[image: image.png] Opening thoughts
Reuters, DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland <www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-job-cuts-shake-trump-voting-west-virginia-town-2025-03-07/> :
Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race…
Piggott is among more than 125 people dismissed in February from the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service in Parkersburg, West Virginia, unsettling a community that voted overwhelmingly for Republican President Donald Trump.
“Nobody that I’ve talked to understood the devastation that having this administration in office would do to our lives,” Piggott, 47, told Reuters in an interview, saying she would not have supported Trump if she knew then what she knows now….
*part one: march to focus on cuts to Medicaid and Medicare we chat with:* *Analilia Mejía* Analilia is the Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy. She is a seasoned political strategist and Afro-Latina grassroots organizer focused on helping Black and Latinx working families who previously served as the Deputy Director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor under the Biden Administration. The Women’s Bureau is focused on policies and programs supporting women in the labor force. A daughter of immigrants, Analilia has dedicated her career to working toward a multiracial democracy and giving power to communities that have been historically excluded.
*part two: Laura Belin* Laura Belin is the publisher, editor, and primary reporter for Bleeding Heartland <www.bleedingheartland.com/>, a community website focused on Iowa politics. She is also the Statehouse reporter for KHOI Radio in Ames and co-host of the station’s “Capitol Week” program, as well as a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative <iowawriters.substack.com/> Revoking transgender Iowans’ civil rights is the big one. A story of the decade, sadly. 2026 is shaping up to be an interesting year for GOP primaries: very likely that Governor Kim Reynolds and Senator Joni Ernst will have primary challengers. At least two of the four Republicans representing Iowa in the U.S. House will have primary challengers. State Auditor Rob Sand (the only remaining Iowa Democratic statewide official) is almost certain to run for governor. He raised more than $8 million last year including $7 million donated by his wife and in-laws. (Iowa has no campaign contribution limits.) You don’t raise that kind of money to run for a third term as state auditor. — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,WV. DOGE cuts,Medicare, Medicaid, Analilia Mejia,Popular Democracy,Laura Belin,Iowa, transgender rights, State Auditor Rob Sand, Governor Reynolds *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
*D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654
*Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/
*Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
Reuters, DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland <www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-job-cuts-shake-trump-voting-west-virginia-town-2025-03-07/> :
Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race…
Piggott is among more than 125 people dismissed in February from the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service in Parkersburg, West Virginia, unsettling a community that voted overwhelmingly for Republican President Donald Trump.
“Nobody that I’ve talked to understood the devastation that having this administration in office would do to our lives,” Piggott, 47, told Reuters in an interview, saying she would not have supported Trump if she knew then what she knows now….
*part one: march to focus on cuts to Medicaid and Medicare we chat with:* *Analilia Mejía* Analilia is the Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy. She is a seasoned political strategist and Afro-Latina grassroots organizer focused on helping Black and Latinx working families who previously served as the Deputy Director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor under the Biden Administration. The Women’s Bureau is focused on policies and programs supporting women in the labor force. A daughter of immigrants, Analilia has dedicated her career to working toward a multiracial democracy and giving power to communities that have been historically excluded.
*part two: Laura Belin* Laura Belin is the publisher, editor, and primary reporter for Bleeding Heartland <www.bleedingheartland.com/>, a community website focused on Iowa politics. She is also the Statehouse reporter for KHOI Radio in Ames and co-host of the station’s “Capitol Week” program, as well as a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative <iowawriters.substack.com/> Revoking transgender Iowans’ civil rights is the big one. A story of the decade, sadly. 2026 is shaping up to be an interesting year for GOP primaries: very likely that Governor Kim Reynolds and Senator Joni Ernst will have primary challengers. At least two of the four Republicans representing Iowa in the U.S. House will have primary challengers. State Auditor Rob Sand (the only remaining Iowa Democratic statewide official) is almost certain to run for governor. He raised more than $8 million last year including $7 million donated by his wife and in-laws. (Iowa has no campaign contribution limits.) You don’t raise that kind of money to run for a third term as state auditor. — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,WV. DOGE cuts,Medicare, Medicaid, Analilia Mejia,Popular Democracy,Laura Belin,Iowa, transgender rights, State Auditor Rob Sand, Governor Reynolds *KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN’T RISE TO THE TOP* – Anonymous
*D. ARNIE ARNESEN* 15 Rumford Street Concord NH 03301 nharnie@gmail.com (C) 603-321-7654
*Host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen”* *Award Winning Public Affairs Show (NHAB 2018)* *airs noon to 1pm and 7pm EST M-F at 94.7FM (concord nh)* Home Station – wnhnfm.org Part of the Pacifica Network go to wnhnfm.org for streaming live Podcasts available here: www.wnhnfm.org/category/attitude-3/
*Arnie on the Air* Boston, MA-WGBH Under the Radar/Sunday Nights Keene, NH-WKBK Friday Morning with Dan Mitchell
