Cowboy State Politics
by David Iverson
Conservative politics from Wyoming and the nation. The media doesn’t report the truth and they are always playing for the left. Politicians lie and it’s my job to prove it. The only way that we set our country back to Constitutional principles is by exposing those who are trying to destroy it.
Episodes
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What Happened Tuesday 11/4
Tuesday brought a historic defeat of Republicans. They lost both houses of congress and several governorships. It was very similar to what happened in Wyoming in the Primary Election. The clean sweep was for reasons that the Republican Party should know well. Tuesday also brought with it the...
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Don't Listen to Bob Nicholas, Vote for Prop 1 11/2
Just about everyone in government is warning of apocalypse-like results if we vote for Prop 1. But the October CREG Report shows that Wyoming now has over 1/3 of a billion dollars more than expected. And, there's over $300 Million left over in the school foundation account after the bills have…
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Shut Up Peasant, Pay Your Taxes! 10/31
Vote for Proposition 1 and we will impose an income tax! That's what you're being told from all levels of government. And, notice who it is that is against you getting a tax break--they're all entrenched in government positions. While you're struggling to pay, Sheridan officials from THE…
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Breaking: Barlow Sponsored an Income Tax! 10/28
In the latest installment of Eric Barlow isn't a conservative (or really a Republican), in 2019 he sponsored a state income tax. Titled the National Retail Fairness Act, HB220 would have created a corporate income tax in Wyoming. Not only did he sponsor it he and 43 other members of the House…
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Bold Colors NOT Pink "R's" 10/26
Wyoming Republicans should be voting for the Republican Party Platform, not what our congressional delegation says. I've heard them campaign over and over on the principles in the platform. Now, you're being told to disregard it and fall in line. Historically, Republicans have lost elections not...
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Cooper's Working For The Democrats 10/24
Senator Ed Cooper introduced a resolution to amend the Constitution with a ban on "dark money." The irony is that Cooper's pals were themselves the recipients and beneficiaries of ALOT of actual dark money in the 2026 primary. His resolution would in effect overturn the Supreme Court decision...
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Replay - Cowboy State Politics Live Oct 21
You're being told that there is a massive "dark money" network that funded the 2026 Wyoming Primary Election. That's true. But it didn't fund the people you think. Western Futures Fund, the Way Back PAC, the George B. Storer Foundation and others dumped huge sums for the Wyoming left. Fred...
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The Where They Put the Money Problem 10/19
Wyoming doesn't have a money problem. We're sitting on a boat load of cash that gets bigger every year. Our issue is where we put the money. Proposition 1 would only amount to a small amount of money that wouldn't really affect how counties run. We're also being told that if Prop 1 passes…
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Nancy Won't Waste Time 10/17
Nancy (Cale) Case doesn't want to waste time on election integrity bills that the new legislature won't hear. Nevermind that new legislators haven't been sworn in. Leadership hasn't been chosen and not a single vote has been taken in the 2027 legislative session. Evidently, we don't have any...
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Really? The Feds Already Had it 10/14
A Letter in the Turkey Vulture claims that the author can't vote for Chuck Gray because he gave information to the DOJ. Ummm, who issues that information in the first place? THE GOVERNMENT! There's a ton of information in that little barcode on the back of your driver's license. But no one bats…
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Republicans Who Didn't Support the Nominee 10/12
There have been many times Republicans haven't supported the winner of their primary election. There's been lots of examples of Republican candidates who've lost the party's support because of scandal. In at least one case, a state GOP supported a Democrat over the Republican. It makes no sense...
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Steven Willeford and the Southerland Springs Shooting 10/11
Steven Willeford stopped the gunman in the Southerland Springs, Texas church shooting. He lured the gunman out of the church and then engaged him. He spoke at the Sheridan County Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner. Armed with an AR-15 and only 8 rounds, he engaged the shooter and pursued him. By...
