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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 16h
Not Far Enough. Everywhere Means Everywhere. michelehornish.substack.com/p/not-far-en...
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Not Far Enough. Everywhere Means Everywhere.
Welcome to Red districts, Rahm. We’ve been here for 20 years.
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 16h
The Only Race We Can’t Win... jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-only-r...
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The Only Race We Can’t Win...
Is the one we don’t run
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 17h
It's All About The Media Sound Bytes blogforiowa.com/2026/09/30/i...
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It’s All About The Media Sound Bytes
She’s spot on. And everyone should be aware.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Who remembers Orascom? #iowa
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Orascom plant raises disturbing questions
Will Iowa taxpayers get money back now that the Orascom fertilizer plant in Weaver is for sale?
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rape Culture Is Still Here lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/rape-cultu...
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Rape Culture Is Still Here
It’s heartbreaking to have to repost this drawing from maybe ten years ago.
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Paul Deaton @pauldeaton-ia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meanwhile, on the ground in Lee County, "What steel mill?"
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Word Is Getting Out About CAFOs In Iowa - @sentientmedia.org
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The Word Is Getting Out About CAFOs In Iowa
This article originally appeared in Sentient  We Asked 1,000 Iowans About Factory Farming. Here’s What We Learned. The professor of political science remembers the neighbors emptying the waste from…
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026
Hey hot take but I actually don’t give a fuck if expelling a rapist from school “ruins his future”
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#iowa There's not going to be a steel mill. That is all.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The “protect women” crowd hasn’t said a word about the Cornell rapists… It’s like they almost don’t actually care about women and abuse trans folks just to prop up their misogyny.
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Daphne Pierpoint @daphnepierpoint.com · 29/09/2026
Oof. x.com/meidastouch/...
Footage of Jack Smith at a Maryland/Iowa women’s basketball game
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Senile Satan is completely passed out again in the Oval Office. I don’t care. The part that bothers me is that he keeps waking up.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump openly using our tax dollars for a campaign ad is Trump reminding us he will NEVER leave the White House peacefully. Trump was convicted of 34 felonies for cheating in 2016 campaign, after 2020 election he attempted a coup and incited Jan 6 attack. Trump is the greatest threat to our Republic
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
Now let’s resume talking about Epstein.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What If WOTUS Definitions Change? blogforiowa.com/2026/09/27/w...
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What If WOTUS Definitions Change?
Intermittent stream in a roadside ditch. This is the beginning of the final push toward the general election, with 37 days to go. Democratic victories are in the air, and the scent is intoxicating.…
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nothing they want to do ever really dies. It took them 50 years to overturn Roe v Wade. They are not capable of conceding. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few."
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge Scheme
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If They Wanted To, They Would jesspiper.substack.com/p/if-they-wa...
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If They Wanted To, They Would
Holding all the levers of power
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Bitcoins, a Trump ally and a pitch for Putin: Inside Epstein’s secret crypto ties
Jeffrey Epstein aligned with MIT and the man who cut the ribbon for Trump’s gold statue in Doral in his quest to champion cryptocurrencies.
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Donald J. Trump And Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmobile Comes To Iowa blogforiowa.com/2026/09/22/t...
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The Donald J. Trump And Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmobile Comes To Iowa
Content Warning: Non-consensual sexual content or sexual assault  Saturday in Iowa City during the Iowa-UNI football game, we visited the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmob…
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tonight’s post is long. I bet you knew it would be. Be kind to yourself and consider reading it in “courses” or with an intermission. But please do read the whole thing. It matters. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-wolf-c...
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The Wolf Came As A Wolf: Trump and the First Amendment
Tonight’s post is long.
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Bookmobile showcases scope of Epstein files during Iowa tour stop
As a truckload of partially redacted Epstein files goes on display in Des Moines, an Epstein survivor says the push for answers isn't over.
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky gets emotional reflecting on the bipartisan push for transparency: “Our world is so polarized right now and it is so divisive.” “When you just boil it down to base level of, like, ‘R*ping little girls is bad. Can we all agree on that?’”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We are still 380 subscribers short of our weekend goal. If you want to help Democracy Docket grow its influence and scale, sign-up now (free or paid). demdock.com/4w6emld
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump Epstein Reading Room will in Des Moines the 21st through the 24th. link.trumpepsteinreadingroom.com/click/zyjVAO...
