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Pine Irwin

@hikerhund.bsky.social
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I bring a certain YEEHAW & FCK ICE vibe to journalism. Not yet a Jedi. Journalist for The Idaho Vanguard. Graphic designer & photographer Making Democracy my side hustle these days. lnk.bio/theidahovanguard Www.branchandpine.com

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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On October 1st an historic gathering of Idaho's top former AGs & Deputy AGs occurred. The purpose was to announce a more than 50 person commission that is endorsing Lori Hickman for Idaho AG. Full article & see the full press conference on the Idaho Vanguard's substack. #idahopolitics
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pay your debt to a vet: VOTE. Veteran John Merrill is marching 19 miles today (10/3) to raise awareness about the importance of voting in the Midterms. At 4pm meet him at the Boise Depot to march the final leg to the Idaho State Capitol where a small rally will end the journey ! #vote #idaho
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith is an American Hero his unwavering commitment to facts, the unbiased rule of law, and the Constitution a light cutting through the fog, in an epic, dangerous storm
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a very pot and kettle kind of situation here...
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If I had the level of Cool Jack Smith displays in the face of idiots I would be unstoppable.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/09/2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith is on Capitol Hill today to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Trump, telling lawmakers he would not “be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the president.
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Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced
Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers he would not “be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from...
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bread and Circuses. Vote them out. #news #idahopolitics #votethemout #idaho @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@idahostatesman.com I know you're busy firing half your reporters but someone might wanna look into this... before I scoop you again.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One thing I will not abide is government officials using their power to silence free speech and the will of The People. Hey Tammy Nichols shut up. Give Beth4Idaho some follows, shares and donations to defeat Nichols. www.facebook.com/share/19Lcyb... @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I started this not knowing what I was doing. I still don't have that figured out but I love doing it so we are just going to keep at it. To anyone who has ever spoken to me in public& seen my eyes panic: it's not you I'm just an awkward raccoon. #idahopolitics #independent @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Deflock the whole country. There are no other options. Today's WTF is yet another example of how Russ Fulcher is an agent of the deep state. Getting Russ Fulcher fired is top tier mission. #idaho #idahopolitics #deflockidaho @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Boise VA's food bank is in dire straights. Please share this message and donate if you can. #veterans
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Love Heals Free Clinic in Caldwell, ID on October 2nd. Volunteer here: www.lovehealsfreeclinic.org/get-involve Get Healthcare Here: www.lovehealsfreeclinic.org/clinics/love... #idaho #idahome #mutualaid @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s not “an oil deal with Venezuela.” It’s Trump kidnapping an autocrat, refusing to hold elections, then leaving the remainder of the regime in place but only if they allow him to pillage their natural resources, which they are doing to remain in power oppressing the people.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey Governor Brad Little, what gives? #idahopolitics #supportIdaho #VoteThemOut #idaho
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This law right here is why I tell every single "pro life" commentor in Idaho they don't give a damn about children and babies. Because they let them die all the time.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
WTF: What The Fulcher ...in which Russ continues not to talk about flock cameras or anything relevant. #deflockidaho #deflockusa #wtf
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As a born and raised Idahoan I hold our wilderness areas as sacred. They are coming for your public land, Idaho. #idahopolitics #publicland #corruption
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Michael Boren has a private helicopter, he redirected USFS aircraft to fight a fire near his Sawtooth wilderness property and away from the devastating Big Grass and Tartar fires in Western Idaho. idaho50501.substack.com/p/the-idaho-...
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The Idaho Vanguard: Helicopters taken from Big Grass Fire to protect private property
Boren used his position to pressure the USFS to take helicopters from the raging Big Grass and Tartar fires to protect his private property in the Sawtooth wilderness.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
WTF: What the Fulcher... Russ Fulcher won't take your calls or meet with you but he has plenty of time to help a mayor bypass procedure and secure a bunch of public land for an out of state developer. #idahopolitics #publicland #corruption #wtf @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Support your local district candidates and local down ballot elections because real change for Idaho starts right here at home. #buyidaho #supportlocal #idahopolitics #idahome @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Foreign Policy but make it yet more corporate corruption and crooked politics. #greenland #foreignpolicy #independentnews #independentjournalism
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Oh yeah if you didn't know, I host a podcast in which I talk about news and politics because no one has stopped me yet.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I interviewed the director of the Interfaith Sanctuary about the Galloway Law in Idaho and more. #independentjournalism substack.com/@idaho50501/...
