Amie here. Happy week-before-Xmas!

In this issue: Candidate meet-ups, protests and rallies, and this week’s viral post.

What is nitrate, and why is it my problem? Prairie Rivers of Iowa has launched a new short video series explaining it all.

Meet a candidate:

US Senate candidate Josh Turek: 

• 6 p.m. Wednesday, Council Bluffs
• 7 p.m. Thursday, Des Moines

Protests and rallies:

4 Corners Weekly Peaceful Protest: 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, near the Casey’s/Methodist Church in Panora

Indivisible Ames December Meeting: 6 p.m. Thursday, Ames

Vigil for Immigrant Rights: noon-12:30 p.m. Fridays, Waterloo Post Office

Weekly Jefferson Protest: noon-1 p.m. Fridays, Jefferson Square, Jefferson

FED UP Fridays: 2-4 p.m. Fridays, Des Moines

Community Rally for Democracy: 10 a.m. Saturdays, NE corner of Hickman and Alice’s Road, Waukee

Grieving for Gaza: 11 a.m. Saturdays, Decorah

Weekly Rally in the Wayside Park: noon Saturdays, Decorah

Weekly Perry Protest: noon-1 p.m. Saturdays, First and Willis by the bicycle sculpture, Perry

Relational Conversations and Active Listening Workshop with IC Showing Up for Racial Justice Circle: 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Coralville

Weekly Peaceful Protest: 1 p.m. Saturdays, corner of Mamie Eisenhower Avenue and Story Street, Boone

Save Our Parks: 10 a.m. Sundays, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harper’s Ferry

Henry County First Amendment Rally: noon-1 p.m. Sundays, front of the courthouse, Mount Pleasant

Events are sourced from mobilize.us and emailed submissions; submit an event here.

Iowa mom Jessica Djukanovic was recently refused proper care for a fatal pregnancy. Her husband, Miljan, says they and their doctors were “cornered by the government.”

The Djukanovics both identify as religious and conservative, but this experience shed new light on how the American conservative party propagandizes voters like them for power at the expense of their health and safety.

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