# Idaho Extremism > Primary-source documentation of the dark-money network, propaganda apparatus, and Gang of 8 voting bloc shaping Idaho Republican primary politics. Court records, campaign-finance filings, voting records, and screenshots captured before the originals got deleted. Every claim links back to the source. Idaho Extremism is a public-record investigation site published by Snake River Strategies. It documents who funds Idaho's Gang of 8, who scripts their votes, and who runs the websites that attack Republicans who don't fall in line. Paid for by Take Back Idaho PAC. Each dossier covers one person and includes verified facts about their campaign finance, voting record, and network role. Each investigation walks the receipts step by step on a coordinated network operation. Markdown versions of every page are available by sending `Accept: text/markdown` to any URL. ## Investigations - [Manufacturing a Martyr](https://idahoextremism.org/investigations/manufacturing-a-martyr/): How the IFF network spent five years cultivating David Worley into a religious-persecution candidate to take out Sen. Jim Guthrie. - [Follow the Money](https://idahoextremism.org/investigations/follow-the-money/): The Beck → CAA → CAI → Mobilize the Message dark-money pipeline funding Idaho Republican primaries across three states and three filings. - [Mickelsen Coordinated Attack](https://idahoextremism.org/investigations/mickelsen-coordinated-attack/): How a manufactured "she hires illegals" lie brought ICE to a sitting Republican legislator's farm three days later. - [The 80% Lie](https://idahoextremism.org/investigations/the-80-percent-lie/): How voteswithdems.com manufactures "votes with Democrats" percentages by relabeling routine bipartisan consensus as betrayal. - [LDS Weaponization](https://idahoextremism.org/investigations/lds-weaponization/): How a small group of LDS operators inside the Idaho Freedom Foundation network use shared faith as a recruitment and surveillance tool. ## Network operatives - [Doyle Beck](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/doyle-beck/): Idaho Freedom Foundation board, Citizens Alliance personal donor, $1M Idaho Supreme Court judgment, 2016 AG misdemeanor settlement on an undisclosed PAC contribution, covertly recorded Idaho GOP chair. - [Bryan Smith](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/bryan-smith/): Idaho Freedom Foundation Vice Chair, Idaho GOP National Committeeman, three failed Republican primaries, $82,000 Idaho GOP legal-fee billing. - [Greg Pruett](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/greg-pruett/): Six-surface Idaho propaganda network operator (Honor Idaho / I2AA / Idaho Dispatch / Keep Idaho Free / GregPruett.com / ThankChristyZito.com), admitted under oath to byline fraud and false statements. - [Dustin Hurst](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/dustin-hurst/): Idaho Freedom PAC treasurer, Honor Idaho registered agent, three-year civil stalking injunction respondent, point man for the IFF political machine. - [John Heida](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/john-heida/): Stop Idaho RINOs PAC operator, fabricated a Playboy magazine cover with sitting Rep. Julie Yamamoto's face, owner of the voteswithdems.com manufactured-statistic dashboard. - [Maria Nate](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/maria-nate/): State Freedom Caucus Network Idaho director, transmitted YAL's $1.1M Idaho funding threat to a sitting senator on a leaked tape, married to IFF President Ron Nate. - [Ron Nate](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/ron-nate/): Idaho Freedom Foundation President, twice unseated by his own Republican primary voters (2018 by 159 votes, 2022 by 36 votes), authored the IFF byline pre-installing the 2026 Guthrie attack 22 months early. - [Cliff Maloney](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/cliff-maloney/): Citizens Alliance of America CEO, Mobilize the Message LLC owner, terminated as YAL President in January 2021, $195,000 CAA salary in 2024. - [Mark Fitzpatrick](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/mark-fitzpatrick/): Idaho gubernatorial candidate, Old State Saloon owner, hosted speakers calling Idaho's Jewish population "far too high" and Boise "clean, no black people." - [Scott Herndon](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/scott-herndon/): Former Idaho State Senator (D1), called teenage incest-rape pregnancy "an opportunity to have a child," cost Sandpoint $300K in a losing lawsuit, returning IFC chair candidate for 2026. ## Gang of 8 legislators - [Christy Zito](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/christy-zito/): Idaho Senate D8, Pruett's I2AA Political Director and Board Member, deepest Pruett-network entanglement of any Idaho legislator. - [Faye Thompson](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/faye-thompson/): Idaho House D8B (McCall), defeated sitting House Majority Leader Megan Blanksma by 221 votes in May 2024 primary. - [Glenneda Zuiderveld](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/glenneda-zuiderveld/): Idaho Senate D24, six federal and state tax liens totaling $127,433 in unpaid taxes 2006-2013. - [Clint Hostetler](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/clinton-hostetler/): Idaho House D24A (Magic Valley Miracle Four), $881 federal tax lien filed November 2025. - [Josh Kohl](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/joshua-kohl/): Idaho Senate D25 (Magic Valley Miracle Four), 2024 freshman placed by Citizens Alliance / YAL pipeline. - [David Leavitt](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/david-leavitt/): Idaho House D25B (Magic Valley Miracle Four), voted against HB 445 water stewardship in irrigated-agriculture district. - [Kent Marmon](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/kent-marmon/): Idaho House D11A (Caldwell), recalled from city council in 1987 by 71 percent, lost four Republican primaries 2010-2022, won 2024 vs. incumbent Yamamoto with 3x the prior cycle's money. - [Lucas Cayler](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/lucas-cayler/): Idaho House D11B (Caldwell), Marmon's paired-vote partner, won 2024 primary by 39 votes, 97.5% IFF Freedom Index 2026. ## Other dossiers - [Karey Hanks](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/karey-hanks/): Former Idaho House D31, founding member of the Idaho Freedom Caucus. - [David Worley](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/david-worley/): Idaho Senate D28 candidate, relieved of Idaho National Guard command in September 2024 for "counterproductive leadership," federally dismissed Liberty Counsel lawsuit recycled as a campaign credential. - [Chad Christensen](https://idahoextremism.org/dossiers/chad-christensen/): Former Idaho Rep, terminated from Idaho State Probation and Parole, two-time legislator, lost 2022 primary by 362 votes, 2026 District 35A candidate. ## Organizations - [Idaho Freedom Foundation](https://idahoextremism.org/organizations/iff/): The Idaho policy shop. Doyle Beck on the board with Bryan Smith, Brent Regan, Heather Lauer. Ron Nate as President since January 2024. - [State Freedom Caucus Network](https://idahoextremism.org/organizations/state-freedom-caucus-network/): Andy Roth's national whip operation. Maria Nate as Idaho director until the September 2024 chamber-IFC operational separation. - [Idaho Freedom Caucus](https://idahoextremism.org/organizations/idaho-freedom-caucus/): The in-chamber bloc. Heather Scott, Tammy Nichols, and Brian Lenney are current chamber leadership. - [Citizens Alliance of Idaho / America](https://idahoextremism.org/organizations/citizens-alliance/): Cliff Maloney's dark-money pipeline. Beck is the singular in-state Idaho personal donor. - [The Propaganda Network](https://idahoextremism.org/organizations/propaganda-network/): Pruett's six-surface stack plus Heida's Stop Idaho RINOs and Crowder's Pocatello-Chubbuck Observer. ## Methodology - [How we work](https://idahoextremism.org/methodology/): Receipts first. Every claim is anchored to a specific primary-source record. If a claim cannot be verified, we do not publish it. - [About](https://idahoextremism.org/about/): Why this site exists, who built it, financial disclosure. - [Contact](https://idahoextremism.org/contact/): Submit a tip, send a correction.