Raymond Baker
@RayBake
Lifelong Iowan. Reader. Writer. Gardener. Goldendoodle fan. Camper. Volunteer. LGBTQ Ally. Believer in Social Justice, Women's Rights, and Democratic Values.
The @IowaGOP is running scared of @RobSandIA, Iowa's next Governor. After years of economic disaster, unsafe nursing homes, defunding public education, stripping Civil Rights from Iowans, book banning, and attacks on women, we're ready for change. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
Fox News took Jeanine Pirro off air because "she's crazy" and "nuts." Their words, not mine. Now we're going to trust her with the lives and liberty of the people of DC? This is just absurd.
Iowa MAGA Senator @SenJoniErnst wants full transparency over the false shit @DNIGabbard spewed about Obama. But when it comes to her President sexually assaulting little girls with Jeffrey Epstein, Ernst is the cover-up queen. Ernst is as dishonest as the day is long.
Joni Ernst is calling for “full transparency” of the Russia Obama “conspiracy” but has not said a word about holding Trump and the DOJ accountable for full transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking tragedy that exposed billionaires get to play by different rules.
The guy who’s hellbent on displaying The 10 Commandments in every classroom… was caught watching porn at a school board meeting. #ChristianRepublicanValues @RyanWalters_
Republicans know this. That’s why they passed their Big Bullshit Bill that doesn’t kick in until AFTER the midterm elections in 2026. Democrats need to campaign hard on these rising prices now.
I don't think most Americans realize how hard tariffs are about to hit them. The combination of 1) escalating tariffs, 2) companies slowly passing this to consumers, and 3) repeal of the de minimis exemption in the Big Beautiful Bill, a lot stuff will be more expensive in 2027.
“What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask“ nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/… via @NYTimes
Are you proud of yourselves, @SecRubio @SenJoniErnst, @ChuckGrassley, and @ZachNunn? Little League baseball players can't come into the United States to play games because YOU put an incompetent, vindictive, immature, and hateful narcissist in the White House. Shame on you.
This is the governor @KimReynoldsIA's legacy. Abuse & neglect at nursing & group homes and the governor's absolute choice to ignore it ... repeatedly.
If you have loved ones in an Iowa nursing home, assisted living, or long-term care facility, @IAGovernor doesn't give a rip about your family member being verbally, sexually, or physically abused. Reynolds has done NOTHING to address elderly care here. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/07/17/nur…
ALL of Iowa's elected delegation, @SenJoniErnst, @ChuckGrassley, @RepAshleyHinson, @RepMMM, @RepFeenstra, and @ZachNunn voted to delay rules requiring increased staffing in nursing homes for TEN YEARS. Meanwhile, elderly Iowans are physically, sexually, and verbally assaulted.
When rural Iowa hospitals close because @ZachNunn voted to cut Medicaid by millions, Iowans in larger cities will see their emergency rooms crowded with people seeking care too. Wait times will skyrocket. Vital care will be delayed. People will die. Blame Zach Nunn.
Senator Tom Cotton and Senate Republicans gutted Medicaid in their “Big, Ugly Bill.” Arkansas emergency rooms will be overwhelmed. How is this delivering results for working families?
C'mon Senate Watch Dog and father of the anti-grift and corruption Congressional brigade, @ChuckGrassley. ANOTHER $10 MILLION dollar taxpayer funded no bid contract for the Florida concentration camp. IRG Global is making bank thanks to the GOP. Are you going to step up?
Another $10,000,000 contract posted for the Everglades Immigrant Detention Camp -- again, with NO details, but the money is going to IRG Global, a company that has made political donations to the Republican Party of Florida and other GOP state leaders. What a grift!
Coming soon to a farm field, water source, and no longer organic garden near you, Iowans. Scientific research shows dicamba has a direct link to liver and bile duct CANCER. And the EPA is bringing it back on the market to sicken and kill you and your loved ones.
BREAKING: The @EPA just proposed approving 3 new dicamba herbicides—despite years of court bans, crop destruction, and corporate cover-ups. Critics say it's a handout to @Bayer, @BASF, and @Syngenta. @CenterForBioDiv @CFSTrueFood thenewlede.org/2025/07/epa-mo…
Dicamba herbicide easily drifts. The chemical has been off the market for some time now. Trump's corrupt @EPA is attempting to bring it back - causing anyone living in a rural area or community to breath and drink this shit and have it coat their homes and gardens. #CANCER
The most drift-prone herbicide in US history—dicamba—may soon return to farm fields near you. Internal docs show @Bayer & @BASF knew it would cause widespread crop damage. Why is the @EPA approving it again? @foodandwater @NRDC thenewlede.org/2025/07/epa-mo…
Iowa has the highest rate of NEW cancer cases in the nation. Corporate pollution and farm chemicals, including pesticides and herbicides contribute to those rising cancer numbers and lost loved ones. And the @GOP is putting corporate wealth @Bayer over public health. Hell no!
"Let’s send a clear message that we will not allow corporate polluters to hide the truth about cancer-causing chemicals and we will always fight for public health above corporate wealth," said @RepDWStweets. @foodandwater @pesticideaction @EPA thenewlede.org/2025/07/vote-p…
BREAKING: In a major rebuke of Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard, the CIA Officer responsible for the intelligence report about Russia’s election interference schemes just said that Trump and Gabbard are lying in their claims suggesting Russia didn’t interfere in our elections. Wow.
Iowa's MAGA House Republicans, @RepAshleyHinson, @RepMMM, @RepFeenstra, and @ZachNunn all ran home to Iowa to avoid releasing the #TrumpEpsteinPedoFiles Hinson, Miller-Meek, Feenstra, and Nuun are protecting a credibly accused child rapist. #MAGA #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
The WH is a mafia operation. They got in contact w/ Maxwell & now Trump is publicly dangling a pardon for her, IF she lies to try to save Trump. If you're facing life in prison, what would you do? We need ALL records of ALL contact with her and transcripts of ALL meetings.
Well done and thank you, good people of Scotland! @POTUS is hated worldwide. #TrumpStink #TrumpScotland #TrumpEpsteinPedoFiles
Meiselas: Donald Trump is being protested all across Scotland... You saw a protest in Edinburgh. There are also protests in Aberdeen and in cities and communities across Scotland...Let me show you this, where the speaker says, “As for Mr. Trump, we could smell your stink the…
That would pay for a lot of school lunches for hungry kids & nursing home care for elderly parents.
Based on GAO estimates and public schedules, Trump's golf trips since January 2025 have cost taxpayers about $60 million across 43 days, including recent Scotland visits. This averages ~$1.4M per day, far exceeding Obama's costs.
If you have loved ones in an Iowa nursing home, assisted living, or long-term care facility, @IAGovernor doesn't give a rip about your family member being verbally, sexually, or physically abused. Reynolds has done NOTHING to address elderly care here. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/07/17/nur…
Iowa's waterways are filthy. They are contaminated with high levels of nitrates, E.coli, pesticide residue, and hog shit runoff. Even after expensive drinking water treatment, nitrates remain high and the water is not safe for young children and babies to drink.
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