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Newspaper reporter at the Lewiston Tribune focused on fish, outdoor recreation, and the environment.
"If they are not willing to represent Idahoans where we are on this issue, we are going to hold them accountable and they can find a new job,” said Brian Brooks, one of three board members of the PAC for Public Lands.
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Idaho public land advocates form PAC, target pols who support selling or transferring public land.
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Public land advocates look to play hardball
A new group, PAC for Public Lands, makes plans to target politicians willing to shift public lands to private ownership
https://www.lmtribune.com/local-news/public-land-advocates-look-to-play-hardball-b874151c
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Idaho public land advocates form PAC, target pols who support selling or transferring public land
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Public land advocates look to play hardball
A new group, PAC for Public Lands, makes plans to target politicians willing to shift public lands to private ownership
https://www.lmtribune.com/local-news/public-land-advocates-look-to-play-hardball-b874151c
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China’s Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle East
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/energy-environment/china-energy-battery-grid.html
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Idaho Capital Sun
about 2 months ago
"Ultimately, my concern is for the privacy rights of Idahoans who have registered to vote, as secured under Idaho law,” Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane wrote to the Justice Department in a Feb. 26 letter.
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Idaho secretary of state won’t give US Justice Department sensitive voter information • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho’s secretary of state said he will not give the Trump administration access to sensitive personal information about registered voters.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/03/idaho-secretary-of-state-wont-give-us-justice-department-sensitive-voter-information/
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New York Times Opinion
about 2 months ago
The nine law firms that surrendered to President Trump “failed a high-stakes character test,” writes the editorial board.
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Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.
The four law firms that fought Trump’s executive orders have forced him to retreat.
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Climatologist49
about 2 months ago
December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥
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Catherine Rampell
about 2 months ago
Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my
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a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room
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Dread Pirate Sex Badger
about 2 months ago
There's always a quote.
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"Across the seven countries barred from U.S. aid, at least 6.2 million people are facing “extreme or catastrophic conditions,” according to the UN. But they have little to offer the U.S. in return for help."
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Reuters
2 months ago
Late-night show host Stephen Colbert said that CBS lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his party's nomination for the US Senate
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CBS host Stephen Colbert says network barred airing interview with Texas US Senate candidate
CBS late-night show host Stephen Colbert said on Monday that the network's lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his...
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ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/minneapolis-ice-agents-protester-home-visits.html
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Charlie Sykes
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The Associated Press
2 months ago
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.
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Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
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I've thought of this song often over the past many months and especially since the killings of Alex Pretti and Reneee Good.
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Phil Lewis
2 months ago
ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards
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ICE demanded Maine sheriff’s employment records following his criticism of arrest
The subpoena came a day after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce blasted immigration agents for arresting one of his guards.
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/03/mainefocus/mainefocus-police-courts/ice-demanded-maine-sheriffs-employment-records/
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Alex Baumhardt
3 months ago
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming.
@oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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The New York Times
3 months ago
ICE agents in Minneapolis are using facial recognition and other tools to identify undocumented immigrants and track protesters, officials said. The agency is also using cellphone and social media tools to monitor people’s online activity and potentially hack into phones.
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The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.
https://nyti.ms/49P9FUl
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"Hamas and ICE also share one very visible trait that I never thought I’d see in the United States: Almost all of their foot soldiers wear masks."
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David Corn
3 months ago
Imagine having to defend your fatally shot son from Stephen Miller's slurs that he was a "domestic terrorist" trying to "assassinate" ICE officers. This is what Trump and Trumpism has brought to the United States.
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“We cannot stand silent and stand aside as people are being attacked and separated from their families and disappeared,” she said. “They’re beloved children of God, and we are with them — that is our call.”
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“We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.”
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Agents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddler
Attorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant and did not have a final order for removal.
https://www.startribune.com/agents-detain-and-send-2-year-old-girl-and-her-father-to-texas-despite-court-order-to-release-toddler/601569252
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just Dave
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Marisa Kabas
3 months ago
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for. My story:
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Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-st-paul-chongly-scott-thao-saly-hmong-us-citizen-arrest
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U.S. Border Patrol agent knees man in face in Minneapolis as other agents hold him down • Minnesota Reformer
A U.S. Border Patrol agent kneed a man at least five times in the face while several other agents held him pinned facedown on the pavement in south Minneapolis on Friday, according to multiple witness...
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/12/u-s-border-patrol-knees-man-in-face-in-minneapolis-as-other-agents-hold-him-down/
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Jay Rosen
3 months ago
Two days ago we learned that Federal agents showed up at a Washington Post reporter’s home, searched it, seized her phone and two laptops. We also learned that the Post's owner, Jeff Bezos, remained silent that day. No words of support. Well, Thursday came and went and still nothing from Bezos.
