From Iowa Starting line here is a list of protests and events around Iowa this week.  Sign up for the ISL newsletter here. ISL is free so consider a donation. Below that an update from the DNC and Howard Dean! on what Dems are doing and and an announcement.

Upcoming rallies and protests:

• Wednesday, Des Moines: Cancer Gag Act Rapid Response Lobby (“Bayer lobbyists are making a desperate last minute attempt to bring the Cancer Gag Act language back from the dead and attach it to an appropriations bill.”), 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Iowa State Capitol Rotunda
• Friday, Des Moines: Fed-day Fridays, 2-3:30 p.m., Neal Smith Federal Building
• Friday, Iowa City: Stand Up For Science Iowa, 4:30-6 p.m., University of Iowa Pentacrest
• Saturday, Waterloo: We The People: Defend Democracy Rally, 10-11:30 a.m., Waterloo Public Library
• Saturday, Iowa City: Threats to Higher Education: A Forum for UI Community Members, 10 a.m.-noon, Iowa City Public Library. Contact aaupuiowa@proton.me for more information.
• Saturday, Decorah: Weekly Pro-Democracy Rally, noon-1 p.m., Carl Selland Park
• Sunday, Keokuk: No GOVERNMENT CUTS of Workers Or Government Services That They Provide!, noon-1:30 p.m., Lee County Courthouse
• Monday, Des Moines: Sit In For Impeachment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Iowa State Capitol Rotunda
• Tuesday, Cedar Rapids: VoteVets Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg, 5:30-7 p.m., location TBD
• Wednesday (May 14), Iowa City: Escort Reina back to ICE and stay for Congressional Meeting, 7-10:30 a.m., Highlander Hotel, Iowa City

Thanks to ISL for providing this info.

DNC News

Have you signed up yet for the DNC’s weekly newsletter, The Blue Print? We were excited to learn Howard Dean! has been involved in helping the DNC get their act together, and was on the press call announcing a huge increase in money to state parties.

Also good news for Iowa, red states will get $5,000 a month more money than the blue states. We can sure use it. Read on, then be sure and subscribe.

DNC (Democratic National Committee) and ASDC (Association of  State Democratic Chairs) Announce Largest-Ever Monthly Investment into Democratic State and Territory Parties

Last Thursday, DNC Chair Ken Martin, ASDC President Jane Kleeb, and former Vermont Governor and DNC Chair Howard Dean held a press call to unveil a historic four-year agreement to deliver more resources to Democratic state and territory parties than ever before.

Under the new State Partnership Program (SPP) agreement, each state party will receive a baseline of $17,500 a month, a $5,000 per month increase over the last agreement, and Republican-controlled states will receive an additional investment of $5,000 a month through the DNC’s Red State Fund, putting their total at $22,500 every month.

The combined investments total a monthly transfer of more than $1 million from the DNC to state parties — the committee’s largest investment into Democratic state parties in history.

These resources will allow state parties to invest in critical infrastructure and staffing, strengthen their data and tech operations, build on-the-ground organizing programs, and better prepare for upcoming election cycles — not just in the months ahead but in the years to come. Additionally, the new agreement includes the DNC’s commitment to hosting six regional training “bootcamps” for state parties per two-year cycle and the hiring of new ASDC staff, including five regional directors.

The new State Partnership Program is just another example of Chair Ken Martin’s commitment to turbocharging investments in on-the-ground organizing and party building.

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