nshrubs

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Don't mess with public schools, the environment, or my uterus. Twitter @Nshrubs
Mostly in Seattle.
MLB union advises players not to leave home without this item

Major League Baseball is taking precaution to keep its teams intact.

oregonlive
Polls close at 7 pm Tuesday in CD 7 special primary election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071525_cd7_election/polls-close-7-pm-tuesday-cd-7-special-primary-election/
Updated: Southern Arizona voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.
#Tucson #Arizona
Large study squashes anti-vaccine talking points about aluminum
RFK Jr. has falsely called aluminum adjuvants "extremely neurotoxic."
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/07/large-study-squashes-anti-vaccine-talking-points-about-aluminum/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

KQED cuts 15% of staff as part of budget cuts

The reductions to the Bay Area's premier public broadcaster come as $500 million in federal cuts to public media loom.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/sf-kqed-layoffs-federal-cuts/

KQED cuts 15% of staff as part of budget cuts

The reductions to the Bay Area's premier public broadcaster come as $500 million in federal cuts to public media loom.

Mission Local

Former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema was plainly working only for herself when she held office -- a key reason why she was so widely loathed by the people who elected her.

Looks like she hasn't changed.

https://www.notus.org/money/kyrsten-sinema-campaign-committee-spending-2025

Kyrsten Sinema’s Campaign Committee Spent Big on Flights, Wine Shops and Skiing

The former senator isn’t running for office, but her campaign committee spent more than $391,000 between March 31 and June 30, according to FEC filings.

NOTUS
There were some impressive thunderheads to the east of I-84 in southern Idaho, & some raindrops in N. Utah. Lots of smoke & wind around Glenn's Ferry. The Snake River near Farewell Bend had lots of whitecaps. Not the easiest driving day with the wind.
Left Salt Lake today to drive to Seattle. I've driven this route for over 25 years. There was a noticeable reduction in semi-truck traffic on I-15/I-84. The most notable emptiness was on I-84 between Boise & Baker City, OR. We are so fucked.
ICE is now the largest law enforcement agency in the country. Democratic governors, mayors, and lawmakers have the power to stop secret police tactics like abductions by masked ICE agents: https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-police
Portland halts $38M street makeover after Trump bill slashes funding

Portland officials say a redesign along North Broadway and Northeast Broadway and Weidler streets is on pause amid the likely loss of all project funding.

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KREM - The former Spokane city council president and eight others have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the ICE protests last month. The mayor terms it a politically motivated action that’s “a perversion of our justice system.” https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/former-spokane-city-council-ben-stuckart-federally-indicted-ice-protests/293-b7211c4d-12e8-407d-b3d9-17f42c3cf6f1
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