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Replay - Cowboy State Politics Live Oct 7, 2026
Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live from October 7. Congratulations Teton County, you just added $3.5 Million to the cost of homes that were supposed to be affordable. The money is supposedly suppose to cover what you're already paying for. Boulder climate change lawsuit is an end-run around the...
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An "R" Doesn't Make It Conservative 10/5
We're at the point in the game where everything is conservative--doesn't really matter what it is: government healthcare, so-called affordable housing, millions in crony capitalism. Evidently, if you have an "R," it's got to be a conservative policy. I miss the times when we could have an actual...
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Think We've Got Problems Now? w/ Robert Brown 10/3
Now, more than at any other time, polls are showing a majority of Democrats have a favorable view of socialism. There are candidates who openly admit they're socialists. Every single country that has set out to change their constitution has ended up with one that mirrors the political sentiment…
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Taxes, Democrats and Vespas 9/28
Every where you look someone is trying to tell you that Proposition 1 is going to shut down government. That didn't happen after Senate File 69 when those same people made those same arguments. Fire departments didn't close and the Laramie County Sheriff didn't have to lay off 1/2 of his staff.…
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Oggie's Completely Coincidental Lunch 9/26
Last Sunday, Ogden Driskill met with Mary Throne of Prometheus Hyperscale and a Cheyenne lobbyist for lunch. According to his comments on social media, after The Open Range Record reported on the meeting, the pair just happened to be 373 miles away from Cheyenne and invited Oggie to lunch. Though...
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Media Silence: Barlow in Jackson 9/23
In 2026 the Cow Pie has published 31 articles about conservatives' ties to Jackson. They have published ZERO about Barlow's. There's 17 posts on Barlow's page about Jackson, none from the Cow Pie. Why? Monday Barlow was in Jackson and was asked about his climate activism. He claimed that any...
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Flocks: "If it Saves Just One Life..." 9/21
The argument they always use is "if it saves just one life" then it's worth it. Really that doesn't make any sense. A whole bunch of people die from falling down the stairs every year. No one is going to say we should outlaw them because of that. But that's the argument that's being used with…
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Rod and Gail's Barstool Certainty 9/19
Friday on the Cowboy State Daily Morning Show, Rod Miller claimed that I was responsible for a controversial post on the Sheridan County GOP Facebook page. He claimed to have read that in an article. Really, he was basing it on a social media post by Gail Symons in which she accused me of writing...
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Candidates for Governor - Rebecca Bextel 9/16
For most races in Wyoming, the Primary Election is it. In years past, that's the case for Wyoming Governor's mansion also. But not this year. Rebecca Bextel is mounting a third-party challenge to Eric Barlow. While she was in Sheridan for a few campaign events, I sat down with her during today's...
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September 12th and Debates That Make No Sense 9/12
While we shouldn't ever forget September 11th and what happened to our country, in many ways, September 12 is just as important. We did something that hadn't been done in a long time--we came together. Don't let anyone tell you that right now we are more divided than we have ever been. It's not...
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Cowboy State Politics Live Sept 9, 2026 - Replay
Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live September 9. Agent 29 is back! NOW, the Democrats are complaining about PAC's they can't control. Liz Storer set up a PAC to defend liberal Teton County politicians. Kangaroo Mike Gireau says it's "distortive." Whatever that means. Are we now at AGI with AI?...
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OBarlow Expansion and Brainless Online Twits 9/5
Eric Barlow has a history of supporting medicaid expansion. He said so in the PBS debate before the election. But he also argued for it on the floor of the House in 2021. It's not "Flat-out false" as he claims. The 50% reduction in residential property taxes will be on the November ballot.…
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Red, Obama and Barlow 9/2
Barlow's campaign spokeswoman, Rebekah Fitzgerald leads an organization, Wyoming FREE, that is backed by former Barack Obama Administration and campaign officials. Since 2023, Wyoming FREE has taken over $600,000 from an organization called Article IV. That group is run by a list of former Obama...
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Barlow's Response to Criticism 8/31
"It's just flat-out false." That's how Barlow responds to any criticism of his record. He has a really long history of supporting medicaid expansion. He's in favor of moving away from fossil fuels. At least, that's what he told CONGRESS. And, he has opposed bans on sanctuary cities--for years.…
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Sheridan County Officials Restrict Press at Hand-Count Audit 8/29
Sheridan County Deputy Attorney Clint Beaver and Sheridan County Deputy Clerk Kim Hein insisted that no pictures could be taken or anything recorded at the hand-county audit held today 8/29. Beaver hilariously tried to claim that one section of the Constitution allowed him to violate another one.
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Political Opportunism and Hand Count Audits 8/26
We have a long history of political opportunism--a lot of politicians have at least a little bit. Though he doesn't hold a candle to some of the biggest opportunists in history, Reid Rasner wins the award this year. After his campaign of trying to stick like glue to President Trump he has no…
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WY Liberalism is Like LIver & Onions 8/22
Wyoming Liberalism which is always disguised as being a "traditional Republican," always misleads you into thinking it's something good. The 69th Legislature is going to bring with it numerous policies that have been out of reach for the left for a long time: medicaid expansion, weed…
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Contradiction in the Cowboy State 8/19
Tuesday's election ushered in a group of people who believe in bigger government, more government spending, probably higher taxes and a move away from legacy industries in favor of subsidized wind and solar. Most of them rejected the Republican Party Platform as extreme or a purity test. At the...
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Dems and Redocats: Now They're Admitting It 8/17
The Democrats are admitting that they work with liberal Republicans. Mike Yin wants them to unite with the Democrats to get a liberal speaker--so it's not a "Freedom Caucus speaker." Really what he's done is show that the two groups are essentially of the same ideology. Yin preposterously calls...
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Your Vote's Expensive to Politicians 8/15
This election is tremendously more expensive than any others we have had. My house received 91 different mailers (give or take a few that hit the trash). Politicians raised and spent ridiculous amounts of money. That combined with PAC spending, makes your vote very valuable. The question is how...
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Barlow's REAL PAC Donations 8/12
The Cowboy State Daily reported on 8/12 that Eric Barlow recieved $6,500 in PAC donations. That's not even remotely true. The real number is over $220,000.00. Most of it came from one organizations Civil Leadership PAC. Earlier this year, nearly every media source in the state was begging…
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Ogden Doesn't Get to Decide "If It's a Good One" 8/10
Ogden Driskill made a shocking statement in his Newcastle debate with Chip Neiman. He said that we should have an abortion exception if the baby "isn't going to be a good one." Driskill has debated the issue of abortion numerous times in the legislature and knows how delicate of a topic that is....
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What Connolly Says and How She Votes 8/8
Marilyn Connolly claims to be conservative and has been a Republican for a long time. But her votes don't line up with that at all. Often, Connolly voted right along side the Democrats on many of the same bills she lists in a recent advertisement. A recent spending analysis on HB0001 reveals who...
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Quick Hit: Barlow's Immigration Record 8/5
Eric Barlow has a terrible record when it comes to illegal immigration. He has consistently voted against bills that would ban sanctuary cities and bills that would restrict your money going to illegal aliens. But it was the Cow Pie's defense of Barlow's record that caught my eye. Why would…
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Billion with a B 8/3
The biggest spenders in the last session are the same people that AFP is claiming are small government folks. Julie Jarvis voted to spend over $1.244 BILLION. That's BILLION with a B. Marilyn Connolly voted for $1.241 BILLION. While the conservatives averaged $28.5 MILLION. Million with a M and…
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Laurie Bratten in HD51 8/1
Laurie Bratten sat down in the studio to discuss her re-election campaign for House District 51. One of her main focuses has been on codifying transparency in government. While you can go online and see Wyoming's checkbook, that's not in law. The next administration could do away with it. Also,...
