April 2 Trump declares economic independence to boost domestic production, creating jobs, and generating revenue to cut taxes and pay down the national debt. Oct 30 China trade deal, a 12 out 10 Anyone see a new job while the national debt has soared ? And only 1/2 of the soy China used to buy

I was part of the internal Trump administration team trying to convince the president to end the shutdown in 2018 - 2019 — for 35 days — before people went hungry, workers lost pay, and government services collapsed. Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.

"In less than two hours on Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump got a pair of sharp reminders that he’s just the president of the United States of America — an elected official whose powers are limited under the Constitution and who ultimately answers to the people." Law Dork:

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent detained by ICE @indivisible515.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social @lawdorknews.bsky.social @iowademocrats.bsky.social Latino Heritage festival is this weekend downtown.

#WASTE #FRAUD #GOVTABUSE What happened to Trumps campaing against waste, fraud and abuse? $1 million a day to have the National Guard pick up trash. www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/p...

Lawlessness cannot come from the government,” Judge Faruqui said, according to HuffPost. “We’re pushing the boundaries here.

Geez, if it doesn't involve writing an executive order and the going gets just a little hard Trump gives up and caves. Trumps only ability is to flap his lips constantly and to spew constant lies that feeds his narcissistic need to feel grandios. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Immigration thugs drew their guns on a disabled kid & dragged him from a car outside a school. Then they somehow left a bunch of bullets on school grounds. When agents were contacted to pick up the ammunition, they told the school to use it for target practice. www.huffpost.com/entry/la-boy...

Even the heartland is not content. Lots of honks on I 35 during this afternoons rush hour.

It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....

Tune in tonight for season 25 episode 46 of the Apprentice. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

Welcome to the Apprentice www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking President Donald Trump’s unprecedented seizure of California’s National Guard, calling the move illegal and a “dangerous precedent. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

MAGA politics has a built-in structural problem here: It thrives on invocations of endlessly sinister, inchoate enemies and fantasies about using emergency authorities and awesome firepower to crush them. Trump and Miller need to paint all migrants as criminals are reduced to scouring Home Depot

Maybe it would be useful for our elected officials to actually read bills? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

Maybe because the deep state is only brainwashing talk used by trump and his maga acolytes. apnews.com/article/epst...

Under Paygo rules the deficit caused by the budget bill will cut Medicare, yes read that right Medicare. The strategy of maga and the republicans is to choke govt out of existence.

Justice Jackson has a unique ability to capture an argument in one sentence. She did it today and has done it before.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social please post this video of Springsteen’s inspiring words at his Manchester concert: youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...

We’re not going to touch it. Now, we are going to look for fraud,” Trump said Wednesday when asked about Medicaid. CBO says it would rip health insurance away from more than 8 million vulnerable Americans. The con man will say anything to get your vote. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Undoubtedly the best book I recently read, Abundence by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social and @dkthomp.bsky.social . In these dark times where its all to easy to be against something, this book has helped center my mind around a theme to focus on. @iowahousedems.bsky.social @iowasenatedems.bsky.social

My oh my, the king of art of the deal is tired about talking about deals. "You keep writing about deals, deals,” he told reporters. “I wish they’d stop asking ‘how many deals are you signing this week?" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

And now something fun and different. Follow along on this flight on a new section of trail on South Sycamore youtu.be/tuTxCDvhxaU?...

Grassley is tone deaf when saying all of the deportation issues including no due process is Biden's fault. apnews.com/article/town...

The women's USATF 1 mile championship at the Grand Blue Mile.

USDA to pay farmers $10 billion for 2024. I'd take that as bribing the base. And this doesn't include any of the existing tarriffs. www.griceconnect.com/local-news/u...

@iowastartingline.com @iowasenatedems.bsky.social @iowahousedems.bsky.social This seems like rural Iowa where you already have a health care desert in many places. Seems like a winning message www.fah.org/podcasts/rur...

BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court. Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.

"I will get it settled before I even become president". So much for promises made, promises kept. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Best read the fine print to make sure that if you don't pass the citizenship test you're deported to El Salvador. www.kcrg.com/2025/04/14/i...

The bullshit meter is off the charts 📈 This was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along," Bessent told reporters. www.npr.org/2025/04/09/n...

Trump, Air Force 1 "I'm not going to have deficits because to me a deficit is a loss". The concept of trade: you have something I would like to have, what do you need that I have in return for this exchange? Trump is an idiot.

Our Hands Off March in Des Moines, Iowa. It was quite heartening to see this many people turn out. youtu.be/m4lAylTo-lA #handsoff #desmoines

This is what democracy looks like. #handoff #desmoines

Somehow a billionaire with a criminal record again persuaded blue-collar workers that he was on their side. He claimed he could wave tariffs (taxes on foreign imports), which he describes as the most beautiful word in the English language, like a magic wand 👊🇺🇲🔥 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Best download a copy of your social security record and keep it in a safe place . There's no way this would work well. Being a software engineer am pretty confident this would be a disaster.

BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson has *blocked* the dismantling of CFPB. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

The Legislature cannot give Iowa's taxpayers an accurate look at the state's budgeting priorities if department heads or the governor are withholding critical information. The lack of transparency is unacceptable.

Why do you "grassley" believe trump is above the law? Why does trump gut the va? And you do nothing. #townhall #grassley #iowademocrats youtu.be/D8NeyYlhEyU?...

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jets. Meanwhile, we can't even figure out how to build $500 drones in mass to use 🤷‍♂️ #trump #drones apnews.com/live/donald-...

MUST READ: "The president and several of his officials have openly challenged judicial authority, raising fears that his administration may defy court orders — and potentially ignite a constitutional crisis."

@kcci.bsky.social @iowahousedems.bsky.social @iowasenatedems.bsky.social 146,500 jobs targeted by tarriffs in Iowa

Page One in Dallas. @dallasnews.com

Well, the peace maker is at it again. So far the score 0 - 3. #ukraine #russia #iran #yemen

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.