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🗳️ Today is Election Day in Iowa! Make sure you head to your polling place from 7 am- 8 pm and vote in your local and school board elections! These leaders decide classroom priorities and community services. Find your polling location at: apps.sos.iowa.gov/elections/vo...
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🗳️ Today is Election Day in Iowa! Make sure you head to your polling place from 7 am- 8 pm and vote in your local and school board elections! These leaders decide classroom priorities and community services. Find your polling location at: apps.sos.iowa.gov/elections/vo...
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Says it all, right here
“Republican leaders have made it clear that they view their role as subordinate to the president”
As Shutdown Drags and Trump Flexes, Congress Cedes Its Relevance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
“Republican leaders have made it clear that they view their role as subordinate to the president”
As Shutdown Drags and Trump Flexes, Congress Cedes Its Relevance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
As Shutdown Drags and Trump Flexes, Congress Cedes Its Relevance
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Says it all, right here
“Republican leaders have made it clear that they view their role as subordinate to the president”
As Shutdown Drags and Trump Flexes, Congress Cedes Its Relevance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
“Republican leaders have made it clear that they view their role as subordinate to the president”
As Shutdown Drags and Trump Flexes, Congress Cedes Its Relevance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”
Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.
Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.
Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’
Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs
www.independent.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”
Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.
Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.
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Do you know the exact year that CEO pay took off?
And why then? It wasn’t exactly on purpose, and on our latest ep, an update on a 2016 episode, we find the cause (Hint: Two words - stock compensation).
And why then? It wasn’t exactly on purpose, and on our latest ep, an update on a 2016 episode, we find the cause (Hint: Two words - stock compensation).
When CEO pay exploded (update) : Planet Money
(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2016.)It’s no secret that CEOs get paid a ton – and a ton more than the average worker. More than a hundred times than what their average employee…
buff.ly
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Do you know the exact year that CEO pay took off?
And why then? It wasn’t exactly on purpose, and on our latest ep, an update on a 2016 episode, we find the cause (Hint: Two words - stock compensation).
And why then? It wasn’t exactly on purpose, and on our latest ep, an update on a 2016 episode, we find the cause (Hint: Two words - stock compensation).
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![Breaking News Consumer's Handbook
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
- "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
- "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't haveit.
- "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on a limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjoddtmp5jxzkzvt3hoqz3tt/bafkreigi2e6uxrt67htjbrfcmtpbasfuz4jvetyyecnqvxxyt45zile72y@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority
National and state support from Republicans and Democrats poured into the race for Iowa Senate District 1 with the GOP supermajority in the balance.
www.desmoinesregister.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
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Credit for the Win:
1) Catelin Drey
2) Iowa State Senate Dems
3) Woodbury County Democrats
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🚨 We flipped an Iowa State Senate seat in a special election tonight!!! 🚨
Congrats to Senator-elect Drey!!! 🇺🇸
Congrats to Senator-elect Drey!!! 🇺🇸
August 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Credit for the Win:
1) Catelin Drey
2) Iowa State Senate Dems
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This imagery is the kind of thing you see in video games to let you know you’re in a totalitarian city or country.
The irony/idiocy of this banner currently draped on the Department of Labor building is not lost on me, given all the federal workers he's forced out of their jobs.
(Pic via Getty Images)
(Pic via Getty Images)
August 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This imagery is the kind of thing you see in video games to let you know you’re in a totalitarian city or country.
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Among the many things that bum me out about anti-vaccine nonsense is that every rich person knows vaccines work. Bezos could dedicate a great metropolitan newspaper to saying so. The LA Times is owned by a biotech billionaire. But saying so could affect their personal bottom line now, so.
August 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Among the many things that bum me out about anti-vaccine nonsense is that every rich person knows vaccines work. Bezos could dedicate a great metropolitan newspaper to saying so. The LA Times is owned by a biotech billionaire. But saying so could affect their personal bottom line now, so.
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Hello just wanted to say:
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
July 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hello just wanted to say:
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers 🤷♂️🤦♂️😡
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
President Trump said Tuesday that he had struck a trade agreement with Indonesia, calling it a "great deal for everybody" on social media. Under the deal, U.S. exports to Indonesia would face no tariffs, while Indonesian goods would be charged a tariff of 19% when shipped to the U.S.
Trump Announces ‘Great Deal’ on Trade With Indonesia
Details are still scarce on the agreement, which the president said will partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week.
trib.al
July 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers 🤷♂️🤦♂️😡
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
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According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
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The Senate is planning to vote this week on a proposal to strip funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a move that could be catastrophic for radio and TV stations across the U.S., including PBS and NPR. Here’s what to know.
NPR and PBS Face Federal Funding Cuts: What to Know
A proposal before the Senate to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in rural areas.
trib.al
July 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Senate is planning to vote this week on a proposal to strip funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a move that could be catastrophic for radio and TV stations across the U.S., including PBS and NPR. Here’s what to know.
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Republicans are actively trying to defund public broadcasting. In most rural areas of the country public broadcasting doubles as the emergency alert system. Defunding public broadcasting alert systems after what happened in Texas is unthinkably dangerous.
President Trump: “After having seen this horrible event, I would imagine you’d put alarms up in some form, where alarms would go up if they see any large amounts of water..."
Trump calls for alarms after deadly Texas floods
The president will visit the state Friday, a week after the devastating flooding in Texas' Hill Country that has killed more than 100 people.
nbcnews.to
July 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Republicans are actively trying to defund public broadcasting. In most rural areas of the country public broadcasting doubles as the emergency alert system. Defunding public broadcasting alert systems after what happened in Texas is unthinkably dangerous.
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The GOP plan is very simple.
Starve the poor, and give billions to the rich.
Starve the poor, and give billions to the rich.
June 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The GOP plan is very simple.
Starve the poor, and give billions to the rich.
Starve the poor, and give billions to the rich.
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Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
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I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Some helpful tips for following the awful news out of Minnesota today.
June 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Some helpful tips for following the awful news out of Minnesota today.
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This is very bad
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast
Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is very bad
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame