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Craig in Iowa @iowagato.bsky.social · 5h
Great Jon Stewart podcast interview with Josh Turek. He's going to make a terrific senator. The full interview is on YouTube (and maybe elsewhere). youtube.com/shorts/YTKae...
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Senate Challenges? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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The LaCombe @thelacombe.bsky.social · 23h
Did I miss Friday Night Zillow?
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blueboomer3.bsky.social @blueboomer3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Polls don’t count, votes count.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Whoa - CNN reports that Rs are discussing giving up on Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kean (NJ-07), and Harding (NE-02). If true, I think I spy 🌊 forming… (Bear in mind: Rs have lots of $$, so pulling means both that these battlegrounds must really be hopeless, and that they need $$ in MANY other races)
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Derek Wulf, GOP nominee for LG and Iowa House Agriculture Committee chair, has said his troubles reflect the hard times facing many farmers. But his refinancing fell apart, and there's nothing typical about cattle being malnourished like this. Read more: www.bleedingheartland.com/static/media...
photo of page from October 1, 2026 court filing by receiver managing Derek Wulf's farm assets
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Elinor A. Levin @levinforiowa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How will your vote improve this? "In 2026... 27 out of 39 (69%) state park beaches had at least one E. coli or microcystin advisory between Memorial Day and Labor Day... a record amount of lost recreation and swim time at Iowa beaches due to degraded water quality." Thank you, IA Enviro Council!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW RASMUSSEN #IASen Josh Turek 47% Ashley Hinson 43% www.rasmussenreports.com/public_conte...
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Election 2026: Iowa Senate
Democrat state Rep. Josh Turek maintains a four-point lead over U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson in the race to fill the Iowa Senate seat vacated by the retirement of Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#IA04 candidates Dave Dawson (D) and Chris McGowan (R) held first debate last night. Video: www.ktiv.com/2026/09/30/w...
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Watch: Candidates for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District face off in KTIV debate
Candidates running for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District faced off Wednesday evening in a debate hosted by KTIV and Gray Digital Media.
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yarnlover.bsky.social @yarnlover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every Republican in Congress supports the rehabilitation of Richard Nixon because not a one of them has the courage or integrity of the Republicans serving in Congress in 1973.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This happened in #Iowa not that long ago. This alleged steel mill sucking up all the media oxygen right now is about influencing the mid-terms. We musn't fall for it.
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A bad deal gets worse: Koch trying to buy Iowa fertilizer plant
Scott Syroka: Iowa taxpayers helped fund a fertilizer plant, supposedly to boost competition. Now Koch Industries wants to buy the plant.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
Shocker. The Trump admin’s story doesn’t match reality. not even close. Trump on Mesabi Metallics’ proposed $15 BILLION steel plant in Lee County, Iowa: “They’ve already started building.” REALITY: No permits, disclosed site, or major land purchase. Financial incentives still unresolved.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New post by Larry McBurney: Iowa GOP, Zach Lahn tout epic tax policies, but deliver a paper tiger www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/09/29/i...
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Iowa GOP, Zach Lahn tout epic tax policies, but deliver a paper tiger
Larry McBurney: Zach Lahn's recent tax proposals look good in a press release, but fall flat when you do the math.
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rureadyyet.bsky.social @rureadyyet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans have to focus on negative ads, their track record shows just how worthless they are for Iowan's. Miller-Meeks voted against the cap on insulin while pocketing big bucks from Pharmaceuticals. If it weren't for greed the Iowa GOP probably wouldn't be running for reelection.
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The LaCombe @thelacombe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow - what an ass. Kansas - vote your values.
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Five weeks before the midterms, Iowa gets a promise: the biggest steel plant in American history, by 2030, from a group whose last attempt ended in bankruptcy. More than half the river segments Iowa assessed are already impaired. Now add a steel mill.
