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  • Oskaloosa Teacher Fired Over Post About Charlie Kirk’s Assassination [Iowa]

    09/18/2025 9:14:44 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 37 replies
    WMT News Radio ^ | 9/18/2025 | Claire Burnett
    An Oskaloosa High School teacher has been fired following a controversial social media post about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The school board unanimously voted to terminate Matthew Kargol’s contract after he posted “One Nazi Down” on Facebook in response to Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University last Wednesday. “I don’t believe there is any space for activism outside of caring for your students, newer textbooks, better school lunches. That’s the kind of activism we need to see from teachers, not ‘One Nazi Down,’” said Kyle Almond, an Oskaloosa community member. Dozens of people were in attendance at...
  • 5 charged after Davenport grocery store parking lot fight with gunfire, 110 mph chase

    09/18/2025 9:05:37 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 28 replies
    WQAD ^ | 9/15/2025 | Alex Doxsee
    DAVENPORT, Iowa — Five people face charges after a "riot" in a Davenport grocery store parking lot that involved at least 14 people and included gunfire and a 110 mph vehicle chase, according to arrest records. The complaints state Davenport police were dispatched around 1:07 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, to Hilltop Groceries & Spirits at 1312 Harrison St., for a reported disturbance. Investigators said they later learned the altercation was a planned fight. During the incident, several people were assaulted, one person was knocked unconscious and two people discharged a firearm, the complaints say. Davenport police said no one suffered...
  • Battle brewing over Syria sanctions repeal in Congress

    09/16/2025 6:03:17 AM PDT · by fluorescence · 1 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/16/25 | Laura Kelly
    The Senate and House are on a collision course over whether to repeal comprehensive sanctions on Syria, a rare area where there are bipartisan coalitions on both sides of the debate. Discussion centers on whether to completely repeal the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019, a severe sanctions mechanism that blocked nearly all U.S. and international cooperation or engagement with the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Legislation to repeal Caesar is included in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2026. But an amendment to the House version of the NDAA to repeal Caesar...
  • In Iowa, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) criticizes New York members of Congress who haven’t endorsed Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy for NYC Mayor

    09/14/2025 9:26:47 AM PDT · by DFG · 21 replies
    X ^ | 09/13/2025 | bryan metzger
    In Iowa, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) criticizes New York members of Congress who haven’t endorsed Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy for NYC Mayor. “That kind of spineless politics is what people are sick of,” he says. “They need to get behind him, and get behind him now.”
  • Red Flags in Trump Country: What GOP Special Election Losses Really Mean

    09/01/2025 12:53:22 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 38 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 09/01/2025 | Joseph Ford Cotto
    Two Republican losses in state senate special elections this year, first in Pennsylvania during March and then in Iowa this August, have sent tremors through conservative circles. Both seats were previously held by Republicans, both were in areas that strongly supported Donald Trump, and both slipped away despite the Democrat party enduring its worst period of public standing in decades.These results are not signals of a collapsing Republican coalition, but they are warnings against complacency.Between 2020 and 2024, Democrats faced a voter registration crisis that left their party infrastructure gutted in states across the country. In every state that tracks...
  • The gun-toting Christian who could help Democrats win over Trump voters

    08/26/2025 4:54:59 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 79 replies
    The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | 8/26/25 | Susie Coan
    Rob Sand is a gun-toting Christian from rural Iowa who goes deer hunting, drives a white Ford F-150 pickup, and opens speeches by quoting the Bible. He is also a rising Democratic star whose run for governor is spooking Republicans in the ruby red state. The father of two, 43, is the only Democrat to currently hold statewide office in Iowa and could hold the recipe for winning over voters in pro-Trump states.
  • 2025 Senate District 1 Special Election (Iowa)

    08/26/2025 5:29:13 AM PDT · by napscoordinator · 4 replies
    Supervisor of elections ^ | 26 August 2025 | Supervisor of election
    tate Senate District 1 Special Election includes Polling Locations for Precincts 1-22 only. All other precincts are in State Senate District 7 and are not eligible to vote in the 8-26-25 Special Election.
  • Inside the Dems' fight to be "the new Iowa" and hold the first 2028 primary

