Recently, I opened my private messages on X (formerly Twitter) to find this from the official “Black Lives Matter Boise #BLM” account:
“you turn-coat are a collaborator with tyranny. apologist coon. Child of the devil.”
Apparently, that is what passes for “activism” in 2025. This is the same organization that is raising tax-deductible donations through ActBlue, the left’s premier fundraising machine. The racist harassment is being funded indirectly through a system that grants donors the same kind of tax benefit one would receive for giving to a children’s hospital or food bank.
Why does Boise even have a BLM chapter? Boise, Idaho, is home to about 247,000 residents, and is roughly 82 percent white, 8 percent Hispanic, 3 percent Asian, and less than 2 percent black. It is known for its relatively low crime rate, affordable cost of living, and strong sense of community compared to larger cities. Yet, organizations like Black Lives Matter Boise have tried to paint this peaceful city as some hotbed of systemic oppression. It would be laughable if their agenda wasn’t so destructive. Their “activism” exists not to solve real problems, but to make up problems that don’t exist, and to import divisive racial narratives into a state that does not share their worldview.
Who are they?
Black Lives Matter Boise hilariously describes itself on social media as operating on “Occupied Shoshoni Bannock Land,” the current leftist virtue signaling trend, and claims to exist to “end state-sanctioned violence.” Their messaging is drenched in the familiar (and tired) revolutionary language of “abolition” and “defunding the police.”
On their ActBlue donation page, they describe their work as building a “coalition of antifascists” made up of “critical criminologists” and “data scientists.” It sounds very serious and academic until you realize what they are actually advocating for. They want to dismantle law enforcement in Idaho’s capital city. Their online campaigns have repeatedly called for “cutting BPD’s budget significantly” and redirecting those funds into “community initiatives.”
Translation: strip the police, redistribute the money, and call it justice.
This local BLM chapter’s rhetoric mirrors the national organization’s infamous “Defund the Police” agenda, a movement that helped none of the communities it claimed to speak for, unless you count enriching its founders, but did spark historic spikes in violent crime across multiple American cities. Theirs is a worldview rooted in anger instead of positive results, and it is being funded through a system that was never intended to bankroll radicals.
What ActBlue actually does
In many ways, ActBlue is the financial backbone of the Democratic Party and the broader progressive movement. It is a powerful online fundraising platform that processes donations for Democratic candidates, left-wing nonprofits, and activist organizations.
Most donors see “ActBlue” as just a payment processor. In reality, it is a network of affiliated entities, including ActBlue (a political action committee), ActBlue Civics (a 501(c)(4)), and ActBlue Charities (a 501(c)(3)) that can route funds to other groups. When someone gives to an organization like BLM Boise through ActBlue Charities, the donation is processed as a tax-deductible gift, even if the group itself is not a registered nonprofit.
That means a group, like Black Lives Matter Boise, can operate without official nonprofit status, avoid IRS filings and financial transparency, and still collect donations that count as charitable contributions. All they need is an ActBlue page, and the left’s infrastructure takes care of the rest.
According to InfluenceWatch, ActBlue has funneled billions of dollars to some of the most left-leaning organizations in the country. Major beneficiaries include the Southern Poverty Law Center, Transgender Law Center, and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
Fiscal sponsorship and conduit structures can be legitimate tools for temporary projects. But in the hands of political activists, they become loopholes for funding extremism. Groups that would never qualify for tax-exempt status on their own because of their political activity, lack of accountability, or hate-filled rhetoric can still receive money under ActBlue’s umbrella.
It is an arrangement that allows groups like BLM Boise to appear as legitimate community organizations while operating as political agitators. Donors feel virtuous. Activists get paid. The IRS looks the other way.
The ugly reality behind the message
When BLM Boise sent me a direct message calling me a “turn-coat,” “apologist coon,” and “child of the devil,” they were not just spewing personal hatred. They were revealing what they truly stand for, which is racial division, bitterness, and intimidation.
The irony is staggering. This organization claims to fight racism but feels comfortable hurling racial slurs at a black woman who happens to think differently. And thanks to ActBlue, their hate is underwritten by tax-deductible donations.
