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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 1h

That’s wrong!

Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 2h

Still praying for those who died or lost loved ones and homes in the Alaska flooding from remnant of Typhoon Halong.

We urgently need more - not less - disaster relief, hazard mitigation, and action to stop the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.

www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

Before Alaska flooding, EPA canceled $20 million flood protection grant

The disaster laid bare the Alaska Native village’s vulnerability to flooding and the consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts to environmental programs.

www.seattletimes.com

Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 23h

Awful flooding in Mexico. Please support more disaster relief and more action to stop the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Torrential rains, flooding leave at least 64 dead, 65 missing in Mexico reut.rs/47mCyWz

Torrential rains, flooding leave at least 64 dead, 65 missing in Mexico

Torrential rains that lashed Mexico last week have left at least 64 people dead and 65 missing, the government said Monday, after downpours triggered landslides, cut off power in some municipalities and caused rivers to burst their banks.

reut.rs

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 23h

Tragic

Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking today about Melissa Hortman four months after she was assassinated along with her husband Mark and their dog Gilbert.

May they rest in peace free of the violence that took their lives.

Photo is Melissa preparing to preside over the Minnesota House of Representatives on March 1, 2024.

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 2d

Praying for all those in Alaska affected by the remnant of Typhoon Halong.

Houses are not supposed to be washed away.

Please support more disaster relief, more hazard mitigation, and more action to stop the buildup of climate pollution.

www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-...

Alaska hit by severe flooding that carries away homes

Alaska State Troopers said it received reports of "at least eight homes being pushed from their foundations."

www.cbsnews.com

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is hurting our economy and giving away the clean energy future.

Chattanooga Times Free Press @timesfreepress.bsky.social · 8d

A South Korean battery component maker has backed out of plans to build a $152.5 million electrolyte manufacturing facility that would have brought 190 jobs to Haywood County in West Tennessee.

EV battery component company backs out of plans for $152M West Tennessee facility | Chattanooga Times Free Press

A South Korean battery component maker has backed out of plans to build a $152.5 million electrolyte manufacturing facility that would have brought 190 jobs to Haywood County in West Tennessee.

www.timesfreepress.com

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 4d

This is 32 days in a row that Cedar Rapids has been at or above average temperatures.

On Thursday, our low was 39 (4 degrees below average) and high was 69 (4 degrees above average).

All the rest above average (often way above).

Seven day forecast is all hotter than average.

#ClimateChanged

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 6d

With a high of 68 and a low of 42, Cedar Rapids was above average yesterday by 0.5 degrees - the 29th day in a row above average.

Every day in the 10-day forecast is above average.

Still need rain.

#iaweather

Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 7d

Trump is the king of debt, spending wildly on stuff like the White House ballroom and military deployments in our cities, while cutting taxes for the richest people in the world.

Congress should stop him.

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 7d

Since Trump became President again, the national debt has jumped by more than $1.6 trillion, or more than $5,000 per American (including children), in less than 9 months.

That’s $25,000 for my family of five.

. . .

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 7d

Clint Twedt-Ball, Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District, is reporting over $200,000 raised with 90% coming from Iowans since announcing in July.

He has accomplished much as a pastor and nonprofit leader, and is new to politics. I think that‘s what voters are looking for.

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 7d

I am grateful for the one-third inch of rain yesterday - we need more - but Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has now had an extraordinary 28 days in a row with temperatures above average.

Today will be close to average, but is forecast to be number 29.

#iaweather

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 9d

Trump is hurting our economy. “In the first half of the year, spooked businesses closed or downscaled more than $22 billion in clean energy projects, costing more than 16,000 jobs, most of them in Republican-held districts.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 9d

I highly recommend this show. On Tuesday, October 7, it will show at 7 pm at the Music Hill Studios, 1509 Rainbow Drive, in Waterloo. Especially good for people with an interest in the law, labor movement, civil rights, criminal justice, science (evolution), and theater.

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 10d

Ready for the one-actor play on Clarence Darrow in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber
in Iowa City starting at 2 pm today (Oct. 5). If you miss this one, there are upcoming shows in Waterloo (Oct. 7), Des Moines (Oct. 9), Council Bluffs (Oct. 10), and Sioux City (Oct. 13).

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 11d

Less than one inch of rain in Cedar Rapids since August 16.

Please conserve water and energy, prioritize young trees, and take action to help us stop the buildup of climate pollution.

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 11d

So far today, October 4, the high has been 85 and the low has been 64 in Cedar Rapids. (Average high is 67, average low is 45.)

Above average 25 days in a row!

9 days in a row above 80 - a new record streak for the fall, according to WHO13 Weather.

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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 11d

Three months after the Texas flood.

“It doesn't necessarily get easier right away when the news stops talking about it. It's an ongoing, long-term process, trying to heal and come to terms with our new normal.”

www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n...