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Can I just say, I love that @rangemedia.co doesn’t make me write milquetoast, watered down “maybe this is actually a good thing somehow” bullshit, especially when it comes to what’s happening to trans people, immigrants and federal workers in our country right now. Shoutout independent media!

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Some good news for your Friday!

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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lol you know a news reporter is burnt tf out when they make this silly, silly mistake ON A CONTRACT THEYVE ALREADY COVERED. (It’s me) Anyways I need to sleep all weekend long so I have the energy to go back to bringing you news without inaccuracies

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The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as the Trump administration prefers.

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It’s only “murder” if it’s on the dance floor

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.

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If you look closely you can tell I designed the art: zoom in on the Strike sign ;) Besides Gen Z shenanigans I really did put a metric shit ton effort into researching these bills and turning it into news you can use with easy contact clicks. You’re welcome, Washington 😘

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This is class warfare. www.npr.org/2024/12/16/n...

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The corruption that has happened in this month alone could take all of the nation's remaining journalists years to fully document.

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Journalist here! I’m hoping to talk to Spokane-based workers who has lost your job in this string of federal firings and Spokane nonprofits that might have lost or be at risk of losing federal funding. I’m trying to track the impacts on our city. Email: [email protected] Signal 509- 850-0488

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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If this bill isn’t scheduled for a hearing in its committee of origin by tomorrow, it will die. If you have a vested interest in seeing this bill forward, you can call the chair of the Health Care & Wellness Committee, Rep. Dan Bronoske at (360) 786-7958.

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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NEW: Two weeks ago gov't IT experts warned us that the worst case scenario would be if DOGE got full admin access to agency systems. We can report at at least one agency DOGE has unfettered "god mode" access. Our latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.

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President Donald Trump just issued an executive order that puts a White House liaison in to oversee every independent agency to make sure it aligns with his priorities

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Math is hard

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Spokane is creating a redevelopment plan for North Division, a 9-mile state highway currently occupied mostly by strip malls and low-rise structures. The future will include: 🏠 More housing 🚌 BRT w/ its own lanes 🚶‍♂️ Pedestrian improvements 🌲 More landscaping and trees

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Looking to make some extra money this month so I figured there is no better time to send you a 5x7 print! $15 + shipping in any color you want for any of these.

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Couldn’t put this in the story, but my own IUD insertion took 45 minutes. It was the most pain I’ve ever been in. Reproductive healthcare shouldn’t be painful and scary, especially if it doesn’t have to be. There are options for the pain, and this bill would require doctors to notify you of them:

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If you have good photos of the protest today that you’d feel comfortable with appearing in a community photo story about the event from @rangemedia.co hit me up! Credit would be provided, of course!

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Looking for budget-friendly alternatives to eggs. (Note: not to eat, to throw)

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Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

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SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.

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The creator economy is more necessary than people realize. It’s not just TikTokers making fun brand deals. It’s vital income for working class people and bad job markets. Absolutely stellar piece from Erin Sellers at RANGE rangemedia.co/spokane-only... @merrywanderer.bsky.social @rangemedia.co

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My editor called this “the Decameron of sex work” which I think is a compliment. Either way, I got to do what I love: write a labor story about sex work.

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New from 404 Media: anyone can push updates to the Doge.gov site. Two sources independently found the issue, one made their own decision to deface the site. "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN." www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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This man had a valid work order, no criminal record and was married to a US citizen. They have young children together. And yet he was grabbed by ICE on his way from home from church. This is our reality now.

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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

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Looks like a GoFundMe has been set up for Alberto Rojas. It says in part, “Despite the hardships he has endured, Alberto remains one of the most positive and upbeat people I’ve ever met. He is a man of faith and he is a deeply good person. He is not a criminal.”

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Citations for pedestrian interference and public camping are up this month. Most of those tickets assign people to Community Court, one of the five therapeutic courts in Spokane. If you can’t check it out on Monday mornings, you can read my article instead ⬇️ www.inlander.com/news/spokane...

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This is a friend of mine. He is not a criminal; he is a father, a husband, a mechanic, a soccer player, a churchgoer, a taxpayer. He did everything he thought he was supposed to do to be here legally. This is all so arbitrary & stupid & cruel.

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NEW: Alberto Rojas fled from Nicaragua after his uncle was shot, with a target on his back. He came to Spokane, had children, loved soccer and stayed quiet with no criminal record. He was picked up by ICE on Saturday. His family is terrified. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

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It has amazed me over the course of a few weeks what my colleagues, and other reporters in the PNW, have been able to accomplish. I have truly never been more exhausted and burnt as a reporter in my life but the coverage is so important. I love you all 🙂

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I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe. She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today. RIP Elisa.

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