Preacher's Kid
@m-de.bsky.social
Preacher's kid from Iowa. Loves dogs. Believes in supporting public education, the right to manage our own bodies, all individuals deserve equal opportunities and protection of fundamental rights and fiscal responsibility. Former Republican.
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November 20, 2025
November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
November 20, 2025
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November 19, 2025
November 19, 2025
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
November 19, 2025
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We love our free busses in Iowa City. Stress free too www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We love our free busses in Iowa City. Stress free too www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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November 13, 2025
November 13, 2025
We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
November 13, 2025
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November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
November 5, 2025
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Bird watching! Unclenched jaw. Catching up on "The Gilded Age"! @petridishes.bsky.social imagines Speaker Mike Johnson's break from the news:
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Bird watching! Unclenched jaw. Catching up on "The Gilded Age"! @petridishes.bsky.social imagines Speaker Mike Johnson's break from the news:
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November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
November 4, 2025
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Iowa ranks last among states for the number of OB-GYNS per capita. State legislators are trying to recruit more, but some doctors say the state's strict abortion ban is partially to blame. n.pr/493YcAm
Iowa doesn't have enough OB-GYNs. Is the state's abortion ban part of the problem?
Iowa ranks last among states for the number of OB-GYNS per capita. State legislators are trying to recruit more, but some doctors say the state's strict abortion ban is partially to blame.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Iowa ranks last among states for the number of OB-GYNS per capita. State legislators are trying to recruit more, but some doctors say the state's strict abortion ban is partially to blame. n.pr/493YcAm
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“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Religious leaders' request to give Communion to detainees at Broadview facility is denied again
Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass. The request was denied, according to a statement from the vil...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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October 29, 2025
October 29, 2025
Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
October 29, 2025
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Area developer finally gets his wish: the ability to fire all the inspectors. 🤡
@ddiamond.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Area developer finally gets his wish: the ability to fire all the inspectors. 🤡
@ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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October 24, 2025
October 24, 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has canceled House business again next week, meaning that over the last 17 weeks, the House of Representatives will have worked on Capitol Hill for just 20 days.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
October 24, 2025
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October 23, 2025
October 23, 2025
Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program mo...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
October 23, 2025
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He definitely can’t say he’s been “a little busy” in the past month
I DON’T KNOW that there’s ever been a more feckless, cowardly squeaker of the house than Mike Johnson.
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
He definitely can’t say he’s been “a little busy” in the past month
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Like any shady contractor, ..
.. begging for forgiveness > asking for permission. 🤡
.. begging for forgiveness > asking for permission. 🤡
The White House said on Tuesday it will submit plans for President Donald Trump's $250 million White House ballroom project to a body that oversees federal building construction, even though demolition work began earlier this week reut.rs/4ndTcfL
October 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Like any shady contractor, ..
.. begging for forgiveness > asking for permission. 🤡
.. begging for forgiveness > asking for permission. 🤡
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Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.
DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
October 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.
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I'm at the Democratic nominating convention for Iowa Senate district 16 in West Des Moines.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm at the Democratic nominating convention for Iowa Senate district 16 in West Des Moines.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
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This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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