A few weeks ago, Mark Meckler and Rick Green gave a presentation in Sheridan about the Convention of States. For two hours they gave their sales pitch. It sounded great, except there's a whole bunch they left out--criticism that might dissuade support. With a little reading, it's obvious an convention is the last thing we need to do as a country.

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 majority of Americans get their news from social media. That's not such a bad thing if you understand what you are getting and you check the sources--if there are any sources. In the State of Wyoming there are a lot of pundits and columnists who post things that appear to be news but really aren't.

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.

Rod Miller can hear the sucking sound government subsidies make just as well as I can. But, he still thinks that some of them are okay. I think that it's not the government's job to pick winners are losers. It's always the small business person that gets hurt when politicians start monkeying around in the market. We didn't solve any problems but we had a wide ranging discussion on a whole bunch of things government gives your money to.

The Cowboy State Politics traditional Halloween Story. This year, a re-telling the the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe.

Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live. An article in the Free Press claims that it is conservatives who are the new snowflakes and not the left. There is a difference between capitalism and cancelling; and when you are in a position of public trust some of the rules are different. After all, parents have a right to know who is spending 8 hours a day with their children. That, and a bunch more.

After the brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk, Wyoming GOP Vice Chairman Bob Ferguson knew that he needed to do something. Having been in finance for his entire career, he decided to set up a scholarship fund for Wyoming Turning Point USA students.

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.

Cowboy State Politics has uncovered Sheridan "teacher," Josh Hanson's Bluesky account. It is replete with exactly what he thinks should be done with conservatives. He calls them fascists, of course. In one case, he comes very close to threatening Wyoming legislators. This is the same Josh Hanson that I reported on back in September.

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/

Laramie County Commissioner Gunnar Malm thinks that government should give your tax dollars to his political allies. He doesn't come out and say that but it's exactly what he means by government picking winners and losers. He wants winners. Not kidding, he actually wrote that.

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.