Rachel Martin
@racheljo.bsky.social
Professional flyer and city girl trying to not just survive but thrive in rural Idaho. She/her
Also Blacksky @racheljo.myatpro.social
Also Blacksky @racheljo.myatpro.social
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Hey #Boise, Mulligan's on Main Street has a free Thanksgiving dinner today starting at 2 p.m. They offer curb side pick up for those with kids. And upstairs at The Olympic there is free live music. Sounds more fun than my plans, lol.
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hey #Boise, Mulligan's on Main Street has a free Thanksgiving dinner today starting at 2 p.m. They offer curb side pick up for those with kids. And upstairs at The Olympic there is free live music. Sounds more fun than my plans, lol.
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". . . Donald Trump cancelled three-quarters of the world’s funding for HIV at a stroke. . . projected 4 million extra HIV infections by 2030, chiefly as a result of the collapse in prevention services."
Trump team cancels World AIDS Day commemorations after more than 30 years
Trump team cancels World AIDS Day commemorations after more than 30 years
Trump team cancels World AIDS Day commemorations after more than 30 years
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
". . . Donald Trump cancelled three-quarters of the world’s funding for HIV at a stroke. . . projected 4 million extra HIV infections by 2030, chiefly as a result of the collapse in prevention services."
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And do we think they will balance the budget by raising taxes on the rich and corporations? Or by somehow finding even more programs to cut?
Even here in ruby red Idaho, it's not left vs right. It's the top versus the rest of us.
Even here in ruby red Idaho, it's not left vs right. It's the top versus the rest of us.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
And do we think they will balance the budget by raising taxes on the rich and corporations? Or by somehow finding even more programs to cut?
Even here in ruby red Idaho, it's not left vs right. It's the top versus the rest of us.
Even here in ruby red Idaho, it's not left vs right. It's the top versus the rest of us.
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#morningmusic
With a decidedly non-old-fart on piano, 16 year old River Eckert w/ most of the members of the original WAR and its reformation & others.
“Why Can’t We Be Friends?” turns 50 this year, which makes me feel both old and young at the same time.
Morning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClNZ...
With a decidedly non-old-fart on piano, 16 year old River Eckert w/ most of the members of the original WAR and its reformation & others.
“Why Can’t We Be Friends?” turns 50 this year, which makes me feel both old and young at the same time.
Morning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClNZ...
Why Can’t We Be Friends? ft. WAR and Friends | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
YouTube video by Playing For Change
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#morningmusic
With a decidedly non-old-fart on piano, 16 year old River Eckert w/ most of the members of the original WAR and its reformation & others.
“Why Can’t We Be Friends?” turns 50 this year, which makes me feel both old and young at the same time.
Morning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClNZ...
With a decidedly non-old-fart on piano, 16 year old River Eckert w/ most of the members of the original WAR and its reformation & others.
“Why Can’t We Be Friends?” turns 50 this year, which makes me feel both old and young at the same time.
Morning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClNZ...
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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This is a crazy story:
ICE/CBP took a Coast Guard Rescue helicopter from this shall town in Oregon.
The major industry is harvesting Dungeness Crab which is dangerous, the Coast Guard is needed for rescues.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
ICE/CBP took a Coast Guard Rescue helicopter from this shall town in Oregon.
The major industry is harvesting Dungeness Crab which is dangerous, the Coast Guard is needed for rescues.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
2 lawsuits seek return of Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Friday that the state is filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to return a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport. Lincoln County and t...
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is a crazy story:
ICE/CBP took a Coast Guard Rescue helicopter from this shall town in Oregon.
The major industry is harvesting Dungeness Crab which is dangerous, the Coast Guard is needed for rescues.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
ICE/CBP took a Coast Guard Rescue helicopter from this shall town in Oregon.
The major industry is harvesting Dungeness Crab which is dangerous, the Coast Guard is needed for rescues.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Y'all, It's TODAY!
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". #Lit #SciFi #BookSky 🌱
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
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#Lit #OctaviaEButler
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". #Lit #SciFi #BookSky 🌱
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Y'all, It's TODAY!
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". #Lit #SciFi #BookSky 🌱
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". #Lit #SciFi #BookSky 🌱
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
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So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
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...so my article got boosted by Medium! but it means lots of randos are leaving comments. & it's amazing how many take the form of: "I personally don't know anything about this subject, but it seem clear to me that trans kids..."
why are cis ppl so convinced they are de facto experts on transness?
why are cis ppl so convinced they are de facto experts on transness?
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
...so my article got boosted by Medium! but it means lots of randos are leaving comments. & it's amazing how many take the form of: "I personally don't know anything about this subject, but it seem clear to me that trans kids..."
why are cis ppl so convinced they are de facto experts on transness?
why are cis ppl so convinced they are de facto experts on transness?
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Let's be clear: Sandpoint City Council's choice to remove LGBTQ+ protections—and Mayor Grimm's tie-breaking vote—makes our trans neighbors less safe. Read our full statement: www.acluidaho.org/news/sandpoi...