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Interview with Jim Corkery SD27 7/29
Jim Corkery is running for the Wyoming Senate in District 27 in Casper. I sat down with him at David Street Station in Casper. He's a pro-life catholic in a race with 2 Redocats: Kevin Helling and Macia Neumiller. Corkery and I talked about the importance of being pro-life, his stance on business...
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Masquerading Myca in House 29 7/27
Myca Sturtevant is running for House District 29. She claims to be a Republican but is campaigning on government run healthcare and so-called affordable housing. Not exactly Republican ideas. Also, she says that even though she's running as a Republican, she's not going to follow the GOP…
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Only Tyrants Regulate Speech 7/25
The Wyoming GOP lawsuit against the state is absolutely correct. The government does NOT get to dictate who can speak and who has to keep quiet. Every other private organization can endorse candidates and spend money on their behalf but not political parties. However, just because a political…
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Interview with Karen Weber HD5 7/21
Karen Weber is running to replace Scott Smith in House District 5. She says her main focus is on supporting agriculture in this state. Right now, as a measure of GDP, agriculture ranks below the media. That wasn't always the case. Weber says that if we decrease the size of government and get it…
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After the Debate with Tom Kelly 7/18
Fresh off of the Superintendent of Public Instruction debate, Tom Kelly joined me in the studio. I had a couple of questions I wanted to follow up on. I asked him if it is possible to evaluate teacher performance--which came up in the debate. His answer surprised me. Also we were able to dive a...
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"Rational," "Common Sense" and "Real" Republicans? 7/13
In an effort to avoid what it actually means to be a Republican, candidates are trying to brand themselves as some other type of Republican. It leaves the rest of us to ask, "Why not just be a Republican?" There's the "Common Sense Republicans," "Real Republicans" and now, "Rational Republicans."...
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Weekend Update - Interview with Chad Auer 7/11
Chad Auer is one of the people running for Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was one of Gordon's policy advisors on education, after being a teacher for a while. This past Tuesday, I moderated the WYGOP Superintendent of Public Instruction debate in Upton--there were more than a couple of...
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Know Your Constitutional Sheriff w/ Sheriff Mack 7/8
Sheriff Richard Mack is the founder of the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association. He is also the first person to sue the federal government over Clinton's Brady Bill. He's the the author of several books including his latest The Democrat Murder of America. He joined me on the...
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RPAC Democrat Endorsements / Interview with Chip Neiman 7/6
The Wyoming Realtors PAC has issued their 2026 endorsements. It's a who's who of Democrats masquerading as Republicans. The average score of adhering to the Republican Party Platform from their honorees is 15% and they only vote with the Republican majority 17.2%--sure sounds like a bunch of...
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Redcoat Videos on Independence Day 7/4
Being Independence Day we should have guessed that a Redcoat would post a video. J.D. WIlliams posted a video in which he tried to explain why the Democrats vote with Republicans and not the other way around. Interesting though, there are a bunch of Republicans that the Democrats DON'T vote with....
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Bewildered AFP Door Knockers and an Interview with CJ Young 7/1
A young volunteer with Americans for Prosperity (AFP) mistakenly knocked on my door this morning. He obviously didn't expect all the questions I was going to ask him--turns out he didn't even really know anything about the candidate he was supporting. Also, this morning on the live program I...
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Franklin, Sage Grouse and Earl Collier HD 3 6/29
Earl Collier is running for the House of Representatives in House District 3. That seat is currently held by Rep Abby Angelos who is running for the Wyoming Senate. Collier is a GIS specialist and a surveyor. We talked about why being a father and a busy business owner why he decided to do this.…
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Conservative politics from Wyoming and the nation. The media doesn’t report the truth and they are always playing for the left. Politicians lie and it’s my job to prove it. The only way that we set our country back to Constitutional principles is by exposing those who are trying to destroy it.
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