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Largest steel plant in US coming to Iowa, White House officials share
The $15 billion mega steel plant will produce an estimated 10 million tons of steel each year once it’s fully online by 2030.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What is being touted as America's largest-ever steel plant will be built in Iowa and owned by Essar Group, an India conglomerate. www.kcrg.com/2026/09/28/l...
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White House shares details of largest US steel plant coming to Iowa
The $15 billion mega steel plant will produce an estimated 10 million tons of steel each year once it’s fully online by 2030.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yeah, about that steel mill promise…
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DONALD TRUMP
'8th Wonder of the World":
Trump Speaks in Wisconsin at Foxconn Groundbreaking
The FoxConn factory is slated to open in 2020 and is expected to be massive, meant to produce LCD screens for televisions and computers
By Mary Ann Ahern and Sandra Torres • Published June 28, 2018 • Updated on June 28, 2018 at 5:28 pm
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NBC 5 INVESTIGATES
What happened to Foxconn? A look at the $1.2 billion spent and where it all went
It was supposed to be a giant manufacturing plant that would spur the growth of "Wis-con Valley.
Instead, it's a mostly-abandoned stretch of four lane roads and barren fields.
By Bennett Haeberle, Nathan Halder, Rich Moy, and Katy Smyser • Published June 3, 2025 • Updated on
June 5, 2025 at 6:02 pm
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thedarklab.bsky.social @thedarklab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brenna Bird ended Iowas Victim compensation fund, so women who got raped can could an abortion Vote Nate Willems 💙 www.natewillems.com
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Nate Willems for Iowa Attorney General
Nate Willems is a lifelong Iowan, dad, and lawyer who has fought for Iowans against corporate greed. He's running for Iowa Attorney General to bring that fight to every Iowan up against corporations t...
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Since Ashley Hinson went to D.C., 842 healthcare entities have closed here in Iowa. Iowans are hurting, and they deserve someone in Washington who will fight for them, not for billionaires and big corporations. That's why I'm in this race: to put Iowa and Iowans first.
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The LaCombe @thelacombe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Check out how this administration has affected you and your loved ones. www.americanprogress.org/article/stat...
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State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families
This series of fact sheets provides insights into how the OBBBA and the administration’s policies will increase the costs of health care, food, energy, and borrowing in each state in the near future.
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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#IA voters, click Iowa in the post below to see what Ashley's One Big Beautiful Bill vote did to Iowans. If one connects these cuts to those proposed by Oz, then they're most likely related. Elect Dem JOSH TUREK @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social to the US Senate www.americanprogress.org/article/stat...
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State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families
This series of fact sheets provides insights into how the OBBBA and the administration’s policies will increase the costs of health care, food, energy, and borrowing in each state in the near future.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How many years have I been telling you to keep your eye on Iowa? I know what I’m seeing on the ground and what I’ve been seeing for a couple of years… LFG!
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The LaCombe @thelacombe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Iowa peeps - anyone going to the Johnson Co Dems bbq 10/4? DM me - we should meet up.
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khaake.bsky.social @khaake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sorry Tucker, you don’t get to rehabilitate yourself. We know what you have done.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There’s no spinning it: Republican pollster Cygnal found very bad numbers for Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird. 39.5% for Bird, 40.0% for Democrat Nate Willems among respondents who voted for Trump in 2024 by a 13-point margin. (from “KHOI’s Capitol Week”)
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: An Iowa state court dismisses President Donald Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer (represented by @thefireorg.bsky.social) and the Des Moines Register newspaper, a victory for First Amendment rights. Opinion here: www.fire.org/research-lea...
This case sets a President, a member of Congress, and a former state senator against a pollster and a newspaper, and it arises out of an election. A case of that kind invites the reader to look for a political result. The Court’s role is narrower. It is to sit as an impartial arbiter, to apply the law without passion or prejudice, and to rule without regard to the politics of the day. As such, the only question before the Court is whether the Petition states a claim the law recognizes. At its core, the Plaintiffs’ Petition seeks to stretch both Iowa statutory and common law beyond their current bounds, turning speech that enjoys the highest category of First Amendment protection into a liability. After considering the parties’ arguments, the Court must conclude that the protection is too great and the reach is too far. The case must therefore be dismissed.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.
