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Aging, deeply unlikeable woman. Radical leftist. Top choices for retaining sanity while fighting fascism include crafts, cats, and outdoorsy things. 🔵 Central Iowa she/her Fuck ICE.

Gardening, historic building maintenance, pet photos, infrastructure observability, JavaScript, graph theory, jokes. Fiscally anti-fascist, socially anti-fascist. Pacifist Gemini. South Amana, Iowa

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Episcopalian socialist and remedial cinephile living in a Grant Wood painting. Musician, writer, bartender. Creator of @fruitlessmedia.bsky.social, He/Him

Robert Hirschfeld

Director of Water Policy at Prairie Rivers Network in Illinois. The rural Midwest doesn’t have to be a sacrifice zone for corn and soybeans.

Heart of Iowa DSA

@heartofiowadsa

DSA chapter for Ames, and Story, Marshall, Boone, Hardin, and Hamilton County.

Volunteer coordinator for India May for IA House District 58: https://mayforiowa.com/volunteer

Writing, Rhetoric, Multimodality. History of composition & standardizing writing; feedback & assessment; and multimodal pedagogies. Digital rhetoric & disinformation. Reviews Coeditor @kairostp.bsky.social

Arya Zandvakili

@aryazandvakili

MD PhD. Physician-Scientist. Infectious Diseases Specialist. In the lab, I use molecular biology and bioinformatics to study cytomegalovirus In the community, I advocate for Medicare-for-All and Chair the Iowa Chapter of PNHP.org

I like birds, books, and podcasts. She/her. I block engagement farmers and report scammers.

Childless cat lady in Iowa. I swear a lot.

Cat dad, city dweller, communicator. | DSM by way of MSP, IND, STL & CHI | Ask me what I'm reading: https://www.pleasereadittome.com/

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@lightbulbout.com

retired from gaming

He/Him Future Oscar-Winning Actress's Husband Former Mayoral Candidate in Iowa Opinions aren't mine, I don't know how they got here.

Rachel Burns for Iowa

Speech therapist, firefighter-EMT, college instructor, and medical examiner investigator. Democratic candidate for Iowa House District 7.

probably nicole

MSc in Digital Anthropology, fandom, sexuality, platform ecologies, thinking with technology

Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick. https://kieranhealy.org / https://theordinalsociety.com

frankenstein friday

@frankensteinfriday

loudmouth. iowan in mpls

@wettachforiowa

7th generation Iowan | Attorney | Advocate Democrat running for Iowa State Auditor

India May for Iowa House

Progressive candidate for Iowa House District 58. The reason Joni Ernst retired: https://tinyurl.com/2crxjx6x. Donations deeply appreciated: mayforiowa.com Let’s kick MAGA out of the statehouse.

Julie Stauch For All Iowans

@julie4alliowans

I’m a 5th-generation Iowan and a lifelong problem-solver applying to be Iowa’s next Governor. juliestauch.com/links

Gumby Brain Specialist

Just recently fell off the turnip truck

Nathan Sage for U.S. Senate

Husband. Father. Marine. Mechanic. Iowan. Fighting for the Working Class.

Kat Abughazaleh

Former journalist running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com

Nurse Leader, Cat Dad, Proud Husband of a Navy Veteran, Iowan, Holding Miller-Meeks accountable daily. Make a better world than ours, Kal.

Indivisible Iowa

We are a grassroots movement fighting for democracy, justice, and equality for all. We educate, advocate, and empower Iowans to take action on important issues. Inspired by the Indivisible Guide - join us!

Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival

Catch cinematic excellence at the 2026 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival, April 10-12, 2026, at the Collins Road Theatres, 1462 Twixt Town Rd, Marion, IA 52302.

Wildlife ecologist, biology teacher, cancer survivor, tv enthusiast, hockey fanatic, horror addict. She/her

Iowa House Democrats

Quad City Times

News tips? newsroom@qctimes.com Support local journalism: qctimes.com/subscribe

Iowa State Auditor, father, bowhunter, former prosecutor, pizza auditor. Running to be Iowa's next Governor. Public servant, not a politician.

@senatorrobhogg

Retired Iowa state senator. Author of America’s Climate Century (2013). Paris to Pittsburgh (2018). Born at 322 parts per million.