    08/21/2025 9:11:41 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    Axios ^ | August 21, 2025 | Alex Thompson
    Democratic Party officials are quietly battling over which state will be the first to vote in the 2028 presidential primary — a fight that's set to break into the open next week, when the officials meet in Minneapolis. * Nevada, New Hampshire, and Michigan are currently the frontrunners to be "the new Iowa," and lead off the 2028 Democratic primary season, according to several people familiar with the Rules and Bylaws committee that will determine the order. Why it matters: The candidate who wins the first state primary gets a boost that can help propel them to the nomination —...
  • Iowa Mom Threatened with Lawsuit for Criticizing Curriculum at School Board Meeting

    08/19/2025 10:10:26 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 46 replies
    The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) is representing an Iowa parent with respect to a potential defamation lawsuit after she, a newly naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, spoke at a public school board meeting about her concerns regarding certain curricula and instructional materials used in her son’s classroom. What Happened: Our client, Mrs. Elayne Casalins, first addressed her concerns about the curricula and instructional materials with her son’s teacher, the school principal and the superintendent. She went to the school board because no action was taken after she explained her concerns to the teacher, principal,...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Teacher Threatens To Sue Immigrant Mom Who Objected To Woke Curriculum

    08/12/2025 12:20:51 PM PDT · by DFG · 19 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 08/12/2025 | Jaryn Crouson
    An Iowa mother is allegedly being targeted after speaking out at a school board meeting about Black Lives Matter (BLM) content being taught to her 12-year-old son. Elayne Casalins, a recently naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, told the Daily Caller News Foundation her son was shown a graphic PG-13 movie without parental notification or consent in violation of state law, and subsequent classroom discussions revolved around BLM and police brutality. When the mother voiced her concerns to the school, she was met with a cease and desist letter accusing her of defamation and threatening a lawsuit. “As a new...
  • US city breaks August heat record as temperature hits 118

    08/08/2025 1:08:52 PM PDT · by Mariner · 114 replies
    ABC News via Yahoo ^ | August 8th, 2025 | KYLE REIMAN and NADINE EL-BAWAB
    Record-breaking heat continues for parts of the desert Southwest into the weekend, with sweltering temperatures beginning to expand east into the Heartland.Extreme heat warnings remain in effect for parts of the desert Southwest -- including Palm Springs, California; Phoenix; and Tucson, Arizona.High temperatures are expected to reach well into the 100s and up to 115 in spots.
  • Undercover video: University of Iowa admin admits DEI programs are being quietly relabeled to protect them from destruction

    08/01/2025 8:14:15 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | August 01, 2025 | Dr. Jones
    Did you think the wokies would give up diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that easily? VIDEO AT LINK.................... In a hidden camera investigation published by Townhall, an official at the University of Iowa revealed that the school's wokeness factory is still alive and kicking, but disguised. Cory Lockwood, Senior Associate Director of the Iowa Union Memorial, is caught on tape, saying that these exercises are intentionally buried so it won't show up on any Google search. The SEO burying is one part; faculty don't have the tell-tale signs in their job descriptions, but words like 'community' are breadcrumbs to...
  • AG launches probe into University of Iowa after official admits defying DEI ban

    07/31/2025 10:59:05 PM PDT · by george76 · 6 replies
    College Fix ^ | July 31, 2025 | Jennifer Kabbany
    The Iowa Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday opened an investigation into the University of Iowa after an official there was video recorded saying she and others at the school continue to advance diversity, equity and inclusion despite policies and a state law prohibiting it. A 2024 state law prohibits public funding for DEI programs. The Iowa Board of Regents in November 2023 also directed universities to abolish all “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives at public universities. But an undercover video obtained by Fox News shows Drea Tinoco, assistant director for Leadership and Student Organization Development at the University of Iowa,...
  • Trump tirade against Grassley irritates Republican senators

    07/31/2025 1:34:54 PM PDT · by RandFan · 83 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/31/25 6:00 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    Republican senators were appalled by President Trump’s rough treatment of 91-year-old Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the Senate’s most senior Republican, on social media and are pushing back on Trump’s attempts to squeeze the senator into abolishing an arcane procedure known as the Senate blue slip. GOP senators were not pleased that Trump piled so much pressure on Grassley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to get rid of a long-established Senate tradition. Trump piled on by reposting on Truth Social posts accusing Grassley of being a “RINO” and “sneaky” and standing in the way of Trump’s agenda. Sen. Thom...
  • FBI Caught Burying Smoking-Gun Thumb Drives Containing “Unreviewed Info” on Clinton Email Scandal for Six Years — Grassley Demands Kash Patel Review Materials ASAP

