LOL. My sister thinks she discovered the only EV charger in Franklin County, #Idaho. It’s in the parking lot behind the hot springs in tiny Riverdale, near Preston. Maybe that’s Napoleon Dynamite’s rig? Looks like something he would doodle.
Highlights from working the primary election in #Boise yesterday: A woman demanding to know if we were using Dominion voting machines (no), a sweet foreign-born voter who filled in every single square on her ballot (she got it right on her second try), and a man who got really pissed because he couldn’t vote both the Republican and Constitution party ballots. He ended his tantrum by saying “We won’t still have a country by November!” But overall, people were extremely polite. #Idaho#election
@IdahoLark
I hope they can carve out something like allowing parents to opt in for their kids to get a book. My parents told the librarians when I was 7 years old I could sign out any book I wanted. This was in 1957.
🚨 #IDAHO Republicans have banned abortion even in medical emergencies.
Dems are running in 9 competitive legislative seats there.
Breaking the supermajority is the best Dems can hope to do here this cycle, but it's a start. Donate today. #Blue24
#AfricanArt#Africans#acrylicpainting or #artprint
Painting of the Day. Village
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A beautiful depiction of a traditional African village with thatched roof huts. Filled with life &energy, the village is depicted in a state of peace &tranquility.
99 cm / 39 in width
80 cm / 31.5 in height
$1600 original < Satisfaction guaranteed
$200 art print < Made to order in #Boise#Idaho USA
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I managed to squeeze in one more hike in the #Boise foothills before the weekend crowds descend. Many spring wildflowers and Lark Sparrows along the 6-mile loop kept me entertained. #Idaho#hiking#wildflowers
“'Leave it to the states' is the kind of messaging anti-abortion activists and their judicial helpmates love: It sounds clean, neat, reasonable. But when states enact near-total bans, when the federal government somehow loses its authority to block those bans even when they threaten women with serious illness — as Idaho is pushing for here —"
"the reality for all to see is women bleeding out in emergency rooms, pregnant women loaded onto helicopters, doctors sitting back and watching patients writhe in pain until death is closer.
That’s a reality the right-wing justices tried their best Wednesday to both perpetuate and paper over."
@makkhorn
I like that Idaho is in there. It's been my hope that Biden is focused on bringing new jobs to deeply red and poorer states. Give people in MS, AL, KY, AR, WV, etc, a shot at good paying jobs, and maybe an influx of blue voters moving to these places to balance the GQP regimes.
@makkhorn@Diamondjoy
Biden's efforts to transition the USA away from fossil fuels and to bring manufacturing back to America is providing jobs all over the country because he cares about all Americans.
Will we flip red states this year? Probably not, but in 2028 the difference between the two parties should be starting to have an impact in even the deepest red rural areas.
"The oral arguments over Idaho’s abortion ban and whether it trumps federal law that requires hospitals to give pregnant patients emergency medical case may have marked a new low for this court.
It was so bad that even Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she was 'shocked' by the position Idaho was taking."
"Most, if not all, of the states that have severely restricted abortion since Dobbs have seen huge numbers of obstetricians leave their states. A nationwide shortage of gynecologists and obstetricians makes the exodus even more dire. Idaho has lost 22% of its OB-GYNs since 2022. A term has been coined to describe this unforeseen phenomenon: maternity care deserts."
"Prohibiting all abortions at any stage of gestation, with no exceptions for rape or incest, the Idaho law allows doctors to perform abortions in cases where the life – but not 'merely' the health – of the pregnant woman is at risk.
In practice, this has wound up being a ban on abortions needed to save women’s lives…."
[NYTimes]: Justice Alito raises the phrase “unborn child” in the federal emergency care law, suggesting it means “the hospital must try to eliminate any immediate threat to the child, but performing an abortion is antithetical to that duty.” The solicitor general says that the phrase “unborn child” refers to situations in which a pregnant woman goes to an emergency room and her pregnancy is in danger but her own health isn’t in danger. ... #idaho#scotus