Pine Irwin
@hikerhund
I bring a certain YEEHAW & FCK ICE vibe to journalism. Not yet a Jedi. Journalist for The Idaho Vanguard. Graphic designer & photographer Making Democracy my side hustle these days. Www.branchandpine.com
Idaho is set to recieve a third of US nuclear waste. All so corporations can get money. Not for Idaho, for CEOs. #idahopolitics #votethemout #independentjournalism #idaho #energy
WTF: What the Fulcher...admits that the administration is incapable of negotiating with Iran. #Irandeal #independentjournalism #votethemout #idahopolitics
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WTF: What the Fulcher? (dos veces) Fulcher is going to pretend a pre-screened phone call counts as a town hall because he is too lazy to show up in Idaho. #wtf #idaho #VoteThemOut #journalism #idahopolitics @idaho50501.bsky.social
WTF: What the Fulcher. He is still coming to take your public land. #journalism #idaho #idahopol #russfulcher @idaho50501.bsky.social
Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Cuba. The white house is laying the ground work to do a Venezuela on Cuba. Because that is Rubio's entire personality and how he gets his rocks off. @idaho50501.bsky.social #foreignpolicy #independentmedia #journalism #Cuba
Anyway if you want to be a miserable Christian fascist that's your business: stop making it mine. Go be weird elsewhere. #christiannationalism #lgbtq #lgbtqnews #IdahoNews @idaho50501.bsky.social
What's to stop them from coming for Craters of the Moon next, Idaho? They are coming for your public lands. #publicland #idahopolitics #Idaho
Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. We aren't charging a toll, because the gulf states bribed Trump. #foreignpolicy #independentmedia #straitofhormuz @idaho50501.bsky.social
Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Greenland. We have no reason to want to control Greenland. No means no. #greenland #foreignpolicy #IndependentMedia
WTF: What the Fulcher. Russ Fulcher wants to strip your public land so we can be more like Russia.
Clairvoyant Pine strikes again. Foreign Policy Morning Debrief: Poland. Russia is reportedly making moves to attack Poland in an effort to divert NATO and European resources from Ukraine to a NATO ally. And I told you so. #foreignpolicy #breakingnews #Poland #Russia
Stephen Miller is having a meltdown as we speak, surely. Excellent. #supremecourt #14thamendment #breakingnews
June 27th at the Idaho State Capitol it is ALL OF US for our new (and yet old) civil rights struggles. Join @idaho50501.bsky.social to tell them we will not go quietly to authoritarianism and they will have to go through ALL OF US to come for any of us. #allofus #idahopolitics
Hawaii laying out the blueprint on jow to cut dark money in politics. #darkmoney #independentnews @idaho50501.bsky.social
Latest upside of The Idaho Vangaurd is out now! Talling about how Hawaii has taken a big swing at curbing dark money in politics. You can find it on YouTube (the Idaho Vangaurd) and Substack (Idaho50501.substack.com) #darkmoney #idahovanguard #hawaii #PACmoney @idaho50501.bsky.social
(6/16) Foreign Policy Morning Debrief about Iran maybe for the last time... I am dubious. Next up? Cuba. sigh. #iran #cuba #foreignpolicy #news @idaho50501.bsky.social
No protest from @idaho50501.bsky.social on June 14th. Come to Canyon County Pride instead. The only thing that can drive out hate is love, stick it to our hateful legislators by embracing love, community and joy! #pride #canyoncountypride #idahopride #loveislove
Thinking of making Vangaurd merch. Ya know so you can support independent journalism & piss off fascists at the same time. You in? (Shirts like the one below I designed for Idaho50501 & logo stuff.)
The House has voted to spend $1 billion in defensive aid funding for Ukraine, breaking with Speaker Johnson's moronic insistence that we keep allowing the administration to "negotiate with putin." Always a good start to the weekend when we can piss in Johnsons cheerios. #foreignpolicy #ukraine
WTF: What the Fulcher? . Russ Fulcher still not doing a damn thing for Idahoans. But his dark money donors are sure getting their value out of him. #idaho #idahopolitics #republicans #independentjournalism #theidahovangaurd
Before all this I was a canine behavior specialist with a useless degree in creative writing. My journalism professor told me in no uncertain terms I was not cut out to be a journalist. It's 2026, we make our own rules out here.@Idaho 50501 #independentjournalism #theidahovangaurd
Foreign Policy Morning Debrief. Cuba. The stage is being set for a regime change in Cuba. Which will likely result in nothing beneficial for the Cuban people and piss off Cuba's friends who just so happen to be Russia. #cuba #foreignpolicy #independentmedia @idaho50501.bsky.social
Troops out of Poland, gotta go somewhere... I recorded this earlier this afternoon. And was going to post tomorrow, but apparently tonight it is. I wish i could use my powers for something to make my life easier instead of just giving me existential dread. #foreignpolicy #poland #Greenland #iran
Another one down...Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as head of National Intelligence. #foreignpolicy #tulsigabbard #nationalnews
Sen. Mike Crapo (ID - R) is stonewalling the Epstein investigation. Shame on him for covering up for predators. His Boise office number: +1 208-334-1776 His DC Office Number: +1 202-224-6142 Do with it what you will. #idaho #idahorepublicans #idahopolitics #epsteinfiles
We are out at Western Collective watching the primary results come in with @kayleeforcongress.bsky.social
Regime change looming in Cuba. If I buy lotto tickets which ones? Cuba is a humanitarian disaster already. #Cuba #foreignpolicy #debrief
China talks happened, apparentlyo. Not sure I'd call them a success. Certainly not for agriculture trade. #ChinaTrade