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Theresa
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Boise, ID born & raised — back after time in DC.
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Good signs and an impressive march around downtown Boise, Idaho at #NoKings protest. It was a strong visual to see the long line of protesters marching downtown, so that people who didn’t drive by the Capitol saw some of the impressive turnout
Sign outside Idaho Capitol at protest: I didn’t grow up saying with Liberty and Justice 4 All for nothing Sign outside Idaho Capitol at protest: Prison Without Due Process is a Concentration Camp People marching through downtown Boise Idaho at No Kings Protest. People have signs People marching at downtown Boise No Kings protest.
October 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Just catching up on my correspondence today. Friends, watch your mailboxes!
Box of 16 Notecards & Envelopes with photos of “Museum Bums” on them. Butts in art
October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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These are the Senate Democratic offices to call to tell them not to cave to Trump & the GOP on the shutdown. Ossoff, Peters, Shaheen, Hassan, Gillibrand, Durbin
Screen shot from Axios of Senate Dems who could be persuaded to vote to open the government without real concessions from GOP: Ossoff, Hassan, Peters, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Durbin
October 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Whoa. Just went to look and there is a lot about this on their Twitter.
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs & exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, including this photograph showing the cruelty & brutality of slavery. Part of their ongoing effort to rewrite American history. This 1863 photo is a man who eventually escaped slavery.
“The Scourged Back” shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863.
September 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Democrats in the House and Senate should vote AGAINST ANY and ALL government funding bills. There is no possibility of a real bipartisan deal with the rescissions!
September 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Reminder of the timeline of this month as part of Trump’s move toward dictatorship
August 11: Trump announces he is deploying National Guard troops to take over Washington, D.C. August 13: Trump declares that he has personally chosen the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors for 2025. August 15: Trump greets Vladimir Putin in Alaska with a red carpet rolled out by kneeling American soldiers and literal applause. August 22: Trump announces that the U.S. government has taken a 10 percent ownership stake in Intel. August 24: Trump demands that the Baseball Hall of Fame admit Roger Clemens. August 25: Trump announces that he has removed Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. August 26: Trump instructs Cracker Barrel to abandon its new company logo. This is why you’re exhausted.
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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So many alarming headlines under the Trump regime tonight.
Headlines from Washington Post: National Guard authorized to carry weapons in DC deployment; FBI searches office, home of former Trump national security adviser John Bolton; Intel CEO agrees to give US government 10% of company, Trump says
August 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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These are the lovely “florist’s choice” flowers I got from Boise at Its Best. Anyone know what the pine cone looking one is?
July 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Super fucking disturbing
Screenshot from story. DHS has collected DNA of tens of thousands of minors who migrated to US and stores data
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Unfortunate spelling error in this headline from the Idaho Press. I read the story and it is not about pubic safety, as the headline states.
Headline: Meridian City Council postpones decision on pubic safety levy to end of July. It should be public, not pubic
July 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Looks like they didn’t get going until closer to 11. We’d already walked home so had this view. Glad the fireworks went off, at least!
July 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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June 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Protest matters! I need a new sign for today’s #NoKings protest because Abrego Garcia is back in the US from the El Salvador prison & Ozturk is out of jail. I want to acknowledge positive developments among the darkness
Sign reading: Free Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Free Rumeysa Ozturk
June 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Photos of our signs and others from today’s 50501 Protest in Boise, Idaho. #StepUp
I choose Democracy sign and sign about deporting Elon Musk in front of Idaho State Capitol Lady with sign that reads “stop illegal kidnapping and deportations. Keep Rule of Law” next to another woman with American flag Sign reads: Seeking Reelection Sen Jim Risch will be 83. At end of term will be 89. Vote him out! Google it, it’s true Sign with Elon Musk wearing a crown labeled “Thief” and reads No Kings under him. Sign reading Free Kilmer Abrego Garcia and Free Rumeysa Ozturk
April 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Photo of Driggs, Idaho protest in Washington Post!
Photo of 50501 anti-Trump rally in Driggs included in Post story about nationwide protests
April 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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These questions about the US sending people to a prison in El Salvador are great ones to ask when you call Members of Congress today! Questions from @jvl.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I guess Congressman Mike Simpson has a social media account on Rumble…?
Rep. Simpson (R-ID) lists his social media accounts at bottom of his enewsletter survey. Instagram, Twitter, Rumble, and Facebook
April 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Per @punchbowlnews.bsky.social Rep.Jason Smith (R-MO) is going on a CoDel to the El Salvador prison. They can get info about Mr. Abrego Garcia. Are Congressional Delegation trips still required to bring someone from the other party with them? Who is the Democrat & other Congressmen on the trip?
Screenshot from Punchbowl newsletter: Rep Smith & a group of lawmakers are going to visit CECOT prison on codel during House recess
April 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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My photos from #HandsOff protest in Boise, ID
Crowd in front of ID State Capitol Sign reading “Crapo, Risch, Fulcher, Simpson Do Your Job” Sign mocking Idaho Congressional Delegation
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Sincere thank you to the artist who submitted this one — made me & some coworkers chuckle. Some needed levity!
Graphics of a tree, Aaron Paul, road work sign, house that is a castle, Frank Church Committee that were mashed together for Boise flag submission. Includes text “18 million microbreweries” and “the guy from the meth show”
April 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Boise, ID
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Lots of people protesting in Boise, Idaho today! People are paying attention
Sign reading “ All have human rights. No one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Article 9 of UHDR” Signs at Idaho Capitol protest. One reads “The bully will look at you next” Big crowd outside Idaho State Capitol Building
April 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Unfortunately, all of this from @jvl.bsky.social is correct.
1. Canada Fittingly, it was the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, who declared the official time of death. The global economy is fundamentally different today than it was yesterday. The system of global trade anchored on the United States, that Canada has relied on since the end of the Second World War—a system that, while not perfect, has helped to deliver prosperity for our country for decades—is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The eighty-year period when the United States embraced the mantle of global economic leadership—when it forged alliances rooted in trust and mutual respect, and championed the free and open exchange of good and services—is over. While this is a tragedy, it is also the new reality. And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended. Share We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order. He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement. He did it with the support of a plurality of American voters. He did not hide his intentions. He campaigned on them. He made them the central thrust of his election. He told Americans that he would betray our allies and give up our leadership position in the world. There are only three possible explanations as to why Americans voted for this man: they wanted what he promised; they didn’t believe what he promised; or they didn’t understand what he promised. Pick whichever rationale you want, because it doesn’t matter. Whatever the reason was, it exposed half of the electorate—the 77 million people who voted for Trump—as either fundamentally unserious, decadent, or weak. And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people. Share 2. No Going Back Understand this: There is no going back. If, tomorrow, Donald Trump revoke…
April 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Ron DeSantis event in Boise on Monday is now a closed event due to “security concerns”.
Flyer for Ron DeSantis event in Idaho State Capitol on Monday is now a closed event due to “security concerns”. Screenshot of email: Ron DeSantis event in Idaho Capitol is now only for elected officials due to “security concerns”.
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM