Grinnell College Scarlet & Black adviser; retired journalist; free press advocate; U of Iowa grad; "A Messy Church" author. #Hawkeyes
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Commercials on your favorite college teams’ jerseys. Like? No like?
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Good reporting on Democrats’ planning to stack Alaska’s ballot. Legal, but sketchy. nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po… Of note, this via @NYTimes
‘Wasn’t a freak accident’: New records show how ADM’s safety lapses injured several employees in 2023 explosion investigatemidwest.org/wasnt…
The tax incentives for an Iowa steel mill could have waited. revans2810.substack.com/p/th…
This is a pretty damning story by @DIpolitics about GOP gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn in Belle Plaine, where the paper went to interview locals about him. dailyiowan.com/2026/10/27/no…
Lyle Muller retweeted
Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.
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Ashley Hinson couldn't get any Iowans to appear in her new ad, so she hired a bunch of Florida actresses.
Now who's full of ****?
Once again, @MLB grows its next gen audience by playing its most important of the year at 11 pm in Milwaukee and midnight in St Pete. Enjoy the game boys and girls
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NEW: Zach Lahn launched his campaign for IA gov surrounded by 7 kids from his "blended" family.
The event came as a surprise to the father of three of the featured children.
Chase Koch.
Inside Lahn’s complicated history with the Kochs w/ @bethreinhard nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/po…
Always something..
WaPo reports that a woman featured in a $1 million Republican ad warning that an Iowa Democrat running for congress is “dangerous” for children previously pleaded guilty to child endangerment after driving drunk with her two young kids in the car. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
What real Iowa farmers offer - and are up against. “It’s greed... that takes away from the natural world.” — Iowa farmer who cares about Iowa’s drinking water and environment, overall. “If we complain,” he says, “we’re called anti-farmer.”
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Trying to wrap my head around Hank Brown being the best Iowa QB option right bowl 7/14 27 yds. Dropping ball.
This might be one of the most egregious examples of telling a falsehood as fact. Fox News simply runs a quote from Trump as though it were fact, with no reporting or accountability. People ask how anyone follows him, this is one example of why — Fox is their news source.
"It's a totally false story."
President Donald Trump shuts down allegations involving his son-in-law Jared Kushner after a reporter asks about a new book claiming Kushner had access to roughly $2 billion in accounts funded by Middle Eastern leaders.
Trump calls the allegations "fake news," rejecting the claims as Kushner also publicly denies the account.
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Trump on Amy Acton: "If what the mother said about the daughter is half right, she has no right even running for the governor of Ohio..."
KC: What about what the daughter said about the mother?
TRUMP: "I don’t know what she said."
KC: "That the mother remained married to her stepfather who sexually abused her when she was 12 years old."
TRUMP: "When did she make that statement? Was it just recently?"
KC: "Years ago. He was charged with it."
How a student newspaper and journalism school ensured that local communities got adequate election information.
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This vid isn't the best reflection of Hinson's skills on camera or with the mic, because she is generally really, really good on camera.
How a student newspaper and journalism school ensured that local communities got adequate election information.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa journalism students produce community voter guide emergingjournalistcorps.subs…
Your guy, Trump supporters.
Trump is asked whether it makes any difference to him that Amy Acton was sexually abused by her stepfather.
He completely loses his temper and refuses to condemn the sexual abuse.
REPORTER: "Do the sexual abuse allegations make no difference to you?"
TRUMP: "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Slow down. Who are you with? Who are you with?"
REPORTER: "But there are very serious sexual abuse allegations—"
TRUMP: "Listen, listen. Quiet."
REPORTER: "They make no difference to you?"
TRUMP: "Steve—isn’t she a fresh person? You’re a horrible little reporter, aren’t you?"