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If you’re in Iowa House District 7, go vote for Rachel Burns today!!! 🇺🇸

Good for them.

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

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Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."

A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.

The Epstein floodgates are about to open.

NYT is now reporting that the White House is trying to convince Republicans not to vote for the discharge petition, most recently meeting with Boebert.

They’re also pressuring Mace.

Is the dam finally breaking? The scandal appears to me to reach to the highest seats of international power and money #epstein

Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.

All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run “I think we need to rethink agriculture,” the professor-turned-advocate tells Sentient.

EXCLUSIVE: Former University of Iowa professor Chris Jones has announced an exploratory committee for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, a major step toward running for office. @ninaelkadi.com reports:

Yes, please.

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Our polling place didn’t have stickers, so I made my own.

PS. Thank you to all the poll workers who put in what was probably a 15-hour day. Much appreciated!

It’s a good night for democracy.

Aerial photo shows complete demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

45/47 said the new White House ballroom “won't interfere with the current building. … It will be near it but not touching it.” Hah. The entire East Wing was demolished. And how long before the West Wing follows in order to have symmetry in the palace complex.

nteresting that these companies are okay with spending money for bribes to the tune of tens of millions of dollars but are not interested in just paying taxes.

Iowa Congressional District 4 event Saturday Oct 25 in Storm Lake. Presented by the Iowa Democratic Women’s Caucus. Focus is campaign training; congressional and house candidates will be speaking as well. Info and registration at www.idpwomenscaucus.com.

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Blocked ‘em.

All the money being spent on ICE deportation and detentions could IMO have been used to create a world-class immigrant screening system, fair and humane quotas, job placements, and a sensible path to citizenship.

Where are all of the pro trump rallies ?
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No Kings rally in Washington, Iowa.

How The GOP Treats Innocent Mistakes as Fraud To Promote a Noncitizen Voting Panic How The GOP Treats Innocent Mistakes as Fraud To Promote a Noncitizen Voting Panic

How The GOP Treats Innocent Mistakes as Fraud To Promote a Noncitizen Voting Panic. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...

RFKJr: We didn’t really find the cause of autism so we’d better make something up.

Sad that opinions are a part of this topic. It’s simple science.

The utter stupidity of this timeline cannot be understated.

No one knows the day or the hour, except it’s this Tuesday. #rapture

Cancelled. I’m not sorry.

Good for her. Maybe the legal jeopardy will chill some of the overreach.

Thanks to the President’s tariff policy, one of my preferred hair products is unavailable.