Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Stop The Grinchiness Rally Friday In Davenport

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Last chance this year to protest MAGA Rep. Miller-Meeks! Stop the Grinchiness! From our friends at Progress Iowa: “Join us Friday, December 19, at noon outside Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ Davenport office (201 W 2nd St, Davenport) for a festive holiday … Continue reading →

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Ten Thousand Warnings: Hands Free Driving In Iowa

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Trish Nelson
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Upcoming Climate Events In Iowa

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Trish Nelson

And now a word from former state senator and author of America’s Climate Century, Rob Hogg: Please save the date for Called to Climate Action on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids. This … Continue reading →

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Holiday Caroling And Rally At Your Favorite MAGA Rep’s Office

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Up on Capitol Hill, Mariannette Miller-Meeks Votes for tariffs! Cuts healthcare! It’s our money she seeks! She steals from the ones she’s elected to serve To give her billionaire friends tax breaks they don’t deserve. This season of giving, she’s … Continue reading →

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How To Stay Connected With The Pro-Democracy Movement

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Trish Nelson

“The biggest danger is that we give them powers they don’t have.” – Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible Happy Friday! Don’t miss Indivisible’s What’s The Plan? live discussion every Thursday. If you did not catch this week’s call you can … Continue reading →

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Congress Wants to Use the PERMIT Act to Gut the Clean Water Act

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Trish Nelson

ACTION ALERT from Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors (JFAN)! Congress Wants to Use the PERMIT Act to Gut the Clean Water Act. Don’t Let Them. The PERMIT Act (H.R. 3898), dubbed the “Permission to Pollute” Act, is a set of … Continue reading →

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Local Unions To Assemble Holiday Food Baskets For Central Iowa Families

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Local union to assemble 300 holiday food baskets for central Iowa families Des Moines, Iowa — On Friday, December 12, 2025, Labor union volunteers will continue a long tradition of community support as they assemble 300 holiday food baskets for … Continue reading →

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AFSCME To Endorse Rob Sand For Iowa Governor

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Trish Nelson

AFSCME Council 61 to Announce Endorsement of Rob Sand for Iowa Governor DES MOINES, IOWA — AFSCME Council 61 will hold an endorsement event on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at 2000 Walker Street in Des Moines, where … Continue reading →

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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Clean Water)

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Trish Nelson

  From At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast: attheiowafarmtable.substack.com/this-is-why-we-cant-have-clean-water “The fact that we’ve engineered the landscape in order to move water out of the ground quickly is called tiling. Tile is pipe 4 feet below the surface. That tile is … Continue reading →

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Iowa AG And SOS Help Trump Build National Citizen Registry

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Follow Ed Tibbetts’ Along the Mississippi on Substack.  To read this entire article, click on the link. edtibbetts.substack.com/ by Ed Tibbetts Iowa is helping the Trump administration build a national citizen registry. Groups worry the registry threatens the privacy of … Continue reading →

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