No One is Safe

Reading news stories about how your personal information was compromised and shared online is gut-wrenching. We all value our privacy. Weaponizing personal information is one of those things that make most people cringe. This is a story of how those that tell you that they are the only “true conservatives” use private information to enforce their ideology.

No Respect for Privacy

During the Republican Primary election season of 2018, Mike Duff headed a PAC called “Idahoans Fighting Corruption”. This PAC’s aim was to help then-candidate Janice McGeachin defeat former Idaho State GOP Party chair Steve Yates in a five-way race for Lt. Governor. During the race, the ironically named PAC sent out a mailer statewide with the contents of a very personal and private email plastered on the card for all the world to see.

Maria Nate, former Representative Ron Nate’s wife, had gone through her dying mother’s emails and found one that she thought was politically useful. She sent it to her good friend …