Retirement Security Day at the Capitol: 9 a.m. Tuesday, Des Moines

*Indivisible Protest: noon Tuesdays, across from the Federal Building, Cedar Rapids

DSM Visibility Brigade Rush Hour Resistance: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Des Moines

Flames of Hope: 5 p.m. Tuesday, Cedar Rapids

Witness to Minnesota and ICE Training: 7 p.m. Tuesday, virtual (hosted in Tipton)

*Indivisible Visibility Brigade: 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Emmons Street overpass, Hiawatha

ICE Protest: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Eldora

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

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

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

*Veterans for Peace: noon Fridays, across from the Federal Building, Cedar Rapids

*Veterans for Peace rally: 3:30 p.m. Fridays, east entrance of Pentacrest, Iowa City

*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

*Rally in the Wayside Park: noon Saturdays, Decorah

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

*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

*Indivisible Visibility Brigade: 3:30 p.m. Mondays, Mayors Pedestrian Bridge, Cedar Falls

The economy is great again? That’s what US Rep. Ashley Hinson, running for US Senate, wrote in a Des Moines Register opinion piece this week in advance of President Donald Trump’s speech where he tried saying the same thing while he was in Clive Tuesday.

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Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Amie Rivers. It was edited by Paula Solis.

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