Reposted by Amie RiversLaborLab @laborlab.bsky.social · 18hThe Autozone win is a big dealaflcio.orgService & Solidarity Spotlight: AutoZone Workers Vote to Join UAW, First for Nationwide Chain | AFL-CIOWorkers at an AutoZone location in White Plains, New York, have made history by voting to join UAW Local 259, making them the first store at the country’s largest auto parts retailer to organize for a... 075
Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 5hFrom Escucha Mi Voz / Iowa City Catholic Worker: After more than 20 years in this country, ICE detained Fatou Traore on her way to work in Iowa City. Now she faces deportation to a country she has never visited. 📅 Wednesday, Sept. 30 • 5 PM 📍 Ped Mall Fountain Stage, downtown Iowa City 164
Reposted by Amie RiversKCRG-TV9 @kcrg.com · 25/09/2026Family holds vigil for 10-year-old who died on school field trip READ MORE: www.kcrg.com/2026/09/25/family-hold… 041
Reposted by Amie RiversLittle Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The mobile “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room” parked in Cedar Rapids on Sunday between stops in Des Moines and Iowa City. It marked the first time Epstein survivors have made an appearance alongside the bookmobile, which is on a national tour.littlevillagemag.comPhotos: Epstein survivors speak in Cedar Rapids as bookmobile of released files tours Midwest - Little VillageThe rolling “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room” stopped in Des Moines, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids last week. On Sunday, Raygun hosted the bookmobile at its CR retail store, as ... 1105
Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Journalists may not have much. But we retain the right to call the frauds and bootlickers masquerading as the pillars of the media industry a bunch of scumbags." 051
Reposted by Amie RiversKCRG-TV9 @kcrg.com · 27/09/2026Would you support a 32-hour work week? A bill in Congress could make it the standard nationwide, but one Cedar Rapids company already offers the option. READ MORE AT KCRG .COM 021
Reposted by Amie RiversKCCI 8 News @kcci.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hang it in the Louvre 📷 Gregory Shamus/Getty Images 0189
Reposted by Amie RiversErin Murphy @erindmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A $15 billion steel plant, the largest in U.S. history, is coming to Iowa. President Trump will announce this afternoon from the Oval Office. All according to the White House. www.thegazette.com/news/state/l...thegazette.comLargest-ever U.S. steel plant coming to Iowa, White House saysMesabi Metallics plans a $15 billion investment that will create 1,750 new jobs, the White House says 422
Reposted by Amie RiversThe Sidney Hillman Foundation @sidneyhillman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026youtube.comBREAKING: MS NOW reporter DENIED access to White House despite judge's rulingYouTube video by MS NOW 021
Reposted by Amie RiversMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: Despite a federal judge ordering the Trump administration to immediately restore CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s access to the White House, a Politico reporter was barred from entering the White House this morning and had his credentials seized. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comPOLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring accessThe Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri... 14308108
Reposted by Amie RiversErin Murphy @erindmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.thegazette.com/news/state/i...thegazette.comIowa judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollsterA judge in Iowa has dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and its former pollster. Trump sued in December 2024, accusing pollster J. Ann Selzer and 041
Reposted by Amie RiversKCRG-TV9 @kcrg.com · 24/09/2026A missing student and teacher's body have been recovered from Lake Macbride on Wednesday. Both victims have been officially identified by authorities. www.kcrg.com/2026/09/23/students-bo… 021
Reposted by Amie RiversIowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 24/09/2026U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly early Thursday issued an order that temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s ban of three news organizations from the White House, Jane Norman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/09/24/r...iowacapitaldispatch.comFederal judge orders White House to restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets • Iowa Capital DispatchA federal judge has temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s ban of three news organizations from the White House. 022
Reposted by Amie RiversPaul Deaton @pauldeaton-ia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Local reporting on Rob Sand's 1,000+ person town hall in Cedar Rapids last night. homegrowniowan.com/record-campa...homegrowniowan.comRecord campaign turnout for Rob Sand in Cedar RapidsIowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand answers questions from members of the media on Sept. 23, 2026, before speaking to a crowd of more than 1,000 people in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish) CE... 161
Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Despite a new state law allowing counties to increase county road speeds to 60 mph, Black Hawk County is keeping theirs at 55. youtu.be/r3joUQVEUM8?...youtu.beBlack Hawk County Board of Supervisors Meeting - 09-22-2026YouTube video by Black Hawk County Iowa 010
