Sam Sandmire

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My speech at #NoKings in #McCall #Idaho

Endorsement: Boise council incumbent faces two polar opposites | Opinion Jimmy Hallyburton faces a challenge from Lynn Bradescu and Lisa Sánchez. | Opinion

Jimmy Hallyburton faces a challenge from Lynn Bradescu and Lisa Sánchez. | Opinion

Endorsement: Newcomers challenge Boise City Council president | Opinion Former state representative Colin Nash faces challenges from Josh Ellstrom and Derek Smith in the city’s District 2. | Opinion

Former state representative Colin Nash faces challenges from Josh Ellstrom and Derek Smith in the city’s District 2. | Opinion

Mockler: I’m 23 years old, and Gen Zers have spent all of our formative years living in a political system that’s purely dysfunctional. People in my generation see the president posting memes online rather than actually negotiating with the other side.

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

Reposting.

Narrator: “That process will not begin immediately however, as the Trump admin furloughed 80% of the National Nuclear Security Administration federal workforce, the same workforce that preps for nuclear testing.”

It’s National #VoteEarlyDay! #VoteReady #StudentVote

Special ed services show up more explicitly in November levy ballot language Seven school districts seek more than $3.3 million in supplemental levy funds to pay for special education services.

Voters will see evidence of the growing special education funding gap on their ballots next month, as seven school districts seek more than $3.3 million in supplemental levy funds to pay for special education.

www.idahoednews.org/elections25/... #idedu

Hey, #Boise …early voting for the Nov 4th election continues all this week! EVERY election matters and YOUR VOTE MATTERS! 🙂🗳️💪
From several City Council Members to a clean water/open spaces levy…this election matters! #BoisePol

University lobbyist: Cuts would deliver a ‘fatal blow’ to WWAMI program A representative of the University of Washington stopped short of saying WWAMI would sever its Idaho ties. But cutting Idaho’s program threatens the partnership — and its 53-year-old business model…

A representative of the University of Washington stopped short of saying WWAMI would sever its Idaho ties. But cutting Idaho’s program threatens the partnership — and its 53-year-old business model. #idaho #idleg www.idahoednews.org/top-news/uni...

centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.

Promise?

Heartless ICE (FBI) raid in Idaho was authoritarianism in action | Opinion Federal agents would never have dreamed of doing this at a similar event where most of those in attendance were non-Latino. | Opinion

Federal agents would never have dreamed of doing this at a similar event where most of those in attendance were non-Latino. | Opinion

Children Zip-Tied During ICE Raid on Family Event in Idaho The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Newsweek that ICE arrested 105 migrants without legal status during the operation.

“Children were… zip-tied during a multi-agency law enforcement raid in Wilder, Idaho, as hundreds of people were detained and police fired rubber bullets.” www.newsweek.com/children-zip...

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ICE Spent 700% More on Weapons. What They Bought Will Terrify You. Donald Trump is arming his masked immigration agents with increasingly lethal weapons.

“While most of the spending was on guns and armor, Legum reported that ICE had also purchased ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’ … It’s not immediately clear what part of a good-faith deportation operation would involve localized destruction and murder.”

They’re building an army.

Fire near Lick Creek? McCall, Idaho. #fire

Early voting has begun in most Idaho counties & in many states. Ck. comments for times, locations & voting deadlines. #idpol

Vote early, in person at these locations in Ada County. Not in Ada? See comments for info in other counties. #idpol #voteearly

550 counted at McCall, Idaho #NoKings protest today. This is just a portion of the crowd. #idpol @babevote.bsky.social

Today! #NoKings #idpol

Amazing.

Excited to be here to accept our best podcast award on behalf of my amazing Extremely American team, @radiodawson.bsky.social , Morgan Springer & @boisestatepublicradio.org