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India May for Iowa House @mayforiowa.bsky.social · 13h

The results are in: 429 fewer AEA employees. This isn't "reform." It's a direct cut to special education services for Iowa's most vulnerable kids, and for what? FULLY FUNDING our schools would solve this, but Republicans won't do it. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/08/29/i...

Iowa AEAs see 429 fewer staff as school year begins, Democratic lawmakers say • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Democratic legislative leaders argued that the 2024 law making changes to Iowa's Area Education Agencies led to the sizable staff reductions.

iowacapitaldispatch.com

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 16h

I feel sick.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

UPDATE: Trump has begun demolishing parts of the White House to build his $250 Million ballroom, despite claiming they wouldn’t do that.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 1d

The only current candidate who showed up in Mason City for #NoKings was this guy. As always, no notes. @sageforiowa.bsky.social

Nathan Sage for U.S. Senate @sageforiowa.bsky.social · 1d

We don't hate America. We are pissed off Americans who hate what's going on in our country, and we need to come together to tell our leaders in Washington were not going to do this anymore.

We are not about dictators.
We are not about kings.
We are not about authoritarians.

Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 2d

I follow a lot of the people aspiring to public office in Iowa, on multiple platforms. Showing up for the #NoKings rallies is table stakes for communicating that you have our backs. If you weren’t with us today, what were you doing that was more important?

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 2d

We went to No Kings looking for paid protestors. What we found will shock you.

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 2d

The crowd was a lot bigger than in June. #NoKings

Iowa Democratic Wing Ding @iowawingding.bsky.social · 2d

Senate candidate @sageforiowa.bsky.social closed out the #NoKings rally in Mason City, Iowa today. youtu.be/Pq1daFdfg74

No Kings Day: Nathan Sage in Mason City 10/18/25

YouTube video by Iowa Democratic Wing Ding

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for all your work and leadership. Ready.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

I am very happy to be taking part in a #NoKings rally tomorrow, and I know millions of you will be doing the same. Please share photos of your signs in the comments to inspire others!
snyder.substack.com/p/signs-of-f...

Signs of Freedom

At No Kings Rallies Tomorrow

snyder.substack.com

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J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 5d

ABC News graphic needs to be updated with it being $40 billion and Trump admitting the bailout won’t benefit the U.S. but it will benefit Trump’s well-connected hedge fund manager friend.

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t see a link to the argument livestream

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India May for Iowa House @mayforiowa.bsky.social · 6d

Our prime farmland is not for sale to the highest corporate bidder. I will stand with Iowa landowners to fight eminent domain abuse and stop CO₂ pipelines that threaten our land and safety.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 7d

Home of the Brave launched a $1 million national ad campaign in support of the peaceful No Kings rallies on Oct. 18th.

The ads will run in over 185 local papers and The New York Times, USA Today and The Washington Post calling on Americans to “peacefully protest our false king."

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 8d

No tap dancing here. No references to bipartisanship. No fear. 🔥

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 8d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 10d

Weird af

J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 10d

Art of the Deal… 🤦‍♂️

Trump continues to get played by China while farmers are being used as pawns.

Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 10d

“…which came out of nowhere.”

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 11d

Good @davidsirota.com piece. Dem challenges:

1) Dems have super PACs and dark money; won't disarm so it's easy for low-info voters to say "they're the same."

2) Those voters don't know how CF works. See: RFK Jr insisting that Sanders donors who worked for pharma = he is owned by pharma companies.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 11d

"For Democrats, this particular moment of cartoonish graft presents a huge opportunity to unify around an anti-corruption platform.…Their agenda must meet the moment and include game-changing initiatives that let voters know they recognize corruption is pervasive."
www.thebulwark.com/p/anti-corru...

How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12d

I work with Blue Missouri because our organization writes actual checks to down-ballot Democratic candidates.

No one else does what we do.

Other organizations give training or advice or texting services. While those things are important, candidates need $ to reach voters. bluemissouri.org

Home

Missouri needs you. Join the movement.

bluemissouri.org

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 12d

Actual cash is so important. We have events in Iowa for this, but no orgs like yours. @iowawingding.bsky.social raises money for seven county parties to spend on local campaigns, and this new event gave $$ to four challengers in tough districts bsky.app/profile/susa...

Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · Sep 7

Democrats in Iowa are fired up this year. This is a new event, in the same part of the state as the Wing Ding counties. It attracted ~300 people to a farm at the end of a dirt road on a Saturday afternoon, and raised more than $5000 for state legislative candidates. Well done.

Iowa Democratic Wing Ding @iowawingding.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Country, Comminity and Csndidates event is live now, from Nashua, Iowa www.youtube.com/live/9EhhGvV...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 13d

How about No? Why are you trying to save Trump from his own folly long enough to get him through the next election?

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 13d

This is great.

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 13d

This, from @sivav.bsky.social, is the mic drop reply to the “Compact” you have been waiting for. It won’t, but it should really just end the discussion and deliberations straight up. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Susan Nelson @susaniniowa.bsky.social · 13d

@senwhitehouse.bsky.social had his Wheaties this morning.

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