Sen. Grassley's RECORD-LOW approval ratings

 

My opponent Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) rallied with Donald Trump here in Iowa, where he accepted the former president's endorsement. Now more than ever, I need your support if we're truly going to defeat Sen. Grassley and flip this seat blue. Here's what you need to know:

First, we have unprecedented momentum in Iowa: Reporting from The Des Moines Register revealed Sen. Grassley is at his lowest APPROVAL rating in nearly two decades – and an Iowa pollster went on record saying Sen. Grassley's standing right now is weak.

But defeating Sen. Grassley, even when he's vulnerable, will take unprecedented resources: He's backed by Mitch McConnell and his allies who have more than $32 million in the bank to protect Sen. Grassley and attack competitive challengers like me.

So right now my team and I need to raise another $8,000 before midnight tonight. This is a grassroots campaign, and hitting these goals and building up resources is the only way we can defeat Sen. Grassley and defend our Democratic Senate majority in the process.

Please, donate $5 or more now – whatever you can spare to fuel our fight against Sen. Grassley when he's vulnerable – so we can win in Iowa and protect our Democratic Senate majority. Every donation gets us one step closer to expanding Senate control and getting working Iowans the leadership they deserve!

Thank you, Abby
	Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

did you miss this?

 

we've got good news: The Supreme Court has refused Trump’s request to block the release of White House records pertaining to the Jan. 6 attack on our Capitol!

Now, the House Committee investigating the insurrection has begun to receive access to some key documents that will help reveal what was happening in the Trump White House while rioters stormed the Capitol.

But the threat against our democracy is far from gone. Despite Trump's dangerous conspiracy theories, election lies and his potential implication in the Jan. 6 insurrection, nearly the ENTIRE Republican Party is still consolidating around and defending him.

If you want an example of the GOP's 100% defense of Trump, look no further than Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). First, he defended Trump's dangerous attempts to use the Department of Justice to overturn the results of the election. Then, weeks later, he stood on stage with Trump at a massive Des Moines MAGA rally and accepted the impeached president's endorsement. That's why Democrat Abby Finkenauer – the youngest woman to flip a House seat from red to blue – is running to defeat Grassley!

But Abby is up against the Senate GOP's $32 million war chest, which is why she needs your help to fight back against the party of Trump and WIN. Rush a donation to Democrat Abby Finkenauer right now to defend our Senate majority from far-right extremists!

Trump's rally with Sen. Grassley in Iowa released the floodgates – and a CNN opinion piece even dubbed it "the most alarming Trump rally yet." This is the party that could take back the Senate, Frank. With that type of political power, who knows what Trump would do. To protect our democracy, we must defend our Democratic majority – and that starts with defeating vulnerable incumbents like Sen. Grassley in Iowa: Recent polling has revealed that he's facing RECORD-LOW approval ratings, making this Democrats' greatest opportunity in decades to flip this Senate seat blue and expand our majority.

But with the entire force of the GOP – from McConnell to Trump – defending Sen. Grassley, Democratic challenger Abby Finkenauer is counting on grassroots support to win. That's why we've set an emergency goal to bring in 500 new grassroots donations before 11:59 p.m. tonight! Please, help Abby defend our democracy and protect our Senate majority by rushing a $25 donation right now! Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

McConnell only has to flip one seat

Right now, the Senate is split 50-50, meaning Mitch McConnell and his allies only have to flip ONE seat to take back control. I can stop them right here in Iowa, but the GOP is sitting on $32 MILLION to defeat challengers like me and flip the Senate red.

After polling revealed that 64% of likely Iowa voters do NOT want to reelect Sen. Grassley (R-IA) to an eighth term, he's now facing record-low approval ratings! Sen. Grassley has never been this vulnerable.

But don't just take it from me: Even Iowa's TOP pollster is pointing to "weakness" in his polling numbers. There's real momentum here on the ground and we've got to take advantage of it.

Democrats will only stop McConnell and his allies from taking back the Senate if we go on the offensive – and that starts in Iowa. But I'm up against the entire force of the GOP establishment so I'm counting on your grassroots support.

Please, before my end-of month fundraising deadline, will you start a monthly donation right now to help me compete with GOP spending, defeat Sen. Grassley and keep Senate control out of McConnell and his allies' hands? This race is really critical, so thank you for having my back here. – Abby Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

 

 

Opinion: My arrest and aborted prosecution underlined 3 lies Iowa is propagating about animal agriculture

The government, in short, is an active collaborator in industrial animal cruelty. That animal abuse is routine does not make it acceptable.