    07/29/2025 6:07:47 PM PDT · by george76 · 21 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Jul. 29, 2025 | Jim Hᴏft
    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) have dropped a political nuke on Washington: Smoking-gun thumb drives containing unreviewed evidence in the Hillary Clinton email scandal have been sitting in an FBI office collecting dust for over SIX YEARS. The letter, addressed directly to FBI Director Kash Patel, demands that the unevaluated materials — which include sensitive intelligence, foreign communications, and damning evidence related to the Clinton Foundation and Barack Obama — be immediately reviewed and exposed to the American people. “Thumb drives containing unreviewed info on the Clinton...
  • BREAKING: FBI Caught Burying Smoking-Gun Thumb Drives Containing “Unreviewed Info” on Clinton Email Scandal for Six Years — Grassley Demands Kash Patel Review Materials ASAP

    07/30/2025 8:38:58 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | July 29, 2025 | Jim Hᴏft
    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) have dropped a political nuke on Washington: Smoking-gun thumb drives containing unreviewed evidence in the Hillary Clinton email scandal have been sitting in an FBI office collecting dust for over SIX YEARS. The letter, addressed directly to FBI Director Kash Patel, demands that the unevaluated materials — which include sensitive intelligence, foreign communications, and damning evidence related to the Clinton Foundation and Barack Obama — be immediately reviewed and exposed to the American people. “Thumb drives containing unreviewed info on the Clinton...
  • GAO, Grassley: Biden Admin Hid Trump Threat Intel

    07/15/2025 9:01:46 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 32 replies
    Newsmax ^ | July 15, 2025 | Eric Mack
    Former President Joe Biden's U.S. Secret Service received a credible threat on President Donald Trump's life 10 days before last July 13's Butler, Pennsylvania rally, but chose to leave the assigned details for Trump and the rally in the dark. "This past weekend, the Government Accountability Office produced [to] me its report on the July 13 assassination attempt," Grassley told the Senate in a floor speech Monday night. "The Government Accountability Office's report starts by stating, 'The U.S. Secret Service failed to implement security measures that could've prevented the assassination attempt on then-former President Donald J. Trump during a July...
  • A Strange, Unsettling Time

    07/12/2025 4:33:01 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 13 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 12 Jul, 2025 | J. Robert Smith
    Democrats and their hardline leftist constituencies are disempowered, angry, and growing ever more frustrated. Now is no time for conservatives to split into rival camps. The celebrations didn’t last long. President Trump kicked off the festivities at the Iowa State Fair grounds. He was in Iowa to ballyhoo passage of the One, Big Beautiful Bill. The crowd -- as always at Trump rallies -- was enthusiastic. The mammoth measure is the centerpiece of Trump’s second administration. It unlocks the door to a huge boost to the economy and provides a torrent of new monies for tougher border enforcement and mass...
  • An Iowa law rolling back trans civil rights protections in the state has taken effect. Here’s what to know

    07/06/2025 3:31:22 AM PDT · by fwdude · 35 replies
    CNN ^ | July 5, 2025 | Danya Gainor
    An Iowa law removing gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code took effect Tuesday, the first action of its kind in the United States. The new rollback of protections is the latest attack on trans people in the US and part of a broader movement across conservative-led states working to restrict LGBTQ rights.
  • Trump will kick off a yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with event in Iowa

    07/03/2025 4:32:49 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 12 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 4:41 PM CDT, July 3, 2025 | DARLENE SUPERVILLE and HANNAH FINGERHUT
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to deliver a “spectacular” yearlong birthday party to mark 250 years of American independence. On Thursday, he will be in the U.S. heartland to kick off the patriotic festivities — and to celebrate the final passage of his sweeping tax cuts and spending package.Trump is expected to tout the major piece of his agenda when he takes the stage Thursday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, according to the White House. This comes just hours after the House pushed it through in a tight roll call...