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Bullock Spends Debate Night In Iowa With Christie Vilsack, Tom Miller
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock may not have been on the debate stage yesterday night, but he was at the next-best thing: a room filled with Iowa caucus-goers. “There’s probably only one place I’d rather be than Clive tonight,” Bullock joked to the Iowans at his event at Granite City Brewery. Former Iowa First Lady Christie…
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Joni Ernst’s Long History With Social Security Changes
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s idea to make changes to Social Security haunted her first election campaign in 2014. In 2020, the issue has come back to challenge her re-election bid. In 2014, then-candidate Ernst considered using Social Security payroll taxes to create personal savings accounts for anyone entering the workforce. Rivals scrutinized her plan in…
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Sea Change Coming For Suburban Des Moines City Councils
Pictured, from left to right: Matt Blake, Erin Cubit, Bridget Carberry Montgomery. They’re young. They’re progressive. And they’re coming to a city council near you. Most municipal races aren’t partisan in Iowa, but several younger Democrats will vie for municipal and school board positions throughout the Des Moines metro in this year’s November election. And…
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2020 Candidates Pitch Sectoral Collective Bargaining To Bolster Unions
A few 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have proposed creating a sectoral collective bargaining system in the United States, or plan to rewrite the law forcing unions to negotiate solely with their employers. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed “most pro-worker member of the United States Congress,” Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a former labor-side lawyer, and…
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Steve King’s Tin-Foil Conspiracy Theory With FBI, DOJ, CIA, State Dept.
Iowa Congressman Steve King has been sharing a mass conspiracy theory about why he thinks federal charges were never brought against former FBI Director James Comey or Hillary Clinton. It includes a cover-up that involves the State Department, the CIA, the FBI and the Department of Justice, with an end-goal of undermining Donald Trump’s presidency.…
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Ernst In April: “Heaven Forbid” We Change Social Security
Joni Ernst has made headlines recently for saying politicians should “sit down behind closed doors” in order to avoid scrutiny as they change Social Security policy, but it’s not the first time this year she’s made interesting comments on it. Ernst can be heard talking about Social Security in a video taken during a stop…
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Joni Ernst-Backed Tax Cuts Benefited The Rich, Iowans Protest
Tax March Iowa and its supporters protested Senator Joni Ernst and the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in front of the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines at noon Thursday. Before the protest, Tax March Iowa Director Sue Dinsdale edited a letter Ernst had sent her about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.…
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The Problem With Steve King’s Toilet Sink Water Claim
A video that Steve King put out of him drinking from a water fountain mounted on the back of a toilet bowl went viral Wednesday afternoon. The video, which has been viewed more than two million times, was shot at a border detention facility in late July. He didn’t release the video until yesterday, stating,…
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Union Workers Not Forgotten In 2020 Candidates’ Climate Plans
Union workers haven’t been forgotten when it comes to 2020 Presidential candidates’ plans to combat climate change. Good-paying union jobs were included in many of the Democrats’ proposals and discussions during last night’s marathon CNN forums. Elizabeth Warren said one of the reasons she likes the Green New Deal so much is because it not…
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Iowans Push To Make September “Union Appreciation Month”
The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday morning to designate the month of September as “Labor Union Appreciation Month.” “Whereas, hard working men and women across the state of Iowa prove that our community is filled with the most creative, dynamic, and talented workers in the world,” part of the proclamation read. “During this…
