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 […]
Now that the 9/11 remembrance ceremonies have been held on the 25th anniversary of that event, and we have once again kept those who were lost on that day in our hearts, it might be a time to reflect on questions that continue to linger for some. It isn’t always easy listening to challenges of one’s beliefs. But […]
Dear Friends, Twenty-five years ago today, America changed forever. I can still remember that morning. When I arrived at work, people were gathered around the television, watching in shock and disbelief. As I joined them, the second plane struck the South Tower. In that instant, we understood that our nation was under attack and that […]
25 years ago, our world changed forever. Radical Muslim terrorists hijacked four airplanes, crashing them into the two towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. 2,977 people were killed in the worst terror attack in American history. For the victims and their families, it was a shocking tragedy. Men […]
BOISE, ID – Attorney General Raúl Labrador and a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its “Know Your Upstream Provider” (KYUP) requirements to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. phone network to make illegal robocalls. KYUP rules require voice service providers to ensure that they […]
American politics is increasingly shaped by contempt, suspicion, and language meant to wound rather than persuade. It would be tempting to say that both sides of the particular spectrum are guilty of such practices, but the reality is that the hate and disdain that the political left—the progressive and communist elites in the media, academia […]
I want to personally thank Senator Brian Lenney for making known the problems that Idahoans will face if indeed this Micron FAB is permitted to be built under the auspices of 18-year-old legislation never used for the purpose it was written. This will leave Idaho’s citizens to once again pick up the tab for Idaho […]
Idaho’s Proposition 1 is the through-line of this episode. The discussion frames the abortion ballot measure as a crossroads for the state and warns that complacency, not public opinion, is the real danger in a pro-life state. It points to targeted voter-registration mail — the episode’s account of an Idaho Democrat Party mailer sent to […]
Many Americans realize that citizens lost control over the government decades ago. It seems there is nothing left to rob from them, freedoms have been taken, rights are usurped, speech is targeted. What is left is just threads of what was once the greatest country on earth. Just three days before Thanksgiving in 2025, when […]
When President Trump recently announced that local ranchers could process their own beef, it sparked several important conversations. Local conversations in Idaho are generally positive, as most Idahoans see the existing beef industry as being overregulated. However, there are some who do not see it that way. I see this as a pattern to change […]
There was a time in American history when human beings were not considered to be fully human. Southern plantation owners saw African slaves as property, having the same value as an ox or horse. Southern politicians did their best to avoid talking about the actual horrors of chattel slavery, preferring instead to use euphemisms like […]
I am writing this first as a mom. I am a mother who has sent her children into Idaho’s public education system and trusted that system to teach them, support them and prepare them for their futures. I am also a mother whose child struggled deeply within that system. That experience eventually led me into […]
Dear Friends, This week, I was honored and humbled to present the Idaho Medal of Honor to nine recipients – law enforcement and firefighters – for acts of courage that went far beyond what their jobs required. Given what society already demands of these public servants on an average day, their actions speak volumes about their […]