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Tired and retired. Never thought we’d still be fighting for women’s rights. But fighting on for daughters and granddaughters! And, now, for all of us…
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This was a packed Hillsboro City Council meeting — at least 3 hours long. Residents demand: stop ICE collab, aid for immigrant families, end Flock surveillance, and hold police accountable.

This community, about 30 minutes west of Portland, is living in fear!
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”

A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
I, too, was dismayed at the sparsity of youthful faces at the protests I attended. Where are all the college students?? We old folks are on the way out. Their lives will be much more impacted than ours. Can’t they see the urgency?? Have we failed in teaching them?
Oh, Joni! You are so out of touch with your constituents and what is going on in Iowa and the rest of the country. It’s a good thing you are retiring. There were about 150 people protesting in Pella, Ia and all doing it just because we love our country!
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Your grandparents in rural Iowa are mad.
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I will call out anyone who makes generalisations about ‘boomers’ and their affiliation to the Right. We were the generation at the vanguard of the fight against racism, sexism, protested against Vietnam. There are multitudes of us who still hold those views and are horrified by what is happening
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I personally know several Iowans who have gotten COVID in the past month.
But if you're under age 65 and don't have an underlying condition, hard to get a COVID booster here. Our governor is doing nothing to help people protect themselves or their families.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/05/m...
Many Iowans can't get COVID boosters. Kim Reynolds isn't helping
Many low-risk Iowans can't get a booster to protect themselves and their families from COVID-19. The governor denies the problem exists.
www.bleedingheartland.com
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“Mariannette Miller-Meeks says Democrats are 'trying to make an issue' out of town halls” (Register)

Psssh, Democrats can try!

Republicans will actually make it an issue!
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From the Yom Kippur afternoon Torah portion:
"When strangers reside in your land, you shall not wrong them. The strangers who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Stephen Miller tells law enforcement in MEMPHIS: “You are unleashed”
I commend your dedication and tenacity!!! You are a better soldier than me. Sending the letters is the easy part - so much content! Reading the responses is the hard part - I get the same worthless drivel from Zach Nunn.
I don’t know how you keep on doing this. I get so frustrated as I read his replies that I want to scream!! In fact, I do.
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Zach Nunn and the Republican Majority in congress are leading us into a government shutdown.
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Iowa's water quality issue—and how the Iowa Farm Bureau has shaped the state's lack of regulation—is now national.

Bloomberg's piece is paywalled, but you can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXO...
America’s Big Agriculture Problem Is Getting Worse
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
www.youtube.com
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Finally, someone with a backbone.
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You can condemn political violence without rewriting history about the victim.

Charlie Kirk was absolutely not "practicing politics the right way." He spread conspiracy theories, demonized marginalized groups, and called one of the most qualified Supreme Court nominees a "diversity hire."
Is the Supreme Court just gonna let Trump do whatever he wants????? Why even have Congress or a Supreme Court? Have Republicans abdicated all responsibility for executing their roles?? Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse! We need to stop paying them!!
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JD’s mom was not getting drugs from cartels, she was a nurse who was stealing painkillers from her patients.
Her patients suffered and she got high.
As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients.
Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.
Nunn is a fucking coward!!!!!!!!!
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