@thegazette.com

The Gazette, Eastern Iowa's leading newspaper, has a total integrated audience of 222,700 people daily. Digital editions are published daily and are printed on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

The Cooperative Economy

Advocating for a democratic, equitable, and inclusive world through cooperatives, worker ownership, unions, mutual aid, and workplace democracy. 💜 People Above Profit ✊🏽 #EconomicDemocracy 🌲🌲 usworker.coop | ncbaclusa.coop | workers.coop | ica.coop

Save CR Heritage

@savecrheritage.org

Save CR Heritage works to preserve historic resources through education, assistance, advocacy and action. Nonprofit founded in 2012 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Homegrown Iowan

@homegrowniowan.com

Freelance journalist with a gardening obsession.

Iowa State Representative (District 1) and professional baseball player.

@jodyavirgan.com

Podcast person. Summer Album / Winter Album | What Now w/ Trevor Noah | This Day | Good Sport | The Puzzler | 30for30 | 538 | WNYC, more. Everybody has their own thing that they yell into a well. jodyavirgan.com

My son Cody is DEAD, I only want to post.

Activist because weirdly enough I even care about people I don’t know, that big world out there, not just my family. Lucky to collaborate with some fantastic, gifted people. Inspired and energized by them

President of the AFL-CIO. Oregonian. Home union IBEW. Solidarity forever! she/her #1u

Culver’s defense militia operator

More Perfect Union

@moreperfectunion

Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people. Join us: https://linktr.ee/moreperfectunion

Founder and Executive Director of @MorePerfectUnion.bsky.social

Rachel Braunigan

@rachelbraunigan

Leftist politics, human rights, science, books, and animals. I’ve got no hot takes (She/her)

✌️❤️🍞🌹⚡️✊ Organizer Iowan The world is won by those who show up.

Iowa news & culture in the alt-weekly tradition, online and in print. Independent, locally owned and always free. Est. 2001. Support our work: littlevillagemag.com/subscribe

Rural Iowan. Anthropologist. Bylines in the New York Times, TIME, USA Today, The Hill, the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the Kansas City Star, Civil Eats, and many more. I also write at Deep Midwest: https://rleonard.substack.com/

Central Nebraska farmer, caring the land, water, and family.

Newton ANTIFA Member🇵🇸

Newton’s ANTIFA super soldier reporting for duty

Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken

@steveicecubepress

Passionate fly fisher and long-time indie book publisher. Using the literary arts to better understand the Midwest since 1991. Subscribe on substack. Order at icecubepress.com

State Senator Iowa SD45. #TheCommonGood. Pro-democracy. Former city councilor. Former U.S. State Dept FSO. Mother of 2, grandma to 1.

Director CHEEC, Professor of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, University of Iowa.

Higher Ed nonprofit leader. College parent. Helping college students find study away and study abroad adventures. PhD Edu. A bit short on the sugar.

@jeffperryforankeny

Ankeny City Council Member. Battle Creek, Michigan native. Western Michigan University alum. Proud Iowa Democrat. Star Trek, Metallica, and Detroit sports fan. Wells Fargo VP.

Nigel 🏳️‍🌈

Horticulturalist and Conservationist They ; 23 ; Furry; leftist minneapolis greatest city in tha world

Former social worker. Mother to public school teacher. Director Waittviolenceprevention.org Executive Producer of award winning docs "Bully", HBO'S "Private Violence', Netflix "Audrie and Daisy".

Living in the heartland of the USA. My posts share a moment in my rural American life, insights from my R.N & MPH public health careers and thoughts on what we're all dealing with!

Writer, Father, Christian, Foodie, Sports Fan, Music Lover https://www.stadiumrant.com/author/charleswalton/ https://totalapexsports.com/author/ctwscorpion@gmail.com/#google_vignette

@breakfastpizza

Iowan // Law Student

honorary witch | he/him | one jigger of gin per pound of body weight

Iowa Capital Dispatch

@iowacapitaldispatch.com

Community journalism for democracy. We're a non-profit news site dedicated to hard-hitting and fair coverage of state government and politics.

Your local farm, practicing Regenerative Agriculture in the PNW. Find us at Pike Place Farmers Market. 🇺🇸🇫🇷

The Liberty Pear

@thelibertypear.com

https://www.TheLibertyPear.com NO MAGA, Pro Democracy. Populism, working class advocacy, democratization of the economy, Democratic Socialism. Based in NYC. News, economics, politics, holding power to account, & open discussion.