Matt Johnson

Guest columnist

Published Jan 23, 2022 

The state of Iowa falsely accused me of “terrorism” for exposing animal abuse. They’re lying about the food system, too.

In the spring of 2020, a truck driver at Iowa Select Farms, one of the largest pig farming companies in the nation, reached out to me with a shocking allegation: Iowa Select was about to secretly roast thousands of healthy animals alive. The practice, which is called “ventilation shutdown,” or VSD, involves shutting down the cooling vents in a crowded factory farm, then pumping in boiling-hot steam to take the temperature even higher. The animals die of heat stroke, respiratory failure, and cardiac arrest in a process that has been described as “being slowly suffocated and roasted to death.” It’s a cheap way to dispose of thousands of animals, which became a priority for the pig farming industry due to the closure of slaughterhouses during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the slaughterhouses closed, the industry had nowhere to take the pigs, and didn’t want to bear the cost of continuing to house and feed them. VSD was the industry’s ghastly answer to that problem. 

When it was clear that company officials nor law enforcement were interested in stopping this practice, the truck driver, Lucas Walker, called the animal rights organization I work with, Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). 

More:Animal activist, pork producers both declare victory after case over videotape of hog farm euthanasia dismissed

More:Factory farming model incorporates abuses, so we need to adopt something radically new

Acting on tips from Walker, we planted undercover cameras to document VSD, including hours of agonizing screams by animals desperate to escape the boiling hot steam. We shared our evidence with the media and the authorities, and, after public outcry, the practice was voluntarily discontinued by Iowa Select Farms. But instead of investigating the company, and determining how such a cruel practice could have been authorized, law enforcement in Iowa arrested me, charged me with serious crimes, and accused me of “animal terrorism.” Now, after nearly two years of litigation, efforts to gag our defense in court, and an enormous waste of government resources, the case was dismissed on Jan. 19 — just one day before I was set to face trial.

While I am now free of all charges, the lies perpetrated against consumers about our food system continue. Indeed, this case revealed three lies that the state uses its power to cover up, rather than shine light on, animal cruelty in our food system: that abuse is acceptable if it’s widespread and normalized; that critics, not abusers, are criminals; and when all else fails, that there’s no conversation worth having at all.

The government, in short, is an active collaborator in industrial animal cruelty. 

That animal abuse is routine does not make it acceptable

The first lie is that the industry’s actions are OK because they are widespread, they’re “normal.” On May 19, 2020, within hours of DxE’s first documentation of VSD, I called the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office and explained that we had audio and video evidence of animals being roasted alive and a veterinary opinion describing the animals’ suffering in excruciating detail. I never received a reply to that call, nor to my many subsequent emails and phone calls — other than a trespass citation for allegedly entering Iowa Select property. When I asked the deputy who cited me for trespass why no investigation of animal cruelty was occurring, he simply replied that the state veterinarian had approved the practice of VSD.

And this is par for the course in animal agriculture, as most animal cruelty laws in all states exempt most animal cruelty — that which is inflicted upon “farm animals.” This normalization of abuse is part of an unfortunate pattern in the government’s response to animal cruelty in factory farms. Indeed, in many states, this normalization of abuse is literally written into the law. In Iowa, for example, even the most horrific animal abuse is not a crime so long as it meets “customary animal husbandry practices.” In states such as Utah, the definition of animal under the animal cruelty statue excludes any creature being raised pursuant to “​​accepted animal husbandry practices.” In other words, animal cruelty is no longer cruelty, so long as the industry which profits from it approves of it.

What’s more, because the government has allowed the industry to set the definition of the crime, even violations of these “customary” and “accepted” practices are suddenly not unlawful once a company decides they are OK. VSD is a prime example. A practice that was indisputably non-customary — and that any small pig farmer would certainly be prosecuted for inflicting on a few pigs, to save a couple bucks — suddenly became normal and innocent because it was performed on thousands of animals by one of the most powerful corporations in the state. Throughout the two years my charges were pending, the prosecution described VSD as “euthanasia,” though it was being performed on perfectly healthy animals to save the corporation from lost profits, and law enforcement falsely claimed that the animals at Iowa Select farms were peacefully sleeping and well cared for.

The excruciating screams we documented show that this is blatantly false. 

More:Hog extermination, activists' ploys highlight need for a deeper look at how we farm in Iowa

Those who document crimes against animals are not the criminals

The second lie is that the critics, not the corporations, are the criminals. There are many people, even within the industry, who resist this normalization of abuse. This includes not just Lucas Walker, the brave employee who finally went public with his concerns at Iowa Select Farms, but the many other company employees whom I have privately spoken to, and who have expressed moral horror about the practices of the industry. Many are now afraid, not just of losing their jobs, but of being prosecuted. That’s because of laws, enacted at the behest of Big Ag, that gag and criminalize the critics.

