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The mercenaries who took on Northern California's hippies resurface Lear Asset Management's tactics in logging and cannabis enforcement, from Idaho to California, raise concerns about private security's power.

A town hall in Idaho went viral in Feb. after plainclothes security tackled a woman confronting Republican lawmakers, sparking national outrage over the use of private security to silence political dissent.

For many on CA’s North Coast, their tactics were no shock. www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...

ACLU files emergency motion with Idaho Supreme Court amid public defender shortage The ACLU of Idaho is seeking the release of defendants lacking legal representation amid turmoil in the state’s public defense system.

www.ktvb.com/article/news...

What Happened When the Far-Right Took Over This Community College The takeover of North Idaho College reveals the Far-Right’s blueprint for destroying higher education.

Teen Vogue, continuing to slap: www.teenvogue.com/story/north-...

“Why would the Idaho Legislature be listening to and taking policy cues from someone who pointed a rifle at law enforcement?”

“Why would the Idaho Legislature be listening to and taking policy cues from someone who pointed a rifle at law enforcement?”

Washington regulators restrict medical license of Idaho doctor who spread COVID-19 disinformation - ... Dr. Ryan Cole’s medical license is restricted in Washington after state regulators concluded he shared disinformation about COVID-19.

Dr. Ryan Cole’s medical license is restricted in the state of Washington after state regulators concluded that Cole knowingly shared disinformation about COVID-19 and broke medical standards by virtually prescribing ivermectin to COVID-19 patients – against medical evidence.

TOAST THAT MASCOT

truly one of the greatest moments in sports history www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddQZ...

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Trump is Ineligible for the Presidency Under Section 3 of the 14th Amen... The Colorado court got this issue right. The case is now likely headed to the US Supreme Court.

My colleague Ilya Somin explains why he thinks the Colorado court got it right. /1 reason.com/volokh/2023/...

What Will It Take to Win Against Extremism in Idaho? Some people—especially doctors—are leaving Idaho, fleeing extremism. Others are choosing to stay and fight, despite the risks.

IT’S HERE, the last piece in my Idaho series. You’ve heard about all the people who are fleeing extremism in Idaho. Now meet the people who are staying to fight. rewirenewsgroup.com/2023/12/18/w...

Down the Derp State Rabbit Hole with the Chair of the Marion County (OR) GOP Cleon Skousen's conspiracy theories, Chinese commandos invading from Mexico, and other oldies but goodies from the right wing playbook

Down the Derp State Rabbit Hole with the Chair of the Marion County (OR) GOP ― by @sethcotlar.bsky.social

A massive wall of text that is just some libertarian dude whining that he moved to Texas and there are no parks because everything is private property.

They move back when they find out that the things they do like about liberal areas exist because they are liberal areas.

When do we get the six page spread about the libertarians moving to Texas only to discover that public spaces are good, actually?

The Adventures and Trials of Jack, Scat-Sniffing Superdog Jack and his handler Collette Yee found challenges, meaning, and each other in their work helping scientists better understand orcas, bats, and more.

From the human - canine partners of Rogue Detection Teams and Atlas Obscura, a story about the dog pound rejects trained to sniff out the “stinky data" of wildlife conservation.
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/con...

Local attorney faces possible disbarment over accusations of professional misconduct - East Idaho Ne... The Idaho State Bar has filed a complaint against Justin Oleson, a local attorney and the prosecuting attorney for Custer County.

In 36 years of law, I haven't seen a bench-slapping more thorough and perhaps more well deserved. Watch a tag-team body slam by the judges of the Idaho Supreme Court, and one bad lawyer who won't be getting up off the mat.
www.eastidahonews.com/2023/12/loca...

You *really* need to see the side-by-side comparison to fully appreciate the differences. Especially if you don't get why people are saying that the Kissinger statement is cold.

Kissinger is Dead, Finally Something Good Has Happened in 2023 - Lawyers, Guns & Money One of the most vile individuals to ever befoul the United States, Henry Kissinger is dead. A man responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world and yet the most respected man withi...

Friends, I am so happy to present you with my obituary of Henry Kissinger, monster in human form. Burn in Hell.

YOU THERE, BOY! WHAT DAY IS IT??

Police on the lookout for huge cat

The choice: a rural mother and abortion care on the Washington-Idaho border Even in places where abortion is legal, the inaccessibility of the procedure elsewhere can seep over state lines

"The town of Clarkston where Jasmine lives is in Washington, where abortion is legal... Jasmine’s closest healthcare facilities are over the Snake River in Lewiston, Idaho. On that side, women live under some of the most austere anti-abortion laws in the country." www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...

We leave you this Sunday morning with Kokanee salmon on their spawning run in Isabella Creek in north central Idaho. Videographer: Hank Heusinkveld."CBS News... Nature: Salmon in Idaho

Do Nothing For Two Minutes...

Kokanee salmon on their spawning run in Isabella Creek in north central Idaho.

via CBS Sunday Morning

Egads.

Journal publishes a special issue on the most widely used therapy for autism.

CEO of a company that offers accreditation for it contributes an article.

The article was written by AI. 2/3rds of the references don't exist. It's retracted.

www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/a...

The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now. As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.

Thinking a lot these days about who can afford to leave red states and who is left behind.

It’s Hard to Get Abortion Reporting Right in the Post-Roe Era A criminal case heralded as Idaho’s first “abortion trafficking” arrest turns out to be more complicated.

I wrote about the so-called “first ‘abortion-trafficking’ arrest” in Idaho—after getting all the police and court records I could—and how, when blasting out claims that get so ahead of the facts, there are real risks to abortion access

d Florian von DonnersmarkWiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator and uses recording of interrogation of suspect to form Stasi trainees 5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator

It seems that the Stasi did pioneering work in this field already. youtu.be/nkRxvEjprBM?...

"All you can do is be the best Idaho you can possibly be."

How the heck did Florida manatees get off the endangered list in the first place? | Column Manatees were on the original list issued in 1967, six years before the Endangered Species Act even passed.

www.tampabay.com/opinion/2023...

"Solidrity" indeed.

Lessons from Washington State’s New Capital Gains Tax - The Urbanist Taxing the rich works like a charm. Last week we learned that the capital gains tax — which was passed by the state legislature in 2021 to fund much-needed childcare and public education — will bring in nearly $601 million more in state revenue than previously projected in the biennium. For decades, the wealthiest Washingtonians

Washington's quite modest capital gains tax is bringing in several times what it was estimated to do. just insane amounts of money sloshing around at the top of society