Running from the police and changing your name is exactly something someone who is not guilty would do.
The Trump Administration's crusade against DEI and "waste" in federal spending has hit its latest mark: cancer research.
Learn more about it on the most recent episode of Cornhole Champions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4utzL8Qt3I0
State Rep. JD Scholten, a Democrat from Sioux City, is taking his anti-monopoly argument on his run against Republican US Sen. Joni Ernst.
At a Parkersburg town hall, Senator Joni Ernst faced fierce pushback as she defended the Trump Administration's cuts to Medicaid. India May was in the audience when she shouted at Ernst that "people will die" if kicked off Medicaid. Ernst responded, "Well, we all are going to die." The exchange went viral and prompted an equally tone-deaf apology video from Ernst the next day.
On the latest episode of Cornhole Champions, Amie sat down with May to talk Ernst's response, Iowa's health care crisis, and May's campaign for Iowa House in 2026.
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJtzmNlfbo&t=3s
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is raiding workplaces across the country, wearing tactical gear (and at times arriving in armored vehicles) just to arrest low-wage workers without criminal records. Deportations in this country aren't new; what's troubling...
Justin Putzier, an Iowa content creator, loves racing and motor sports. He's been to race tracks all over the Midwest, and interviews current and former racers on his YouTube show "Full Throttle with JP." And he does it all with cerebral palsy, a disorder that affects body movement and muscle coordination.
"I do have CP," he said. "[But] I want to come across as someone very interesting that might have very interesting questions."
Subscribe to JP's Full Throttle on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@JPFullThrottle18
US Sen. Joni Ernst's viral moment last weekend also helped launch her opponent's campaign. State Rep. JD Scholten, a Democrat from Sioux City, is running in 2026.
A six-story Davenport apartment building collapsed, killing three people two years ago. And we can finally read an investigation into the fall that the Scott County Attorney tried to keep secret. Inside: cash workers, altered reports, and a runaway landlord.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers, and Avery Staker examine the explosive report.
Also in this episode, US Sen. Joni Ernst viral gaffe and the Trump Administration's generation-defining cuts to Iowa's scientific research and development.
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This week, US Sen. Joni Ernst and her Senate colleagues will consider major cuts to Medicaid. Over the weekend, she was confronted about the cuts by an angry constituent who said, "People will die."
"Well, we're all going to die," Ernst said.
Since then, she doubled down with a bizarre apology video filmed in a cemetery. The comment made an already hostile town hall explode into boos and shouts as voters confronted her about Trump's massive spending bill.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers, and Avery Staker break down Ernst's viral moment and her tone-deaf response. We examine how Ernst's false claims about undocumented immigrants mask the reality that 13.7 million Americans will lose healthcare coverage, while the wealthy get $1.1 trillion in tax breaks.
Also on this episode, new information in the deadly Davenport apartment building collapse nd the Trump Administration's generation-defining cuts to Iowa's scientific research and development.
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03:21 - Joni Ernst "We All Die" Town Hall - Viral Comment Sparks Outrage
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