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.

Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live October 2

Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock single-handedly messed up the 2024 election in Weston County. She tried to cover it up; made multiple conflicting statements to the media and maintained that she didn't do anything wrong. Since then, she's been subpoenaed by a legislative committee investigating her actions. True to form, she blew that off. Last November I published an extensive episode about the entire affair. I even interviewed Hadlock herself.

Senator Lummis weighed in on the Jimmy Kimmel controversy. While she was referring to FCC licenses, her comments about the First Amendment were in-artful at best. Susan Stubson too full advantage by penning a piece in the Cow Pie conveniently leaving out the whole FCC part of the quotation to score political points.

Reps Karlee Provenza and Mike Yin, both Democrats, held an event in Sheridan this week. Both of them dropped by the studio to discuss what they are doing as well as a whole bunch of other topics. We didn't agree on much of anything, but we were able to have a civil discussion--something we seem to be lacking right now.

A Teacher in Sheridan was caught calling all of us who mourn the death of Charlie Kirk a name--a not so flattering one. Also the school board in Natrona County is protecting a male custodian in an elementary school who dresses as a woman. They're not too worried about the kids in the school, it's the janitor. Rep Jaime Lien joins the program to discuss the school board meeting where this was brought up.

Peter Cozzens is the author of new book Deadwood: Gold Guns and Greed in the American West. It's a fascinating look into a town with a lot of Wyoming connections. Wild Bill Hickok wasn't quite the celebrity in Deadwood we all think and Calamity Jane wasn't really the person all her pictures make her out to be. It's a fascinating history read that feels more like a novel than anything.

The Wyoming Democrats and the WY media are working overtime to portray conservatives, and specifically Charlie Kirk, as racist. State Sen Rothfuss said that MAGA is "racist at is core." Their charge is based on claims that aren't true at all. In the case of Kirk, that claim is based on things that he said about Martin Luther King--things that are true.