Heather Ellsworth
@hellsworth406.bsky.social
Liberal Montanan for 25 years, now in Boise. Yeah the one in Idaho 🤪🥴
Healthcare worker, she/her
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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Stepped outside to take quick phone photo of tonight's sunset. Could hear some Trumpeter Swans in flight. Just now checking photos & up hi center sky is a group of 4 blurry Trumpeters. Will use good camera & try to get some good Trumpeter photos. Weather change should start bringing more overhead.
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Stepped outside to take quick phone photo of tonight's sunset. Could hear some Trumpeter Swans in flight. Just now checking photos & up hi center sky is a group of 4 blurry Trumpeters. Will use good camera & try to get some good Trumpeter photos. Weather change should start bringing more overhead.
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Makes this 'drug boat' obsession seem even less on the level, if that's possible
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Makes this 'drug boat' obsession seem even less on the level, if that's possible
This is one of many seriously fcked up pardons trump has issued.
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is one of many seriously fcked up pardons trump has issued.
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The big picture on the undermining of the most successful vaccine in history is even worse.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The big picture on the undermining of the most successful vaccine in history is even worse.
bsky.app/profile/neil...
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This all led the Tampa elite to go to extreme measures. In early August, a committee of local elites formed and convinced the police, who did not take much convincing, to arrest strike leaders on dubious grounds. But see, they didn’t take them to prison. They took them to Honduras.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This all led the Tampa elite to go to extreme measures. In early August, a committee of local elites formed and convinced the police, who did not take much convincing, to arrest strike leaders on dubious grounds. But see, they didn’t take them to prison. They took them to Honduras.
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Missed it on the first reading, but the Trump post (probably written by Stephen Miller) also talks about denaturalizing US citizens:
“denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility”
“denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility”
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Missed it on the first reading, but the Trump post (probably written by Stephen Miller) also talks about denaturalizing US citizens:
“denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility”
“denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility”
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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Reuters has done some really great investigative reporting on the impacts of Trump's retribution campaigns
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Reuters has done some really great investigative reporting on the impacts of Trump's retribution campaigns
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Jess Walter’s humanity and “toxic optimism” infuses his 30 year writing career.
The fallout from Ruby Ridge - High Country News
Disillusionment pushes Jess Walter’s characters to the brink in his new novel ‘So Far Gone.’
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Jess Walter’s humanity and “toxic optimism” infuses his 30 year writing career.
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Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
Mom Who Was Turned Away While in Active Labor Back in Hospital with Post-Birth Health Issues, Family Says
The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues.
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
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Idaho’s 2021 tax cuts have cut $4 billion in public infrastructure investments while benefiting only our wealthiest. People earning over $780,000 get a $20,000 tax cut while people earning $31,000 get $33 and less help. #economy #idpol #budget #taxes
Idaho’s 2021 tax cuts have cut $4 billion in public infrastructure investments while benefiting only our wealthiest. People earning over $780,000 get a $20,000 tax cut while people earning $31,000 get $33 and less help. #economy #idpol #budget #taxes
How much have tax cuts removed from Idaho’s budget? It’s in the billions, study says
While the cuts have lowered tax rates, they also have left the state less able to fund programs that help residents, the study concluded.
www.idahostatesman.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Idaho’s 2021 tax cuts have cut $4 billion in public infrastructure investments while benefiting only our wealthiest. People earning over $780,000 get a $20,000 tax cut while people earning $31,000 get $33 and less help. #economy #idpol #budget #taxes
Idaho’s 2021 tax cuts have cut $4 billion in public infrastructure investments while benefiting only our wealthiest. People earning over $780,000 get a $20,000 tax cut while people earning $31,000 get $33 and less help. #economy #idpol #budget #taxes
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This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
![“I was so happy when I got there [to Babson],” Lopez Belloza said. “I was just living the college life — going to events, going everywhere ... everything there was really great. I really loved the school."
She and her father also had a special shared aspiration. With her business degree, Lopez Belloza was going to help her father open his own tailor shop, they hoped.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u6ajzyiqzkzbppp2x2y7fpfu/bafkreib33kpkgmvas4z6avgq62styxbzrzuawjufqyddtoynqgbiwnhtzy@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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Our government is disappearing people and subjecting their families to unimaginable terror.
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Our government is disappearing people and subjecting their families to unimaginable terror.
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Surprising fact. Jonathan Turley, later famous for other reasons, once endeavored to save "Five Wives Vodka" from a sales ban in Idaho. Happy Thanksgiving! www.idahostatejournal.com/news/state/i...
Idaho throws out Five Wives Vodka ban
BOISE (AP) — It’s okay to have Five Wives in Idaho — at least it it’s the vodka distilled in Utah.
www.idahostatejournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Surprising fact. Jonathan Turley, later famous for other reasons, once endeavored to save "Five Wives Vodka" from a sales ban in Idaho. Happy Thanksgiving! www.idahostatejournal.com/news/state/i...
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I hate how this whole industry keeps gaslighting us into thinking this is fine and normal, and none of this is their responsibility. No, really, this isn't normal. We do not accept such lacking safety standards in any other product. We're not losing our minds or acting irrationally. It's not us!
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I hate how this whole industry keeps gaslighting us into thinking this is fine and normal, and none of this is their responsibility. No, really, this isn't normal. We do not accept such lacking safety standards in any other product. We're not losing our minds or acting irrationally. It's not us!
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BBC: Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 44 with 279 still missing, authorities say
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2emg1kj1klt
#disasters #fires #hongkong
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2emg1kj1klt
#disasters #fires #hongkong
Hong Kong fire: At least four killed as major fire engulfs apartment blocks
The fire has engulfed a number of buildings, with flames spreading on bamboo scaffolding.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
BBC: Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 44 with 279 still missing, authorities say
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2emg1kj1klt
#disasters #fires #hongkong
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2emg1kj1klt
#disasters #fires #hongkong
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As Kabul was about to be overrun, the US DoD undertook an unprecedented humanitarian evacuation effort that got 100,000 Afghans into the US, with 100,000 placed with allies around the world for eventual entry to the US.
Once here, every Afghan spent 3-6 months living on a national guard base... 🧵
Once here, every Afghan spent 3-6 months living on a national guard base... 🧵
So now they’re going to be doing individualized re-review of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees’ cases on TOP of the re-review of 200,000+ refugees who entered under Biden?
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
As Kabul was about to be overrun, the US DoD undertook an unprecedented humanitarian evacuation effort that got 100,000 Afghans into the US, with 100,000 placed with allies around the world for eventual entry to the US.
Once here, every Afghan spent 3-6 months living on a national guard base... 🧵
Once here, every Afghan spent 3-6 months living on a national guard base... 🧵
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
rangemedia.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Holy shit this event took place in Parma. Idaho. Very interesting piece, even for this anti-gun person.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Holy shit this event took place in Parma. Idaho. Very interesting piece, even for this anti-gun person.
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She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
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Well worth reading RepSteveBerch’s (D-ID) latest newsletter! #IDpol
“…data that reveals the fiscal incompetence of a majority party that has had complete control of the state’s fiscal policies for decades…
“…data that reveals the fiscal incompetence of a majority party that has had complete control of the state’s fiscal policies for decades…
THE LEGISLATURE MADE THIS FISCAL BED. NOW YOU HAVE TO SLEEP IN IT. The Idaho Legislature deliberately reduced state revenue by over $4.5 BILLION over the next 10 years. Expect majority party leaders to now cut budgets and reduce vital services. #idpol #idleg
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/read...
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/read...
You could see Idaho’s budget crisis coming. The GOP did nothing | Opinion
Now, Idaho faces a $555 million fiscal cliff due to the massive gap between revenue and needed services. | Opinion
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November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well worth reading RepSteveBerch’s (D-ID) latest newsletter! #IDpol
“…data that reveals the fiscal incompetence of a majority party that has had complete control of the state’s fiscal policies for decades…
“…data that reveals the fiscal incompetence of a majority party that has had complete control of the state’s fiscal policies for decades…
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A two-vehicle injury crash on westbound I-84 at milepost 40 is causing severe traffic delays across the Treasure Valley.
Full story link in bio 🔗
#NeighborhoodNews #IdahoNews6
Full story link in bio 🔗
#NeighborhoodNews #IdahoNews6
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A two-vehicle injury crash on westbound I-84 at milepost 40 is causing severe traffic delays across the Treasure Valley.
Full story link in bio 🔗
#NeighborhoodNews #IdahoNews6
Full story link in bio 🔗
#NeighborhoodNews #IdahoNews6
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We got volcano time! (New eruption just started at Kīlauea): www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
We got volcano time! (New eruption just started at Kīlauea): www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation from Congress.
www.readtangle.com/marjorie-tay...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation from Congress.
The Georgia Republican has fallen out with the president.
www.readtangle.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation from Congress.
www.readtangle.com/marjorie-tay...
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