Announcing "Salvage the Season's Spring FUN-raiser" for @hcrichardson.bsky.social Heather Sievers and myself 5:30pm Apr. 23, West End Architectural Salvage in Des Moines. An evening of fun and positivity, in contrast to so much of the news around us. Please join! secure.actblue.com/donate/salva...

Hey — it’s $Twosday. We’re building a people-powered campaign, and sometimes that just means $2 at a time. If everyone who sees this chipped in 2 bucks, this campaign would be powered by regular people — not big donors. If you can, awesome. If not, liking or sharing this helps just as much.

“We need to be investing in our families in our communities and our future.” www.desmoinesregister.com/.../polk.../... That's playing politics? Deal me in. Somebody has to stand up and stop taking money from working people and giving it to out-of-state corporations. In Iowa's SD23 - that's me.

"I used to think that the defining fight for our country was between the left and the right. Now, I am much more worried about the money at the top crushing everyone underneath." An important read: newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Campaign kickoff tonight! 5:30pm in Grimes. Details at tonythompsonforiowa.com

BIG NEWS! Senator Whitver will retire when his term ends. This means our seat is WIDE OPEN. Mike Zimmer won in Clinton. Catelin Drey won in Sioux City. WE have the momentum going into 2026. With your help, we will flip this seat next. Can you chip in $5? secure.actblue.com/donate/five-...

I am running for the seat currently held by Iowa Senate Majority Leader Whitver, and I need your help to win in 2026! Will you please support our campaign to build a better #TomorrowTogether? Link to contribute at: tonythompsonforiowa.com

Dude has never heard of the Clean Air Act. He says: "Our air is cleaner not because of fear-driven policies, but because of real innovation by real people." www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...

#HotAirBalloon at the #DroneShow at the National Balloon Classic - amazing show!!

We are all going to #DEI anyway. www.kcrg.com/2025/07/30/g...

I'm Tony Thompson, and I'm running for the Iowa Senate to build a better future for all hardworking Iowans and our families. It's time to solve real problems, and stop padding the pockets of the wealthy! #IowaSenate #TomorrowTogether

One way choice is not choice. This is wrong, and we need to elect leaders who will make it right! #PublicSchoolStrong #TomorrowTogether #EducationMatters

I cannot imagine.

Happy Independence Day! Today we celebrate freedom. Remember that independence isn’t about standing alone; it's about choosing who you stand with. Here’s to a country built on both self-reliance and community that is always working to build a better #TomorrowTogether #4thofJuly #IndependenceDay

Water in Raccoon R. set new high with nitrates over 23 ppm. Central Iowa Water Works requesting to not water lawns until the denitrification process can catch up to more easily ensure that water going to consumers will stay under the EPA regulated limit of 10 ppm. #TomorrowTogether #IowaStrong

Be conservative with your water and not with your politics. www.dmww.com/news_detail_...

Rural Iowans are damned if they do, damned if they don’t… pass a farm bill.

Something that has come up multiple times this week that may not yet be on your radar (this time; this was also attempted in 2020: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...) www.kcrg.com/2025/04/23/c...

This is concerning! The bottom 50% of households by wealth account for 3% of the wealth. The challenge with this is that these are the people that are utilizing all of their income for daily living expenses. They do not have the capacity to build wealth, which requires savings and investment. 🧵

FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested www.counton2.com/news/nationa...

There’s a reason you haven’t heard much lately about the long overdue new Farm Bill. Read more below: piatt.substack.com

Thanks @melton4iowa.bsky.social for pulling this together! I appreciate sharing about the Iowa Farmers Union!

Took the day off work to travel to DC to support @unrigoureconomy.bsky.social The 2017 Tax Cuts [for Billionaires] were bad. Then DOGE to cut "waste" -- to them, is anything not lining the pockets of Billionaires. Now Republicans' #gameoftariffs creates volatility that #RobberBarons profit from.

It’s almost as if governing were never the intention, but rather a guise for the robber barons to do more raiding.

#TrumpsTariffs add to an already very stressful situation, for farmers and others. Why? We have real #FairTrade issues! Currency manipulations, varying labor and health and safety standards, labelling standards, etc. Fair and competitive markets; not bailouts. We must build #ResilientFoodSystems!

There ain’t no power like the power of the people ‘cuz the power of the people don’t stop. #handsoff @indivisible515.bsky.social @indivisible.org @iowahousedems.bsky.social @iowasenatedems.bsky.social @iowademocrats.bsky.social @polkdems.bsky.social

Incredible turnout. Love to see people understanding what’s at stake and standing up to protect it.

Des Moines Channel 5 tonight at 10pm.

Much gratitude for those who are jumping in and advocating, raising awareness, calling or writing their state and federal legislators, and doing other things to defend the people, especially the many who are doing so for the first time. If you need some ideas of what you can do, please reach out!

The (Iowa) state legislature still has not taken action on the school finance bill. The session is scheduled to end on May 2 so there isn't a lot of time left and the legislature still has to deal with property tax reform. Call or write your legislators and kindly ask them to do their jobs!

Sometimes you just gotta

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(Iowa) EVENTS THIS WEEK: March 18: Nunn Forum (invited), Urbandale, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, 3520 86th Street, Urbandale, IA, Meeting Room A/B

#WeThePeople talking about how we build a better #TomorrowTogether! People showing up in Iowa in recent weeks -- people who are just plain tired of how things are going in our state and our country right now! Thanks to JD Scholten for making this happen, and everyone else for showing up!!

My interview with KCCI (Channel 8 in Des Moines) about funding for Local Food for Schools (LFS) and Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) that the USDA announced it will not be continuing. www.kcci.com/article/iowa...

Oye.

The king has no clothes.

I’m not sure which is more chaotic: this or our state capitol? I do know which is fuller of poop right now, and it’s not where I am standing. Gotta build a better #TomorrowTogether

This goes for the state level, too. Looking at you, businesses in Des Moines. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

See through the smoke.

Iowa GOP has it bassackwards. HF 712 limits distribution of VACCINES by limiting immunity for vaccine makers. SF 394 GRANTS immunity to pesticide manufacturers. #MakeItMakeSenseAgain @iowahousedems.bsky.social @iowasenatedems.bsky.social

"The [Iowa] Republican supermajorities could’ve put this amount of urgency and effort into passing any other legislation... The possibilities are endless." ruralroutes.substack.com/p/the-place-...

English? Silly @nytimes.com. Did you learn nothing with the Gulf? Clearly the designation will be Amerikan.

“And you tell me, I said. “If Jesus were here today, would he be standing here next to us condemning the people below us, or would he be down there with them, comforting them?” Bob Leonard, to a "[...stereotypical image of a] 40-year-old white preacher in Iowa" rleonard.substack.com/p/the-republ...

"You hurt more people than I've ever seen in my political life, and you never speak about it." Watch Sen. Bisignano's full comment's from today's debate. @iowasenatedems.bsky.social fb.watch/y0PMse9f7U/

The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...

Tues., Feb 25 - updates on meetings for bills I am following. All the bills I'm following at: www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/rep... Let me know if there are bills that I should add to my list.

Monday, Feb 24 - updates on meetings for bills I am following. Let me know if there are bills that I should add to my list! You can see which bills I'm following at: www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/rep...