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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 4h
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 6h
The lawmaker behind this demonstrated throughout the last legislative session to be perhaps the most anti-immigrant lawmaker in Idaho, but sure yeah, this is just to serve as a "motivator" to learn English. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/10/09/e...
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English is already Idaho’s official language. Voters can add it to the state’s constitution. • Idaho Capital Sun
In the Nov. 3 election, Idaho voters will decide on a state constitutional amendment to declare English as the state’s official language.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 8h
I hope the façade that MAGA was for "legal immigration" is over given that they are clearly just against immigration.
DHS post on "X" from Oct 2, 2026 celebrating the number of removals, number of VISA's revoked, extent of asylum ban, number of countries banned from the travel ban and the decline in naturalizations.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Damn, this is a blow to Idaho criminal justice reporting. Alex has consistently been an incredible source of original reporting on issues we need to know more about. Sorry this is happening to her and others at the @idahostatesman.com
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Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 06/10/2026
Idahoans voting in November’s general election will decide whether to give the Idaho Legislature the sole power to regulate marijuana and other drugs — and eliminate their own right to bring a citizen-led ballot initiative to do so. #idleg #idpol
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Passing HJR 4 would give Idaho Legislature sole authority to legalize marijuana, other drugs • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho voters decide whether to give Legislature sole power to regulate drugs and eliminate their right to bring a ballot initiative to do so.
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Steve R @steverostron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is wonderful, #Idaho. #MentalHealth idahocapitalsun.com/2026/10/05/m...
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Mental health nonprofit to honor clinic owners who pushed Idaho Legislature to retract budget cuts • Idaho Capital Sun
Mental health providers who pushed the Idaho Legislature to restore funding for critical mental health services are being recognized.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This was a fairly minor complaint (below) , but the people going on the attack for this, indicating we are mistaken or trying to undermine Achilles, need to chill out. Achilles is not winning or losing office on turning down a debate, but those of you on the attack are not winning friends.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
LOL, we are lying!!! Yes, that is what happened! A disappointing interaction happened, one that is ultimately not a huge deal, so we must be lying. Get a grip. This happened! stop trying to tell us it didn't when you clearly have no idea.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Also, this is very rude. Please stop quote posting like this.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What is up with this attempted ratio-ing?? Do you think we are lying? We invited him to a candidate's forum and his staff declined for fear of looking too liberal. Perhaps it was the highly public nature of it, that Dorothy Moon was making a big deal of Todd attending, we don't know. This happened.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are in contact; they said no. Do you think we are lying??? We don't need to ask them again. It would be rude and inappropriate to keep pressuring them.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes, someone from this campaign said that. This is what happened. Honestly, why be do defensive? This happened, and it was disappointing. It was a candidate's forum to coincide with homecoming when a larger number of people are here, as are many of our elected officials.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He is counting on our votes, but not willing to appear? This does not bode well for the type of representative he would be, although it's true that just about anyone is better than Risch.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Look, what happened with him is what happened. He was invited to a candidate's forum organized by Indivisible of Moscow, and his campaign staff, initially excited, said no with that reason. They were apologetic, but that is what happened.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes. It was surprising and disappointing. We knew Risch would never come, but we thought Achilles would. Alas.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He was invited to speak in an Idaho town with a large student body and he turned it down for fear of looking too liberal. Yes, that is disappointing. Obvsly, we want someone better, but, I hope he thinks twice before acting like that again. Are we not part of Idaho? Are we not constituents?
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm sorry, but there is no "they" with some nefarious purpose in this case. It is a statement of what happened, with yes, the veneer of disappointment at his campaign's choices. Why trump won twice is complicated, but not in the least related to these rather mild criticisms of Achilles.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is not an opinion, it is something that happened. He was invited to a candidate forum and refused because he didn't want to look too liberal. That is what his campaign staff told us.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks to @audreydutton.bsky.social and @propublica.org for their reporting.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Idaho medical professionals regularly test pregnant women for drugs, and the women may face criminal charges if the test is positive! (this falls under the murky area of protecting the "preborn"). But actual babies who are born?? No protections from faith healing.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just insane. Some Idaho lawmakers want to charge women who have had abortions with murder and yet, allow this.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the most wrenching stories I have read: Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing. @audreydutton.bsky.social
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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investigatewest.bsky.social @investigatewest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come join our team! InvestigateWest is hiring for two positions: a one-year reporting position with @opencampus.org to report on community colleges, and a full-time audience engagement manager. www.investigatewest.org/careersandin...
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gonna keep pointing out that Achilles refused an invitation for a debate in Moscow for fear of looking "too liberal". Yeah buddy, you're principled!
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 29/09/2026
Watch the premiere of "Deportation, Inc. Chapter 2: Removal" now! This episode dives into the business of migrant removal and follows migrants as they are shuffled through a vast network of flights and facility transfers. youtu.be/OmUjt0ezisY?...
