Steph
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Suburban soccer mom starting to pay attention
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The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.
This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.
I thought it was parody at first. It’s not. A well educated black man in a position of power was clearly too much of a threat to our local politicians. I am once again discouraged and embarrassed by my home state.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents
The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was arrested Friday after fleeing ...
www.iowapublicradio.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I thought it was parody at first. It’s not. A well educated black man in a position of power was clearly too much of a threat to our local politicians. I am once again discouraged and embarrassed by my home state.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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The pre-vaccine era was HELL for kids.
We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines.
#VACCINES cause Adults!
We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines.
#VACCINES cause Adults!
September 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The pre-vaccine era was HELL for kids.
We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines.
#VACCINES cause Adults!
We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines.
#VACCINES cause Adults!
Y’all. Iowa is in the news and I’m not embarrassed about it!
August 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Y’all. Iowa is in the news and I’m not embarrassed about it!
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For decades, the CDC has led federal efforts to study and prevent gun violence. Now, Trump’s sweeping cuts are threatening to erase that progress.
Gun violence is a public health crisis — and we can’t solve it without data. Learn how these cuts could undermine lifesaving solutions.
Gun violence is a public health crisis — and we can’t solve it without data. Learn how these cuts could undermine lifesaving solutions.
CDC Data Is Helping Combat Gun Violence. But It’s at Risk of Disappearing.
As the Trump administration pushes deep cuts to the CDC, we’ve compiled 10 examples of how the agency’s gun violence work has shaped policy and prevention.
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August 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For decades, the CDC has led federal efforts to study and prevent gun violence. Now, Trump’s sweeping cuts are threatening to erase that progress.
Gun violence is a public health crisis — and we can’t solve it without data. Learn how these cuts could undermine lifesaving solutions.
Gun violence is a public health crisis — and we can’t solve it without data. Learn how these cuts could undermine lifesaving solutions.
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BREAKING: We just subpoenaed the Epstein files.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
July 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
BREAKING: We just subpoenaed the Epstein files.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
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In 37 days, there will be a special election for Iowa’s 1st State Senate District. If Democrats flip this seat, we will break the Republican supermajority.
Democrat Catelin Drey is a new mom who founded “Moms for Iowa.” Donate or volunteer to keep extreme right Christopher Prosch out of this seat.
Democrat Catelin Drey is a new mom who founded “Moms for Iowa.” Donate or volunteer to keep extreme right Christopher Prosch out of this seat.
July 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In 37 days, there will be a special election for Iowa’s 1st State Senate District. If Democrats flip this seat, we will break the Republican supermajority.
Democrat Catelin Drey is a new mom who founded “Moms for Iowa.” Donate or volunteer to keep extreme right Christopher Prosch out of this seat.
Democrat Catelin Drey is a new mom who founded “Moms for Iowa.” Donate or volunteer to keep extreme right Christopher Prosch out of this seat.
lol sob
July 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
lol sob
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be.
June 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be.
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1.1 million pounds of nitrate-nitrogen will pass through the city of Cedar Rapids today in the Cedar River. That's equivalent to the contents of 322 of these. One day, one river, in Iowa.
waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_0...
waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_0...
June 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
1.1 million pounds of nitrate-nitrogen will pass through the city of Cedar Rapids today in the Cedar River. That's equivalent to the contents of 322 of these. One day, one river, in Iowa.
waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_0...
waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_0...
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Reynolds' Healthy Kids Iowa program is projected to assist about 65,000 kids — around a quarter of the number summer EBT would have helped, the Iowa Hunger Coalition estimates. There are roughly 120,000 children in Iowa experiencing chronic hunger.
Iowa summer food assistance program falls short on convenience, choices, critics say - Little Village
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “healthier and cheaper” alternative to federal summer food assistance programs is again facing criticism that it is less convenient and covers fewer food-insecure Iowans than the na...
littlevillagemag.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reynolds' Healthy Kids Iowa program is projected to assist about 65,000 kids — around a quarter of the number summer EBT would have helped, the Iowa Hunger Coalition estimates. There are roughly 120,000 children in Iowa experiencing chronic hunger.
Unsolicited opinion: Juneteenth to this suburban white woman is a celebration that we can advance as a society and recognize past wrongs. It is also so very heart wrenching to know that freedom was withheld those additional years. What hardships and torture could have been avoided?
June 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Unsolicited opinion: Juneteenth to this suburban white woman is a celebration that we can advance as a society and recognize past wrongs. It is also so very heart wrenching to know that freedom was withheld those additional years. What hardships and torture could have been avoided?
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I will turn 50 this September. I was born in 1975, and I represent the only generation of American women born with full rights that have been lost in the same lifetime.
My generation has witnessed anti-progress. A cultivated backpedal.
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My generation has witnessed anti-progress. A cultivated backpedal.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Gen X: The Only Generation of American Women to Live With Rights
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
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June 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I will turn 50 this September. I was born in 1975, and I represent the only generation of American women born with full rights that have been lost in the same lifetime.
My generation has witnessed anti-progress. A cultivated backpedal.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
My generation has witnessed anti-progress. A cultivated backpedal.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Things I want to know and am not seeing in my newsfeed: 1. What’s next after No Kings protests? 2. What do the shifts in DNC leadership mean for our ability to impact down ticket elections? 3. Do the political assassinations impact our ability to recruit strong candidates for the same? #iowa
June 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Things I want to know and am not seeing in my newsfeed: 1. What’s next after No Kings protests? 2. What do the shifts in DNC leadership mean for our ability to impact down ticket elections? 3. Do the political assassinations impact our ability to recruit strong candidates for the same? #iowa
Time to revisit this list and make it happen. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | 21 Unexpected Heavy Hitters for a Democratic Shadow Cabinet
Here’s who the party should tap to take on Trump and refresh the Democratic brand.
www.politico.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Time to revisit this list and make it happen. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
These guys. Back when bromance was bromance.
June 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
These guys. Back when bromance was bromance.
I participated in a litter cleanup near the Raccoon River yesterday. At first I was angry. How dare these homeless vagrants leave so much detritus about! And then I got sad. How dare we allow people to live without basic sanitation?
June 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I participated in a litter cleanup near the Raccoon River yesterday. At first I was angry. How dare these homeless vagrants leave so much detritus about! And then I got sad. How dare we allow people to live without basic sanitation?
www.iconwatertrails.com is doing some really cool work - check them out Central Iowa!
Home - Iowa Confluence Water Trails
Once complete, ICON will connect 80-plus improvements across 150 miles of rivers and creeks in Central Iowa. Learn more about the project and its activities.
www.iconwatertrails.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
www.iconwatertrails.com is doing some really cool work - check them out Central Iowa!
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" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
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Des Moines/Central Iowa
Saturday, June 14
NO KINGS
Saturday, June 14
NO KINGS
June 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Des Moines/Central Iowa
Saturday, June 14
NO KINGS
Saturday, June 14
NO KINGS
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The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
June 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
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