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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: The United Nations’ top human rights body reported that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/05/2026
And lo and behold.
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Locals didn't think Roundup was being sprayed near Lake Tahoe. So I went to find out.
And lo and behold.
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 09/05/2026
Lake Powell forecast to receive 13% of its usual flows, new report shows
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Lake Powell forecast to receive 13% of its usual flows, new report shows
Lake Powell helps pace the flow of water to millions of people. It currently holds 23% of its capacity, and the low inflows won't help.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/03/2026
Massive no kings rally here in Missoula, Montana.
Large number of people at no kings rally in Missoula.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 26/03/2026
"Not paying taxes is a scary thing to do. Nevertheless, many war tax resisters never face consequences," writes @claravondrich.bsky.social.
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I am not paying American war taxes this year. Will you join me? | Clara Vondrich
War tax resistance has a venerable tradition dating back to days before the US was even born. It’s time to revive this tradition
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Mountain moods this week 🏔️
A midday view of a single snow-covered peak with ski runs crisscrossing amongst the trees below blue skies.A partly cloudy view of a single snow-covered peak with ski runs crisscrossing amongst the trees.A sunrise view of a single snow-covered peak with ski runs crisscrossing amongst the trees.A cloudy view of a single snow-covered peak with ski runs crisscrossing amongst the trees.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.
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I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News"
How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thread of Minneapolis mutual aid groups.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Rather than backing down, "you should confront ICE in the streets, and everyone should have their phone out at all points in time filming these interactions," says @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. On the pod, Trump wants you to think his power is absolute. It isn't: newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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Trump’s Rage Explodes at GOPers as Their Defiance of Him Visibly Grows
As Republicans start breaking with Trump on more fronts, a writer who ably dissects his psychoses explains how this reveals that his power is not absolute—and why that should inform our resistance to ...
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Sam Forstag @samforstag.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
For Montana. For all of us. Thanks for showing up last night, Missoula - let’s win this thing, together.
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The Daily Montanan @dailymontanan.com · 06/01/2026
“It’s become too damn hard for most Montanans to afford basic things like housing, healthcare, childcare, and even groceries.” — Sam Forstag, smokejumper and union leader, announcing his run for Congress. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2026/01/05/m... #mtnews #montana #mtpol
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Missoula smokejumper, union leader enters race for Congress • Daily Montanan
Sam Forstag draws on experience as firefighter and local organizer to challenge incumbent Zinke
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Sam Forstag @samforstag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I’m Sam Forstag - I’m a smokejumper, a union leader, and I’m running for Congress because for too long, Montanans have been breaking their backs just to fall further behind. Together, we can build an economy that works for working people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHia...
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All Of Us | Sam for Montana
YouTube video by Sam Forstag
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, wehave effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 04/12/2025
A growing swath of Americans are showing signs of discontent and refusing to cooperate with what they see as their rights, liberties, and economic interests being compromised under the Trump administration, write civic movement experts Adam Fefer and @mariajstephan.bsky.social:
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When Loyalties Shift: Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power
Americans' refusals to accept apparent abuses of power by the federal government indicate that the political winds may be starting to shift.
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole." -𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 21/11/2025
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 18/11/2025
In a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com, writer Bill Sherwonit says he's speaking up for Alaska’s northern wildlands and the people closest to them alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/17/s...
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Speaking up for Alaska’s northern wildlands and the people closest to them | Alaska Beacon
The Ambler road would skirt the southern foothills of the Central Brooks Range, a place that altered the course of my life.
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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Today, @propublica.org published a new story critical of Paul Newby, the Chief Justice of the NC State Supreme Court. The NCGOP communications director threatened the reporter with retaliation. Full story: www.propublica.org/article/paul...
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
#MTPol #Montana
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Corrupt Montana AG Austin Knudsen wants dark money in Montana politics. #MTpol #attorneygeneral #Knudsen #Montana montanafreepress.org/2025/10/27/m...
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Attorney general rules anti-’dark money’ ballot initiative has too many parts
Initiative backers say they plan to challenge the decision in court.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The New York Times wants to hear from scientists who have had their research funding cut. Check out this article and fill out the survey! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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Chadwick @wick47.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Daines opposes extending the ACA credits, which will impact 58,000 Montanans, because he says it will cost $350 billion. But he happily voted to extend the doubled estate tax exemption, which will benefit fewer than 1000 Montanans - including himself - at a cost of $211 billion.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
“Kids”
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

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Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...
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In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens
Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 11/09/2025
At a time of growing concern about declines in insect populations, native plants are having a moment.
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Gaining ground: Native plants surge as gardeners try to save bees, butterflies
Gardens benefit insect population, a vital link in the food chain and one that is in steep decline.
