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 […]
How Secure Is Your Vote? Government security testers broke into election networks in hours, not months. The same declassified files that expose the weaknesses also spell out the repairs and there is still time to make them before November. A plain-language briefing built entirely from the records released by the White House Government Transparency Task […]
The abortion initiative headed for Idaho’s ballot leads this week’s episode. Per the announcement cited from Secretary of State Phil McGrain, the measure to re-legalize abortion has enough signatures and is expected to appear as Proposition 1. The episode frames the next 100 days as all hands on deck to defeat it, citing figures that […]
Our failed, teacher’s union-led, largely socialist “education system” has left Americans wholly ignorant of some simple truths of economics (no surprise there): Marxism actually comes in three flavors, all leading to tyranny, and suppressed liberty for non-elites. 1) Democratic Socialism is the “training” phase, like a “drug dealer” giving away “free samples,” knowing you will […]
Dear Friends, In the first six months of 2026, my Consumer Protection Division returned $956,000 to Idaho consumers, without a single lawsuit or court order. That pace puts this year on track to beat 2025, when the division recovered a record $1.1 million through the same voluntary process. Together, the last eighteen months have returned […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador released a warning today about rental and property scams, along with tips at spotting this type of fraud frequently occurring in high-growth areas where there is fierce competition for available housing and high prices. Potential renters may overlook the signs of a scam in the hopes of securing a […]
I’m sure you’ve heard that the so-called “Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act” has qualified for the ballot. That means you, the voters of Idaho, will face a clear choice this November: bring abortion back to Idaho, or maintain our state’s status as a sanctuary for the unborn. Supporters of the initiative, now called Proposition 1, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2026CONTACT: Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released a survey seeking input from Idahoans regarding the management and use of federal lands within the state of Idaho and the role of local communities in responsible stewardship. “Feedback from this survey is intended to ensure Idahoans have a voice and seat at the table […]
A free press that hides the truth from voters may still be constitutional—but it has betrayed the Madisonian ideal it was given to serve. The Fourth Estate once named something noble: the public press and journalists as a distinct power in society, standing alongside clergy, nobility, and commoners in early modern Europe. The press emerged […]
There is an old saying about the trials and tribulations the people of Israel faced during their forty years in the desert. On at least three occasions, they turned their backs on God and on their leader Moses, begging to return to Egypt and its grinding slavery and servitude. They preferred the familiarity of chains […]
“Wake Up, Idaho, You are Getting Screwed Big Time” Here is the fundamental truth that both Democrats and Republicans refuse to say out loud. The entire immigration debate is framed around “benefits vs. costs” but that framing hides who gets the benefits and who pays the costs. The data makes this crystal clear. The $500 […]
Dear Friends, Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Little v. Hecox, affirming Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and ending six years of litigation that began before the law ever took effect. The Court confirmed what Idaho argued from the very beginning: “states may maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females.” In 2020, Idaho […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers’ access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can’t use real numbers to deceive and scam Americans. The Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force asked the FCC to work on this issue in 2021, and members of this coalition are now responding to the FCC’s proposed rules. “Idahoans are tired of scammers swindling their […]