Bobbi L. Newman 🏳️‍🌈

She/her. Iowa City. Keynote speaker. Author. Professor. Librarian. Workplace Well-being. Mindfulness Student. Dog Mom. Personal account, obviously. https://librarianbyday.net/

Charlie Wishman

@charliewishman

President, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. Member, IAM 254. Just a dad of two awesome kids. New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Sci-Fi, History, the labor movement.

pouterpuff girl

lesbian poet & helicopter cat mom. grad student in public policy working in permanent supportive housing services. iowan escaped to minnesota. buy my precious jewels: tinselandresin.bigcartel.com read my ramblings: celestbianwrites.substack.com

Greg Hauenstein

@greghauenstein.com

Freelance photojournalist and founder of Moonshot Images. I'm also a 9-5 web developer, musician, and a long-suffering Pittsburgh Pirates fan. https://greghauenstein.com https://moonshotimages.com

🎤 “Set our eyes west, chase the sunset . . . “ 🎵🎼🎶

Douglas W. Burns

4th-generation Iowa journalist. Fmr. Carroll Times Herald owner. Writes The Iowa Mercury column on Substack. Founder Mercury Boost, advertising and PR

Husband, dad, prof, chemist. Interim Dean of Faculty, block plan, POGIL, fac dev. Midwesterner, baseball fan, musician, geography nerd. Deconstructing Christian, former Republican. I work at Cornell College, but views my own.

Editor, Storm Lake (Iowa) Times Pilot, stormlake.com Pulitzer Prize winner.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS

Life-long Iowa Democrat. Reader. Writer. Gardener. Camper. Supporter of National Parks. Believer in Social Justice, protecting Democracy, Women's Rights, walking humbly, and volunteering. Political. History buff. English Cream Goldendoodles.

Mitch(ell) Lingo, Ph.D.

Education Research. Director, Board of ICCSD. Views expressed are my own and do not represent my employer, any funding entity, or the District represented.

Des Moines resident/MN raised, working towards equitable clean energy transition, dad, Iowa State grad

Transplanted from northeast US to Flyover Country. Boomer. Language nerd. Folk music enthusiast. Picker of nits. Need to stop doomscrolling and post more about music.

Multimedia Journalist & Editor | Currently Publisher/Editor at Ottumwa Courier & Oskaloosa Herald. #FOIAandFindOut

Tony Baranowski

Newspaper advocate. State Policy Director at America's Newspapers. Food, Family, Fishing. Dad to twins, fan to Cubs.

listen to Devo-teas on your podcast platform of choice

@horsedivorce.club

they/them/elle. doctore. chismose. neozapatista. let us love each other to the end.

Caleb Whitehouse

@realcwhitehouse

Toyota Hilux superfan.

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Podcasting since 2006. Providing historical context to today's politics. Knows a little about a lot. SUBSCRIBE APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-history-can-beat-up-your-politics/id169078375 (myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com)

Iowa Writers’ Collaborative founder, and producer of the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat. https://okobojiwritersretreat.com/ OkobojiWriters.substack.com. and https://iowawriters.substack.com J. Dudley Gilbert’s human.

⋆⁺⋆ Steph ⋆₊⋆

I like to listen✨ I like to learn✨ I like to make things✨ Secular humanist & Trekkie 🖖 She/They - from Iowa - 🐈🐈‍⬛🥄 -`♡´- 🥄🧶🧶 Quiet, but I'll give 💖💖💖 =] https://ko-fi.com/mosdefsteph https://happytipipeople.etsy.com

Danielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH

@daniellefromia-mph

Girl mom. Public Health Professional. Political junkie. Book lover. Dog lover. Blue dot in a red state. Fitness enthusiast. Full of rage ATM. Opinions my own.

Citizen Advocate. Local food. Global Sustainability. Girl dad. Data scientist. Prefers clean water. 4th gen on the family farm. Faith must extend, not contradict, reason. Running for Iowa Senate. PhD with universal curiosity.

Nathan Boonstra MD

Equal parts puns, pediatrics, pop culture. I debunk vaccine myths like Spock & McCoy combined. Yes, I’ve read the inserts. Opinions mine, not employer’s.

IOWANS - CHECK YOUR VOTER REG. https://apps.sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx REPUBLICANS COULD STOP TRUMP IF THEY WANTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA IS FOR SHARING NOT LURKING

Community College Chemistry Prof and outdoor enthusiast. Believer in community service. Occasional poster of long thoughts. Captive Iowan who hails from Wisconsin.

@clarencejohnson

Crinkle-cut if you got em. Iowa City drumbeats.bandcamp.com | selecsound.bandcamp.com

Tammy Nordstrom

Midwest, progressive, human rights, water quality. Big AG is destroying our planet. I personally like animals more than people. No DM🚫 This is not a dating site.

Dexter Merschbrock

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