Dexter Merschbrock
@DMerschbrock
Marxism 1.0 - NALC 373
Elections matter, but if you don’t like the outcome it’s totally legitimate to say that low participation, a history of unequal civil rights, and the totally corrupting influence of money leave any result a far cry from the will of the people.
Due to advanced age and decades of vegetarian diet I’m unable to watch a film such as The Mighty Ducks without tearing up a few times 😢
The student protesters were obviously correct on Gaza. The reaction to them was obviously idiotic and depraved. We're probably still a while out from this being banal conventional wisdom, but it's coming.
“I’ll veto legislation” isn’t much of a rallying cry
The 6-week abortion ban goes too far, but the insiders in Des Moines don’t think so. As governor, I’ll veto any further restrictions on reproductive freedoms in Iowa.
Go aboard the doomed Titanic, thanks to the metaverse.
First term City Council member in Cedar Rapids has been speaking out more so this is the headline/photo combo the local news hit him with lol
Shirley Jackson America
State of Mind: National All or Nothing Day invites us to embrace risk, pursue our dreams thegazette.com/health-wellnes…
One way to begin addressing this would be to quadruple the education budget and open schools year round to provide services
A social safety net that transfers resources from working-age people to non-workers makes sense, but within the category of non-workers we are massively overweight on "old people" relative to "kids and their caretakers."
Big segment on campaign finance news on this one
When news is embarrassing, throw it out with the Friday trash... there's a pattern: 👉Gov. Reynolds announcing no reelection? Friday. 👉Removing housing protections for trans Iowans? Friday. 👉 And this week, AG Brenna Bird drops her lawsuit to defund the Winneshiek Sheriff
Never heard River to River host Ben Kieffer more animated than he is here grilling Dem Chair Rita Hart about how she’s failed the state by losing the caucuses. No more presidential candidates on his show!
How much are the first in the nation caucuses responsible for ethanol policy and the Iowa water crisis?
Well respected in Cedar Rapids from what I can tell. Once spoke at a school board meeting and was skeptical of carceral/punishment solutions, which I thought was interesting.
Matthew 25 founder Clint Twedt-Ball launches bid for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District cbs2iowa.com/news/local/mat…
22 years old. War on drugs going strong.
Cedar Rapids man sentenced to 14 years for distributing fentanyl pills thegazette.com/crime-courts/c…
I’m not against government distributing boxes of food. In fact there should be a government meal box program with free public access prep videos.