2019
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King Tries To Out Whistleblower, Shares False Conspiracy Theory Instead
Iowa Congressman Steve King drew a “Pants On Fire!” rating today from the fact-checking website PolitiFact, for pushing a conspiracy theory that the whistleblower who spoke out against President Donald Trump is George Soros’ son. King, who often buys into viral fake news stories, posted a tweet at 6:21 a.m. Thursday and later took it…
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Iowa Caucus TV Ad Wars Heat Up – What They’re Saying
We’re starting to enter peak advertising season here in the Iowa Caucus, as messages from presidential candidates compete with holiday ads on the TV screens. Starting Line counts eight different Democratic contenders with spots on Iowa TV this week, most of which are running in the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids media markets. Let’s take…
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Ep130: Castro Caucus Comments, AOC & Bernie in Iowa
Pat Rynard sits down to discuss happenings from the last week in Iowa, including Secretary Julian Castro’s comments about Iowa’s place in the nomination process, a slip-up from the Steyer campaign, AOC’s trip to Iowa for three events with Bernie Sanders, a new Monmouth Iowa poll, candidate travel, ad buys and more.
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Schwartz: Iowa Must Ban Conversion Therapy
Guest op-ed from Chris Schwartz, a member of the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors Conversion therapy is a dangerous form of psychological abuse with the intent of “changing” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association, and countless other medical entities have not only recognized that…
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Ernst, Grassley Vote To Confirm Child Separation Proponent As DHS Undersecretary
Iowa Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley voted to confirm Chad Wolf as the Department of Homeland Secretary undersecretary. It’s a move that propelled Wolf, a man who suggested immigrant children be separated from their families at the country’s southern border, to the acting head of the third-largest department of the United States government. Not…
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Iowans Will Feel Effects Of Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about an Obama-era immigration program currently protecting young undocumented immigrants. At the same time, demonstrators with the Iowa Dream Coalition assembled on the steps of the Iowa Supreme Court with signs and chants about protecting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [DACA] program and the people within…
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Who Could Yet Surprise In Iowa?
We may only be 82 days away from the Iowa Caucus, but that’s still multiple political lifetimes in today’s media cycles. For a few months now, the top-four field has largely been set: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Lately, Warren and Buttigieg have topped recent polls, but no one is distancing…
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What This Law Student Saw In Steve Bullock During An Internship
Guest op-ed from Josh Smith, a law student at the University of North Carolina School of Law. I drove over 2,000 miles to work for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock in the summer of 2018. And more significant than that, in Montana’s 129 years of statehood, I am likely the first and only African-American to intern…
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Latinx Candidates Had Historic Victories In Iowa’s Local Elections
Latinx candidates made history last week in city council elections and school board races across Iowa. We wanted to know about some of the challenges they faced running for office and what comes next in their political careers. To find out, we interviewed Rob Barron, co-founder of Latino Political Network, to understand more about a…
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Don’t Underestimate AOC’s Possible Iowa Impact For Sanders
This past weekend saw what will likely be the largest caucus events for an individual candidate until the last several weeks before February 3. Bernie Sanders turned out crowds of over 2,000 at each of his events with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Council Bluffs, Des Moines and Iowa City. As Ocasio-Cortez noted at the Council Bluffs…