More:8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa's 2012 'ag-gag' law; a new lawsuit challenges the state's 2021 statute

Iowa, for example, is one of six states that have passed so-called “ag gag” laws, targeting investigators and employees who seek to expose abuses by animal agriculture corporations. Instead of being praised for blowing the whistle, Lucas Walker was one of many Iowa Select employees who was summarily fired after our investigation was released, and he was targeted as a possible criminal conspirator. The FBI threatened him with criminal charges and attempted to turn him into an informant against the animal rights movement, including to try to sell me drugs. Yet they never even bothered to ask him about the cruelty he saw at the farm. 

But many people, including Lucas, have continued speaking out despite these efforts to gag critics. And that’s when the government uses its third technique to cover-up abuses: ending the conversation. After nearly two years of prosecution, including a middle-of-the-night raid to arrest me, dozens of legal filings, and the wasteful spending of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars, Iowa suddenly dropped the entire case against me just 15 minutes before a hearing to address media coverage of the trial. That was no coincidence. When the government realized that efforts to normalize abuse and gag critics had failed, and that there might be actual scrutiny of Iowa Select Farms' practices, it suddenly decided that it didn’t want to be part of this conversation after all.

Ignoring and covering up abuse is not the end of the discussion

And that’s the state’s third lie to cover up cruelty in our food system: that there’s simply nothing here worth discussing.

Too often, this lie works. Because of these laws and the dismissal of my case, the ongoing cruelty occurring at Iowa Select will not get the attention it deserves.

There is something deeply troubling about a democracy where powerful people can choose to respond to allegations of misconduct by simply ignoring them. The power of democracy, at least in theory, is that it forces all of us, including our elected officials, to openly address the criticisms of those who are being governed. And while I do not relish the risk of imprisonment, sometimes a criminal trial is the only way to move that conversation forward. This is the theory of civil disobedience, when citizens leverage their own freedom to force powerful institutions to have a real conversation about rights and justice.  

With the charges dismissed, I will not get to make my case before a jury of my peers and ask the government and industry to answer the deep and troubling questions that the state would prefer not be asked. Why is there so much resistance to criticisms or even open dialogue regarding our food system? Can we feed 300 million people ethically on a system that literally depends on violence? And what are the consequences of a food system that reduces living, feeling creatures to mere commodities? 

By ending the trial before it began, the government has temporarily stopped that conversation. But, over the long term, their efforts will fail, for one simple reason.

People care about animals. 

That includes native Iowans with dairy farmers in their family, like me. That includes farm employees who are tasked with taking the animals to slaughter, like Lucas Walker. And that even includes the prosecutors, politicians, and CEOs who too often prioritize profit over ethics. 

This is ultimately why I don’t fear the government’s efforts to normalize abuse, gag critics, or stop the conversation. At the core of every one of us is a kindness that can’t be distorted or gagged. And while this trial was nominally about the battle between my defense team and the state, the true struggle was happening outside of the courtroom. And I am free today in part because, in that struggle, we won. The prosecution recognized they could not convict me before a jury of my peers. That is a victory, not just for animal rights or transparency. It is a victory for human kindness. 

Matt Johnson is an investigator with the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere. The Cresco native has a bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa and served in the Iowa Army National Guard from 2009 to 2015 before moving to California to follow his passion for animal advocacy.

 

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Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are sellouts

 

Thu, Jan 20 at 9:30 AM

Late last night, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin joined with every Republican senator – including my opponent, Chuck Grassley – in opposing filibuster reform to pass critical voting rights legislation. To put it mildly, I have some thoughts on that. I am shocked by the absolute absurdity of Sens. Sinema, Manchin and the entire GOP. They talk about the filibuster as if it's some tool of civility or compromise when the GOP is actively exploiting it to block legislation that would protect our most fundamental, cherished right – the right to vote. Let's be honest with ourselves here: The Senate is broken. When I served in the House, I watched as countless bipartisan bills that would move our country forward died in McConnell's Senate time and time again. Now, Democrats technically have control, but two senators used their powers to join Republicans in obstructing policies that the vast majority of Americans support. I won't mince words, I don't know what compelled Sens. Sinema and Manchin to serve in Congress, but I do know that they refuse to do anything – anything at all – for working families like the one that I grew up in. I don't know if they forgot where they came from or who they're there to fight for. But I do know that I'm done with having our entire Democratic agenda rest in the hands of two people. It's time that we expand our Senate majority. Now, with Sen. Grassley facing record-low approval ratings, we've got a real chance to do it right here in Iowa. You have my word: Send me to the Senate, and I will be the 50th vote we need to reform the filibuster. I'll fight tooth and nail to protect voting rights, raise the federal minimum wage, and pass the PRO Act to strengthen workers' rights and our unions. I'm doing everything within my power to defeat Sen. Grassley and move our country forward, I just need you with me. So please, can you donate $25 right now to defeat Sen. Grassley, expand our Senate majority, and pass critical legislation to move our country forward? I know days like this can be frustrating and hard. So thank you so much for standing with me and fighting today. – Abby Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

Why is Iowa's Senate seat so important?

