
Tag: Iowa

While I am skeptical of Democrats winning in lily white Iowa anytime soon, Abby Finkenauer should be a great choice to take on Old Man Grassley. Except that her campaign is staffed by complete incompe
This is ridiculous and insubstantial, but sometimes the jokes write themselves. Welcome 2 Pres Biden’s America where 10,000 pounds of fentanyl hv been seized by Customs & Border patrol so far th

This is a hard-hitting piece on the horrible leadership of Kim Reynolds and other Iowa Republicans on COVID-19. The story of the coronavirus in this state is one of government inaction in the name of
Good lord: A wrongful death lawsuit tied to COVID-19 infections in a Waterloo pork processing plant alleges that during the initial stages the pandemic, Tyson Foods ordered employees to report for wor

In the era of COVID, we have defined “essential worker” as “someone we don’t mind dying for us, but hey you’re a hero!” Many of those essential workers are poor, ma
I have been almost totally silent on the blog about the presidential primary. But I will say the following: After tonight, I can forget Iowa exists. Thank God. This process of selecting a presidential

My blogging has been extremely light since the first of the year due to a long research trip in Boise and then driving across the country. I was in Iowa yesterday. It was obviously for one reason. Eat
Colin Gordon has an excellent if depressing summary of the horrors Iowa Republicans have pushed through this year, which has included an anti-union bill that makes Scott Walker look like a piker and t
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