IowaRalph
@iowaralph.bsky.social
Retired legislator, state agency head, lobbyist, and lawyer. But, not retired from being active--even in red Iowa. Substack writer: Because We Are All In This Together https://ralphrosenberg.substack.com/
Putting a face and story what it means to threaten Greenland--from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Putting a face and story what it means to threaten Greenland--from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Calling your Senators/Reps daily, going to protests.
Anything else you can do?
Yes! Post messages tagging your Electeds. Urge 'em to vote yes/no, thank them for standing strong, ask them to fight.
Fill in the blanks and click post! Join our trainings.
#Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/O7djtW7Z
Anything else you can do?
Yes! Post messages tagging your Electeds. Urge 'em to vote yes/no, thank them for standing strong, ask them to fight.
Fill in the blanks and click post! Join our trainings.
#Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/O7djtW7Z
Tell YOUR Electeds to Please Grow a Spine - Let's get Loud!
social.fieldteam6.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Calling your Senators/Reps daily, going to protests.
Anything else you can do?
Yes! Post messages tagging your Electeds. Urge 'em to vote yes/no, thank them for standing strong, ask them to fight.
Fill in the blanks and click post! Join our trainings.
#Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/O7djtW7Z
Anything else you can do?
Yes! Post messages tagging your Electeds. Urge 'em to vote yes/no, thank them for standing strong, ask them to fight.
Fill in the blanks and click post! Join our trainings.
#Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/O7djtW7Z
No one saves democracy alone. But together? We're unstoppable. @FieldTeam6.org loves to partner w/other organizations. We can help your org - for free - run in-person voter drives, textbanks, postcarding. Tuesdays at 12p PT/3p ET #StrongerTogether #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/vEyVsyfv
RSVP here
social.fieldteam6.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
No one saves democracy alone. But together? We're unstoppable. @FieldTeam6.org loves to partner w/other organizations. We can help your org - for free - run in-person voter drives, textbanks, postcarding. Tuesdays at 12p PT/3p ET #StrongerTogether #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/vEyVsyfv
For all the criticism of WAPO, this is a valuable story Trump is trying to change how the midterm elections are conducted - The Washington Post. #elections #attacksonvoting
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
For all the criticism of WAPO, this is a valuable story Trump is trying to change how the midterm elections are conducted - The Washington Post. #elections #attacksonvoting
Who is keeping count of the daily cruelty? Is there way where referenced/sourced posts can be posted? Here is the latest www.threads.com/@meidastouch...
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) on Threads
NEWS: Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Mark and Melissa Hortman, released statements after Trump reposted false claims about their parents’ deaths. Sophie Hortman urged Trump to remove the po...
www.threads.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Who is keeping count of the daily cruelty? Is there way where referenced/sourced posts can be posted? Here is the latest www.threads.com/@meidastouch...
I just signed up for Gearing Up for the 2026 Legislative Session. Open to the public redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/geari...
Gearing Up for the 2026 Legislative Session
Greetings!
We will gather on January 6th at St. Andrews Lutheran Church at 209 Colorado Avenue in Ames. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the program will begin at 7pm.
Three local leg...
redwineblue.controlshift.app
January 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I just signed up for Gearing Up for the 2026 Legislative Session. Open to the public redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/geari...
Disagree with HCR. Nothing was proposed on campaign finance, conflict-of-interest, or creating an independent city-level inspector general. itself.://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-2-2026?utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=194728146 #HCR
Ralph Rosenberg on Letters from an American
I tread carefully when critiquing Heather Cox Richardson, whose work I value, but I think she skims past a correctable error here. The brief mention of the mayor’s repeal of Adams’s executive orders u...
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Disagree with HCR. Nothing was proposed on campaign finance, conflict-of-interest, or creating an independent city-level inspector general. itself.://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-2-2026?utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=194728146 #HCR
Note Ian Bremmer's predictions for 2026. Our candidates for office should keep these in front of them. semafor.com/s/1UQ8wijcDJ
🟡 Semafor Flagship: ‘Nothing to lose’ | Semafor
Iran’s widening protests turn deadly, Zohran Mamdani takes office as New York City’s mayor, and IPO and M&A activity are looking up.
semafor.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Note Ian Bremmer's predictions for 2026. Our candidates for office should keep these in front of them. semafor.com/s/1UQ8wijcDJ
Today Trump is meeting with President Zelenskyy. Let’s see how much he cares about the Christians in Ukraine.
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
December 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today Trump is meeting with President Zelenskyy. Let’s see how much he cares about the Christians in Ukraine.
We are being tricked into hating each other open.substack.com/pub/anandwri... #cultureofhate, #beneficiariesofhate
Ralph Rosenberg on The.Ink
This substack brings to mind Tara Westover's comments that I have used to describe the "industry of hate" powered by technology, which accelerates and reinforces the rigidity of our positions. Her an...
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We are being tricked into hating each other open.substack.com/pub/anandwri... #cultureofhate, #beneficiariesofhate
Will these comments help the Reiner family and our society cope with these murders? Our President has displayed some compassion with the deaths or murders of people whose views he agreed with. This is the latest example of how empathy continues to be missing. open.substack.com/pub/chriscil...
Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death proves he is a bad, bad person
Awful.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Will these comments help the Reiner family and our society cope with these murders? Our President has displayed some compassion with the deaths or murders of people whose views he agreed with. This is the latest example of how empathy continues to be missing. open.substack.com/pub/chriscil...
I appreciate Appelbaums writing. I expect political leaders to ask for his firing. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I appreciate Appelbaums writing. I expect political leaders to ask for his firing. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Great presentation on the issues of the day—great candidate-I wish he was running in Iowa youtube.com/watch?v=SYwP...
