Susan Nelson
@susaniniowa.bsky.social
Democrat, Rural IA02, iowawingding.com board member
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In addition: Also, in Iowa, @burnsforiowa.bsky.social overperformed by 11 points in a district Trump won by 51 points…
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In addition: Also, in Iowa, @burnsforiowa.bsky.social overperformed by 11 points in a district Trump won by 51 points…
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Has there ever been a better use case for this?
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Has there ever been a better use case for this?
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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In the last 10 years, China has bought at least 22.6mmt of U.S. soybeans (2018 being the lone exception).
To date in 2025, China has bought just under 3mmt.
$12B to U.S. farmers
$40B to Argentina
To date in 2025, China has bought just under 3mmt.
$12B to U.S. farmers
$40B to Argentina
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In the last 10 years, China has bought at least 22.6mmt of U.S. soybeans (2018 being the lone exception).
To date in 2025, China has bought just under 3mmt.
$12B to U.S. farmers
$40B to Argentina
To date in 2025, China has bought just under 3mmt.
$12B to U.S. farmers
$40B to Argentina
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The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
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To date, China has purchased less than 2 million metric tons (mmt) of the “agreed” 12 mmt of soybeans this year.
This administration continues to get played by China.
This administration continues to get played by China.
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
To date, China has purchased less than 2 million metric tons (mmt) of the “agreed” 12 mmt of soybeans this year.
This administration continues to get played by China.
This administration continues to get played by China.
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
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It’s interesting that one plant closing is all over the news but nothing about the nearly 107,000 cattle farmers/ranchers that have gone out of business in the last 5 years due to packers monopoly…
Tyson Foods announced Friday that it will close its beef plant in Lexington, a move that will put hundreds of people out of jobs in the central Nebraska community.
Tyson announces plan to close plant in Lexington
nebraskapublicmedia.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It’s interesting that one plant closing is all over the news but nothing about the nearly 107,000 cattle farmers/ranchers that have gone out of business in the last 5 years due to packers monopoly…
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I have visited 8 out of the 22 counties already, and have 6 stops this weekend! I’m ready to meet folks in Hardin, Grundy, Butler, and Bremer tomorrow and Fayette and Delaware on Sunday! Find the stop near you with the link in bio!
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I have visited 8 out of the 22 counties already, and have 6 stops this weekend! I’m ready to meet folks in Hardin, Grundy, Butler, and Bremer tomorrow and Fayette and Delaware on Sunday! Find the stop near you with the link in bio!
Some good ideas here. I am not a fan of term limits, which empower lobbyists and deprive us of public servants with deep knowledge and experience like Tom Harkin.
OTOH Chuck Grassley is an excellent argument for age limits.
OTOH Chuck Grassley is an excellent argument for age limits.
In light of the rampant corruption we see every day from our elected officials, including & especially Rep. Miller-Meeks, I'm introducing a reform agenda to bring trust back to Congress.
I pledge to reject the influence of billionaires & special interests--and to put Iowans first.
I pledge to reject the influence of billionaires & special interests--and to put Iowans first.
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Some good ideas here. I am not a fan of term limits, which empower lobbyists and deprive us of public servants with deep knowledge and experience like Tom Harkin.
OTOH Chuck Grassley is an excellent argument for age limits.
OTOH Chuck Grassley is an excellent argument for age limits.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thank you @ewarren. Get Summers off the Democrats’ 2029 policy planning as well.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thank you @ewarren. Get Summers off the Democrats’ 2029 policy planning as well.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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The press contact for FACE THE NATION is amanda.leonard@paramount.com if anyone wants to explain to them why people might care about a massive pedophile sex trafficking ring that apparently implicates the president and several other powerful men.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The press contact for FACE THE NATION is amanda.leonard@paramount.com if anyone wants to explain to them why people might care about a massive pedophile sex trafficking ring that apparently implicates the president and several other powerful men.
This is excellent.
Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is excellent.
Russ Vought will keep on withholding funds he should be spending, regardless of what Senators Shaheen & Co think about it.
Here's the part that gets me on the shutdown: The section prohibiting Trump from firing workers is great! But it wasn't carried through to stop rescissions & withheld funds.
That Democrats knew how to write a No Kings budget, then only passed a tiny section of it to get Tim Kaine's vote, is galling.
That Democrats knew how to write a No Kings budget, then only passed a tiny section of it to get Tim Kaine's vote, is galling.
The Most Frustrating Thing About the Shutdown Cave - The American Prospect
Senate Democrats actually know how to use their power to counter Donald Trump and ensure that legislative funding gets spent—but this continuing resolution makes it clear they chose not to.
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Russ Vought will keep on withholding funds he should be spending, regardless of what Senators Shaheen & Co think about it.
"Whatever the returns to moderation are will now be swamped by internal civil war, a collapse in fundraising, the betrayal of voters who turned out in huge numbers literally five days ago, an irreversible crisis of confidence in the current leadership." bsky.app/profile/bria...
Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
"Whatever the returns to moderation are will now be swamped by internal civil war, a collapse in fundraising, the betrayal of voters who turned out in huge numbers literally five days ago, an irreversible crisis of confidence in the current leadership." bsky.app/profile/bria...
I'm looking to see not only which Senate Dem candidates oppose this surrender (all of them will) but also where they go beyond this with respect to senate leadership.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Iowa Senate candidates who took a position against the vote: @sageforiowa.bsky.social @zachwahls.bsky.social Also @taylorwettachforcongress.com in IA01. I have not seen any others.
Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Iowa Senate candidates who took a position against the vote: @sageforiowa.bsky.social @zachwahls.bsky.social Also @taylorwettachforcongress.com in IA01. I have not seen any others.
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When I’m in Congress, the “deals” I make won’t leave hundreds of thousands of Iowans facing skyrocketing health care costs. I won’t abandon you because I don’t answer to party bosses or toe the line. I’ll answer to Iowans.
#IA01
#IA01
JUST IN: A bipartisan Senate deal has been reached to fund the government through January 30 and to set a vote on an Affordable Care Act bill in December, according to a source familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/47zobyt
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
When I’m in Congress, the “deals” I make won’t leave hundreds of thousands of Iowans facing skyrocketing health care costs. I won’t abandon you because I don’t answer to party bosses or toe the line. I’ll answer to Iowans.
#IA01
#IA01
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Senate Democrats shouldn’t cave — when health care for hard working Iowa families on the line, you fight. This is a bad deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Senate Democrats shouldn’t cave — when health care for hard working Iowa families on the line, you fight. This is a bad deal.
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Any vote that doesn't guarantee an extension to the ACA tax credits isn't a deal worth taking.
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Any vote that doesn't guarantee an extension to the ACA tax credits isn't a deal worth taking.