Kelcey (she/her)

Be nice if the refs would stop calling fouls on Ava Heiden for being tall. #WBB #NCAAWBB #Hawkeyes

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

Not one single Iowa Representative had a townhall during the recess. Not one. Who exactly was out there trying to advocate for medical neglect and starvation of children?

someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...

NBC News confirms this report, adding that Matt Whitaker (now US ambassador to NATO) will consider coming back to run for #IASen. That would create a big problem for Ashley Hinson #IA02, who is widely seen as the top GOP candidate for Senate if Ernst retires. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Did you forget? We didn't. Trump promised to release the Epstein files. He didn’t. His administration blocked investigations. His allies shut down subpoenas. The question isn’t just who’s on the list. It’s: what are they hiding?

"It’s no wonder that pride in being an American is at a record low, with many people in a funk, wondering what happened to the America that they loved. But there are no solutions to be found in despair or by giving up on the American ideal." www.ourlibertiesweprize.com/p/remember-p...

Immigrants belong in Iowa. #KeepFamiliesTogether

In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.

Dear trans Iowans: You belong. You are loved. We see you. Dear Iowa: We are better than the MAGA bullies in charge. We won’t go quiet! #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.

Six months into Donald Trump's presidency and parents are having to choose between taking out a loan or letting their families go hungry just so they can buy school supplies

Long thread. Shortcut to the full piece:

“… it means less safety and security for our future selves, our children, and our grandchildren. More of the budget will go to debt. Less to education. Less to healthcare. Less to defense. Less to Social Security. Less take-home pay as taxes go up." www.ourlibertiesweprize.com/p/iowa-feder...

So proud of my alma mater!

Trump’s economy keeps punishing everyday Iowans, betraying workers while selling us out to billionaires. That’s not leadership – it’s exploitation.

Miller's been out to destroy a lot of things since college. I used to read his columns in the student newspaper. He's always been a hateful, anti-American person.

Prices are going up & we need leaders who will stand up for us. But, Senators Ernst & Grassley aren't standing up for Iowans or the Constitution. That’s why we must hold them accountable! #Iowa

Iowa has the second highest rate of new cancer cases in the nation. So, why does the MAGA legislature refuse to rein in polluters?! #Iowa #IowaLegis #DoYourJob

Hey Reps. Miller-Meeks, Hinson, Feenstra, and Nunn, DO YOUR JOBS! Iowans are relying on you to support Medicaid, SNAP and public education, NOT tax cuts for the rich. #Iowa

I'm sure you already saw the original. I'm pretty sure it was someone in the WH finding a way to distract him with something shiny so he wouldn't suggest a conservative U.S. bishop, thereby ensuring that person could not be the Pope.

He's not saving the economy—he's playing it.

So much of what we're seeing right now can be explained by men's sense of entitlement to women's labor. (And the anger those men feel when women won't do things women are "supposed" to do--or, worse, expect men to do those things, instead).

These examples provided the context in which Justice Jackson called for judges to exercise “raw courage” despite attacks. And, of course, “raw courage” was a phrase frequently invoked by Congressman John Lewis.

She also referenced Judges Waties Waring (SC) and 5th Circuit Judge Elbert Tuttle who also stood firm despite being threatened and socially ostracized for their issuance of decisions that upheld the meaning of the 14th amendment during the Civil Rights Movement.

Because the reporting across outlets hasn’t mentioned it I want to stress that Justice Jackson referenced the courageous & resolute stance of federal judges J. Shelly Wright in Louisiana and Frank Johnson in Alabama who issued school desegregation orders in the face of “Massive Resistance” to Brown.

"Biased." You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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I love that for him.

Mind-boggling to hear the Supreme Court's conservatives get so mired in conservative grievance culture that they now think the continued existence of secular public education is actually invidious and unconstitutional anti-Catholic bigotry: slate.com/news-and-pol...

As usual with these panels, the overwhelming characteristic is nonexistent or false information. Every call to understand and empathize with Trump voters (which is fine in the abstract!) needs to grapple with this.

Every time I hear him, his voice is weaker. He sounds like a sad, confused old man.

Shoutout to Ann for calling out Rep. Miller-Meeks for insulting constituents & ignoring their concerns! Iowans deserve leaders who will put us first, NOT Trump’s billionaire buddies. #IA01

Are you better off than you were 100 days ago? Unless you’re one of Trump’s billionaire buddies, guessing the answer is no…

Rep. Hinson spent her town hall defending Pete Hegseth, President Trump, & Elon Musk… If only she’d fight this hard for her constituents! #Iowa bit.ly/4iyHqdK

Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.

NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.” @nytimes.com 🤡 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

NEW: The Trump administration must attempt to return a second wrongly deported man from El Salvador, a judge — appointed by Trump — ruled late last night. The 20-year-old was deported as an “alien enemy” last month despite a pending asylum claim. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

•••••BREAKING••••• Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla — who leads U.S. Central Command — used a secure U.S. government system to send Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth classified information regarding Houthi attack plans that Hegseth promptly turned around and leaked on his personal phone via…

That's just the start, I'm sure, of registries for all kinds of conditions.