NO ID Episode 29 - Un-papered
Executive Producers:
Cyrus W.
Kevin Killian
Tony Alvarez
Idaho's primary election has arrived, and the battle for the soul of the Republican Party has apparently become a contest between establishment-funded talking points and Paul Dank Meme Emporium. We dismantle North Idaho Republicans' coordinated messaging, expose some creative linguistic gymnastics in mainstream coverage of immigration and agriculture, and examine why Idaho's election-integrity skeptics are treated like dangerous lunatics. Meanwhile, Boise schools are hemorrhaging students, Spokane activists discover that obstructing federal agents occasionally has consequences, and public-health experts dust off the pandemic playbook for another round of infectious-disease anxiety.
Timestamps:
(00:00:25) Primary Election Day
(00:10:43) NPR, Republican primaries, and the battle for North Idaho
(00:18:47) Immigration, agriculture, and Idaho News 6's linguistic sleight of hand
(00:38:00) Election integrity, voter fraud, and mainstream narrative management
(00:47:00) Boise's disappearing public-school students
(01:01:00) The "Spokane Three" and the consequences of obstructing federal agents
(01:19:00) Revisiting COVID-era authoritarianism and public opinion
(01:35:00) Government distrust, public-health scares, and hantavirus
(01:46:00) Courtroom reporting, police conduct, and the Bob Norris controversy
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