Isabella Murray
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Trump Readies Green New Deal Attacks For 2020; How Dems Respond
President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the Green New Deal demonstrate how taking a hard-line stance against the significant climate legislation may play a central role in his 2020 campaign platform. While speaking last Saturday to the Turning Point USA Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump took aim at the legislation, saying that he’d…
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More Than A Feeling: Forget The Polls, Booker Urges, Look To Iowa Upset
One of the tenets of Sen. Cory Booker’s 2020 presidential bid can be traced back to a Maya Angelou quote. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel,” she said. The New Jersey Senator often recites the sentiment during his lengthy campaign event riffs. That feeling is what’s carrying Booker, who despite…
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Booker Bus Tour, Day 2: Deep-Red Stops, SNL And Impeachment
During the second day of Sen. Cory Booker’s open-press, all-on-the-record bus trip across Iowa, the Senator was more settled into his travel and was getting some additional work done. He went up to the front of the bus several times to make phone calls and conduct other business—during his last event in Mason City, the…
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Booker Bus Tour, Day 1: Sing-A-Longs, Bowling And So Many Jokes
Sen. Cory Booker set off on his four-day bus tour of Iowa yesterday morning, loading into his newly-wrapped ride that was adorned with the names of voters from around the country who donated to his campaign. Now off the debate stage, Booker is devoting even more time to stumping in Iowa in the hopes of…
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How “Eco-Anxiety” Plagues Young People In The Climate Movement
Eighteen-year-old Amalia Hochman is a challenging teenager to get ahold of. As a senior in high school, she’s busy, but not with extracurricular activities or studying for chemistry tests. Hochman is consumed by her work as a Sunrise Movement youth organizer. After returning from a national training session held last week in Durham, North Carolina,…
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Twenty-Seven Cents Nearly Got An Iowan Evicted. Mobile Home Owners Ask For Help
Grinnell, Iowa resident Alisa Schroeder lives in Willows Mobile Home Community, a manufactured housing site recently bought by a national company called Impact Communities. She’s a financially struggling single mom of an autistic son. Her brother, who has paranoid schizophrenia, earlier this year moved out of the same community because he couldn’t keep up with…
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Lawmakers To Meet With Mobile Home Advocates On Rent Increases
Iowa lawmakers are gathering Saturday to hear from mobile home residents in the state following this year’s reports of double-digit rent increases by out-of-state landlords. Concerns that the state is not upholding the rights of mobile home communities arose at the end of last legislative session after Utah-based corporation Havenpark Capital Partners purchased four parks…
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How Housing Became A Winning Issue In Local Iowa Races
Several local races across Iowa have demonstrated to advocates that over time, housing issues have the potential to be winning campaign issues. Candidates in Urbandale, Iowa City and Ames won their bids for city council seats on platforms focused on affordable housing needs. The success of the issue on the campaign trail has led some…
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Koch-Backed Groups Target Bernie Sanders’ GND Support
The conservative energy non-profit that campaigned against President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection is now set on targeting the Green New Deal and 2020 Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders’ advocacy for it. In an advertisement released on Facebook and Instagram near the end of October, the American Energy Alliance made at least six buys of ads depicting…
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Create A Bloc Of Housing Voters, Advocates Urge After Improved 2020 Debate
Housing has had a moment during the 2020 election cycle, but some are wondering if the nation’s growing need for affordable options can mobilize voters enough to implement policy changes. Advocates say the sheer impact of the housing crisis, growing political will and increasing support for solutions has put real pressure on policymakers and presidential…
