Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

shattering: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

That map is more creative than a lot of the spelling in the LC journals.

Side note: think I'll take a quick drive from my home in Lewiston to Lemhi Pass this afternoon.

Falling prey Fisheries officials and anglers say opportunistic sea lions threaten salmon and steelhead runs, seek new tools to deal with the hungry ocean mammals

The legislation referenced in this 2018 story was eventually passed and is now law. It's made sea lion removal easier but predation persists and in some years is significant.

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It may seem silly from afar but sea lions and other predators are a legit cause of salmon and steelhead mortality on the Columbia River. They are far from the only problem, nor the most significant but it's a real issue of concern for MGP's district and beyond.

"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.

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

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

Idaho public land advocates form PAC, target pols who support selling or transferring public land
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China’s Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle East

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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.

"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. #idpol

Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won. The four law firms that fought Trump’s executive orders have forced him to retreat.

The nine law firms that surrendered to President Trump “failed a high-stakes character test,” writes the editorial board.

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. 🔥🔥🔥

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

There's always a quote.

"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."

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...

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 reut.rs/4qCIJMB

ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say

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ICYMI

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.

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.

I've thought of this song often over the past many months and especially since the killings of Alex Pretti and Reneee Good.

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.

ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards

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

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.

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.

"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."

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.

“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.”

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.

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“We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.”

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.

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:

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...

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