There have been several GOP events this past week. All of them honored Charlie Kirk and all of them were very patriotic. But that's not what the Wyoming media is leading you to believe. One of them went completely ignored by the media and the state GOP Chairman. The other two were characterized only by division. Anyone who paid attention would have seen what was really going on. But that's not their agenda.

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.

Monday, Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation changing the name of Columbus Day back to Columbus Day. The breadth and scope of everything Biden changed in four years, is really incredible. But why is this significant? Why change it back? Easy. If the left can convince you that Columbus slaughtered a whole bunch of people, it's pretty easy to say that's how our country started. Also, I completely forgot to celebrate the 950th episode of Cowboy State Politics.

Admit it or not, in education, Wyoming has a lot in common with California. We like to claim that we're different but when you look at policies, Wyoming does many of the same things as the left coast. Leslie Sawyer is the California Legislative Chair for Moms for Liberty. She has been right in the middle of some of the high profile education fights in California. In education, we aren't becoming California, in many ways, we are already there.

Kylie Wall is the Natrona County High School senior who has been having a disagreement with school administration. After her Turning Point USA Club America chapter was approved, high school staff started harassing her. He club posters were torn down among other things. When the press started asking questions, the principal told Kylie she couldn't talk to the press in her free time. An outrageous infringement of her rights. Kylie joined me to talk about the entire situation.

Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live from October 9. There's a deal in the Hamas War, Spying on members of Congress and Senator Cheri Steinmetz called in to talk about her trip to Israel

Yesterday it was revealed that Jack Smith's investigation spied on U.S. Senators. In talking with Rep Hageman, it turns out that it wasn't just Senators; there was at least one member of the House who was surveilled. Rep Hageman has her own thoughts about this. We discussed that breaking news, the government shutdown and a few other items.

A shock poll says that 2/3 of Democrats view socialism more favorably than capitalism. My friend Ovie Muntean lived through real communism and socialism in Romania. He's going to be in Sheridan this weekend to attend our Reagan Day dinner and to tell Wyoming young people what socialism really looks like.

Conservatives have a really hard time understanding why Democrats and their less honest counterparts in the Republican Party can lie so easily. It doesn't really have anything to do with what they're telling you at the moment. It's that they are trying to get you to believe ALL lies. The government shutdown is a perfect example: several democrats will swear that this isn't about illegal immigrants. Why, when it so obviously is? It's part of a larger strategy.