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The Idaho Vanguard Podcast: Interfaith Sanctuary
Interview with Jodi Peterson-Stigers the director of the Interfaith Sanctuary about the Galloway Law, the mission of the Sanctuary and the trouble with blaming an entire community for a tragedy
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Idaho is set to recieve a third of US nuclear waste. All so corporations can get money. Not for Idaho, for CEOs. #idahopolitics #votethemout #independentjournalism #idaho #energy
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
WTF: What the Fulcher...admits that the administration is incapable of negotiating with Iran. #Irandeal #independentjournalism #votethemout #idahopolitics
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Do not get it twisted. If you want to come at me about what I represent or what I support, you're going to need a lot more evidence than I quoted someone in an article. Bitch, that's my fucking job.
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I -quoted- Hilary Clinton because what she had said was relevant to the article I was writing. I'll quote you too, should you ever say anything relevant. My personal voting behaviors (which are reall...
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
WTF: What the Fulcher? (dos veces) Fulcher is going to pretend a pre-screened phone call counts as a town hall because he is too lazy to show up in Idaho. #wtf #idaho #VoteThemOut #journalism #idahopolitics @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
WTF: What the Fulcher. He is still coming to take your public land. #journalism #idaho #idahopol #russfulcher @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Cuba. The white house is laying the ground work to do a Venezuela on Cuba. Because that is Rubio's entire personality and how he gets his rocks off. @idaho50501.bsky.social #foreignpolicy #independentmedia #journalism #Cuba
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Anyway if you want to be a miserable Christian fascist that's your business: stop making it mine. Go be weird elsewhere. #christiannationalism #lgbtq #lgbtqnews #IdahoNews @idaho50501.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@benmckenzie.bsky.social I've been reading your book on crypto. It always struck me as scammy glad to see in print my instincts were right. Recently the spaceX IPO has tripped the same alarms for me. It looks to me like someone wash trading b/t tesla/spacex. But I can't prove it. What's your take?
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Something happened with the trunp speech last Thursday. While an abomination, no one responded to it. I haven't seen the maga chuds crowing about it. I haven't seen right wing media banging the drum. I'm in Idaho, it all comes across my feed eventually. Nothing. That says a lot. #politics
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase face danger. So do the rest of our public lands #publiclands open.substack.com/pub/idaho505...
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The Idaho Vanguard: Between Bears & the Staircase
Drill, baby, Drill. They are coming for public lands, rescinding protections to open it up for drilling.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What's to stop them from coming for Craters of the Moon next, Idaho? They are coming for your public lands. #publicland #idahopolitics #Idaho
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. We aren't charging a toll, because the gulf states bribed Trump. #foreignpolicy #independentmedia #straitofhormuz @idaho50501.bsky.social
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idaho50501.bsky.social @idaho50501.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Meet the team! @joeturmes.bsky.social @hikerhund.bsky.social
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Greenland. We have no reason to want to control Greenland. No means no. #greenland #foreignpolicy #IndependentMedia
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
WTF: What the Fulcher. Russ Fulcher wants to strip your public land so we can be more like Russia.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Clairvoyant Pine strikes again. Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Poland. Russia is reportedly making moves to attack Poland in an effort to divert NATO and European resources from Ukraine to a NATO ally. And I told you so. #foreignpolicy #breakingnews #Poland #Russia
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Authoritarianism is built on lies, so the most revolutionary thing you can do is tell the truth. I make a point to tell the truth through my journalism, because that is the job.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Legend.
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Stephen Miller is having a meltdown as we speak, surely. Excellent. #supremecourt #14thamendment #breakingnews
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Pine Irwin @hikerhund.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It's like we've all been stuck in a time machine. Iran wants a WMD and the stock market is propped up on venture capital lies. Nothing old is new again. #gonzojournalism #iran #foreignpolicy #independentmedia www.instagram.com/reel/DaNtkxq...
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