Idaho may be one of America's reddest states, but don't tell that to the entrenched leftist bureaucrats who've managed to keep their death grip on power despite getting crushed at every election.
The latest example comes courtesy of the Idaho Human Rights Commission, where 72-year-old progressive activist Estella Zamora just got the boot after Governor Brad Little withdrew her reappointment. Predictably, the woke mob went absolutely ballistic.
But here's the question every patriot should be asking: How does this even happen? Republicans control the governor's mansion, both chambers of the legislature, and literally every statewide office in Idaho. Yet somehow, progressives who couldn't win a dog catcher election still manage to embed themselves in the very agencies that shape policy and harass law-abiding citizens.
The Administrative State Never Sleeps
This is the deep state playbook in action, folks. While conservatives focus on winning elections, the left plays the long game by burrowing into bureaucratic positions where they can push their radical agenda regardless of what voters actually want.
These aren't elected positions accountable to the people. These are appointed gigs where progressives can weaponize government agencies against the very taxpayers who fund their salaries. Sound familiar? It's the same playbook Democrats used to undermine President Trump during his first term.
"The administrative state runs on autopilot," perfectly captures how these unelected bureaucrats operate with impunity while elected Republicans often look the other way.
Governor Little deserves credit for finally showing Zamora the door, but this raises bigger questions about how many other leftist operatives are still lurking in Idaho's bureaucracy. How many more commissioners, department heads, and agency officials are quietly sabotaging conservative governance from within?
President Trump and his DOGE initiative with Elon Musk are tackling this exact problem at the federal level. But red state governors need to follow suit and conduct their own deep cleaning of the administrative state.
Idaho patriots didn't vote for conservative leadership just to watch progressive bureaucrats continue calling the shots. It's time for a full audit of every state agency and commission. The swamp isn't just in Washington—it's in Boise too.