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IADEMO2004

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Fri Apr 5, 2019, 06:08 PM Apr 2019

Gov. Reynolds reveals why we have budget problems [View all]

http://www.kmaland.com/news/iowa-nebraska-governors-proclaim-day-of-prayer-for-flood-victims/article_88217036-57e5-11e9-83fa-afe381cef9e1.html

GOP Governors hold "Tot and Pears" Day for flood victims..

“The one breach specifically is about 72 feet deep and it’s four football-field-lengths wide, so 400 feet, so it’s enormous,” Reynolds said. “Just the rate that the water was coming into the Missouri (River) from the Platte (River), I mean when you think 300 cubic feet per second and higher, I mean, it just blew them out.”


Bob Vander Plaats, CEO of The Family Leader, prayed aloud.

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Mostly Dem Bashing. story wraps with

Democrats in the U.S. senate are pressing to add $700 million to a disaster package that’s already passed the House, with much of that extra money going to hurricane victims in Puerto Rico as well as for rebuilding badly-damaged levees and water systems in the Midwest.
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F*ck off Bob. progressoid Apr 2019 #1
BINGO IADEMO2004 Apr 2019 #2
Iowa's pope rurallib Apr 2019 #5
Red states are self reliant. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #3
Yep, pray away the flood waters.. 47of74 Apr 2019 #4
I'm not gonna call a press conference and tell everyone to start praying 47of74 Apr 2019 #6
Great catch and staff member's quote works too. IADEMO2004 Apr 2019 #7
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