Reposted by Amie RiversHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Allowing the most powerful segment of society to opt out of public services inevitably makes public services worse. This is why the existence of private schools inevitably makes public schools worse. A simple fact that seems hard for many to admit. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/private-sc...hamiltonnolan.comPrivate Schools Are Bad for SocietyThe starting point for any honest discussion. 13455124
Reposted by Amie RiversIowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 22/09/2026Trump administration says individuals and industries may kill endangered animals in the course of logging projects, developments and other activities — so long as the activity’s purpose isn’t killing species, Stateline reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/09/22/r...iowacapitaldispatch.comTrump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species • Iowa Capital DispatchThe Trump administration says endangered species may be lawfully killed in the course of logging projects, developments and other activities. 085
Reposted by Amie RiversKCRG-TV9 @kcrg.com · 22/09/2026Postville’s mayor tells KCRG that 400 of the 600 workers left without jobs after a fire at a meat processing plant have been rehired. www.kcrg.com/2026/09/22/agri-star-r… 011
Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Protest at Waterloo City Hall before the council meeting tonight about the Human Rights Commission: 030
Reposted by Amie RiversIowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 21/09/2026Longtime Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley urged Trump throughout the weekend to embargo diesel fuel exports as prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, impacting farmers' income, Ashley Murray reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/09/21/r...iowacapitaldispatch.comDiesel prices shoot upward as Sen. Chuck Grassley begs Trump for export embargo • Iowa Capital DispatchRepublican Sen. Chuck Grassley urged Trump to embargo diesel fuel exports as costs impact farmers in his largely agricultural state. 023
Reposted by Amie RiversZito @zeets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is all an effort to disappear responsibility. If it’s the AI’s fault then no person or entity beyond the computer can be blamed for it. The US killed 123 schoolchildren. 314337
Reposted by Amie RiversIowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 18/09/2026Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible interference from the Trump administration ahead of the midterm elections, now that they’ve won a major battle over mail ballots, Jacob Fischler reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/09/18/r...iowacapitaldispatch.comWith vote-by-mail court fight settled, attention shifts to protections at the polls • Iowa Capital DispatchVoting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now… 032
Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"The AI maniacs will never admit it publicly, but as original creative works become more scarce, the market is being forced, against its will, to recognize the value of human creativity and intelligence" 020
Reposted by Amie RiversMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 17/09/2026This Minnesota strike is believed to be the first walkout by private-sector hospital doctors in U.S. history.bit.lyStriking Allina doctors worried about AI and loss of control over medical careDoctors want better sick leave and other benefits from Allina Health, but they are particularly concerned about the health system’s ability to dictate how they practice medicine. 15517
Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Imagine the economy as a truck headed straight for a brick wall, but the driver is heavily invested in brick wall reconstruction, so there’s no chance of swerving." 010
Reposted by Amie RiversThe Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026On August 11, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network permanently ended the requirement that U.S. companies disclose who actually owns them and plans to delete the ownership information that companies have already reported. progressive.org/op-eds/trump...progressive.orgTrump’s Fraudulent War on FraudI worked in financial regulation and consumer protection for fifteen years. I have a hard time taking the administration’s campaign against fraud very seriously. 053
Reposted by Amie RiversMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026After today the U.S. House of Representatives is off until after the midterm elections. That's a month and a half paid vacation. 28506164
Reposted by Amie RiversKCRG-TV9 @kcrg.com · 16/09/2026Vice President J.D. Vance is coming to Iowa on Friday. Read more: www.kcrg.com/2026/09/16/vice-presid… 011
Reposted by Amie RiversIowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 16/09/2026A University of Iowa research project is attempting to develop a better understanding of arsenic in private drinking wells in Iowa and offering landowners, in certain counties, free testing for their wells, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/09/16/a...iowacapitaldispatch.comArsenic testing kits available to Iowa private well owners in certain counties • Iowa Capital DispatchA University of Iowa research project is attempting to develop a better understanding of arsenic in private drinking wells in Iowa. 052
Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026you mean force feeding it to us on every platform while it destroys our environment and oh by the way will probably kill us all, was not going good? 020
Reposted by Amie RiversSandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026well surely we the transes are somehow to blame 2184
