Iowa applauds move seen as allowing them to move from #2 to #1 in Cancer rates.
The poisoning will continue... www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/us-e...
US EPA reapproves the controversial herbicide dicamba
In a widely expected move, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the pesticide dicamba, an herbicide used on genetically modified crops including corn, cotton and soybeans ...
www.thenewlede.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Iowa applauds move seen as allowing them to move from #2 to #1 in Cancer rates.
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The poisoning will continue... www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/us-e...
US EPA reapproves the controversial herbicide dicamba
In a widely expected move, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the pesticide dicamba, an herbicide used on genetically modified crops including corn, cotton and soybeans ...
www.thenewlede.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The poisoning will continue... www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/us-e...
Iowa Republicans look to legally concede non existent oversight of natural resources to Big Ag
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Lawmakers are asking: Should Iowa ag and natural resource departments merge? • Iowa Capital Dispatch
A bill advanced from a House subcommittee Thursday that would require a study on combining Iowa DNR and IDALS.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Iowa Republicans look to legally concede non existent oversight of natural resources to Big Ag
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iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/lawma...
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Solidarity March: by People of Faith Against ICE
4:00pm, Friday, Feb. 20, starts at Rock Island Courthouse, 317 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL, will proceed over the Centennial Bridge to the Scott County Courthouse arrive approx. at 4:45 PM Scott County Courthouse 400 W. 4th St. Davenport, IA
4:00pm, Friday, Feb. 20, starts at Rock Island Courthouse, 317 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL, will proceed over the Centennial Bridge to the Scott County Courthouse arrive approx. at 4:45 PM Scott County Courthouse 400 W. 4th St. Davenport, IA
February 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Solidarity March: by People of Faith Against ICE
4:00pm, Friday, Feb. 20, starts at Rock Island Courthouse, 317 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL, will proceed over the Centennial Bridge to the Scott County Courthouse arrive approx. at 4:45 PM Scott County Courthouse 400 W. 4th St. Davenport, IA
4:00pm, Friday, Feb. 20, starts at Rock Island Courthouse, 317 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL, will proceed over the Centennial Bridge to the Scott County Courthouse arrive approx. at 4:45 PM Scott County Courthouse 400 W. 4th St. Davenport, IA
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I'll be speaking tonight at 530 in Des Moines.
Register here: www.democracyiowa.org/events
Register here: www.democracyiowa.org/events
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I'll be speaking tonight at 530 in Des Moines.
Register here: www.democracyiowa.org/events
Register here: www.democracyiowa.org/events
“About half of Iowa’s corn now gets made into ethanol. This means that half of the production of the most productive corn state, on untold acres of some of the highest-yielding farmland in the world, is burned in cars”
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Meet the Candidate Challenging Iowa’s Most Sacred Cow: Ethanol
To say Chris Jones is a long-shot candidate is an understatement. But he could upend how Democrats approach agricultural policy.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“About half of Iowa’s corn now gets made into ethanol. This means that half of the production of the most productive corn state, on untold acres of some of the highest-yielding farmland in the world, is burned in cars”
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newrepublic.com/article/2064...
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Trump threatened to block a major US-Canada bridge project just hours after Howard Lutnick met with trucking magnate Matthew Moroun, who controls the privately owned Ambassador Bridge and has been fighting the new bridge for decades because it'll compete for toll $$.
www.rawstory.com/trump-canada...
www.rawstory.com/trump-canada...
‘Surprise, surprise!’ Fury ignites over Trump's suspicious Canada bridge threat timing
Social media erupted in outrage Tuesday after a report revealed that President Donald Trump threatened to block a major U.S.-Canada bridge project just hours after his Commerce secretary met privately...
www.rawstory.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Trump threatened to block a major US-Canada bridge project just hours after Howard Lutnick met with trucking magnate Matthew Moroun, who controls the privately owned Ambassador Bridge and has been fighting the new bridge for decades because it'll compete for toll $$.
www.rawstory.com/trump-canada...
www.rawstory.com/trump-canada...
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“What if a male Republican senator gets cancer and you’re like, “You can’t get treatment because it’s interfering with God’s will.””
Appreciate that Jess Djukanovic is speaking out about what she went through trying to get an abortion with a non-viable pregnancy in Iowa:
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
‘I almost died trying to get an abortion in Iowa’—a mother of 4 speaks out
This Iowa mother of four was heartbroken when her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. Then the pregnancy threatened her life, too.
iowastartingline.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“What if a male Republican senator gets cancer and you’re like, “You can’t get treatment because it’s interfering with God’s will.””
“Green, who chaired a subcommittee meeting on the bill Monday, said some of his Christian friends believe prenuptial agreements, which allow a marrying couple to agree in advance to terms of divorce and division of assets, are a violation of their conscience.”
