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Still from Jimmy Kimmel Live “Whatever staffers wrote Grassley’s questions must be on the edge of their seats as he throws their work into the blender of his mind.” —Charles P. Pierce (@ CharlesPPierce on Twitter), on Day 2 of Kentaji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing
“We started looking at where do we need to cut back in this office and shove people back out into retail. Our retail stores are the heart of Hy-Vee, and some people just simply see it being beneath them to work at the retail stores. I think it’s crazy, and I think that it’s offensive.” —Hy-Vee CEO Randy Edeker in a video to staff after laying off 121 of his fellow corporate employees
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“The number one crisis in Iowa cascades down to many sectors. It’s Iowa’s chronic and acute workforce crisis. … Republicans are not facing the reality. IA doesn’t have enough people to fill the available jobs and it is holding back our economy. They have done absolutely nothing to help and nothing to fix the problem. They just call Iowans lazy and take away their earned benefits.” —Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi on Twitter (@ SenClaireCelsi)
“In my opinion, that [HF 2355] is the most polite and soft way that you can tell the public they’re about to get screwed. Is the solvency of the unemployment trust fund at risk? No. And nobody’s buying the governor’s rationale that garbage policy like this will have a positive economic impact. It’s not going to address the workforce shortage.” —Rep. Chris Hall of Sioux City
via Sen. Claire Celsi
“This explains Chuck Grassley’s tweets.” —Michael Ian Black on Julliegrace Brufke’s tweet: “Roger Stone defends Madison Cawthorn, claims orgies and drug abuse not uncommon in DC”
Surrounded by children, Gov. reynolds signs bill banning transgender girls from playing girls sports in all iowa schools (March 3)
A bill rooted in hate and political opportunism. —Janelle B.
Auditor concludes Gov. reynolds has failed to justify almost $450,000 in pandemic relief spent on staff pay (March 4)
She’s misappropriated funds previously, this is nothing (unfortunately) shocking. WE MUST VOTE HER OUT. Our children’s education depends on it if nothing else. —Courtney S.
photo gallery: A small group gathered on the N Dubuque St pedestrian bridge over i-80 on Saturday morning to cheer for one of the Midwest truckers convoys driving the interstates as part of a protest, inspired by protests that occurred in Canada last month. (March 6)
Freedom? After what’s happening in Ukraine, they should be embarrassed. —Judy A.
GOP: Biden is inflating gas prices! Let’s