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Bill Kristol
3 months ago
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
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MJSwenson71
3 months ago
Gift link for the Oregonian. Local news will have better info
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
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2 shot by federal immigration agents in Portland
Mayor Keith Wilson decried the shooting, saying "Portland is not a 'training ground' for militarized agents."
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/01/portland-police-responding-to-report-of-shooting-by-federal-immigration-agent.html?gift=be6da8ce-c497-40e5-8c44-2371d4d0143b
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Mike Luckovich
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Idaho Fish and Game seeks information on bighorn ram poached and left to waste near Riggins.
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Bighorn ram shot and left to waste along Big Salmon Road
Idaho Fish and Game and Wild Sheep Foundation are offering reward for information on poacher
https://www.lmtribune.com/local-news/bighorn-ram-shot-and-left-to-waste-along-big-salmon-road-20950085
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New York Times Opinion
5 months ago
Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.
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Opinion | Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello Dynamic Pricing.
Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.
https://nyti.ms/49JEgTz
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Laura Bassett
5 months ago
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
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Once thought stable, one of Hells Canyon's iconic species is in trouble.
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Sturgeon in Hells Canyon are on the decline
Regional fisheries managers are seeking ways to help the fish that have been vexed by dams and predation
https://www.lmtribune.com/local-news/sturgeon-in-hells-canyon-are-on-the-decline-20834537
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Justin Wolfers
5 months ago
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
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Mike Sacks
5 months ago
Trump’s War on Carolina Christians
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The Tennessee Holler
5 months ago
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
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"If he was some kind of narcoterrorist,” she said, “then why are we living in misery instead of a mansion?”
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Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/world/americas/trump-drug-boat-strikes-colombian-fisherman.html
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Catherine Rampell
6 months ago
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
6 months ago
BREAKING: Two Spokane Police officers resigned this year amid an investigation into allegations they were seducing victims of domestic violence, hundreds of documents show. MORE:
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Two Spokane Police officers resign amid investigation for on-duty sexual acts with domestic violence victims
Two Spokane police officers have resigned within the past year amid internal affairs investigations into allegations that they had used their badge to seduce women who were victims of domestic violenc...
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/oct/30/two-spokane-police-officers-resign-amid-investigat/
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Mother Jones
6 months ago
During a press conference this week in Gary, Indiana, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem brazenly claimed no US citizens have been detained or arrested by ICE, and labeled any reporting to the contrary is “simply not true”. But Noem is ignoring the facts.
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ProPublica
6 months ago
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know. By
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denial-external-review?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1761706807&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Stan Oklobdzija
6 months ago
"Provincial officials allied with the Trump regime have jailed a political dissident for over a month after he made comments on social media critical of the authoritarian leader and a recently slain political ally who founded an influential group to radicalize America's 'White' ethnic majority."
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The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.
https://theintercept.com/2025/10/23/charlie-kirk-meme-arrest-tennessee-larry-bushart/?utm_content=bufferab6b8&utm_medium=buffer&utm_source=bsky&utm_campaign=theintercept
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The Bulwark
6 months ago
"No planning. No proposals to the National Capital Planning Commission. No opportunity for notice and comment from the public. Just Trump’s whim—and a beloved national symbol tumbles to dust. It’s obscene." @monacharen.bsky.social on Trump's White House demolition
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"What the fuck? How is this real? This is a nightmare"
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Craig Welch
6 months ago
Journalism, he said, is how we know what's happening in troubled lands. "These extraordinary eyewitness accounts are the culmination of the daily efforts of countless people who work to ensure that information isn't manipulated for ends contrary to truth and human dignity“
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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
https://apnews.com/article/pope-free-press-media-journalists-c826e0567122d6fa7c094850787c1a39?fbclid=IwY2xjawNWL9pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEwZktCQTdweXoxTk9MVXpFAR4F4410MSSsaEMCTxI38V-93TgXtaOkpSTAqkfBBGikmMcWaMVrotR0CPDYag_aem_Mw-lv6Ec3sQhR3wAg5Ibdg
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Adam Serwer
6 months ago
John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine
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“The [US] supreme court hasn’t wanted to be Churchill.” Levitsky said. “John Roberts has been Chamberlain. I think that is incredible destructive behavior.”
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Anil Kalhan
7 months ago
"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'"
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I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
https://newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-citizen-and-a-veteran-ice?utm_medium=web
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Ron Filipkowski
7 months ago
American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.
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