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Liberal Montanan for 25 years, now in Boise. Yeah the one in Idaho 🤪🥴 Healthcare worker, she/her
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Last week a newsletter i subscribe to attempted a summation of trump corruption. It was pretty intense, even for someone like me who follows the news & was aware of most of these scandals. Something about seeing it in the aggregate…
www.readtangle.com/the-everythi...
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The everything, everywhere, all at once corruption story.
I'm pleading with you to look at the president's self-dealing.
https://www.readtangle.com/the-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-corruption-story/
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Kyle Griffin
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BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.
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Mark (reluctant scrivener, my data center is made of meat)
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Today I an battling a crow who has deposited a bun, half a slice of pizza, a peanut, and ramen into our birdbath. Each time I clean it out and refill it a new meal appears.
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maura quint
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I will grant him that two times zero is still zero but I don't think that's making the point he thinks it is.
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Don Moynihan
about 6 hours ago
Not the sheriff: taxpayers. I genuinely think there is a broader trend of institutions not feeling bound by fiduciary duties; they prefer to do what the want, and deal with the lawsuits and compensation.
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Taniel
about 17 hours ago
Interesting: In Idaho, all members of the “Gang of Eight,” a group of ultraconservative lawmakers, faced more moderate primary challengers today. As of this moment, none of the races are called by the AP, but 5 of the 8 "Gang of Eight" lawmakers are trailing.
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NBC News
about 19 hours ago
NEW: Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.
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DOJ official told GOP ally that big payouts were coming for Jan. 6 defendants
Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-official-told-gop-ally-big-payouts-coming-jan-6-defendants-rcna343847
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This was a weird ballot measure for me.
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about 16 hours ago
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli
about 17 hours ago
Here we go! burrowing owlet bopping along wearing a bowler hat, get it, bOWLer???? Suggestion from
@nonajabiznez.bsky.social
🪶 🐣 🎩
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Beltane
about 18 hours ago
Yes!
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Joe Sonka 😐
about 22 hours ago
AP calls it for Ed Gallrein over Thomas Massie. Trump has slain another perceived enemy in a GOP primary, and it's Massie in Kentucky this time.
#ky4
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CBS News
about 24 hours ago
BREAKING: Senate advances resolution to limit Trump's Iran war powers for first time, after four Republicans defect.
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Senate advances resolution to limit Trump's Iran war powers for first time, after four Republicans defect
Four Republicans voted with nearly all Democrats to advance the Iran war powers measure, with GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy joining the Republican defectors for the first time.
https://cbsn.ws/4tNHFHw
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Christopher Miller, Mr. Generic
1 day ago
Even in blood-red MT?
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Scott MacFarlane
1 day ago
NEW: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) offered amendment to block Trump’s newly-established $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded pot of money from "making any payments to convicted child predators" Multiple pardoned Jan 6 rioters have been accused of child abuse Amendment was blocked
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Daily Sunrise
1 day ago
#Sunrise
this morning at Farragut State Park in northern
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#landscape
#photography
#landscapephotography
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Unusual Whales
1 day ago
BREAKING: Donald Trump executed 3,642 securities transactions during the first quarter, averaging nearly 58 trades for every U.S. trading day. This translates to roughly nine trades every hour or about one trade every seven minutes during market hours, per YF
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Tiffani Deems
1 day ago
Happy Election Day, Idaho! Polls are open from 8am-8pm. There are several competitive primaries so please make sure you vote as some of these races may come down to just a handful of votes. If you have an absentee ballot at home still, DON'T MAIL IT - DROP IT OFF! Happy Voting!
#idpol
#idaho
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Erin Biba
1 day ago
As a professional researcher I’ve spent time comparing different search engines to see which one makes my job the easiest and Kagi is by far the most effective search. Duck Duck Go isn’t even close.
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Russell Cleveland for U.S. House MT-01
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Jane
1 day ago
Idaho folks: if you are in Valley Elmore, Boise or Ada counties, you can vote for judge. I highly recommend Jeff Street. It’s a nonpartisan election, so it’s on every ballot.
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Lindsay Beyerstein
1 day ago
The insurrectionist pedophile in question is Andrew Paul Johnson and it is public record that he tried to silence his victim(s) with promises of Trump millions for J6.
