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Ernst Talks Foosball Table, Tater Tots As Impeachment Talks Progress
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst took to the Senate floor Tuesday morning to talk about tater tots and Foosball tables as the entire political world discussed impending impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. “Of course we all know it is the season in Washington. Government agencies are going on their annual Christmas in September, use-it-or-lose-it shopping…
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2020 Dems Join United Auto Workers At The Picket Line
Seven Democratic presidential candidates have shown up at picket lines over the last nine days to express their support for members of the United Auto Workers union on strike against General Motors. Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Steve Bullock, Tim Ryan, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have visited striking workers in Kansas, Ohio, Texas…
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Warren Makes Iowans’ Narrowed Lists: ‘I Don’t Want To Vote My Fears’
When Mount Vernon, Iowa resident Karla Steffens talks about Elizabeth Warren’s policies, plans and general character, most of her sentences start out with the words “I love.” “I love the policies of Warren,” Steffens said during a backyard house party that Warren attended Friday. “I love her vigor, her enthusiasm, her smarts. I think she…
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At Forum, Young Iowans Fight For A Voice In 2020 Race
America’s most progressive generation wants a voice in the 2020 Presidential election. “Our political climate today is very unstable, and I feel like the only way we’re going to get change is if we educate ourselves,” said 17-year-old Suraj Moorjani, a senior at Valley High School in Des Moines. Moorjani was one of about 200…
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Axne Stands Up To Dark Money Group, Introduces Rate-Setting Legislation
Despite dark money group Doctor Patient Unity funding an avalanche of ads in her home state, Iowa Rep. Cindy Axne is leading the way on combating surprise medical bills. The congresswoman led a group of freshman Democrats in introducing the “UPDATE Act” to protect Americans from surprise bills due to out-of-date insurance directories. “Iowans should be able to trust that when their…
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UAW Strike Finds Support From Democratic Presidential Candidates
Democratic presidential candidates are standing behind nearly 50,000 General Motors United Auto Workers who are on strike. The workers are on the picket line demanding fair wages, better benefits, and are hoping to reopen a closed factory in Lordstown, Ohio. Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan joined a few of the workers Monday afternoon on the picket…
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Booker’s New Labor Plan Boosts Organizing Rights, Equal Pay
In the midst of the largest United Auto Worker strike in more than a decade, Senator Cory Booker released a plan this morning to bolster unions and protect worker’s rights. The plan includes strengthening collective bargaining rights for Iowa’s 129,000 workers who are represented by a union, raise the minimum wage to $15 to benefit…
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UFCW To Host A Presidential Candidate Forum In Des Moines
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union will host a 2020 presidential candidate forum in Des Moines October 13, along with one in the Detroit area on September 29. Confirmed presidential candidates for either event include Senator Michael Bennet, Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Cory Booker, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Bernie…
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Steve King: Oil Industry Has President Trump’s Ear
Steve King criticized the Trump Administration Monday afternoon on their pro-oil industry stances, saying even former Chief of Staff John Kelly had “petroleum lobby” talking points taken to heart in past meetings. Farmers were questioning King at a Northwest Iowa town hall on why Donald Trump approved 31 waivers allowing refiners to forgo ethanol blending…
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‘Everybody Can Do A Picture’ – Iowans Bring Quilts And More To 2020 Events
It was 80 degrees outside, and yet Dean Lyons of Grand Junction was clinging to a warm quilt one late August afternoon in Iowa. The quilt’s giant squares cut out of old t-shirts were stitched together using an American flag fabric print. It features squares that say “Team Mitt [Romney]” and “Obama’08” and “Fair Tax”…
