Diane Fannon-Langton
@grandiane.bsky.social
Mom, grandma, columnist, writer, reader, listener
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Seventeen historians, archivists, professors, authors, and donors with decades of public service are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly, and without public input, deciding to close its Iowa City research facility and archives. www.thegazette.com/crime-courts...
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Seventeen historians, archivists, professors, authors, and donors with decades of public service are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly, and without public input, deciding to close its Iowa City research facility and archives. www.thegazette.com/crime-courts...
Hundreds of Cedar Rapids 9th-graders get focused guidance in new Freshman Seminar
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Hundreds of CR schools 9th-graders get focused guidance in new Freshman Seminar
More than 200 Kennedy High School students enrolled in Freshman Seminar — a new and optional class this year — will get a little more guidance in starting their high school journey. The class, also be...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hundreds of Cedar Rapids 9th-graders get focused guidance in new Freshman Seminar
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Time Machine: Castleton
Time Machine: Castleton
The Boegels became well known in Cedar Rapids, partly because of their musicianship.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Time Machine: Castleton
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An Eastern Iowa resident who tested positive for measles went to several stores, pharmacies, a day care and a golf course last week when they were contagious. Public health officials are asking the public to fill out a form if they may have been exposed. www.thegazette.com/news/eastern...
July 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
An Eastern Iowa resident who tested positive for measles went to several stores, pharmacies, a day care and a golf course last week when they were contagious. Public health officials are asking the public to fill out a form if they may have been exposed. www.thegazette.com/news/eastern...
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Republicans want you to forget they’re ripping health care away from over 16 million people while Trump wages a new endless war against Iran.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
June 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Republicans want you to forget they’re ripping health care away from over 16 million people while Trump wages a new endless war against Iran.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
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Republicans snuck a line into their "big beautiful bill” that could CLOSE nearly 200 Planned Parenthood locations.
And guess what? 90% of those centers would be in states where abortion is LEGAL.
It’s one step closer to banning abortion nationwide.
And guess what? 90% of those centers would be in states where abortion is LEGAL.
It’s one step closer to banning abortion nationwide.
Republicans snuck a line into their bill that could CLOSE nearly 200 Planned Parenthood locations.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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June 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Republicans snuck a line into their "big beautiful bill” that could CLOSE nearly 200 Planned Parenthood locations.
And guess what? 90% of those centers would be in states where abortion is LEGAL.
It’s one step closer to banning abortion nationwide.
And guess what? 90% of those centers would be in states where abortion is LEGAL.
It’s one step closer to banning abortion nationwide.
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A recap of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill":
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A recap of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill":
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
Time Machine: City greenhouses
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Time Machine: City greenhouses
The city's first greenhouse was built in the 70-acre Bever Park in 1900.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Time Machine: City greenhouses
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to spend $1 billion on travel to Mars on Musk's rocket ships while they close Social Security offices and fire Social Security workers.
That's not efficiency—that's theft.
That's not efficiency—that's theft.
NASA, in surprise shift, may launch rockets to Mars next year
The move could benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, which has announced plans to land a rocket on the planet.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to spend $1 billion on travel to Mars on Musk's rocket ships while they close Social Security offices and fire Social Security workers.
That's not efficiency—that's theft.
That's not efficiency—that's theft.
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UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
March 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
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Has Trump lowered the price of groceries? No. Instead, he's focused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
Today, my colleagues and I gave him a list of things he could do right now to start to lower the prices of eggs.
Today, my colleagues and I gave him a list of things he could do right now to start to lower the prices of eggs.
Democrats slam Trump for not making good on promise to ‘immediately’ lower food prices
“During your first week of office you have instead focused on mass deportations and pardoning January 6 attackers,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren and 19 other lawmakers told the president in a letter.
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January 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Has Trump lowered the price of groceries? No. Instead, he's focused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
Today, my colleagues and I gave him a list of things he could do right now to start to lower the prices of eggs.
Today, my colleagues and I gave him a list of things he could do right now to start to lower the prices of eggs.
That was an interesting process, Bluesky. Suggest you differentiate between a 0 (zero) and a capital O.
November 22, 2024 at 9:03 PM
That was an interesting process, Bluesky. Suggest you differentiate between a 0 (zero) and a capital O.