Everything seems pretty normal even though there's technically a government shutdown. I asked Rep Hageman if this is just evidence that the government is too big. Harriet took a few minutes to address the criticism coming from the media about Iran. We also briefly discussed her endorsement of Megan Degenfelder.

At a recent appearance in Cody, Eric Barlow said, "I was born Eric and I'll die Eric." A truer thing could not be said. Barlow is the same politician he has always been--one that votes with the Democrats over 80% of the time. But he's also the same activist that he's always been.

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

Governor Gordon and Chuck Gray had another dust-up in the SLIB meeting. This time The Gov told Secretary Gray to "Shut up!" It was all over an amendment that would have mandated a citizenship check for taxpayer dollars--a reasonable proposal.

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.

The Freedom Caucus has unveiled a plan to bridge the political divide in Wyoming. Unbeknownst to most political observers, it's been going on for a while. They term it, "Radical Transparency."

Gubernatorial candidate Brent Bien sat down with me in the studio for the better part of an hour. We dug into his lengthy military career. Now, he's a retired "full-bird" colonel in the U.S. Marines. We spoke at length about his plans should he be successful in his run. Of course, we also discussed whether endorsements matter or not. It's a great interview that gives you some rare insight into who he is.

Secretary of State Chuck Gray is running for the United States House of Representatives. He's in a field with eight other candidates. In a race like this, policy positions matter because that's about the only way a candidate can distinguish themselves from everyone else.

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

David Giralt is one of the many candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives. He's an Army Ranger, used to work at the Pentagon and spent time in U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis' office.

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.

Sheridan County held its County Convention on Saturday. WYGOP Chair Bryan Miller introduced a bylaw change that would bar any member of the press from holding any leadership position in the party. As you can imagine, that didn't sit very well with me. The measure was soundly defeated--so much so that the state version of it wasn't even brought up.

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.