Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement has been fighting for social, economic, environmental, and racial justice since 1975.
Des Moines, IA
Joined December 2008
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"Who are you to decide?! If we live or if we die?"
The fight for healthcare justice is louder than ever.
Join us live! facebook.com/100064977420453…
#StopDenyingCare #CareOverCost
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BREAKING: Reuters just released a special report that found Berkshire Hathaway’s coal plants – including those owned and operated by MidAmerican – emit more nitrogen oxide gases than any other coal-fired fleet in the county. reut.rs/42cYyRu #CleanUpMidAm
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Don't forget to register for this webinar next Wednesday, 10/23, with @AustinFrerick, co-hosted with @iowacci! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
WEBINAR, 10/23 @ 7pm ET: We'll expose how Big-Ag has monopolized food & farming, & how we can end their game through policy! Ft. @AustinFrerick & NFFC member-farmers who are challenging the status-quo. Co-hosted with @iowacci! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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🥚 How important are eggs to grocery store competition?
Kroger tracks egg prices among five "essential" products (w/ milk, sugar, bananas, lettuce) that guide weekly consumer grocery shopping. K price checks these weekly.
Today, K exec confirmed damning internal emails...
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Kroger was the final gouger, not the only gouger. Every entity with power through the supply chain added a few extra percent, by the time it got to Kroger prices were much higher. Then Kroger also took its vig. It's why the 'net income' argument is so dumb.
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This article does a really nice job laying out the state of play: everyone knows where the pollution is coming from (ag), that current approaches aren’t working (and never will), and what needs to be done instead (regulation), but no one has the courage or will to act.
“The situation is more pronounced in the Mississippi River basin, where an estimated 60% to 80% of the nitrogen entering the Gulf originates at farms and livestock operations.” mississippifreepress.org/the…
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Where will you be on Aug. 10? Hope your answer is "Ankeny, with other CCI Action members & supporters!" Come meet old friends & make new ones, get updates on our campaigns, and take action for the ppl & places we ❤️ (& eat some good food)! Details and RSVP cciaction.org/Aug10
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“They’re taking in more money and providing less care. That’s the formula. That’s how you make profit,” said Megan Essaheb, director of federal affairs at People’s Action, a progressive advocacy group.
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Stop denying care! Put #CareOverCost!
As hearing ends, protesters from @PplsAction swarm UnitedHealth CEO, saying that the company’s insurance denials are harming patient care.
“Andrew Witty, you can’t hide. We can see your greedy side,” the protesters chant.
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In his new book, “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry,” @AustinFrerick takes on the most powerful families in the food system. buff.ly/3PC370W
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Senator Mike Bousselot @MBousselot voted to advance this bill, claiming programs like this Polk Co pilot project keep people "trapped" in poverty.
After the subcommittee I asked him what bills he's introduced to try to lift people out of poverty. He walked away without answering.
Video of @LukeElzinga telling each Senate subcommittee member statistics about food insecurity in their home districts.
This was during this morning's subcommittee on a bill to ban basic income programs in Iowa.
The bill advanced in a 2-1 party-line vote.
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ICYMI: Read our re-cap on LSP's November #FarmBill Fly-In to D.C. and take action on the EQIP Improvement Act to ensure this working lands conservation program is helping more farmers implement sustainable practices, rather than subsidizing the CAFOs. landstewardshipproject.org/l…
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Yes @iowacci - @ChuckGrassley (& all other #agriculture state US legislators) should co-sponsor the American Beef Labeling Act.
US eaters want to know the origin of their beef & want to support US farmers!
#CountryofOriginLabeling
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Great to be in DC with the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment talking ag consolidation at a House briefing. @IATP @LSPnow @Morural @DakotaRural @foodandwater @iowacci
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Farm Action Fund's Christian Lovell, an Illinois farmer, calls the EATS Act "little more than a giveaway to the largest corporate monopolies that already have such a tight grip over our food system.”
@SenatorDurbin, @SenDuckworth, and @RepMaryMiller: please help keep this disastrous legislation out of the #FarmBill!
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Just posted my interview with @RiverRaccoon on the reaction to his book -- The Swine Republic from @icecubepress.
We went deep on rented land, ethanol, crop advisors and Casey's pizza. doncarrauthor.com/2023/10/30…
Iowa CCI retweeted
Historic victory achieved by community resistance!
@summit_carbon's #falseclimate solution is next in line to be stopped!
Learn more about what is at stake in the struggle against #CO2Pipelines: oaklandinstitute.org/midwest…
@EmmaSchmit94 @PlainsAction @iowacci @Mittaloak @ndycurrier
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The world is burning, but we had a nice little #CCIBookClub last night w Iowans from every corner of the state. Sincere concerns for water and appreciate of @RiverRaccoon's book. Join us on the author call next week! iowacci.org/book
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#CareOverCost
Too often, medically necessary medical procedures and treatments are needlessly denied requiring those with "coverage" to jump through many hoops to get it covered. In the meantime health deteriorates; people die.
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