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Bill allowing couples to opt out of no-fault divorce advances in Iowa Senate • Iowa Capital Dispatch
A bill that would allow couples registering for marriage licenses to opt out of no-fault divorce failed to advance in the Iowa Senate.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“Green, who chaired a subcommittee meeting on the bill Monday, said some of his Christian friends believe prenuptial agreements, which allow a marrying couple to agree in advance to terms of divorce and division of assets, are a violation of their conscience.”
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iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/02/09/b...
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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If we don't learn the right lesson from history, they are always people that are willing to try again.
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
If we don't learn the right lesson from history, they are always people that are willing to try again.
“Most of the materials the team is using to make these batteries are accessible in Iowa — sodium to replace lithium, waste glass for the separator, and biochar for the anode.”
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Iowa State University researchers work to build new batteries for energy storage • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa State University materials science and engineering professors are working to create new batteries from accessible materials.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“Most of the materials the team is using to make these batteries are accessible in Iowa — sodium to replace lithium, waste glass for the separator, and biochar for the anode.”
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iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/02/06/i...
Eastern Iowa High School
Pleasant Valley High School students protest against ICE, decry enforcement operations
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Pleasant Valley High School students protest against ICE, decry enforcement operations
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Pleasant Valley High School students protest against ICE, decry enforcement operations
More than 100 Pleasant Valley High School students showed up to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in American cities.
qctimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Eastern Iowa High School
Pleasant Valley High School students protest against ICE, decry enforcement operations
qctimes.com/news/local/e...
Pleasant Valley High School students protest against ICE, decry enforcement operations
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“neonicotinoids (often shortened to neonics) were touted as a way to minimize impacts on non-target organisms. In reality, neonics are highly toxic, long lived, and move with water, making them one of the worst types of insecticides on the market when it comes to managing non-target risk.”
At Xerces, we feel that a conservation organization should not accept money from companies whose products are harming the very animals that we are charged with protecting.
Learn about how we choose which partners to work with ⤵️
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Learn about how we choose which partners to work with ⤵️
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Why We Don’t Accept Money from Pesticide or Oil Companies
Executive director Scott Black shares why Xerces Society doesn't accept funding from companies whose products are harming invertebrates.
xerces.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:18 AM
“neonicotinoids (often shortened to neonics) were touted as a way to minimize impacts on non-target organisms. In reality, neonics are highly toxic, long lived, and move with water, making them one of the worst types of insecticides on the market when it comes to managing non-target risk.”
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Italy's ban on cultivating #GMO corn legitimate says EU court. Court endorses procedure that enables Member States to prohibit GMOs. www.ansa.it/english/news...
Italy's ban on cultivating GMO corn legitimate says EU court - Business - Ansa.it
Italy's ban on the cultivation of genetically modified corn is legitimate, the Court of Justice of the European Union said in a ruling on Thursday. (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Italy's ban on cultivating #GMO corn legitimate says EU court. Court endorses procedure that enables Member States to prohibit GMOs. www.ansa.it/english/news...
“The first antitrust laws in the world come out of Iowa. It was Iowa farmers mad against the railroads and grain elevators. So they organized the Iowa legislative body to pass the first antitrust laws in the world. Then a few states copied it. And then eventually D.C. copied it as well.”
"Last week, the NYT ran a story saying farmers are going to let their crops rot because the prices are so bad. At the same time, we’re having a food affordability crisis. That juxtaposition captures how broken our food system is"
Big Ag Has Corrupted Our Food System. Here’s How We Can Rebuild.
Austin Frerick explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite to fix our food system.
barnraisingmedia.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
“The first antitrust laws in the world come out of Iowa. It was Iowa farmers mad against the railroads and grain elevators. So they organized the Iowa legislative body to pass the first antitrust laws in the world. Then a few states copied it. And then eventually D.C. copied it as well.”
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Every trip to the grocery store buys you less and costs you more. So we know we’re asking a lot – but if you can, please donate. riverbendfoodbank.org/scott-county...
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Every trip to the grocery store buys you less and costs you more. So we know we’re asking a lot – but if you can, please donate. riverbendfoodbank.org/scott-county...
@weratedogs.com Clem ready to wave at his buddies on the road to the park.
February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
@weratedogs.com Clem ready to wave at his buddies on the road to the park.
Iowa Republicans to next propose outlawing penicillin.
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Iowa Republicans to next propose outlawing penicillin.
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please watch:
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
please watch:
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
From the Storm Lake Times Pilot 01-30-2026
February 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
From the Storm Lake Times Pilot 01-30-2026
Results of an Elderly “farmer who” chairing the Judiciary Committee.
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Results of an Elderly “farmer who” chairing the Judiciary Committee.