Raymond Baker

Lifelong Iowan. Reader. Writer. Gardener. Goldendoodle fan. Camper. Volunteer. LGBTQ Ally. Believer in Social Justice, Women's Rights, and Democratic Values.

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

When your parents sue you for unpaid rent and kick you off the family farm, you might be someone who shouldn't have access to taxpayer money.

When did @ZachLahn know Derek Wulf was neck deep in financial trouble and the Black Hawk County sheriff was investigating him for fraud?

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

News - Republican Iowa Lt. Gov. candidate Derek Wulf is being sued by his parents for $275,000 in unpaid rent.

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

Hey, @SecScottBessent, looks like you lied and threatened Zelenskyy on @MeetThePress Sunday for saying Starlink was throttled, which the White House now acknowledges is true. Care to explain? https://t.co/2aJJCzRgyO

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@PiperK Terrific job by Matthew Cole!

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@Mollyploofkins Stephen Miller
Susie Wiles and her daughter
Russ Vought

[Josh Turek @turek4iowa]

Ashley Hinson has not looked out for Iowa — she's only looked out for billionaires and big corporations.

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

READ THIS🚨 From a ballroom, to a birthday parade: New reports say Trump has devoted $1.6 BILLION in taxpayer money to fund his self-serving vanity projects.

That’s 620 times what the average American earns in a lifetime.

Americans are struggling to make ends meet, and Trump is treating them as his personal ATM.

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

Are you paying attention to this fraud and sketchy behavior from Jared Kushner, @ChuckGrassley?

Oversight now.

[Karol Cummins - New Acct @karolcummins]

According to Cole, Netanyahu encouraged Kushner to place approximately $1 billion from UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed into an account at the Bank of Israel, following a transfer through Azerbaijan in 2018. The alleged purpose was to make the money appear associated with government funds rather than Kushner personally. https://t.co/R2WKx8BYXs

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

What did we expect when an inexperience, uneducated, unqualified former plumber (plumbers are great, btw) was put in charge of the @DHSgov .

Markwayne is a threat to U.S. security.

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

Markwayne Mullin says ICE agents can serve warrants at your polling place. Congress banned armed federal agents at the polls in 1865. A county in Virginia just told him so in federal court. #VoteEarlyDay https://t.co/SIWbexQBGR

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

Putin's diesel arrives in New York Nov 7 aboard the Agioi Fanendes: 40,000 tons, the first Russian fuel cargo since 2022. It's coming in on a Treasury license that sidesteps federal law. New York should refuse to be the loading dock for Putin's war chest. 🧵 1/5

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@Not_In_ThisLife @DaveMuhlbauerIA @emmaobrien1496 @ZachLahn @LahnHQ @DMRegister @KCCINews Yes! Great idea. Get Wulf out of hiding.

[klw @Klynnwalker9]

The Trump administration’s agricultural policy is in absolute shambles just days before the midterms.

Trump promised farmers an $8B emergency diesel aid package, to clean up the economic mess caused by his unprovoked, forever war with Iran.

Now, the USDA admits farmers won't see a single dime until AFTER the November 3rd election because of "bureaucratic delays."

To make matters worse, their temporary fix—allowing farmers to burn tax-exempt off-road diesel in highway trucks—is a logistical nightmare. Supply chain and logistics firms are actively refusing to use it because the IRS won't clarify if they'll hit them with massive deferred tax bills at the end of the year.

It’s the classic GOP playbook: create a crisis with reckless foreign policy, promise a massive taxpayer-funded bailout to buy rural votes, fail to actually deliver the logistics, and leave farmers and supply chains holding the bag.

Promised relief: delayed. Trucking logistics: paralyzed.

Trump's economic strategy is a masterclass in leaving rural voters out in the cold.

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@kylegriffin1 The DOJ and @AGToddBlanche have no jurisdiction over California voting procedures.

Threatening local election officials however, is illegal and clearly election interference.

Do not comply, California.

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@Flyonth85407331 @lisamurkowski The ballot clearly shows which Dan Sullivan is the incumbent and a Registered Republican and which Dan Sullivan is just Dan Sullivan with no designation.

Trump's lawsuit is going to be thrown out immediately it's so lame.

https://t.co/njxcloVBZt

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

More Republicans should be asking, @ChuckGrassley, why Jared Kushner was paying a HIT MAN, don't you think?

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

��The Dutch government had hacked into Jared Kushner’s phone and monitored him as he accessed a Dubai-based bank account.

What was odd, the source said, was that the money in the account—hundreds of millions of dollars—had come from a bank in Azerbaijan. Most importantly, Kushner appeared to have transferred significant amounts of money from the Dubai account to other individuals, including a warlord, a mercenary and a one-time hit man”

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@jldhawk It's not random. If you had taken the time to read the entire thread instead of popping off without any knowledge of the subject, you'd discover that which party candidate appears first has a rotation schedule in Iowa. Educate yourself.

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

In Iowa, all the Republican candidate names appear first on the ballot, listed above the Democrat candidate names.

I'm pretty sure this was intentional and gives an advantage to Rs.

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

And so it begins.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained dozens of NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. military bases from Trump's Iran war.

Troops and military families are breaking their silence, describing being abandoned by their own government.

“It’s so much worse than people realize.” https://t.co/ah37szpwFP

[Jamison Daniel @AntiquarianMuse]

Jared Kushner exposed for taking $2 Billion in bribes from Saudi and the UAE for “influencing US Politics and striking a deal to end the war in Gaza.”

Plus an additional $1 Billion for “his personal benefit.”

Justice will not be served if this is not investigated.

People need to be held accountable VOTE🟦

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

Remember how @IowaSOS Paul Pate and @AGIowa Brenna Bird happily handed over all of Iowa voter data without any guardrails or limits on how Trump would use it.

27 different courts have now said handing over the data was NOT required, but Paul and Brenna had to suck up again.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration’s campaign to obtain states’ unredacted voter rolls suffered its 27th consecutive district court loss Friday, this time at the hands of a judge appointed by President Donald Trump. https://t.co/o1GO6U18YK

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@joemitchelliowa Iowans aren't upset, Joe.

We're grossed out, embarrassed for you, nauseated a little, and cringing hard internally for the groveling you demonstrated, but we're far from upset.

We are voting for @Lindsay4Iowa btw.

[Raymond Baker @RayBake]

@WillSchademann @RobSandIA @ZachLahn Things kind of changed for Rob you know, after his brother-in-law passed away. Life happens, Will.

Iowans have empathy for folks who suffer family tragedies. We don't use a family death to attack others.

Grow up. Develop some manners and compassion.