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trickledownfailed.bsky.social @trickledownfailed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
INDEFENSIBLE: Ashley Hinson, voted 7X to support Trump’s invasion into Iran said this TODAY: “…war needs to be brought to a successful & immediate end. I am working every day to deliver bipartisan results for Iowans “😂 “Republican in tough election fight calls for 'immediate' end to Trump’s war”
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Republican in tough election fight calls for 'immediate' end to Trump’s war
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) — who is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Joni Ernst — has a history of voting with President Donald Trump more often than not, including signing...
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Craig in Iowa @iowagato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last-ditch cynical hypocrisy from the massively phony MAGAshley Hinson.
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Craig in Iowa @iowagato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last-ditch cynical hypocrisy from the massively phony MAGAshley Hinson.
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The LaCombe @thelacombe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ashley? Ashley Hinson? Your record and your position remains the same, despite your efforts to project a pivot. We won't forget.
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Little Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“You have complete contempt for those academics who do not adhere to the dominant, leftist ideology on university campus," outgoing chair Richard Lowery emailed in response to Board of Regents President Robert Cramer saying, "We don’t want CIF to be an island of disgruntled nonconformists."
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Nearly half of the Center for Intellectual Freedom advisory council resigns; emails reveal infighting with regents - Little Village
Nearly half of the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa’s advisory council membership have resigned from their roles after issues were voiced about the Iowa Board of Regents’ dism...
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CLE @leecle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Course she did. It’s called MAGA milking.
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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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Jon Green @modestholdings.com · 22/09/2026
Gov Reynolds signature higher ed initiative collapsing in the twilight of her term due to power struggles and ego driven kremlinology is as predictable as it is delicious.
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Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
tanking so fast
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Randy Richardson @randy-richardson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Eastern IA schools are scrambling to cover bus costs as Trump's Iran war drives fuel prices through the roof. Superintendents say they're "rolling the die" choosing between fixed and flex rates, and higher costs will mean cuts to classrooms, routes, and student services. #edusky
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Christina Bohannan @bohannaniowa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you turn on your TV, you might see an ad from one of the 24 different corporate super PACs running ads for Miller-Meeks. She’s done their bidding, and now she’s getting her reward.
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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Finally in the 20s! How low can he go? Let’s play the Trump limbo!
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who's running for Senate, says the Iran war "needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end." A messaging pivot: Hinson voted NO six times on House resolutions directing Trump to end the Iran war — including as recently as last week.
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2pVc0 (Tu-Pah-Ko) @tu-pah-ko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
News wasn’t “fake” until the President was.
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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
so upshot is University of Iowa has bad ass students but the administrators just draw diagrams that make stuff up to justify solving problems that don't exist? [an aside but is climate science now "left-leaning"?] @victorerikray.bsky.social i get that right? dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
image a graphic about ostensible ideological imbalance at University of Iowa with note that reads: "the proportions shown here are purely illustrative and may not correspond to actual proportions of course or talk offerings."
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Uncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual Freedom
In the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape...
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The LaCombe @thelacombe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bluesky has become unusable. Same shit - over and over again. Shame.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 15/09/2026
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. By Eileen Sullivan www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Nate Willems, Democrat running for Iowa attorney general: "They polluted. They stayed quiet for a year. They paid the bare minimum. And now they want an apology from me. They are not the ones who deserve an apology. The ad is accurate. Every fact in it is true [...] "Bullying does not work on me."
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/09/2026
Even the crickets were embarrassed.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 09/09/2026
"I want to make sure that Social Security’s protected. I want to take the cap off to make sure that billionaires are paying their fair share.” - Josh Turek, U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa
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