Three-panel satirical cartoon about Iowa’s anti-DEI preemption law. In the first panel, a smiling politician stands at a podium beneath a sign reading “WE BELIEVE IN LOCAL CONTROL!” while a crowd cheers. In the second, the same politician is shown like a smug emperor in a framed portrait crushing the words “LOCAL DEMOCRACY.” In the third, he feeds a document reading “Iowa City — 30 Years of Local Protections” into a shredder labeled “HF 2541.” Caption below: “Nothing grows faster than ‘small government’ once it sees power.”

They love local control right up until an Iowa city protects people they don’t want protected. #Iowa #HF2541