Bill which removes gender identity from Iowa civil rights law passed by state legislature today
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IA AG opens investigation into Winneshiek county sheriff for requiring valid warrant assist with with ICE detainers
Democratic candidate wins special election for R+22 state senate seat
Democratic candidate wins special election for R+22 state senate seat - midwest.social
For context, this is because Adam Gregg decided to resign from being Lieutenant governor to become the CEO of the IA bankers association. An interesting tidbit on Gregg’s wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gregg] is that Gregg clerked for Justice Mark Cady of the IA supreme court. Mark Cady, who died in 2019 was the author Varnum v. Brien (legalizing gay marriage in the state) and Planned Parenthood v. Reynolds which struck down the 72 abortion waiting period law passed in 2017. I want to speculate about the intra-GOP politics at the Capitol, but honestly don’t have enough to go on beyond that.
I never thought I be wishing for a win for Joni Ernst but here we are.
I never thought I be wishing for a win for Joni Ernst but here we are. - midwest.social
The cope I’m huffing here is that Trump is too petty to nominate DeSantis, and that Ernst is popular enough with other GOP senators that she get’s the pick over Hagerty. I think she’s quietly one of the least bad GOP senators. She’s was fairly vocal in support of police reform in 2020 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_CTVuWNvBY], she’s big on reducing sexual assault in the military. Honestly I would have been happy if Ernst was the republican Harris promised to have in her cabinet. (all of the things that would be bad about a conservative SecDef are bipartisan anyway) Also there’s the matter of needing a replacement for Ernst, which would be a lot easier to flip the senate seat she wasn’t the one holding it.
c/iowa seems to be unmoderated
c/iowa seems to be unmoderated - midwest.social
user listed as the mod @[email protected] [https://midwest.social/u/jimrob4] was last active 8 months ago. This ain’t exactly the most active community on here and there’s yet to be any vitriol on here that’d need moderating but it’s at least something to be aware of.
I wanna Lockpick Puzzle game
Proposal to further shorten the term "fedizens" to "feds"
The best slide of any slideshow I've ever seen
