Dear Friends: We at the Gem State Patriot are a not-for-profit service for the people of Idaho. We have been serving Idahoans for nine years and we seldom, if ever, ask for donations. Unfortunately, like so many other conservative organizations, we suffer from time to time from a lack of recognition of the services we […]
There is so much controversy concerning this particular bill that I wanted to do a deep dive into the reasons why this bill is a problem and can’t get enough support for passage. I think after reading this you will agree that the “Devil is in the Details”. To be fair I have used sources […]
This episode is a wide-ranging conservative tour of the Idaho fights shaping the cycle, moving from the classroom to the state budget to City Hall. It opens on education — stalled teacher contracts, the state superintendent’s traveling listening sessions, and the first year of Idaho’s school choice program and education tax credit — and treats […]
Join IFF for a signature evening celebrating America’s 250th anniversary and the enduring ideals that have guided our nation for generations. July 18, 2026 | Boise Centre | 850 W Front St, Boise | 5pm – 9pm Reception 5pm-6pm, Dinner Served at 6:30pm, Program begins at 7pm Event Speakers OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kyle Mann, Editor-in-Chief […]
Dear Friends, Over the past few years, Idaho has been at the center of the national fight to protect women and girls in sports, in bathrooms, and in private spaces at school. You may be following our case protecting girls’ sports, Little v. Hecox,where we are waiting on the Supreme Court to release its opinion any […]
Last week, we talked about China’s AI ambitions and the catastrophic scenario if America loses the AI race. Today, I want to shift focus and talk about what AI means to America. Most people have heard of Adam Smith, even if they haven’t read him. He’s the Scottish economist who gave us the concept of […]
As if the cost of food wasn’t bad enough, beef is almost out of reach. Dr. Meryl Nass interviewed two farmers, Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan, who explained the issues affecting family farms that produce beef and other meat products. However, more concerning is the corporate takeover of those farms and other meat producing industries. […]
Can you believe it’s been two years already? I told a story at the 2024 Idaho GOP State Convention in Coeur d’Alene about getting a personalized license plate with the number 2024 to remind me and everyone I drove past just how important that year was going to be. And what a year it was! […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2026CONTACT: Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released the following statement after introducing the Promoting Access to Recreation for Kids in Foster Settings (PARKS) Act, H.R. 9145. The legislation would add licensed foster care families to the list of those who can access America the Beautiful passes free of charge. “I’m […]
Several years ago, I sat down with a group of residency program directors in the offices of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The department’s director at the time, Richard Armstrong, was not present, but two representatives from his agency joined us to explain the funding and deployment of assets for the new Idaho […]
The phrase came to me secondhand, but it landed with uncommon force: “People in this country just aren’t hungry enough.” A close friend—recovering from a serious health crisis—told me this after an unexpected immersion in something he had rarely watched before: the evening news. Night after night, from a hospital bed, he observed street demonstrations, […]
What our Founders Actually Believed: America’s Founders were not guessing when they wrote the First and Second Amendments. They had lived under a government that suppressed speech, taxed without consent, and quartered soldiers in private homes. They designed the Bill of Rights as a direct structural response to specific tyrannies they had experienced personally. The […]
This episode is a wide-ranging conservative survey of the Idaho fights shaping the current political cycle — a tour through immigration, education, the state budget, and a coming abortion ballot measure, framed around a single question: who is really paying, and who is really benefiting. It opens on illegal immigration and public safety before making […]