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 […]
But you will hate 2 years of a Democratic Congress even more, so VOTE! I needed to write this article because I’m tired of listing to the constant belly aching by so many on the right and the left about the high price of gas and diesel. I often think about how lucky America is […]
AI will be the Savior of America’s economy, not the Destroyer The billions of investment dollars pouring into American AI are by far the largest peacetime capital mobilization in America’s history or the 4th industrial revolution. Although the payoff isn’t guaranteed the setup is real and all of the pieces are in place for this […]
Just as Covid-19 was used as justification to usher in the Great Reset, with vaccines, masks, and isolation rescuing everyone from the virus’s carnage, it appears the trajectory is still on track. As America began disintegrating post Covid-19, attention was only paid to Executive Orders (EO) that rescued Americans and the Constitution from that carnage […]
American culture, the American dream, and inflation anchor a wide-ranging conversation that starts at a semi-annual gathering of the Philadelphia Society — the forum founded in 1964 by William F. Buckley, Milton Friedman, and a third founder the episode recalls as Finney — and ends on Idaho’s own fights over schools, taxes, and the size […]
BOISE, ID — A federal court dismissed a lawsuit that sought to let a commercial daycare exclude Idaho children based on their parents’ private medical decisions, delivering Attorney General Raúl Labrador and the State of Idaho a complete win in defense of the Idaho Medical Freedom Act. U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford granted Attorney General Labrador’s […]
Dear Friends, Every parent knows that raising a child means making difficult decisions. You teach them how to cross the street, who to trust, what values to live by, and how to navigate an increasingly complicated world. Parents carry that responsibility every day. That authority and relationship do not disappear when a child walks into […]
If you’re reading this, then you already know why you should vote no on Proposition 1. This radical initiative would eliminate Idaho’s laws protecting unborn babies, introduce vague terminology regarding “viability” that could potentially allow abortions in the third trimester, no questions asked, and remove legal requirements for parental consent for minor girls. It’s too […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2026CONTACT: Nikki.gooden@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) announced that $26,414,108 has been returned to Idahoans through casework. This is money owed to constituents that was being held by a federal agency. Through his constituent services casework team, Congressman Fulcher’s office has closed more than 7,592 cases, […]
In these increasingly polarized times, when hateful words and actions have become far too commonplace, it is appropriate to remember experiences that have shaped one’s convictions. Some of the most enduring lessons of my life did not come from a classroom, a political convention, or a newspaper editorial. They came from my Quaker grandparents in […]
I was surprised last week to see several public Facebook posts from Idaho legislative leaders thanking one of the largest health-insurance companies in Idaho for sponsoring their attendance at the Governor’s Cup in Coeur d’Alene. For a brief moment, I thought I was witnessing an unusual act of honesty and transparency. Here, apparently, were politicians […]
Who Will Pay for the Power Upgrade? A conservative doesn’t oppose growth. But a conservative does insist that the people who build private facilities pay their own way instead of handing the bill to the grandma down the road. Drive past Kuna and you can see the future being poured in concrete. Meta is building […]
The core conservative argument is economic and geopolitical. The American Enterprise Institute’s work frames AI primarily as a growth engine. In their analysis of whether AI could cause “explosive” economic growth, scholars like Tamay Besiroglu put meaningful odds-on AI dramatically raising productivity potentially many times the roughly 2% annual growth the U.S. has averaged for […]