Tammy Zimmer

Why I hate unitary executive theory with a strength of 10,000 suns. Turns out having a President who exercises total control over hiring and firing creates perverse incentives for people to commit to one man over a democracy.

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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

“Dems cannot pretend this is a normal Republican administration. They cannot ignore masked agents in the streets, armed troops in the cities, billions of dollars of money going into the Trump family’s pockets… If Dems cannot make an issue out of all that, then they are screwed and so are we.”

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There were other special elections held yesterday, and perhaps that is the case with one of them. I certainly understand your concern about Republican bullies; we have witnessed some of that in the Senate chamber.

That is not true. There is no run-off. The election will be certified, and Catelin will take her place in Senate chambers in January 2026.

It was a huge GOTV effort from Democrats throughout Iowa; thousands of postcards written, phone calls made, and doors knocked. Special elections are notorious for low voter turnout, but Catelin, Odin, Tyler, Janice, and crew worked very hard for this result!

Mike is my husband, and the seat was Republican before the special election. Trump won the district by +21 in November, and Mike, a Democrat, won his seat by +4.

Mike Zimmer won Senate District 35 in January in a special election by 25 percentage points. Republicans are vulnerable.

We're keeping an eye on Iowa Senate District 1 special election on August 26th. Catelin Drey is an excellent candidate for the Democrats and has generated a lot of excitement. She could be the candidate to break the Republican supermajority.

Old Man Transparency Chuck Grassley Confesses He Covered Up the ICA Annex for Five Years - emptywheel Chuck Grassley bragged of transparency yesterday when he released a document -- the ICA annex summarizing the Steele dossier -- he's been sitting on for over five years.

Old Man Transparency Chuck Grassley Confesses He Covered Up the ICA Annex for Five Years

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There may be Democratic primaries for both districts (at least 2 candidates in 03 and 3 candidates in 01 at this point), but there are solid choices in the mix. I am optimistic.

I live in Iowa, have met and talked indepth with Catelin Drey, and she is the real deal. There are many Democrats statewide who are working for the win!

Pesticide Immunity Listen now | An aerial‑spray accident wiped out an entire season of Rob’s diversified vegetable production—along with his CSA commitments. Now he’s fighting “pesticide‑immunity” bills moving through s...

In 2012, Rob Faux was bringing water out to the hens on his organic farm in northeast Iowa when a plane flew over and sprayed pesticides on him, his partner, and his farm. Not once, but twelve times.

Listen: attheiowafarmtable.substack.com/p/drenched-i...

High Costs Have Ended America’s Love Affair With Cars You love them, you want them, you can’t live without them…and they’re costing you a fortune in repairs, insurance and shockingly expensive replacement parts. Dan Neil on why our national obsession wit...

ICYMI gift link to a jaw-dropping, fascinating WSJ article about the auto industry by Dan Neil, the best automotive reporter in the U.S. mho. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

DHS posts explicitly Christian nationalist and violent video about how ICE/CBP is delivering the Lord's justice

My husband and I were visiting my daughter in Minnesota earlier this week and I wish that I could bottle the feeling within me when my four-year-old granddaughter is singing in her room, oblivious to the world around her. I miss this feeling the most from life with children.

This is one of the most important missions the Catholic Church could have at this point in history.

“If you wonder whether Medicaid is important in Iowa… more than 600,000 Iowans are enrolled in Medicaid. That’s almost 20 percent of the state, including 2 in 5 children. 50 percent of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. So… the funding is life or death for many,” Sen. Ernst.
-Dan Rather

Opinion | We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower The president’s assault on science dangerously undermines America’s superpower status.

We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower

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Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse

The Democrat’s top line ad theme for the midterms…

They’re doing the meme.

Democrats in Iowa are working hard to recruit good candidates to run next year. My husband won a special election in January in a district that went for Trump +21, and the Republicans have done themselves no favors during this last Iowa legislative session.

House budget bill’s top farm subsidy loopholes and giveaways Farm subsidies already favor the largest farms. The budget reconciliation bill is packed with loopholes that would make the problem worse.

New post by Geoff Horsfield and Anne Schechinger of the Environmental Working Group: House budget bill’s top farm subsidy loopholes and giveaways
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House Republicans passed their bill that’d rip health insurance from millions and take food assistance away from millions including households with kids as young as 7 in the largest Medicaid and SNAP cuts in history - while giving giant tax cuts to the rich.

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Maquoketa IA

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