Reposted by Amie RiversThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 16/09/2026For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump's ability to continue military action without congressional approval.bit.lyHouse votes for a third time to end the Iran war as conflict drags onFor a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran. The House approved a war powers resolution late Tuesday that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. 1428689
Reposted by Amie RiversLittle Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“The reason that we struggle with high prices and high corruption and high costs and a water quality crisis and a cancer crisis is because our political system works to reelect incumbents, it doesn’t work to serve us.” "We’ve had 10 years of one-party control. That’s what brought us here." 131
Reposted by Amie RiversLittle Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026With hundreds in attendance, Rob Sand extended the Q&A section of his town hall-style event at the IMU last night. But there was a familiar interjection when Sand confirmed he would exclude trans students from sports teams. "Coward!" littlevillagemag.com/rob-sand-iow... 072
Reposted by Amie RiversIowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 15/09/2026Research has shown little evidence that Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit has helped create more farms or bring younger farmers into Iowa agriculture, raising questions about whether the program changes trends, Investigate Midwest reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/09/15/d...iowacapitaldispatch.comDid Iowa's largest beginning farmer tax credit create more farms? • Iowa Capital DispatchResearchers have found little evidence that Iowa's Beginning Farmers Tax Credit has brought more or younger farmers into Iowa ag. 134
Reposted by Amie RiversEconomic Policy Institute @epi.org · 14/09/2026Worker power is for all workers, even those with a medical degree. ✊ Solidarity to Minnesota doctors launching the first-ever private hospital strike by MDs in US history! kstp.com/kstp-news/to...kstp.comAllina Health doctors begin 4-day strike at 2 Minnesota hospitalsMore than 150 Allina Health doctors are now on strike after contract talks ended on Sunday night without a deal. 1279
Reposted by Amie RiversBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 15/09/2026BREAKING: Tonight’s Supreme Court ruling is a victory for the millions of American citizens who rely on mail voting. The Trump administration tried to use the postal service to interfere in our elections: it failed. 1/2 619449
Reposted by Amie RiversHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Everyone is talking about the desperate need to slow down AI research but almost nobody is pointing out that AI employees can accomplish this themselves without the permission of their CEOs. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/unionize-aihamiltonnolan.comUnionize AIIs a strike less realistic than building a doomsday machine on purpose? 05311
Reposted by Amie RiversIowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 11/09/2026 Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001, Stateline reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/09/11/r...iowacapitaldispatch.comHow 9/11 changed the way America surveils its citizens • Iowa Capital DispatchTwenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath is part of a far larger digital ecosystem. 013
Reposted by Amie RiversKCCI 8 News @kcci.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The moment Caden Buhr sealed the Cy-Hawk game 🏈 081
Reposted by Amie RiversBarn Raiser @barnraiser.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here are the questions that constituents should ask their local governments about new data center projects: barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...barnraisingmedia.comDo Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?Data center hyperscalers promise the same fat pitch of jobs and revenue CAFOs once did. They’ve also learned about how to destroy local resistance. 001
Reposted by Amie RiversThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 11/09/2026While Trump tries to please Big Tech, data centers have gone from a sleeper issue to one of the most hotly contested topics of the 2026 midterms. prospect.org?p=144483 1166
Reposted by Amie RiversKCCI 8 News @kcci.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Many central Iowa cities have moved trick-or-treating to Halloween night — Oct. 31. But Runnells is sticking with the Beggars' Night tradition of trick-or-treating on Oct. 30. www.kcci.com/article/trick-or-treat… 011
Reposted by Amie RiversLittle Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A biofuel company fined for air pollution in Shell Rock doesn't like the "implication" made in a recent Nate Willems campaign ad, and is threatening to sue. “The ad is accurate; every fact in it is true,” Willems said at a news conference Wednesday, declining to take down the video.littlevillagemag.com'Bullying does not work on me': Nate Willems, Democrat for Iowa AG, defends ad after ethanol company threatens to sue - Little VillageDemocratic candidate for Iowa attorney general Nate Willems said Wednesday that “bullying does not work” on him and he won’t be pulling ads targeting current Attorney General Brenna Bird in relation t... 195
Reposted by Amie RiversAFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 10/09/2026BREAKING: We’re suing the Department of Labor to protect the public service workers who help Americans find jobs. 1163