Iowa Sup. Ct. rules man can fire woman for being too hot (thank the rel. rt.)
Abominable. And brought to you by the National Organization for Marriage, America’s anti-gay bigots in the religious right, and our very own Republican party. They replaced three Iowa Supreme Court...
View ArticleIowa stormchasers nearly hit by lightning (video)
A really scary story from some trained stormchasers in Iowa who were trying to fim a possible tornado forming, and instead nearly got struck by lightning. Via the video on YouTube: Sunday Evening Danny...
View ArticleTwo women, in their 90s, marry in Iowa after 72 years together
Vivian Boyack, 91, and Alice “Nonie” Dubes, 90, married in Davenport, Iowa this weekend. The women have been together for 72 years. The local paper reports that the two have traveled to all 50 states,...
View Article90 y.o. gay newlyweds on falling in love 72 years ago (video)
I wrote the other day about Vivian Boyack and Nonie Dubes of Iowa, ages 91 and 90, getting married the other day after 72 years of being a couple. Well, the women did an interview with the Des Moines...
View ArticleHillary’s financiers completely unfazed by her campaign trail populism
Hillary Clinton has been waxing populist lately. In the video that officially launched her campaign, she made clear that, “The deck is still staked in favor of those at the top,” and on Tuesday she...
View ArticleBernie Sanders is being taken seriously in (and out of) Iowa
“Objects in your rearview mirror are closer than they appear.” That was what Kurt Meyer, the Democratic Party chairman for Worth County, Iowa, reportedly told Hillary Clinton’s political director after...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s insane interview with the Des Moines Register, annotated
Donald Trump may actually run for president in 2016. For serious this time. He’s announced that he will make a major announcement on June 16th, and is headed to Iowa this week to make all of the...
View ArticleIowa judge rules against voting rights for felons, state Supreme Court...
An Iowa judge ruled earlier this week in favor of strictly curtailed voting rights for ex-felons in the state. The case was brought as a challenge to the state’s ill-defined constitutional ban on...
View ArticleIs Hillary Clinton really winning Iowa by 41 points?
A new poll released by Monmouth University today shows Hillary Clinton positively dominating the race for the Democratic nomination in Iowa, leading Bernie Sanders by 41 points. Per their results, 65...
View ArticleJeb Bush’s field campaign in Iowa doesn’t know how to measure its own failure
The Week is reporting that Jeb Bush’s campaign has a big gap to close if it hopes to hit its goals in Iowa: Here’s the lowdown: The Iowa caucus, on February 1, is 93 days away. Bush’s campaign has set...
View ArticleNone of the Republican candidates know how to do field — especially Trump
Field campaigns aren’t complicated, but they’re really difficult to do well. That’s because the single most effective way a campaign can win votes — targeted voter contact — is straightforward and...
View ArticleMarco Rubio airbrushes his faith-based agenda when confronted by an atheist...
It’s no secret that Marco Rubio has been gunning hard for the Evangelical vote. From ads that include and are limited to Rubio discussing how his Christian faith affects his judgment, to ads telling...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina uses kids as anti-abortion props without parental consent
Carly Fiorina has been accused of “ambushing” a group of children who were on a field trip to a botanical garden, ushering them to a campaign-organized anti-abortion event without their parents’...
View ArticleThe case for DC: Why our nation’s capital should vote before Iowa and New...
There are a lot of unwritten rules in politics, but Iowa and New Hampshire holding the first caucus and primary in the presidential cycle is more than a rule: it’s literally written into their state...
View ArticleFormer Trump staffer in Iowa accuses campaign of sex discrimination
A few weeks ago, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump’s field campaign in Iowa was an unmitigated disaster. The campaign, per the Times, was making basic organizing errors, failing to make it...
View ArticleDonald Trump doesn’t think Cruz treated him fairly in Iowa, wants a do-over
Donald Trump didn’t take his loss in Iowa well: Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad! — Donald J. Trump...
View ArticleDonald Trump can’t do math
Donald Trump is claiming that he didn’t actually lose Iowa. Sure, he knows that he didn’t get the most votes, nor did he come away with the most delegates. But that doesn’t mean he lost. As he...
View ArticleIowa Sup. Ct. rules man can fire woman for being too hot (thank the rel. rt.)
Abominable. And brought to you by the National Organization for Marriage, America’s anti-gay bigots in the religious right, and our very own Republican party. They replaced three Iowa Supreme Court...
View ArticleIowa stormchasers nearly hit by lightning (video)
A really scary story from some trained stormchasers in Iowa who were trying to fim a possible tornado forming, and instead nearly got struck by lightning. Via the video on YouTube: Sunday Evening Danny...
View ArticleTwo women, in their 90s, marry in Iowa after 72 years together
Vivian Boyack, 91, and Alice “Nonie” Dubes, 90, married in Davenport, Iowa this weekend. The women have been together for 72 years. The local paper reports that the two have traveled to all 50 states,...
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