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Copied from a constituents page:It’s the same thing.......Kirk had claimed that passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was...
09/22/2025

Copied from a constituents page:

It’s the same thing.......

Kirk had claimed that passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a "huge mistake" that has now become an "anti-white weapon".

• During a September 2024 episode of the debate show Surrounded, Kirk stated that even if his 10-year-old daughter became pregnant due to r**e, she would be forced to carry the baby to term.

• On a January 3rd, 2024, episode of his show, Kirk continued his incessant verbal assaults on women of color, saying “If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder, is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?

• During an April 5, 2023, appearance at the Salt Lake City campus of Awaken Church, Kirk said, "It's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.That is a prudent deal."

• In March of 2024, Kirk said on his show: The great replacement strategy, which is well underway every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.

• Kirk decried what he described as the “myth” of Martin Luther King Jr , calling him “awful” and "not a good person”, another time declaring him “a serial adulterer, an alleged ra**st, a reparations proponent, and a race Marxist."

• A fierce opponent of DEI initiatives designed to give underrepresented and marginalized communities equal opportunities, he "If I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, boy, I hope he's qualified." (The Charlie Kirk Show, 23 January 2024)

• On an April 30th, 2025 episode of his show, Kirk reiterated his unapologetic Islamophobia, saying "large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America."

• In a 2024 episode of his show, Kirk quoted a Leviticus passage calling for gay people to be stoned to death, referring to it as "God's perfect law,” and called for “a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor.”

• And though Jesus’ life and ministry overflowed with compassion for the poor, the sick, the vulnerable, Kirk recently said, "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term that does a lot of damage."

As someone MAGA Christians see as a Godless, sinful heathen, I’m sure they will choose not to thoughtfully consider what I’ve shared, but that won’t change what is.

Kirk has left a hateful, dehumanizing legacy of words that Conservative Christians are either choosing to ignore in their zeal to canonize him, or they simply share his racist, phobic, misogynist, Islamophobic, antisemitic, supremacist sentiments, and in Trump’s garish, Jesus-less remodeling of the Christian faith in America, now imagine them righteous.

Evangelicals in America have so lost the plot of their faith’s namesake that they can overlook decades of blatant, unreprentant attacks on the most vulnerable members of our community (the very people Jesus showed great care for while he was here) in their quest to fuel the rage their movement requires.

Their tribal, cultic religion is so fueled by the narrative of a national holy war with ever-encroaching enemies and adversaries that it must have martyrs to rally around to justify their continual attacks on people who pose them no threat.

Charlie Kirk’s murder is a despicable, vile, fully condemnable act, but that doesn’t erase the incalculable harm he has done to people of color, to women, to immigrants, to q***r people, as well as to the minds of young Conservative white men.

And no Jesus-washing, reality-covering revisionist history from MAGA Christians and Republican politicians will cover the reality that the compassionate, kind, neighbor-loving, diversity-embracing, foreigner-welcoming teachings of Jesus are fully antithetical to the caustic, divisive, dehumanizing empire Kirk built.

Jesus’ central command was to love. How exactly did Kirk love immigrants and people of color and women and Trans teens and Muslims and Democrats and atheists? Precisely what of his work and words made them feel more seen, heard, respected, valued?

But Conservative Christians need to stop pretending he was doing God’s work here, because Kirk’s actual words and the actual words of Jesus are compelling testimony that he wasn’t.

Pretty much all the same endorsement since Trump is protecting the files—she might as well be endorsed by all the predit...
09/22/2025

Pretty much all the same endorsement since Trump is protecting the files—she might as well be endorsed by all the preditors. In fact, everyone who endorses her— I’m going to presume is one as well.

We must push back on Kim Reynolds DOGE team when it comes to IPERS. This is the most sustainable program in the country,...
09/22/2025

We must push back on Kim Reynolds DOGE team when it comes to IPERS.

This is the most sustainable program in the country, and others are trying to emulate it because it is so good. If they mess with it, they will never find people to do public work without major increases in salaries (like double)and better benefits.

That means higher taxes. This FUND is paid by employer and employees and 70% is from the investments in the markets. There are no state general funds going into IPERS.

If these Republican CEOs on the DOGE team are upset that public workers have a defined benefit —that they aren’t providing as employers, that’s on them. They need to do better by their employees. They need to pay higher wages, they need better benefit packages. They should be providing a pension if they want to keep and maintain their workers. 

Public workers take positions at a lower salary because of the retirement package provided through IPERS. It is one of the biggest selling points to get people to do these jobs. It is how they attract and retain workers in the public sector.

If they want to continue to talk about IPERS changes-then public sector workers need to continue to boycott shopping at or using the services these people on DOGE provide. Hit them in their pockets since that’s where they’re trying to hit public workers.

It is also up to the 13,000+ public sector workers to contact these DOGE committee members and tell them why IPERS is so important to public sector workers.

09/21/2025

We’re falling behind.

While Republicans hand more tax cuts to billionaires and corporations, Iowans are left with a lagging economy, rising unemployment, and higher prices.

09/21/2025

Budget cuts in Des Moines could weaken scientists' ability to accurately monitor Iowa's water quality, impacting Iowans all across the state.

Today we honored a great friend, supporter, Educator, Wife, mom, and grandmom who passed away far too soon last December...
09/21/2025

Today we honored a great friend, supporter, Educator, Wife, mom, and grandmom who passed away far too soon last December.

Bev Philpott and her husband Ian moved to Minnesota to be closer to the grandchildren in their retirement.

Those of us who knew Bev, knew her as a 5 foot tall powerhouse— with bright red hair, and the strength of an army and fiercely democrat!

She was a knitter, an avid reader and advocated for so many special interest and nonprofits —always wanting to help others and boy did she through her 30 years of teaching medical assisting at Kirkwood Community College, her support of organizations and causes she felt strongly about, or simply her unwavering love for her family.

She found joy in knitting, doing crosswords, 6-star sudoku, gardening, volunteering, traveling, books, biology, organizing & labeling, a good mocha, and wearing comfortable shoes. ( a woman after my own heart )

Her laughter, generosity, and kindness touched so many lives, and her memory will forever be cherished.

It was a packed house over in Wanatee Park today at the lodge —a testament to how loved Bev still is.

With Art Staed

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