 

With the Senate split 50-50, Democrats will be virtually GUARANTEED to maintain Senate control if Abby Finkenauer defeats Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) in Iowa. Here's the latest update on this critical race:

FIRST: Abby launched her Senate campaign against seven-term incumbent Sen. Grassley with a massive outpouring of grassroots support – OUTRAISING Sen. Grassley in the last fundraising quarter.

THEN: Polling showed that Sen. Grassley is facing his RECORD LOW approval ratings – and Iowa's most prominent pollster pointed to real "weakness" in his reelection bid. Sen. Grassley has never been more vulnerable.

BUT NOW: After Donald Trump flew to Iowa to endorse Sen. Grassley, the GOP establishment is mobilizing to keep Iowa red at all costs. The Senate GOP campaign arm is already sitting on a nearly $30 MILLION war chest dedicated to taking back the Senate. But right now, Abby is falling short of the 550 donations she needs before the year's final public FEC reporting deadline in just five days.

This is Democrats' best opportunity in DECADES to flip this seat blue – all while taking down one of Trump's top allies AND keeping Senate control out of Mitch McConnell's hands! But we simply will not have the resources to win in Iowa without a massive surge in Democratic support before the biggest fundraising deadline of the year. Please, before this major FEC deadline, Abby's counting on your support.

Abby is going to need you through Election Day. Can you commit to a $25 monthly donation tonight? Every dollar goes directly to defeating Sen. Grassley and protecting our Senate majority! Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

It's Abby. Can I have just one minute of your time to ask you to make one more donation to my campaign tonight?

There are a million reasons why this campaign is worth fighting for, but let me share just a few of the ones that are most on my mind right now:

This campaign is worth fighting for because polling has revealed that 64% of likely Iowa voters do NOT want to reelect Sen. Grassley.

This campaign is worth fighting for because, right now, Sen. Grassley is also facing a RECORD-LOW approval rating.

This campaign is worth fighting for because, after seven terms in the Senate, Sen. Grassley has left working families, like my own, behind.

This campaign is worth fighting for because I promise that nobody – nobody – will work harder than I will to defeat Sen. Grassley and protect our Democratic Senate majority.

I know you've already made a grassroots contribution – and once again, thank you so, so much for believing in my campaign. Because of your investment in this race, we're able to truly compete. Because of you, we're going to defeat Sen. Grassley and expand our Senate majority.

But I don't want to sugarcoat things here – we're cutting it close 5 days away from our biggest public FEC fundraising deadline of the campaign. So, if you share in my belief that this campaign is worth fighting for, can you make a contribution right now? Thank you again for your grassroots donation. It means the world to me. – Abby Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

this GOP Senator is more vulnerable than EVER:

 

The path to protecting our Senate majority runs through Iowa. Here's a critical update out of the Hawkeye State:

With our Senate control razor-thin, every single seat matters immensely – and right now, Sen. Grassley (R-IA) is more vulnerable than ever. He's facing his LOWEST job approval ratings in nearly four decades, and recent data shows that 64% of likely Iowa voters do NOT want to reelect him!

Democrat Abby Finkenauer – the youngest woman to flip a House seat from red to blue – is running to take advantage of this unprecedented momentum among Democrats in Iowa to defeat Sen. Grassley. If Abby wins, we'll be all but GUARANTEED to maintain Senate control!

That’s why this news is so awful: The Republican Senate campaign arm already has nearly $30 MILLION in the bank to defend vulnerable incumbents like Sen. Grassley and DEFEAT challengers like Abby – that's almost TWICE the amount Senate Democrats have.

This grassroots movement needs to keep pace with GOP megadonors, but right now, Abby is falling 172 donations short of her next big fundraising goal! Abby has to hit this goal before the FEC public reporting deadline on New Year's Eve, or she won't have the resources to take on Sen. Grassley and the GOP in 2022.

The GOP will only continue to rake in more money from their far-right megadonors – and Abby needs to keep pace. So please, can you commit to a monthly $25 donation right now to help Abby reach her goal tonight – and all of the goals coming down the road? She's counting on top Democrats like you to invest in her campaign early to build the momentum it'll take to win! Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

let me bring you up to speed

 

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) recently announced he's running for reelection and was endorsed by Donald Trump at a rally here in Iowa. I fully intend to defeat him and flip Iowa blue – but I need you with me. Here's the latest: First, the momentum is on our side. Nearly two-thirds of Iowa voters don't want to reelect Sen. Grassley, which means we have a unique opportunity and advantage that we must harness to flip this Senate seat blue. But defeating Sen. Grassley – in what the Des Moines Register is calling a "marquee matchup" – will come down to resources, and the campaign arm of the Senate Republicans has already hauled in $76 million this year. They are well equipped to protect vulnerable incumbents like Sen. Grassley and attack competitive challengers like me. So right now, ahead of our last FEC reporting deadline of the year, we still need another 115 more donations before midnight to keep pace with our fundraising. This is a grassroots campaign, and hitting these goals and building up resources is how we will flip Iowa blue. CONTRIBUTE I fully intend to win this race, and if we defeat Sen. Grassley and flip Iowa blue, then Democrats are virtually guaranteed to hold the Senate majority. So please, can I count on you to help me hit this end-of-year grassroots fundraising goal? Can you commit to a monthly donation of $15 or more now – whatever you can spare to fuel our fight against Sen. Grassley and the GOP – so we can win in Iowa and protect our Democratic Senate majority. Every donation gets us one step closer to expanding Senate control and getting working Iowans the leadership they deserve! Thanks for all you do. – Abby Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States

Bannon surrenders to FBI, cuffed in court

 

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Steve Bannon surrenders to the FBI for contempt of Congress charges
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Biden signs historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law
The massive legislation passed in a bipartisan fashion, which President Biden touted as proof that "Democrats and Republicans can come together and deliver results."

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Federal prosecutor on the Trump team ignoring subpoenas
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.

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Wyoming GOP votes to no longer recognize Rep. Cheney as a Republican
A dyed-in-the-wool, right-wing daughter of a warmongering, neo-con ex-vice-president no longer cuts it in today's GOP. Wow.

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Alex Jones liable for defamation in Sandy Hook "giant hoax" case
The judge took the rare step of declaring the conspiracy theorist and Infowars host in default in the defamation lawsuits. She will hold a hearing on how much he should pay in damages.

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Vermont Democratic Sen. Leahy, 81, is retiring after 8 terms
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said Monday he won’t seek reelection next year to the seat he’s held since 1975, signaling an end to a career that’s included major roles on issues such as civil liberties and financing the government and that began before four of his current colleagues were born.

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Rittenhouse judge dismisses weapon charge
Moments before closing arguments began Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed a count of illegal possession of a dangerous weapon by a person younger than 18.The misdemeanor, punishable by up to nine months in jail, was considered one of the stronger counts.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn, and Lauren Boebert's extremism costing them support from their voters
United Rural Democrats: New extremists in Congress are taking their districts for granted while delivering nothing for them. United Rural Democrats are organizing on the ground to shock Republicans by winning back Middle America. But they need your help!

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Audit: GOP governor improperly used COVID funds for salaries
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds used nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries for 21 staff members for three months last year and concealed the spending by passing it through the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, according to a new state audit.

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Biden signs executive order to address "crisis of violence" against Native Americans
The president directed federal agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Interior, and Homeland Security, to create a strategy addressing what he called a "crisis of violence" against Native Americans.

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Grand jury indicts associates of Matt Gaetz's sex trafficking wingman
Two associates of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg engaged in a multimillion-dollar real-estate conspiracy to defraud an unnamed victim out of more than $12 million.

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Tucker Carlson, other Fox News hosts holding public event that requires vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test
Of course they are.

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jumping online to personally thank you

 

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Wow! My campaign manager just shared the final numbers for our extended October fundraising goal, and I had to jump online immediately to personally thank you. Last night, this team stepped up in a truly amazing way to support our race against Sen. Grassley (R-IA).

Thanks to your donations, we've now not only hit, but also EXCEEDED our October goal!

The work we do now – and these grassroots goals we hit – are truly going to make all the difference on Election Day. So thank you, sincerely, for all that you've done to power this campaign. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling more fired up than ever to defeat Sen. Grassley, flip this seat blue and protect our Senate majority!

I know that we can win – and this is only the floor of what our team can do. Thank you for standing with me.

With gratitude, – Abby Paid for by Abby for Iowa Abby for Iowa PO Box 1843 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 United States