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North haven campground in bonners ferry (saved ya the click just for that lol)
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Scott Horton
1 day ago
Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that benefited the company. This is revealed in Trump's quarterly ethics report. In healthcare, however, the trades for Lilly—a company
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Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs - KFF Health News
New ethics disclosures show the president invested in Eli Lilly and a company that manufactures injectable devices as his health agencies implemented policies that benefited them.
https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/trump-stock-trades-eli-lilly-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-invest-ethics-disclosures/
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Taniel
2 days ago
One of the more interesting elections is one I featured in the guide but I didn't include in the post above: There’s a local ballot measure in a county in Oregon to decide whether watersheds and ecosystem should have the constitutional right to be protected.
www.klcc.org/environment/...
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JEmphatically
2 days ago
ICYMI: Kevin O’Leary might possibly be the most hated man in Utah right now. Read more...
jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/opposition...
#pensionFunds
#followthemoney
#AIDataCentres
#AIDataCenters
#WonderValleyAlberta
#WonderValleyUtah
#Stratos
#utahpolitics
#cdnpoli
#environment
#climate
#abpoli
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Opposition Mounts as O’Leary’s Data Centre Approved in Drought-Stricken Utah
Written for The Energy Mix - May 14, 2026 - with bonus images, a Canada Pension Plan connection and Kevin O'Leary does not have a lot of fans in Utah right now
https://jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/opposition-mounts-as-olearys-data?r=b0efu
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Fun day bike & soak. wilson creek trails & givens hot springs. Horned Larks everywhere, plus a Loggerhead Shrike! Plus i’m always reminded why i gave up beef, CAFO feedlots are horrific & disgusting. Free range cattle in the high desert are a sacrilege.
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victoria scott
2 days ago
it took this country five decades for the surviving interned Japanese-Americans who were deprived of absolutely everything and imprisoned for no cause to get $20,000 in reparations per person. we are currently awarding the guys who did the Beer Hall Putsch five years ago orders of magnitude more
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2 days ago
A Monday morning
#peony
glow-up, anyone?
#flowers
#flowersky
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Sightline Institute
2 days ago
“We love our wide open spaces,” said Sen. Ben Toews, a Republican who led the bipartisan legislation. “Having smaller communities actually allows more wide open spaces, because suburban sprawl is a real issue. You’re seeing our farmlands get eaten up by houses.”
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Why wide-open Idaho is mandating houses on the smallest lots in America
A new law in Idaho will force cities to allow homes on 1,500-square-foot lots, with the goal of bringing down home prices and preserving agricultural lands.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/18/why-wide-open-idaho-is-mandating-smallest-housing-lots-america/
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The Seattle Times
3 days ago
All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said.
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Navy jets based on Whidbey Island crash at Idaho air show; crews eject
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/navy-jets-based-on-whidbey-island-crash-at-idaho-air-show-crews-eject/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_bluesky&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1779060757-2
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Molly Jong-Fast
3 days ago
This @ft graphic shows that trump suddenly got very interested in trading stocks
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Representative Becca Balint
4 days ago
President Trump doesn’t know what it’s like to struggle in today’s economy. And, according to his own words, he doesn’t think about it one bit.
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Bill Grueskin
3 days ago
How bad is the Colorado governor's commutation of Tina Peters' sentence? So bad that even the Republican DA who prosecuted here pushed back, and told Polis to talk to the county officials who have to deal with threats that followed Peters' felonies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/u...
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Sorry for the bookface link but WOW amazing everyone lived. Mountain home Idaho today.
fb.watch/H9PRimb8ml/?...
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Andrew Thrasher
3 days ago
The reimbursements seem to include rubber-stamp approval for a vehicle grant up to $100K. Here's a recent piece from
@investigatewest.bsky.social
@rachelspacek.bsky.social
on an Idaho sheriff who bought a new Ford Explorer + Ford Interceptor with ICE money.
www.investigatewest.org/rural-idaho-...
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Rural Idaho sheriff got at least $116,000 for helping ICE
Owyhee County is among hundreds of local law enforcement agencies getting paid to join ICE’s immigration crackdown
https://www.investigatewest.org/rural-idaho-sheriffs-office-got-at-least-116-000-for-helping-ice/
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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸
4 days ago
In case you missed it, this is happening in Utah. O'Leary, who is pushing it, lives in Canada, so he won't be impacted by it. The data center is proposed to be twice the size of Manhattan and will be built on 40,000 acres.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash
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Wendy Miller
4 days ago
Kids playing yesterday. 🪶
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“Such indifference from the executive branch to the Constitution’s guarantee of freedom from arbitrary confinement represents grave cause for concern,” he stated in a ruling.