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The Reading Room national tour | Upcoming stops
Follow the national Reading Room and Epstein Files Bookmobile tour. See upcoming stops, details, and free RSVP options.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
Epstein survivor Liz Stein: I did sit with the FBI and it was terrifying at 20 years old, right, in 2008. I just remember feeling interrogated and I felt like I was up against the wall and I was going to be brought in for prostitution charges. So I didn’t even think that they would believe me.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And a malignant narcissist is a narcissist who ends up trying to destroy everything he hasn’t contributed to and isn’t entitled to. ht: @narceducator.bsky.social
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 20/09/2026
Another horrific shooting by an ICE officer, this time in Austin, Texas. As we await more information, we know that our communities deserve to feel save without such needless violence. We demand an independent investigation now.
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Man shot and wounded in ICE shooting in Austin, Texas, city officials say | CNN
A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and injured a man Sunday in Austin, Texas, city officials confirmed.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The NDAA Is Abominable, Absurd, And Abhorrent blogforiowa.com/2026/09/20/t...
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The NDAA Is Abominable, Absurd, And Abhorrent
Ed Flaherty of Veterans For Peace addressing about 75 people gathered to protest the military action in Venezuela. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY 2027 National Defense Authorizatio…
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Judge overturns Reynolds administration order closing the State Historical Society's Iowa City research center and archives littlevillagemag.com/judge-overtu...
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Judge overturns Reynolds administration order closing the State Historical Society's Iowa City research center and archives - Little Village
As last year came to an end, so did public access to the Centennial Building. The building, home to the Iowa City research facility of the State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) since 1956, provided ...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Huh, I guess the whole strategy of cable news outlets not asking the Trump White House hard questions and failing to push back on weak answers in order to preserve their access to the Trump White House wasn't much of a great strategy.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My, my, my! What a small world. The pedophile Ken Paxton kept taking money from was called Paul Pressler. Where have I seen that name before? Oh, I know! Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was dean of a law school that was named in Judge Paul Pressler's honor.
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Paxton Kept Close to Alleged Child Abuser Long After the Allegations Surfaced, Taking Money From Him
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent more than a decade cultivating a political alliance with Paul Pressler, the once-revered Southern Baptist power
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Answer: Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred And Twenty-Five Million blogforiowa.com/2026/09/18/a...
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Answer: Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred And Twenty-Five Million
Question:  What is the number of CAFOs and hogs in Iowa?  Yep, 15,300 CAFOs and 25 million hogs. Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors have been leaders in the fight against CAFO proliferation in …
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The price of a gallon of diesel in Des Moines is nearly the same as the hourly minimum wage in Iowa…
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Join @katiephang.bsky.social and me tomorrow morning, as she explains the two new orders Judge Sullivan entered in her case to enforce the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Better hide the ketchup bottles. joycevance.substack.com/p/there-are-...
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There Are New Court Orders: Katie Phang Joins At 10am ET Friday to discuss Her Lawsuit Against Todd Blanche
Judge Sullivan entered two new orders last night in Katie Phang’s lawsuit against Todd Blanche.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026
Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde
Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: In a 20-page order, the judge in my lawsuit for the Epstein Files just ordered Todd Blanche to produce to him, in chambers & by 9/24, the unredacted handwritten FBI notes implicating Donald Trump in the sexual & physical abuse of a 13-year-old girl: youtu.be/Yo1ZUGe_O4o?...
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Trump DOJ ORDERED To HAND Judge UNREDACTED EPSTEIN Files!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
ICE agent Christian Castro - who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite - has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...
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ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail
Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...
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🚨 United States of America v. Hanzas
Learn more here.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We won! And we get discovery into this crazy demolition threat to boot. Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social and to my colleagues at DDF and WLG. Formal statement to follow.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Our Democracy is at stake @icwylde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm attending the Virtual Town Hall with Chris Jones & Sarah Vogel. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/chris...
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Virtual Town Hall with Chris Jones & Sarah Vogel
What happens when a legendary legal champion for family farmers sits down with a fearless water scientist taking on Big Ag? Join us for a powerful online conversation between Sarah Vogel, former Nort...
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