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Ernst Publicly Silent On Syria On Day Pence Raises Her Money
Senator Joni Ernst, a veteran who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has been publicly outspoken in opposition to President Donald Trump’s recent actions on Syria, Turkey and the Kurds. On Monday, Ernst tweeted that the Kurds have been a “critical and reliable partner.” This morning, on Thursday, she tweeted about the threat of…
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Biden Earns Endorsement From Top Iowa Labor Leader
Bill Gerhard, President of the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council, announced his endorsement of Joe Biden for President today. “Born into a working class family in Scranton, Joe Biden will always stand with labor because at his core, he’s one of us,” said Bill Gerhard of Iowa City in a news release. “Whether…
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Joni Ernst Refuses To Condemn Soliciting Foreign Interference
Three times in a row yesterday, Sen. Joni Ernst dodged questions about whether it’s appropriate for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival. After a round of questions from a CNN reporter looking for a “yes” or “no” answer from Ernst, the senator walked away and talked with a few…
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AFSCME Readies For Third Year Of Union Recertification Votes
AFSCME’s public sector union workers will cast their votes for the third year in a row next week to recertify their unions. This year’s voting cycle runs from 8 a.m. Oct. 15 through 9 a.m. Oct. 29. Iowa’s public sector union workers have been forced to recertify their unions every year since 2017. That year,…
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Joni Ernst Defends Donald Trump’s Mental State
Just hours after President Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense on the White House lawn by encouraging Ukraine and China to investigate a top political rival, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst defended the President’s mental health. “I think I would probably be upset if someone was constantly on me like that, too,” Ernst said when asked…
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Separate Guns And Mental Health Debate, Patrick Kennedy Urges
Patrick Kennedy knows a thing or two about the effects gun violence has on a family. He also knows about mental health and addiction disorders. Patrick, the youngest son of Ted Kennedy, is open about his past use of OxyContin, alcohol and cocaine. He sought rehabilitation for drug use the day after he crashed his…
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Delaney Still Sees A Path For A Moderate To Win
John Delaney believes his path to the presidency runs through rural Iowa. Iowa is the first-in-the-nation caucus state, he said, because Iowans don’t pay any mind to what’s happening on CNN. Instead, they’re worried about the issues they talk about at the kitchen table, such as how they’ll pay their bills, whether they have enough…
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Dems’ Message To Young Voters: ‘We Can’t Do This Without You’
What keeps two of Iowa’s state senators up at night? Trump, for one. And climate change. A new generation of kids getting addicted to nicotine worries them. As does the never-ending news cycle. Zach Wahls and Joe Bolkcom fielded questions from young people and adults alike at the NextGen Iowa Youth in Politics Forum Thursday…
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Workers Rights Not Keeping Up With AI, Gig Economy, Unions Warn
From self check-out lanes at Walmart to automated ordering kiosks at McDonald’s, workers in Iowa and across the country are being replaced by machines. The idea that automated intelligence is taking over good-paying jobs may seem like something that doesn’t need to be addressed for another decade or two, but one Iowa expert said computers…
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Ernst Votes For New Labor Secretary With Anti-Worker History
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst voted yesterday to confirm Eugene Scalia as the new United States Secretary of Labor, a man who once argued that it’s OK to force workers with health issues to soil themselves on the job. Scalia was confirmed as the new labor secretary Thursday afternoon. Scalia, the son of the late Supreme…