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Deportation, Inc. Chapter 2: REMOVAL
YouTube video by Lawfare
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ACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Idaho has gone from two to 14 ICE agreements over the past two years. There are now 11 counties, one city, and two statewide agencies who have agreed to use their resources to carry out immigration enforcement duties.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Put this on the DOGE leaderboard idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/24/r...
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Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention • Idaho Capital Sun
The Government and Accountability Office found detention efforts wasted millions by using facilities that were high in cost or impractical.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow that was embarrassing.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is there a link?
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More details and -- new witness video -- from the ICE shooting in Austin. It shows witnesses begging agents to call the ambulance -- who then pull the 28-year-old Venezuelan man out of the car and cuff him. ✍️ Emiliano Tahui Gomez for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE agent shoots and wounds Venezuelan man at traffic stop in Austin, Texas
Anti-ICE protesters gather and demand transparency at site where 28-year-old was shot in torso
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Every local citizen who has met with Risch has this same report about him: never actually talks with you, just there for the photo opp
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MB @babsonm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sometimes, you just need to read/hear a good story. 🙂 #Boise www.kivitv.com/news/local-n...
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Idaho lottery winner donates $20,000 to shelter he says saved his life
After overcoming homelessness and addiction, a Boise man hit the lottery. His first major purchase wasn't for himself, but for Interfaith Sanctuary — the shelter that helped him recover.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still sad over no nerf gun
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thank you for this information.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Idaho underfunds K-12 schools, higher education, behavioral health, drug prevention programs, victims' services, foster care programs,....every program that REDUCES crime. We need to decarcerate and fund people, not build 3 MORE PRISONS!
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Aaaaaaaiiiii! Three new prison??!!! idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/16/i...
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Idaho’s prisons are full. Corrections agency will request $45.3 million to open 3 new facilities. • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho's Department of Correction will ask for $45.3 million to open three new facilities to address a statewide shortage of prison beds.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Damn, man in IDOC dies working outside in 100+ degree heat, leaving behind a young daughter. Good reporting by @ktvb7.bsky.social www.ktvb.com/article/news...
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Risch sucks, of course, but Achilles declined to commit to a debate being held in Moscow because he's afraid of looking too much like a lib!
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Someone should report a homicide as Doug Wilson was completely annihilated in this exchange
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The new submission does not seem to check all of the boxes that Justice Gregory Moeller laid out in the court's opinion. The initiative campaign's attorneys are objecting -- we'll see what the court decides. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking for ballots to be mailed out.
A YES vote would support creating a right to abortion before
fetal viability—defined as a fetus’ ability to survive without
extraordinary medical measures—and after fetal viability in
cases of medical emergency; providing protections against
professional discipline and civil and criminal liability for
healthcare providers; and codifying a statutory reproductive
right to freedom and privacy.

A NO vote would support making no change to Idaho’s
current law, which preserves the life of preborn children by
prohibiting abortion, except when necessary to prevent the
death of the pregnant woman, and during the first trimester
in documented cases of rape or incest reported to law
enforcement.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Damn, great reporting, thank you.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Idaho Legislature deserves a special mention. Against all expert advice and evidence, against the overwhelming majority of public testimony, they passed a very punitive law that classified people as "drug traffickers" based on a *very small quantity* of fentanyl in their possession. Here we are.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Latah county police, prosecutors and Gritman medical staff totally failed this man. Someone still in a hospital, recovering from an overdose, was ambushed by police and arrested in a chain of events that plausibly led to his death.
McPherson, Isaac’s attorney, said police told her they had never seen that much fentanyl in a single bust. She and Isaac’s parents believe that detail swayed the decisions of medical staff, police and prosecutors, which delayed treatment for Isaac and ultimately contributed to his death.

Isaac’s parents suspect that Gritman emergency providers violated the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, when they reported Isaac’s overdose, handed over the pill bottle and notified police that he was being discharged. In an email, hospital officials declined to comment on the allegation. Cyndy considered filing a lawsuit, but she couldn’t find an attorney willing to take the case. She also wanted to file a complaint with the state nursing board. But she waited too long and missed the six-month deadline.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
ICE is shackling children
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
83% of the Earth's life-without-parole prison population is in US. US is 4% of the world's population.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Love these stories. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/08/27/v...
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Veterans incarcerated in Idaho support local food bank through new vegetable garden • Idaho Capital Sun
The Idaho State Correctional Institution Veterans Group partnered with Kuna Food Bank to distribute the food to families in the community.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Apparently, Idaho AG terminated grant with the Moscow PD to fund a detective devoted to investigating internet crimes against children. Who knew the Idaho AG was a 'defund the police' supporter. www.youtube.com/live/nNIlqNP...
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City Council - August 17, 2026
YouTube video by City of Moscow, Idaho
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
McGrane, you weasel. "good faith effort", seriously?? Alright, pal.
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