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IOWANS - CHECK YOUR VOTER REG. https://apps.sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx Since 2004 the online information resource for Iowa's progressive community. Blogforiowa.com. Media reform activists since 2004.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · Feb 28
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National Anthem of Ukraine 🇺🇦 played on 🇸🇪 nyckelharpa and 🇳🇴 hardangerfiddle
YouTube video by Erik Rydvall - Nyckelharpa
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smartdoe.bsky.social @smartdoe.bsky.social · 1h
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h
As you read this, remember how much their world is awash in lies. They say they will stand firm on something, but that will change as the lies change. www.alternet.org/trump-qatar-...
'Where I draw the line': MAGA furious over Trump allowing foreign military base on US soil
Conservative hard‑liners erupted in outrage Friday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greenlit plans for a Qatari air force facility on U.S. soil, accusing the administration of “enabling foreign co...
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 1h
and as pressure is applied..
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 1h
#iowa
Iowa's Roast & Ride 2025
Guests:Joni Ernst, Kristi Noem, Governor Kim Reynolds, Chuck Grassley, Ashley Hinson, Randy Feenstra, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Today 10-2:30
Elwell Family Food Center
3000 East Grand Avenue Des Moines
Buy your tickets here
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Iowa's Roast and Ride
Join us for Iowa's favorite event featuring: Motorcycles, Hog Roasts, and Special Guest Senator Joni Ernst.
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NPR @npr.org · 19h
In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities. n.pr/4h0Wh1g
Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors
In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 2h
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS!! NO COVER!! IOWA CITY!” - sign up now to join me! #iowa #nokings
NO KINGS!! NO COVER!! IOWA CITY! · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this cou...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3h
One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 2h
I wish people in Cedar Rapids would see this.
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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h
Oh what’s that? They will depreciate at roughly 3 times the rate previously touted and require constant replacement and 2-3x the revenue to match initial expenditure?
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 2h
#iowa #DesMoines A list slipped out Wednesday of the cities where the Trump regime is planning to deploy ICE troops soon. This story comes from the Columbus, Ohio Dispatch. Columbus is one of the cities listed as is Des Moines, Iowa:
Federal law enforcement looking to open new offices in Columbus and 19 other U.S. cities
Federal law enforcement is looking to open new offices in 20 U.S. cities, including Columbus, as the president takes aim at Democrat-led communities.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 3h
2,500 NO KINGS events scheduled. I counted FIFTY events in Iowa. “NO KINGS” All Over Iowa Next Saturday #nokings #iowa
“NO KINGS” All Over Iowa Next Saturday
Unless you live in a hole you know that there is another NO KINGS rally across the US. Usually I would list the times and places of the protests in Iowa. However, as I write this there are already …
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 15h
Well done, Ezra. 👏👏👏💙💙💙🇺🇸💙💙💙

#nokings October 18
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h
Republicans are lying about the peaceful No Kings Day protests because they’re desperate — the GOP is losing the shutdown fight while Americans reject Trump’s authoritarian takeover in huge numbers.

“These are the threats of a regime that is not secure in their power.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 15h
Don't give them any ideas.
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Paul Deaton @pauldeaton-ia.bsky.social · 21h
In case you hadn't noticed, Republicans in Washington, D.C., including our Iowa delegation, simply do not care.
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Little Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 22h
Federal funding for programs like WIC that feed thousands of young and vulnerable Iowans could run out if the government shutdown continues, according to a report from Food & Water Watch.
Nearly 50,000 Iowa children could lose food aid in government shutdown, report says - Little Village
Federal funding for programs feeding thousands of young and vulnerable Iowans could run out if the government shutdown continues, according to a report from Food & Water Watch. The national […]
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 20h
Iowa farmers are struggling right now. Instead of having to bail out our farmers, we should never have put them in this position in the first place. Reverse the tariffs, and let’s get our farmers back to making revenue.
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Zach Wahls @zachwahls.bsky.social · 1d
Iowa farmers feed and fuel the world. Our state deserves better than out-of-control costs, chaos, and corruption from Washington. My OpEd in the Des Moines Register:
Washington chaos, corruption sow the seeds of Iowa's next farm crisis | Opinion
U.S. ag policy seems to be, in part, about making a few donors richer, and our representatives do nothing about it, writes Zach Wahls.
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💙Patrick McIntyre♻️💙 @csapmi.bsky.social · 19h
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Voices of Freedom @voicesoffreedom.bsky.social · 19h
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 23h
This lie can't work because at the local level where the protests happen, everyone personally knows someone attending. Obvious lie.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d
Guys, they've been saying this about every protest for a decade. Don't let it get into your heads.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 23h
Unfortunately, REAL
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23h
Johnson canceled votes this week. Now he's canceled them for next week. This is not a negotiation. This is attempted coercion. And the Democrats are right to refuse.
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d
UNREAL
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 23h
Mass #nokings peaceful protest October 18.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 23h
Michael Wolff
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trickledownfailed.bsky.social @trickledownfailed.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve Seen Epstein’s Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author
Trump biographer Michael Wolff reveals he was shown the lewd photos by Jeffrey Epstein himself.
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J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 3d
Amen! 🇺🇸
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
BEHN: “Feed kids. Fix roads. And fund hospitals. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks.”

TN-07 Democratic nominee @aftynbehn.bsky.social puts her people-first priorities front and center in a high-energy victory speech
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J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 2d
“Northern Minnesota is now faced with the prospect of paying higher utility bills so that a company can use AI to raise your rent, airfare or food costs.”

From this week’s You’re Probably Getting Screwed
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J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 1d
Art of the Deal… 🤦‍♂️

Trump continues to get played by China while farmers are being used as pawns.
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