Progressive conversations about the federal judiciary started in earnest in 2016, when Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court was blocked by a Republican-controlled Senate. It only increased after Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment in 2018. And now, over the...
As soon as the impeachment trial was finished, Senate Republicans returned immediately to the task of voting on and confirming federal judges. On Tuesday, by a narrow vote of 52-47, the Senate confirmed Andrew Brasher to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Iowa...
As soon as the impeachment trial was finished, Senate Republicans returned immediately to the task of voting on and confirming federal judges. On Tuesday, by a narrow vote of 52-47, the Senate confirmed Andrew Brasher to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Iowa...
As soon as the impeachment trial was finished, Senate Republicans returned immediately to the task of voting on and confirming federal judges. On Tuesday, by a narrow vote of 52-47, the Senate confirmed Andrew Brasher to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Iowa...
A group of Iowa Republican legislators won’t leave LGBTQ Iowans alone. Since the new legislative session began in January, Reps. Sandy Salmon, Dean Fisher, Jeff Shipley, Skyler Wheeler and others have supported bills to remove or chip away at civil rights,...
A group of Iowa Republican legislators won’t leave LGBTQ Iowans alone. Since the new legislative session began in January, Reps. Sandy Salmon, Dean Fisher, Jeff Shipley, Skyler Wheeler and others have supported bills to remove or chip away at civil rights,...
The Iowa caucuses were supposed to be the first moment of sweeping Democratic turnout in 2020. But while results are still trickling in, it’s become clear that turnout was not the giant surge people had hoped and prepared for. Despite three years of a Trump...
Though two separate precincts were packed together in a middle school gym, the night was relatively conflict-free. Des Moines 6 and 18, on the north side of the city, were on two sides of the gymnasium at Harding Middle School. They ran pretty well, especially...
Though two separate precincts were packed together in a middle school gym, the night was relatively conflict-free. Des Moines 6 and 18, on the north side of the city, were on two sides of the gymnasium at Harding Middle School. They ran pretty well, especially...
If you’ve followed Pete Buttigieg’s rise in Iowa, you know it’s been one of the more surprising stories in the field. And if you had doubts about his sustainability, it would help to take a closer look at his ground game. Buttigieg hasn’t changed much about the...
