the GOP ethos. But…
Radical right looking the wrong way in laying blame
Despite what those of the righteous far right proclaim, the most egregious offenders of grooming and abuse aren’t the marginalized so easily blamed, but the upright stalwarts we tend to hold in…
More than the vote count will be decided Tuesday
All candidates have the right to challenge the results and request a recount, especially in close races. That goes without saying. But I suspect the reaction to this mid-term election will be…
We’re running out of room and time
“Your gross generalizations, pot stirring and slanderous comments are no different than what you are supposedly taking a stance against. And, at least one group above shouldn’t be included with the others…
Dogs ought not visit Herndon, people ought not vote for him
I don’t know how old I was, three? Four? It was at edge of my first memories, having screamed in an airplane for the first time. Transitioning from the gentle acceleration of…
Far right is wrong
There is considerable argument these days as to what this grand experiment in the governance of our nation, these United States of America, is. Is it a democracy? A republic? A Democratic…
A challenge to which we must rise
“Any chance of slowing down on the Trump stuff for a while?” a dear Republican friend wrote me the other day. “Just a suggestion, but we need to get local issues taken…
We are entitled to our opinions, but not our facts
“I have noticed the ‘write in Tim Bertling’ signs all over the county,” a Boundary County Republican Central Committeeman wrote today on the Boundary County Politics Facebook page. “One thing that I…