Reposted by Sbim PimRep. Lindsay James @lindsay4iowa.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The absolute recklessness of the current administration's war in Iran and tariff policy will only worsen Iowa's job losses and continue to raise costs for families. We need members of Congress who will reassert their constitutional powers. 075 7
Reposted by Sbim Pim🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Things to worry about? 1. Great grandpa starting World War III because he doesn’t like what’s on TV. 1. The safest the most common form of abortion, now effectively being banned for tons of millions. 1. John Roberts nearing his dream of eliminating any substantial, black voting power. 312931 129
Reposted by Sbim PimThe Gazette @thegazette.com · 01/10/2025Izaak Walton League launches campaign to fund Iowa water quality sensor networkthegazette.comIzaak Walton League launches campaign to fund Iowa water quality sensor networkAs researchers behind an Iowa water quality sensor program race to find a new funding source before money runs out and they're forced to pull the sensors from the state's rivers and streams, a nonprofit has launched a crowdsource campaign to try to keep the program afloat. 072 7
Reposted by Sbim PimSusan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 10/08/2025This man is a hero. Join us at the iconic Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake on Thursday night. 022 2
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Remember having smart people in charge? That was nice.media.tenor.coma young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt .ALT: a young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt . 011 1
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 10/08/2025It's unfortunate that GOP Senators are wholly without agency to do anything to fix this... But sure, Bill, tell us more about how unfortunate it is. 131 3
Reposted by Sbim PimSusan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Two weeks after political assassination in Minnesota, this is a deliberate provocation of more stochastic terrorism. 011 1
Reposted by Sbim PimKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025In a time when freedoms are being stripped away from the most vulnerable among us, remember this: In America, we don’t bow to kings. This Independence Day, we honor those who worked tirelessly to free us from tyranny and recommit to the never-ending fight to protect our democracy. 🇺🇲 3124056 240
Reposted by Sbim PimKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Republicans sided with Trump and his billionaire friends against hardworking Americans. Don’t forget it. 49441149 441
Reposted by Sbim PimDeb Cares 4 Iowa @debcares4iowa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Only three hospitals have labor and delivery care in Southeast #Iowa. Can you imagine why rural populations are dropping? Could you imagine driving over an hour in labor? Odds are, your baby will be delivered by the local sheriff department. 3236 23
Reposted by Sbim PimDeb Cares 4 Iowa @debcares4iowa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025According to Google maps, there are NO HOSPITALS WITH LABOR AND DELIVERY in #Iowa west of Des Moines!!!! WTH? #NoBabiesBornInWesternIowa 124321 43
Reposted by Sbim PimLaura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025New post: Steve Corbin looked into how much President Donald Trump resembles a tinpot dictator. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/07/04/g...bleedingheartland.comGive me liberty or a tinpot dictatorInspired by a Peggy Noonan column, Steve Corbin investigates how much Donald Trump resembles a tinpot dictator. 0124 12
Reposted by Sbim PimKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Today, Americans gather to commemorate Juneteenth, a day of celebration, remembrance and resolve. As we honor this day, we also celebrate the Black community's profound contributions to the American story, and remain committed to fighting for equity and justice for all. 616336 163
Reposted by Sbim PimKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Last night’s vigil was another reminder of just how many Minnesotans’ lives were touched by Melissa and Mark Hortman. Our DFL family is deeply lucky to have known them. 514923 149
Reposted by Sbim PimSusan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Great 🧵 from Johnson County Commissioner Jon Green. Also, massive amounts of nitrate in water is a serious health risk and we should do something about it. 021 2
Reposted by Sbim PimLaura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025In a few minutes, @spencerdirks.bsky.social and I will be live on KHOI Radio to talk about the week in Iowa politics. 89.1 FM in the Ames listening area or online: www.khoifm.org (will be on podcast platforms later as "KHOI's Capitol Week")khoifm.orgKHOI | community radio 022 2
Reposted by Sbim PimNewsweek @newsweek.com · 16/06/2025A Philadelphia crowd booed when the senator's name was mentioned during a rally on Saturday.newsweek.comJohn Fetterman's name booed at Pennsylvania "No Kings" rally 1610211 102
Reposted by Sbim PimMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 16/06/2025“John is enduring many surgeries right now and is closer every hour to being out of the woods,” Sen. Hoffman's wife Yvette wrote in a statement. “We are incredibly lucky to be alive.”bit.lySen. John Hoffman and his wife are awake Sunday, will issue statement when ableThe two were shot multiple times by a would-be assassin at their Champlin home early Saturday morning. 511021 110
Reposted by Sbim PimThe Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 16/06/2025Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks Sunday, killing and wounding civilians and raising fears of a broader regional conflict, with both militaries urging civilians on the opposing side to evacuate target areas.japantimes.co.jpIsrael-Iran battle escalates as civilians urged to evacuate target areasIn Washington, two U.S. officials said that U.S. President Donald Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 1227 22
Reposted by Sbim PimNewsweek @newsweek.com · 16/06/2025Authorities are scouring the area in Sibley County for Vance Boelternewsweek.comSuspected vehicle of Minnesota assassin found as manhunt intensifies 33415 34
Reposted by Sbim PimKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025My family—and our entire @dfl.org community—was devastated to learn of the targeted, senseless murders of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, along with the attack on Senator John Hoffman and Yvette Hoffman. This political violence must end. 61968194 968
Reposted by Sbim PimKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025It actually doesn’t. We already know Trump’s big, ugly mess of a budget would add $3 trillion to the national debt. And that’s in addition to kicking millions of Americans off their health care and taking food away from hungry kids. 7416755 167
