The 10 states that have passed the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws this year — and how locals are fighting back

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states-most-anti-lgbtq-laws

Breaking political news: Ed Scarce reports U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, Iowa’s first female congresswoman and Iraq War veteran, plans to not seek reelection next month, stirring major shifts in Iowa GOP. With Governor Kim Reynolds also stepping down, the party faces tough leadership battles, potentially aiding Democrats. Full story: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/08/report-joni-were-all-going-die-ernst-not #JoniErnst #IowaPolitics #Senate2025 #RepublicanParty #KimReynolds #DemocraticOpportunities #EdScarce
Report: Joni 'We're-All-Going-To-Die' Ernst Not Running For Re-Election

Ernst plans to announce in September that she will opt out of the race for a third term.

Crooks and Liars

Sen. Ernst of Iowa expected to announce she won’t run for reelection

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AshleyHinson #BarackObama #ChuckGrassley #DonaldTrump #Elections #IAStateWire #Iowa #JoeyCappelletti #JoniErnst #JoshuaSmith #KimReynolds #LukeMartz #PeteHegseth #Politics #Senateelections #ThomTillis #U.S.DemocraticParty #U.S.RepublicanParty #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/91365/

does Gov #KimReynolds understand the implications of her act approving _gender identity discrimination_? …as a woman governor, signing a law passed by a majority? group of men…

also, i so _hate_ conflation/misconception of #HumanRights as ‘civil rights’

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#Iowa House members voted 60-36 Thursday afternoon to pass Senate File 418, which removes protections against gender identity discrimination from the civil rights law”

https://desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/28/kim-reynolds-signs-law-removing-gender-identity-protections-from-iowa-civil-rights-act-sf-418/80576830007

#USPol #Trans #Gender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Reynolds signs law ending trans civil rights protections; Iowa 1st state to repeal rights

The bill signing by Gov. Kim Reynolds makes Iowa the first state in the country to take away civil rights from a group it has previously protected.

The Des Moines Register

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajDJOTis90k

#JasmineCricket : 'Let me REMIND you who set the House on fire'

#KimReynolds

"Let Me REMIND You Who Set The House On Fire..."

YouTube

Looking at the Heritage Foundation and who do I see? #PeteHegseth, #SamuelAlito, white supremacist oaf #TomHoman, #TulsiGabbard, Rep. ScottPerry, Gov. #KimReynolds, #RileyGaines (some whinging knobhead TERF), country musician #JohnRich (whomever the fuck that is!), some ghoul grinning like a hyena claiming Trump can utilise #RecessAppointments, etc.

I can't actually watch the videos yet. My stomach is feeling sick already.

#farright #Project2025

@br00t4c Iowa still has a Department of Health that investigates bad things for humans??? Wow! I would have thought #KimReynolds would have ham-strung that department and put in a prayer circle.

I take back every mean thing I said about Gov. Kim Reynolds after last year’s Republican Response.

#SOTU #KatieBritt #KimReynolds #GOP

Most Iowans oppose anti-transgender birth certificate bill

Critics say the “women’s bill of rights” is an “erasure” of the trans community in the state.

Advocate.com
Activists protest Reynolds' bill excluding transgender people from certain facilities - Iowa Capital Dispatch

Speakers for and against the governor's proposal defining "male" and "female" in Iowa Code spoke at a public hearing Monday.

Iowa Capital Dispatch