Streetlights | Chris Jones for Congress
YouTube video by Chris Jones
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great presentation on the issues of the day—great candidate-I wish he was running in Iowa youtube.com/watch?v=SYwP...
How do grassroots values translate into votes?
Discover answers in today's webinar featuring Will Robinson.
A project of the Grassroots Iowa Network. Register in advance for this meeting:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
VALUES TO VOTES Webinar 5: The Path Forward for Progressives
Discover answers in today's webinar featuring Will Robinson.
A project of the Grassroots Iowa Network. Register in advance for this meeting:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
VALUES TO VOTES Webinar 5: The Path Forward for Progressives
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: VALUES TO VOTES: The Path Forward for Progressives -- Reclaiming Connections. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the mee...
The 5th Values to Votes webinar features Will Robinson, founding partner of the New Media Firm and nationally recognized electoral strategist and media consultant. Will also has strong connections wit...
us02web.zoom.us
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How do grassroots values translate into votes?
Discover answers in today's webinar featuring Will Robinson.
A project of the Grassroots Iowa Network. Register in advance for this meeting:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
VALUES TO VOTES Webinar 5: The Path Forward for Progressives
Discover answers in today's webinar featuring Will Robinson.
A project of the Grassroots Iowa Network. Register in advance for this meeting:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
VALUES TO VOTES Webinar 5: The Path Forward for Progressives
Thanks Barb Leach. And opponents to Trump/MAGA continue 'Monumental failures' in connecting this with what Trump is doing to lives, from destroying safety nets for older, or disabled Americans, to our democracy. Trump's Monument to His Failure open.substack.com/pub/leachb/p...
Trump's Monument to His Failure
? Will a new dance hall for the White House be enough to distract us from our government's failures ?
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thanks Barb Leach. And opponents to Trump/MAGA continue 'Monumental failures' in connecting this with what Trump is doing to lives, from destroying safety nets for older, or disabled Americans, to our democracy. Trump's Monument to His Failure open.substack.com/pub/leachb/p...
Deserving and Descriptive of Reality. open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...
Dislike and Disdain
Trump expresses his true feelings about America and Americans
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Deserving and Descriptive of Reality. open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...
Dennis Goldford always writes on a topic and perspective that I unique. I am glad he wrote this column, headed Wrong about Rights open.substack.com/pub/dennisgo...
Ralph Rosenberg on Let's Talk Politics
Ingrassia's toxic views weren't just morally repulsive—they were constitutionally illiterate. Dennis shows how fundamentally un-American this nominee was. Most people swim in noise that drowns out wh...
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Dennis Goldford always writes on a topic and perspective that I unique. I am glad he wrote this column, headed Wrong about Rights open.substack.com/pub/dennisgo...
An invite to central Iowa book launches. The author, Curt Meine, is senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. His other books include the biography of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work. To learn more about the Johnson Center for Land Stewardship Policy, visit www.landcommunity.org.
October 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
An invite to central Iowa book launches. The author, Curt Meine, is senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. His other books include the biography of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work. To learn more about the Johnson Center for Land Stewardship Policy, visit www.landcommunity.org.
Iowa's water quality problem demands a state and federal legislative solution—voluntary efforts are failing. We can ask all candidates: 1) Do you acknowledge the crisis? 2) What are your 3 enforceable solutions? #IowaCleanWater elpc.org/news/environ...
October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Iowa's water quality problem demands a state and federal legislative solution—voluntary efforts are failing. We can ask all candidates: 1) Do you acknowledge the crisis? 2) What are your 3 enforceable solutions? #IowaCleanWater elpc.org/news/environ...
Noah and other writers use the term Christofascism which for most Americans is neither relatable nor direct. How about using “Religion as a political weapon.” or “When faith forgets humility. Origin of Trump www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-origin... #trumporigin, #religionandtrump
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Noah and other writers use the term Christofascism which for most Americans is neither relatable nor direct. How about using “Religion as a political weapon.” or “When faith forgets humility. Origin of Trump www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-origin... #trumporigin, #religionandtrump
Before June 18th, Let's Review History Lessons on Protests open.substack.com/pub/ralphros...
The Double-Edged Sword: Why Modern Protests Shift Culture and Force the Issue, But Need a Strategy to Win National Change
Visibility is Not Victory: The Critical Steps to Convert Protest Energy into 2024 and 2026 Policy Wins.
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Before June 18th, Let's Review History Lessons on Protests open.substack.com/pub/ralphros...
Power to local press. The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago www.stopthepresses.news/p/the-press-...
The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago
Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable
www.stopthepresses.news
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Power to local press. The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago www.stopthepresses.news/p/the-press-...
Sobering, sad and important reading www.threads.com/@vermontgmg/...
Garrett Graff (@vermontgmg) on Threads
America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. h...
www.threads.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sobering, sad and important reading www.threads.com/@vermontgmg/...
Scot offers so many ideas. I recommend to both break it into pieces to best appreciate and apply it within your activist group. Strategic Narrative Assessment
open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...
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Strategic Narrative Assessment
Part 2 of the Three R's Framework
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Scot offers so many ideas. I recommend to both break it into pieces to best appreciate and apply it within your activist group. Strategic Narrative Assessment
open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...
open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...
The 3 R's—argues cultural and narrative strategies weaken authoritarian power. By refusing to cooperate, building alternative institutions, and using humor to puncture fear, people erode the myths of inevitability, invincibility, and indispensability. open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...
The Three R's Framework
Narrative and Cultural Strategies Against Autocracy
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The 3 R's—argues cultural and narrative strategies weaken authoritarian power. By refusing to cooperate, building alternative institutions, and using humor to puncture fear, people erode the myths of inevitability, invincibility, and indispensability. open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...