Sam Sandmire
@samsandmire.bsky.social
Nature lover, social justice advocate, grateful for family, friends & the great outdoors.
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Jimmy Hallyburton faces a challenge from Lynn Bradescu and Lisa Sánchez. | Opinion
Endorsement: Boise council incumbent faces two polar opposites | Opinion
Jimmy Hallyburton faces a challenge from Lynn Bradescu and Lisa Sánchez. | Opinion
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October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Jimmy Hallyburton faces a challenge from Lynn Bradescu and Lisa Sánchez. | Opinion
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Former state representative Colin Nash faces challenges from Josh Ellstrom and Derek Smith in the city’s District 2. | 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
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October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Former state representative Colin Nash faces challenges from Josh Ellstrom and Derek Smith in the city’s District 2. | Opinion
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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.
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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.
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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?
$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?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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?
$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?
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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.”
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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.”
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October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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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
www.idahoednews.org/elections25/... #idedu
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.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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
www.idahoednews.org/elections25/... #idedu
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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...
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…
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October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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...
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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.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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.
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Federal agents would never have dreamed of doing this at a similar event where most of those in attendance were non-Latino. | Opinion
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
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October 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Federal agents would never have dreamed of doing this at a similar event where most of those in attendance were non-Latino. | Opinion
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“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...
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.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“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...
An Idaho mother was brutally beaten and zip-tied by ICE in front of her three U.S. citizen children.
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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“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.
They’re building an army.
ICE Spent 700% More on Weapons. What They Bought Will Terrify You.
Donald Trump is arming his masked immigration agents with increasingly lethal weapons.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“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.
They’re building an army.
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Vote early, in person at these locations in Ada County. Not in Ada? See comments for info in other counties. #idpol #voteearly
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
550 counted at McCall, Idaho #NoKings protest today. This is just a portion of the crowd. #idpol @babevote.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Amazing.
October 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Amazing.