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Mary Gemignani
8 days ago
... and here's how far a Whooping Crane can pull it's skin patch back on it's head. This bird was very excited. She was about to start dancing with herself.
#skinpatch
#WhoopingCrane
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Mary Gemignani
5 days ago
A few of the beautiful cranes of the world that I sat with for a while at ICF last weekend....
#ICF
#Cranes
#birds
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Richard Waite
5 days ago
Also FYI, the majority of Colorado River water used for “farms” in the below graphic is actually for cattle feed (alfalfa and hay). The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat.
science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...
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Carceral Abolition
5 days ago
Federal judge blocks old-growth logging project on Oregon coast The Bureau of Land Management "failed to take a hard look" at the plan's effects on old-growth trees, which the agency "is explicitly required to retain," the judge wrote
www.courthousenews.com/federal-judg...
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Federal judge blocks old-growth logging project on Oregon coast
The Bureau of Land Management
https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-blocks-old-growth-logging-project-on-oregon-coast/
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)
5 days ago
Data centers are responsible for a 76% increase in the cost of electricity in the largest US grid
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Data Centers Drive 76% Rise in Power Bills on Largest US Grid
Power prices on the largest electric grid in the US jumped 76% in the first quarter due to rampant demand from data centers, adding to pressure on its operator to alleviate the strain on consumers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/data-centers-drive-76-rise-in-power-bills-on-largest-us-grid?taid=6a060f9032982f000154a801
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The Octopus Gallery
5 days ago
If you're looking for a cost effective way to reduce your local mosquito population that doesn't affect other species, please check out the mosquito larva trap method! Thread for how-to and more info!
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Representative Becca Balint
5 days ago
I’m furious at the decision to grant clemency to Tina Peters. She was convicted by a jury of her peers of illegally granting access to voting machines and allowing election data to be copied and shared on the internet to serve wild conspiracy theories. (1/2)
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Tina Peters, Colorado Election Denier, Will Be Freed by Governor
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/politics/tina-peters-colorado-trump-polis.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Adam Serwer
5 days ago
The reason people keep doing crimes for Trump is that you get rewarded for doing them, congratulations to Colorado's Dem governor for making sure we get more people trying to overturn elections on his behalf
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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Elizabeth Warren
5 days ago
Huh. Why would Boeing (airplane company) and Toyota (car company) donate a MILLION bucks to Trump's Transportation Secretary's pet project? Could these billionaire corporations expect a return on their donation with regulatory favors? Looks like corruption in plain sight.
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Boeing, Toyota Donated $1 Million Each to Transportation Secretary’s Road-Trip Show
A video series will feature Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family on a road trip to mark America’s 250th birthday and promote tourism.
https://www.wsj.com/business/boeing-toyota-donated-1-million-each-to-transportation-secretarys-road-trip-show-bccbe412?mod=e2tw
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Massimo (mirror)
5 days ago
A video analysis of the difference between dog joining cat and cat joining the dog.
Original post
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MB
5 days ago
In
#Idaho
election and politics news…please make sure to read this.
#idleg
#idpol
www.eastidahonews.com/2026/05/idah...
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Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane talks campaign finance and reform ahead of Tuesday Primary - East Idaho News
IDAHO FALLS — Heading into next week’s primary election, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane says this election cycle has been a bit topsy-turvy. In Idaho Falls, he said the mayoral election last No...
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/05/idaho-secretary-of-state-phil-mcgrane-talks-campaign-finance-and-reform-ahead-of-tuesday-primary/
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Marci
5 days ago
The irony here to me is how many conservative Idahoans supposedly want to “preserve the Idaho way of life.” 🤦🏼♀️
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Another large Idaho data center proposed, valued at $2 billion+ - BoiseDev
An abandoned industrial plant in Idaho could be turned into a $2.6 billion data center, if a proposal is approved. East Idaho News and KIFI-TV report that the City of Pocatello will hold a public hear...
https://boisedev.com/news/2026/05/14/lex-portneuf-data-center/
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris
5 days ago
The thing I keep thinking about is how not every state allows telehealth providers to operate out of state. Idaho doesn’t. Louisiana and Texas do. Yes there would still be ways to obtain it, but if they were really only interested in limiting it in their state, they could just change that law.
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