The @wsj with a byline from my hometown of Davenport, Iowa, reporting on the impact of tariffs in the Quad-Cities. Exports make up about 20% of the local economy, roughly double the national avg.
The Iowa Quad-Cities are in a true swing district, time to swing back.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trumps-trade-war-arrives-in-americas-heartland-dce51d59?st=VqYx7p&reflink=article_copyURL_share
#tariffs #quadcities #iowa
It took a few days but internet sleuths were able to identify the man in the video...
IG: @thatdaneshguy
#Iowa doesn’t get a huge amount of attention, but we are in the vanguard for bad, unwoke AF policy. Our Gov and the Repub dominated legislature loosened child labor laws last year. Before that, they banned DEI as much as possible. We’ve got book bans, too. Public money for private schools? You bet.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.
My brother organized a town hall/search party inviting Iowa Senators Ernst & Grassley & Rep. Miller-Meeks. None showed up, unsurprisingly, but ~100 residents did and local media covered it:
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/iowa-politics/town-hall-davenport-invites-iowa-lawmakers-none-showed-up/526-fe0bcf3b-0389-440b-8435-69c263653f77?fbclid=IwY2xjawJJBhhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUC4ZdkbZL5BVoPDfeW1gBQwgQKYqu9IuPKvxfw8xqtNhgtBk0hRTABdag_aem_T0QPBvhVNNSbP74ygpyBsA
#uspol #iowa #democracy
