The Iowa Library Association Executive Board has issued the following statement in response to member questions and concerns regarding HF 718 regarding Library Levies in Iowa. Read it here: ow.ly/Mu6150OuulY

Always good to see Secretary Pete Buttigieg back in Iowa! When asked about anti- #LGBTQ bills passed by #IALegis , said govt should focus on making people’s lives better as with bipartisan infrastructure law, not making life harder for kids.

Mafia's global reach is amazing. Seems to still flourish in some former Soviet sattelite countries. Why there? Do fascist governments breed fascist networked criminals? But now we see the pattern in US too? Trump? Texas's AG Paxton? #IaLegis muzzle on Auditor Sand? #IaPolitics

Disregard of official duty: 7
Misapplication of public resources: 1
Const'l bribery: 2
Obstruction of justice: 2
False stments in offcl records: 3
Conspiracy, attempted: 1
Misappropriation of public rsrcs: 1
Dereliction of duty: 1
Unfitness for ofc: 1
Abuse of public trust: 1

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has been named one of 12 Communications Award of Excellence winners by the ACCE.

The Partnership won in the Video category for its 2022 515 Day video: bit.ly/3MMgtVP. #DSMUSA

When you sign illegal legislation behind closed doors because you know it's unpopular with your constituents, you're unfit for office.

Resign, Gov. Kim Reynolds. Your actions are despicable.

#IAGov #ialegis

State Auditor Rob Sand on Linked-In this morning. #IaPolitics #IaGov #IaLegis Iowa Democrats

Miss me with slick DSM metro boosterism when DSMpartnership stands by and watches #ialegis and Gov. Kim Reynolds underfund public schools and attack marginalized populations.

Two Iowa GOP trifectas, 50 years apart.
One put public schools on a path to more equity and stable funding.
The other... #ialegis
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Is #IaGov Reynolds the kind to feed you arsenic & call it lemonade? '‘Harmful’, ‘anti-child’, ‘disturbing’, ‘cowardice’: Critics respond to Reynolds’ defense of Friday's low publicity private bill signing. Secretly ashamed of her crime? #IaPolitics #IaLegis
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See thread. Child Sweat shops. #IaPolitics #IaLegis

.Secretary Pete Buttigieg on anti-LGBTQ bills passed by #ialegis : “we are in Cedar Rapids, working on making life a little easier for airline passengers. And they're over there in Des Moines, working on making life a little harder for LGBTQ high schoolers.”

📢 Please talk to your libraries, Board members, City Councils, & County Supervisors about committing voter-approved levies for their intended purposes - libraries.

📢 email/call community leaders
📢 engage in public meetings
📢 share community-led values

#iowa #ialegis

Is Fifty Years of Iowa Press Enough? blogforiowa.com/2023/05/29/is-… #Iowa #Republicans #KimReynolds #PrivateSchools #Iowa StateAuditor #Iowa Press #journalists #electedofficials #deceitful #Iowa #IAgov #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #IAedu Iowa Public Television #IPTV #RepublicanLies

One day after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a book ban into law, Sioux City West High School’s class of 2023 valedictorian Patrick Baughman uses his platform to speak out:

“Support trans rights and read banned books … Don’t let them take away our love.” (VIDEO Sioux City Journal)

Thank you, legislators, for working with #IowaCreditUnions and their 1.6 million members on legislation that improves the financial lives of Iowans. #ialegis

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“Age-appropriate” has yet to be clearly defined. IA Dept of Education, @ISEA, ACLU of Iowa, & Iowa School Boards received and are reviewing the joint IASL/ILA Letter of Inquiry: ow.ly/VbLv50Ok242

Safeguard the 1st Amendment.
Seek clarification with this letter before removing books! #Ialegis

Charge list on Texas AG Attorney General Ken Paxton in impeachment document before Texas House of Representatives. Crime went on for years & everyone was afraid to touch him. So why'd IaGQP #IaLegis gut investigative powers of State Auditor Rob Sand? Afraid of something? #IaPolitics #IaGov

'the political climate in Iowa has become authoritarian and very conservative.'
Graduation 2023 In Iowa And Other Red States blogforiowa.com/2023/05/28/gra…
#KimReynolds #Iowa #IAgov #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #IAedu #PublicSchools #OpenCarry #Bigotry #ChristianTerrorism #Republicans

Raymond Baker Gov. Kim Reynolds twitter.com/fasc1nate/stat…

Sources say a Bulgarian national and his wife were murdered in their home in Constantia, Cape Town this morning. The individual is believed to be Krasimir Kamenov, one of the individuals I interviewed for my podcast on the Bulgarian mafia in this episode: iono.fm/e/1259523

Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds called education the “great equalizer” and said that everyone involved in education — parents, teachers and students — should have an environment to “thrive.” trib.al/84yXJgy

Why's GQP's bill to hide stuff from the State Auditor smell like moldering cadavers? Simple, if Auditor Sand can't find where the bodies are buried, they'll stink 10 times as much when found. A 100K theft becomes a $1M theft, etc. #IaLegis #IaPolitics
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Thank you, legislators, for working with #IowaCreditUnions and their 1.6 million members on legislation that improves the financial lives of Iowans. #ialegis #GreaterTogether

Kim Reynolds opens up cheap slave labor for Iowa businesses.
Iowa governor signs law to loosen child labor regulations iowapublicradio.org/state-governme…
#KimReynolds #Iowa #IAgov #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #IAedu #Iowa Kids #CorporateKim

Signing a bad bill into law on Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend?

Gov. Reynolds can try, but she can’t avoid accountability for allowing Iowa kids to work dangerous jobs that violate federal law.

desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

This got me all misty-eyed!
#KimReynolds #Iowa #IAgov #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #IAedu #TransRights AreHumanRights #TransRights #bannedbooks

Too bad DSMpartnership never communicates that #ialegis and Gov. Kim Reynolds shouldn't enact hateful, discriminatory laws.
Partnership clearly doesn't care about civil rights or human dignity & apparently doesn't mind laws that will hurt recruitment/retention of educated workforce.

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