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Let's be clear: Sandpoint City Council's choice to remove LGBTQ+ protections—and Mayor Grimm's tie-breaking vote—makes our trans neighbors less safe. Read our full statement: www.acluidaho.org/news/sandpoi...
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This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
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Waited all day to read this and it was even better than promised. And comments that anti-trans panics -- and moral panics in general -- are a way to avoid dealing with the far more endemic sexual abuse of girls and women are spot-on.
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Waited all day to read this and it was even better than promised. And comments that anti-trans panics -- and moral panics in general -- are a way to avoid dealing with the far more endemic sexual abuse of girls and women are spot-on.
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A deep dive on the transformation from swimmer to professional grifter.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A deep dive on the transformation from swimmer to professional grifter.
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In remote Alaska, public radio stations like KYUK provide lifesaving information during natural disasters.
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"Gem County, along with Idaho’s Custer, Blaine and Lemhi counties, are among the top five in the U.S. that were most affected by fallout from Nevada nuclear tests in the mid-20th century, according to research by the National Cancer Institute."
Idaho residents still seeing impacts of decades-old nuclear test fallout
‘The fight isn’t over’: Idaho downwinders persist after Congress cuts compensation for them.
www.investigatewest.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"Gem County, along with Idaho’s Custer, Blaine and Lemhi counties, are among the top five in the U.S. that were most affected by fallout from Nevada nuclear tests in the mid-20th century, according to research by the National Cancer Institute."
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Even in their Bible, they were warned that the good will be seen as evil and the evil will be seen as good.
And those evil red eyed “Christians” still think they are the righteous.
And those evil red eyed “Christians” still think they are the righteous.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Even in their Bible, they were warned that the good will be seen as evil and the evil will be seen as good.
And those evil red eyed “Christians” still think they are the righteous.
And those evil red eyed “Christians” still think they are the righteous.
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"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
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This is all so maddening.
The individual mandate that the ACA or Obamacare was based on was championed by conservatives as a market-based approach. It was a REPUBLICAN idea. From the HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
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idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/19/r...
The individual mandate that the ACA or Obamacare was based on was championed by conservatives as a market-based approach. It was a REPUBLICAN idea. From the HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
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idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/19/r...
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel • Idaho Capital Sun
Republicans on the Finance Committee argued the Affordable Care Act has led to a spike in health insurance costs that shouldn't be offset by tax credits any longer.
idahocapitalsun.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This is all so maddening.
The individual mandate that the ACA or Obamacare was based on was championed by conservatives as a market-based approach. It was a REPUBLICAN idea. From the HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
🧵
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/19/r...
The individual mandate that the ACA or Obamacare was based on was championed by conservatives as a market-based approach. It was a REPUBLICAN idea. From the HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
🧵
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/19/r...
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This country is what it has always been.
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This country is what it has always been.
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Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.
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After tons of low information deliberation, the Sandpoint City Council has rescinded the city’s current non-discrimination and has passed an amended version of the ordinance that only the mayor has read?
I’ll post it as soon as I have it.
I’m utterly disappointed. Disgusted. Angry.
I’ll post it as soon as I have it.
I’m utterly disappointed. Disgusted. Angry.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
After tons of low information deliberation, the Sandpoint City Council has rescinded the city’s current non-discrimination and has passed an amended version of the ordinance that only the mayor has read?
I’ll post it as soon as I have it.
I’m utterly disappointed. Disgusted. Angry.
I’ll post it as soon as I have it.
I’m utterly disappointed. Disgusted. Angry.
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Happening now:
Sandpoint City Council is hearing public testimony regarding our city’s non discrimination ordinance.
The building is over capacity. Traded with a younger community member.
They’re cutting testimony at 3hrs.
You can register & watch here. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sandpoint City Council is hearing public testimony regarding our city’s non discrimination ordinance.
The building is over capacity. Traded with a younger community member.
They’re cutting testimony at 3hrs.
You can register & watch here. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Happening now:
Sandpoint City Council is hearing public testimony regarding our city’s non discrimination ordinance.
The building is over capacity. Traded with a younger community member.
They’re cutting testimony at 3hrs.
You can register & watch here. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sandpoint City Council is hearing public testimony regarding our city’s non discrimination ordinance.
The building is over capacity. Traded with a younger community member.
They’re cutting testimony at 3hrs.
You can register & watch here. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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i got to see black wax (gil scott-heron concert movie from '83) at suns cinema tonight and i think more people should watch it right now because it's all the same rage and bitterness and hurt but about reagan tearing the country to fucking shreds while clearly he's mentally totally out to lunch
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
i got to see black wax (gil scott-heron concert movie from '83) at suns cinema tonight and i think more people should watch it right now because it's all the same rage and bitterness and hurt but about reagan tearing the country to fucking shreds while clearly he's mentally totally out to lunch