2019
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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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Cindy Axne Calls For Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump
Iowa Rep. Cindy Axne joined more than 170 of her colleagues today in support of an impeachment inquiry into Republican president Donald Trump. “For the sake of our national security and our democracy, these serious allegations require independent Congressional investigation unobstructed by this Administration,” said Axne, Tuesday afternoon in a statement. “Congress has a responsibility…
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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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Loebsack, Finkenauer Call Out Trump On Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
Two of Iowa’s U.S. House Democrats laid out their concerns Monday about the possibility President Donald Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine if its leaders didn’t investigate former vice president and presidential candidate Joe Biden. “This is not where we should be and not what we deserve from the leader of our country,” said…
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For Western Iowa Couple, Exhaustion From Constant Floods
Johnny Lynn and Randy Williams parked their burgundy pickup truck behind a barricade last Friday, which sat in front of their property just off of Interstate 29 — a home and farm three feet deep in floodwaters. In one direction was the Missouri River, out of its banks for the third time this year. In…
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Finkenauer Endorses Greenfield In Effort To Unseat Ernst
Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer today joined other prominent Iowa Democrats in endorsing Theresa Greenfield for the U.S. Senate. Greenfield, president of a family-owned real estate company in Des Moines, is one of four Democratic candidates running to unseat Republican Sen. Joni Ernst in 2020. Ernst is nearing the end of her first six-year term. “As we…
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What We Learned From A Critical Iowa Weekend
As it has in past Democratic primary cycles, this weekend’s Steak Fry event proved a major road marker on the path to the party’s nomination. That, combined with the Des Moines Register’s new poll and Saturday’s The People’s Presidential Forum, helped set the tone for the new state of the race in the Iowa Caucus.…
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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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Joe Biden Interview: Get Farmers Involved In Climate Action
Former Vice President Joe Biden said he looks at climate change as an opportunity, not just a problem. In a week where flooding ravaged Western Iowa, students across the state participated in the climate strike and youth involved in the Sunrise Movement hosted presidential candidate forums, Biden addressed Iowa’s most pressing concern at a town…
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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…
