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Heather Ellsworth
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Liberal Montanan for 25 years, now in Boise. Yeah the one in Idaho 🤪🥴

Healthcare worker, she/her
Pinned
Woo its time to get the camper packed for our first camping trip of the year & first since moving to Boise. Really looking forward to unplugging from this news apocalypse, seems hard to look away from this shit show for 1 minute. This is our 1963 shasta in MT, come by if you see us out in the wild.
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Award news! Howl, the story of 30 yrs of wolf reintroduction from me & Clark Corbin won best podcast in the Røde Mics Creator of the Year Awards! It's the wild, surprising & sometimes violent story of wolves in the West. @idahocapitalsun.com @boisestatepublicradio.org www.npr.org/podcast/fis-...
Howl
In 1995 wolves had been eradicated from the Western U.S. That’s when the Federal Government undertook its most ambitious, controversial wildlife project yet: bring wolves back to the Rocky Mountains. ...
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:

- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”

- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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BREAKING: 5 years of Idaho income tax cuts have slashed state revenue by $4 billion. Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy says cuts benefited the wealthiest Idahoans and companies. Reject #GOPchaos
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/24/n...
New report shows 5 years of Idaho income tax cuts have reduced state revenue by $4 billion • Idaho Capital Sun
A new report shows the Idaho Legislature reduced state revenue by a combined $4 billion through five income tax cuts passed since 2021.
idahocapitalsun.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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The agency last week approved the use of two new pesticides that qualify as PFAS. Farmers could spread them on crops such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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They’re simultaneously running the 2002-03 Iraq war scam in Venezuela while also running the 2008 “too big to fail” scam of 2008.

Republicans are getting more efficient at corruption and incompetence.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Florida man discussed livestreaming neo-Nazi terror attack. Feds discovered what appeared to be a plan to carry out and broadcast a domestic terror attack, including “motion-activated bombs in doorways (for cops),”

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Florida man discussed livestreaming neo-Nazi terror attack, feds say
Exclusive: The father of 20-year-old Lucas Alexander Temple, who was there when his son was arrested, told The Independent that he didn’t want to “inadvertently say anything that might hurt his case.”
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."

They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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So in just the past 3 weeks:

Trump DOJ lost James Comey case

and lost Letitia James case

Trump lost bid to stop the Epstein files vote

Trump lost every GOP senator on that vote

Trump also lost bid to stop release of 20,000 Epstein emails

MTG resigned

GOP lost 2025 elections
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The usual suspects at Katherine Albertson park today. Pups got to run afterward at the dog park, which was full with folks out enjoying the nice day.
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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We can condemn his assassination without glorifying him or pretending he was something he was not. | Opinion
An Idaho highway named after Charlie Kirk? No, thank you | Opinion
We can condemn his assassination without glorifying him or pretending he was something he was not. | Opinion
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Also available for pre-order from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social .
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Land covered by forests in each US state www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/co...
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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White people don't even want to do the job of destroying America anymore.
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Heartbreaking article....my heart goes out to Caroline Kennedy. She has endured too many familial losses.

Tatiana writes eloquently about the cutting of medical research for cancer. Too many of us will lose family and friends for something treatable because RFK Jr. and The Heritage Foundation.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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This is stunning on multiple levels:
**the fact that the climate crisis has made life in a major world capital and city of 10 million people unsustainable; and
**the fact that this is getting so little attention in the US press
Hard to imagine what an evacuation of this scale will entail
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'

#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Troy, MT
Montana - Troy police officer in custody following allegations of misconduct.

The allegations involve suspicious activity involving Artigo and multiple juvenile females. nbcmontana.com/news/local/f...
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene was an enemy of the left for over four years and felt completely safe. Marjorie Taylor Greene was an enemy of Donald Trump for two weeks and hired private security for her family then resigned her seat from Congress.
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Child reunites with their father in Elmore County, after a judge ordered the release of four of the eight detainees released so far following last month's FBI and ICE raid in Wilder Idaho
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Is this the same Bryan Hayhurst, NAZI and dangerous sex offender, who acted as security for #idgop #idleg Senator Tammy Nichols while counter protesting an abortion rights rally in Boise? #idpol

idahonews.com/news/local/a...
Ada County man sentenced for unemployment fraud, must repay over $16k in restitution
Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced that 39-year-old Bryan Hayhurst was convicted of one count of Misrepresentation to Obtain Unemployment Insurance Benefi
idahonews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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We are not yet frequent Blue Sky users, but making our best efforts to remedy that. Please let your friends know that we're here :-) and we'll be working to send out case and roadshow updates more regularly!
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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This sounds like a worthy local Boise, ID organization in need, if you have something extra to give.

www.ktvb.com/article/news...
Boise Brick House after school center faces closure without $30,000 by Christmas
The Boise Brick House needs $30K by Christmas or it could close. For dozens of teens, it's their only safe space after school.
www.ktvb.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM