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>>15457634 Sex trafficking panic is consuming Iowa politics

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Sex trafficking panic is consuming Iowa politics

Conspiracy theories have been building for years and now they’re popping up everywhere from city council meetings to the Iowa Capitol.

Adam Sullivan

The idea of a grand sex trafficking cabal has gained increasing prominence since 2016 through the “Pizzagate” and “QAnon” conspiracy theories and Jeffery Epstein’s prosecution but it didn’t come out of nowhere in the Trump era and didn’t stem only from right-wing politics. The ill-informed case against sex trafficking has been building for many years.

Adam Sullivan

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On Iowa Politics: Jan 6 one year later, legislative look-ahead, and words we don't want to hear.

The Gazette

Jan. 7, 2022 5:34 pm

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On this week’s edition of theOn Iowa Politics Podcast, Jan 6 one year later, legislative look-ahead, and words we don't want to hear.

On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to re-create the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day's deadlines have been met.

This week’s show is hosted by The Gazette’s James Lynch and features Amie Rivers of the Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier, Tom Barton of the Quad-City Times, and Gazette opinion editor Todd Dorman.

The show was produced by Stephen M. Colbert, and the music heard on the podcast is courtesy of Iowa bands Copperhead and Natalie Brown.

Support for this podcast provided by New Pioneer Food Co-op. Celebrating 50 years as Eastern Iowa’s source for locally and responsibly sourced groceries with stores in Iowa City, Coralville and Cedar Rapids; and online through Co-op Cart at newpi.coop.

>>15458743

>Conspiracy theories hav

muh conspiracy theories.

Author of that article attempts to smear the patriot city council member by conflating her concerns with pizzagate which is real btw and Qanon there is Q and there is anon.

When she's rightfully concerned about degenerate drag queens reading stories to minors and grooming them.

Weird that someone named Stephen Colbert would pop up in this minidig about degenerate drag queens and grooming.

> https://ktvo.com/news/local/fairfield-starts-diversity-committee

Fairfield starts diversity committee

by Leslie Santibanez-MolinaThursday, August 26th 2021

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FAIRFIELD, Iowa — The City of Fairfield is starting a diversity committee.

Mayor Connie Boyer says this group was created to improve equity and inclusion in the Fairfield community.

One way in which the committee is bringing about change is by having children's story time.

People ofdifferent backgrounds will read stories to kids at the library.

Fairfield's diversity committee will continue to expand its efforts.

Thecommittee will be reaching out to schools that need educational resources.

>Meanwhile down the road in Iowa City

Iowa City Public Library welcomes Drag Storytime

What’s so touching about a 2-year-old girl jumping around in a construction hat, while a little boy runs his fingers through a silky boa?

Who gets emotional watching a grown man in a dress and eye shadow show toddlers how to play with egg shaker sound-makers?

How silly do I feel tearing up about a glittery-bearded figure in a shiny pink suit, French beanie, golden shoes and over-sized heart-shaped sunglasses?

MORE:The people who helped change gender identity in Iowa's Democratic Party

Drag Storytime, a nationwide trend that hit Iowa City for the first time last weekend, brings it all out: the celebratory spirit fostered by rainbows and color everywhere, the urge to jump and dance and sing and play, tears of relief and liberation, tears of gratitude for how far we’ve all come.

If your childhood includes any harsh moments of being mistaken for the other gender and then shamed for it, if you ever witnessed a relative or friend get teased or bullied for being too “girly” or “acting like a boy,” if you ever got picked on (or lectured) for what you were wearing, you, too, might get a little emotional at Drag Storytime.

In fact, when you consider that three-fourths of our public schools’ nonbinary students feel unsafe, as do many gay, lesbian or bisexual teens, it’s hard not to feel it deep.

https://www.press-citizen.com/story/life/2018/07/06/iowa-city-public-library-pride-trend-drag-storytime/757348002/

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at least she got the freaks on record.

LGBQTP+ mafia forced to claim pedos not part of their band of misfits.

Fairfield community speaks up about discrimination after councilwoman's LGBTQ+ comments

by Tasha TurnerTuesday, January 25th 2022

FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Anti-discrimination advocates are speaking up after they say a recent statement made by a Fairfield city councilwoman links homosexuality with pedophilia.

During Fairfield’s city council meeting Monday, many residents spoke during the public forum section of the meeting, all expressing their thoughts about a Jan. 10 discussion between council members.

Fairfield’s equity and diversity committee presented the council with a letter of intent, which would announce the city’s stand against discrimination. It was during that presentation two weeks ago that Councilwoman Judy Ham voiced her strong opposition to those efforts. Ham claimed the letter promotes grooming of children to prepare them for sex trafficking.

One Fairfield resident that spoke said there is no P in LGBTQ+.

“It is not true,” said Eric Schaffer. “…that homosexual and pedophilia, those are not related.”

Another resident to speak was Hannah Maselli. They asked the city council to do better.

Set a better example than the one you are currently setting because [the current example being set is] disappointing,” said Maselli. “That is why we [the queer community] are here today—to provide a better example for our youth, for my son, and [my son’s] friends. I do not want [the youth] to be disappointed in our elected officials as I am.”

Ayla Sypersma, another resident who spoke, reminded council members that words can hurt.

“We ask you to see how remarks such as the ones made by the city council woman are harmful to the very youth she claims to be worried about,” said Sypersma.

After residents had the opportunity to speak, the debate continued amongst council members. They argued about whether to vote on the letter of intent right then and there.

City Councilman Doug Flournoy said he might be breaking his oath of office if voting on the letter of intent. When fellow council members asked how, he talked about the section that refers to not discriminate based on immigration status.

Councilman Paul Grandy then reminded Flournoy that the council received the letter of intent on Nov. 22.

“We have had time to read it,” said Grandy. “This is something we can make a decision on now.”

Despite the challenge of coming to an agreement, the letter of intent was voted on and approved with a 4-3 vote.

“We can do better as a community,” said the mayor of Fairfield Connie Boyer. “We will never get rid of all bullies. I wish I would say we would, but we will not. [Bullies have been around for eons and they will continue, but we can all try a little harder.”

>>15458994

>“It is not true,” said Eric Schaffer. “…that homosexual and pedophilia, those are not related.”

or is that a double negative? fuckin weasels.

Dafuq is going on in Fairfield?

Same place where the teens mudered their teacher

Two Iowa teens charged with murdering their high school Spanish teacher 'surveilled her, ambushed her on her daily walk, dragged her into the woods where they killed her before returning to hide her lifeless body'

Willard Noble Chaiden Miller and Jeremy Everett Goodale, both 16, are charged with killing their Spanish teacher Nohema Graber, 66,in Fairfield, Iowa

No motive has been revealed for the grisly slaying on November 2

Now prosecutors say the teens stalked Graber and surveilled her pattern of life

Say they ambushed her on her daily walk and dragged her into the woods

Boys are accused of returning to the murder scene to hide the teacher's body

Body was found under wheelbarrow at Chautauqua Park later that day

Miller and Goodale are being held on $1M bond each and have pleaded not guilty

By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 21:59 GMT, 28 December 2021 | Updated: 22:25 GMT, 28 December 2021

>>15459007

> No motive has been revealed for the grisly slaying on November 2

Two days after Halloween

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