Reposted by Sbim PimSusan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 13/06/2025What Pete said. Not what Chuck Schumer said. We don’t need an investigation. There’s video. Shut down the Senate and demand that Border Barbie resign or be impeached. 031 3
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 12/06/2025We're last in the nation for OBGYN providers. 1700 pg women and newborns are losing Medicaid every month. I'm sorry...but is this satire? 132 3
Reposted by Sbim PimIowa Senate Democrats @iowasenatedems.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Happy Pride Month to all! There are Pride organizations all across Iowa putting on events, parades, and celebrations throughout June, find one near you! 082 8
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Losing access to Medicaid. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Honestly, reading this report was difficult, because if you don’t understand anything beyond the surface of WHY these statistics are what they are, this report seems to make sense. When you do understand, this report is infuriating. 011 1
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 29/05/2025This report seems to place the blame on individuals rather than decades of bad policy decisions and under-investment into children and families. I made numerous notes on the pages about WHY these proposals wouldn’t work, because I’ve touched grass. I know how this works on the ground. And how it 011 1
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 29/05/2025doesn't. Look, I'm all for making Americans healthier - it's kind of my life’s work - but this isn’t the way. You can’t say you care about health and then have a budget that guts Medicaid and Medicare, SNAP, funding to NIH, and questions the safety and effectiveness of vaccines during a Measles 011 1
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 29/05/2025outbreak. If you want to make Americans healthier, maybe start listening to the people with the expertise, rather than just the person with the loudest microphone. 011 1
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I'm old enough to remember the panic people felt before the COVID-19 vaccine. This decision will cost lives unnecessarily. 042 4
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 30/05/2025This. Public Health is not a political game. 021 2
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Bless those public health professionals at the CDC who are standing on science ❤️ 121 2
Sbim Pim @sbampim.bsky.social · 01/06/2025I feel like I need to get something off by my chest. I was at Senator Ernst's town hall. It was not just the one line. She talked down to the crowd throughout the town hall. It was very obvious she felt we should all just shut up and fall in line. 000 0
Reposted by Sbim PimPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 18/05/2025Leaders from around the world converged on Rome for the second time in less than a month today with a spectacular display of Vatican pageantry celebrating Pope Leo XIV’s installation as the new leader of the Catholic Church.politico.euWorld leaders descend on Rome for Pope Leo’s inaugurationUkraine’s Zelenskyy shakes hands with U.S.’s Vance and meets the new pontiff at the Vatican. 9707 70
Reposted by Sbim Pim🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 18/05/2025“If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts for which he can get immunity?” The current Solicitor General of the United States said, "We could see that could well be an official act.”thefarce.orgTrump is threatening every one of us—including the Supreme CourtBut will they get it in time? 1118776 187
Reposted by Sbim PimSusan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025“But if you can’t pass a bill because the corruption spotlight is too bright, maybe the question should be why you want to pass it at all.” I don’t expect much from Mark Warner, but it’s very disappointing to see @gallego.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov on this bill.warner.senate.gov 021 2
Reposted by Sbim PimFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Judge Box of Wine for DC Attorney. You can’t make this shit up. 3883415632 3.4K
Reposted by Sbim PimJ.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 08/05/2025An Iowa Senate Republican drafted a Concurrent Resolution to end Same Sex Marriages in Iowa! Hard NO!!! 🙅♂️ 1273 27
Reposted by Sbim PimSusan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 03/05/2025This is shameful. These people risked their own safety to help us and we owe them the minimal dignity of a safe place to make a new life. 021 2
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Well, where do I begin? Better access to OBGYN care Paid family leave for AT LEAST 6 months postpartum Affordable childcare Not being afraid we'll be allowed to die if we need an abortion. Invest in early childcare education Protect our climate Bring down cost of food Or menstrual classes JFC 082 8
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 23/04/2025🤯 072 7
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Oh thank goodness. Now bring him home!! 021 2
Reposted by Sbim PimSusan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Heads up Democratic governors! @governorwalz.mn.gov @katiehobbs.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social @jbpritzker.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @govofco.bluesky.social @govandybeshear.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social @govmattmeyer.bsky.social @joshsteinnc.bsky.social 021 2
Reposted by Sbim PimMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Elizabeth Warren (as usual) steps up. 🙏🏼🙌🏻 1409 40
Reposted by Sbim PimMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12/04/2025“So while Booker’s act of endurance and vision might have been transformative, the follow through was the same old transactional politics.” @msifry.bsky.social with the receipts. 👀open.substack.comCory Booker's Two FacesFrom an unearthly transformational performance to old-fashioned transactional panhandling, all in a day. Is this how to build a movement? 67126 71
Reposted by Sbim PimMichael Cohen @michaelcohen212.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Check out my latest raw and unfiltered Substack post: “The Art of the Deal-LOL”. It’s a must read to understand what democrats must do to stop the chaos! therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/art-of-the....therealmichaelcohen.substack.com"Art of the Deal—LOL"We’re in the middle of yet another Trump-manufactured economic disaster. And the enablers are no where to be found! 510223 102
Reposted by Sbim PimDanielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH @daniellefromia-mph.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Five years ago she said "we can't prioritize lives over livelihoods," is response to the Tyson COVID-19 outbreak. Their workers are primarily immigrants. Good riddance. 031 3