Ammon Bundy and Diego Rodriguez did not find success in their request to move a lawsuit against them out of Idaho courts. Now, the law firm representing St. Luke's says Bundy and Rodriguez owe $18,103 in attorney's fees for their time. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

'National Geographic is laying off all of its staff writers.' (?!)

Furries

Enjoying the day before it heats up. I’ve got my pools and access to my night house.

It’s been nearly five years since 3-year-old Ruya Kadir was killed during Boise’s mass stabbing. Her grave is filled with flowers and balloons for her birthday, including beautiful roses planted within her grave

Glad to see my photo on the lead story on NPR's website, but that's not how I would describe Bundy. He doesn't lead a militia, he & his family have been more like spiritual leaders of the movement. His People's Rights Network swims in the same waters, but is not the same thing.

Anytime someone replies to something with, "Mood," I just want to strap them down, A Clockwork Orange style, and make them watch this: youtube.com/watch?v=AZJSjr…

It’s giving Frankie Barnhill and James Dawson on the podcast. 🍦 pod.link/citycastboise/…

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Breaking: Idaho Supreme Court partially sides with Idahoans for Open Primaries and Reclaim Idaho. AG Labrador must rewrite the ballot initiative titles, though the groups won't get a deadline extension to collect signatures #idpol #idleg

Sarah Langs

ICYMI — Utah Farm Bureau president Ron Gibson resigned from the job yesterday, roughly a week after he was charged with hitting a farm worker. Gibson said last week he was taking a leave of absence, but now he's fully leaving the farm bureau #utpol sltrib.com/news/environme…

Trump’s first tweet since being re-instated under Elon.

BREAKING: The West Bonner School Board meeting scheduled for Friday night was canceled due to an injunction that prevented the meeting from happening. kxly.com/news/west-bonn…

James Dawson, we don't need people to have their absentee ballot w/them at the precinct on election day to spoil it. We can see they requested one, & we can spoil it on our electronic poll book, so they can vote in person.

Extremely American season 2 is live! An inside look at Christian nationalism. Listen wherever you get podcasts. Heads up: Spotify makes it look like episode 2 is the 1st episode, so to be clear: Make It A Christian Town is the 1st episode. Working on a fix npr.org/podcasts/51038…

Couldn't have made this w/out my partner in crime, James Dawson. He came to me w/the idea & co-reported/wrot the story with me. Also important: he knew where to go for good food in Moscow. & the best pod editor in the biz, @kobyspringer, who shaped both seasons & made them sing.