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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 12/09/2025
What does it take to stop a golf course from replacing a historic ranch? For more than 50 years, Heidi Redd has fought to protect Utah's Dugout Ranch, a 5,200-acre oasis on the edge of Canyonlands National Park. Here's what it means to fight for a landscape and legacy: nature.ly/4nwdOAF
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Okay so I think watching really bad things happen in real time and then checking in with a thousand screaming lunatics who also have no idea what actually happened probably isn’t super healthy for me
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The Fire Effects Information System is migrating! Check out our new website: research.fs.usda.gov/feis/species... Several of our new species reviews, including my Joshua tree review, are only hosted on the new site. #joshuatree #fireecology #feis #usforestservice
A photo of a Joshua tree community with the words “Yucca brevifolia, Yucca jaegeriana, Joshua tree” over the photo. Below, a title says the same with subheaders “written: May 2025” and “contributors: Taryn R. Brahmsteadt - 1st Author, Kristin Zouhar - 1st Editor, Robin J. Innes - 2nd Editor”
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 03/09/2025
The Roadless Rule has protected roadless forests since 2001, keeping them free from logging, road-building, and other industrial development. Now the Trump administration wants to strip protections from 45 million of those acres. Please add your voice to oppose this plan: biodiv.us/4ngK1vC
Three juvenile brown bears laying on a mossy log with an adult bear standing in front in the water. Text overlay says protect wild forests. Stop Trump's roadless rule repeal.
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities. #ICE #Wildfires www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
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Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire - High Country News
Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Newsom: He is a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak, broken. His weakness is masquerading as a strength. The most unpopular president in modern history.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
You’d think all the people obsessed with conspiracy theories would be all over the actual conspiracies happening left and right and yet
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
It was the omg what now of times, it was the seriously wtf is happening of times
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/08/2025
i think i disagree with the idea that the ferritor should have been allowed to follow his own path during his schooling, neglecting assignments and being coddled for his apparent genius. i think, in fact, that this was the problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-boy-ge...
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The Boy Genius Who Killed 14 Million Poor People
What is the moral weight of responsibility for the men who carried out DOGE’s work?
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Flowers and mountains 😍 This year is the first time I’ve seen much alpine collomia, and it’s a new favorite.
Three hikers walk through a saturated mountain meadow with slabby granite rocks and conifer-dotted slopes.Pink mountain heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis) in the foreground on a steep, scree-covered mountain slope with scattered burned tree trunks, with two alpine lakes below.Alpine collomia (Collomia debilis) growing with light purple flowers in scree. Large boulders and conifer-covered slopes in the background.Eggleaf beardtongue (Penstemon ellipticus) growing dark purple growing in scree, with a conifer-covered valley below and rocky mountains behind.
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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 03/07/2025
I am really terrified of all of the things currently going on in the US and it's very likely things are gonna get worse.
Black and white drawing of a book.The book's title is "How to make sure you never get reincarnated on planet earth ever again please I can not omfg"
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A lot of speculation about how things got so Stupid and Evil and I think one reason is we've collectively been too tolerant of Stupid and Evil for too long
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John Arnold @scumliner.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Missoula Montana.
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riffle22.bsky.social @riffle22.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Missoula MT turns out! #NoKings
Scene showing part of the crowd gathered at Caras Park in Missoula MT for the No Kings protest.
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
CASA lost federal funding, and our local office won’t receive a $12k grant they’ve budgeted for. A donation or share helps, but please take a look at the program description if you’re not familiar with CASA! We always need volunteers! www.missoulagives.org/p2p/427860/t... #mtpol #casa #childabuse
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Help Taryn's fundraiser efforts for Missoula Gives
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Why is it up to @rollingstone.com to write the most honest and direct headlines? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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National Weather Association @nwas.org · 17/04/2025
A Statement of the American Meteorological Society (@ametsoc.org) in Partnership with the National Weather Association (@nwas.org) nwas.org/stand-up-for...
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Stand Up for NOAA Research — The Time to Act is Now - National Weather Association
Stand Up for NOAA Research — The Time to Act is Now A Statement of the American Meteorological Society in Partnership with the National Weather Association The administration's 2026 budget passback pl...
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My view of the packed house of the #FightingOligarchy tour in Missoula, Montana! 7,500 seats filled, plus several hundred on a floor and about 1,500 outside! AOC and Bernie were wonderful, but our local speakers, especially USFS Smokejumper Sam Forstag, had me in (good) tears.
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Taryn 🌱 @tarynroseb.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Spotting turtles on our third mother-daughter island trip 🐢
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/04/2025
Photos we received from today’s protests in a Trump +33 district in rural Kalispell, Montana.
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