Videos
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WATCH: Red states really showed ‘em…: Iowa loses out on research funding (PT 1) – Cornhole Champions #38
Iowa chose loyalty over lawsuits when Trump cut $11 billion in federal health funding. And we paid the price. While blue states sued and kept 80% of their CDC grants, Iowa lost all 12 of its targeted research grants. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers, and Avery Staker break down…
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WATCH: 2026 election scramble: Why Democrats have their best shot in years (PT 3) – Cornhole Champions #38
US Rep. Ashley Hinson announced her Senate run just hours after Joni Ernst said she wouldn’t seek reelection. Republican Jim Carlin called it “orchestrated” – and he’s absolutely right. This is the story of how Iowa’s 2026 election just became the most consequential in years, with open seats creating opportunities up and down the ballot.…
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WATCH: ‘Taxpayer-funded protests’: When a politicians avoids his constituents (PT 2) – Cornhole Champions #38
Congressman Zach Nunn was supposed to hold his first-ever public town hall in Jefferson, Iowa. Then he made it invitation-only at the last minute. This is the story of how your representatives are being ordered by their party to avoid the very people they were elected to serve. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary…
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WATCH: What causes cancer? Exposure
From ultra-processed foods disrupting our microbiome to nitrates in our water system, Dr. Andrew Nish, medical director at the John Stoddard Cancer Center, argues that Iowa’s health crisis stems from the same forces shaping our economy. Watch the latest Cornhole Champions feature interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obnmw5SZCHU
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WATCH: Former Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller endorses Josh Turek for US Senate
Former Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller endorsed State Rep. Josh Turek in his bid to be Iowa’s next US Senator. Miller was the longest-serving state attorney general in the nation.
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Radon exposure is fueling Iowa’s deadliest cancer
When the Environmental Protection Agency first mapped radon in 1993, it found high levels in all of Iowa’s 99 counties. Today, it’s fueling Iowa’s deadliest cancer.
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WATCH: Why funding to promote Iowa water quality report ‘disappeared’
Iowa’s water quality is making national news. Obviously not in a good way.
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WATCH: Zach Nunn uses taxpayer funds to push Big Beautiful Bill ads
Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) spent $12,000 of OUR money on ads to sell his “Big Beautiful Bill” and the actors weren’t even convincing.
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WATCH: Are these the last medical students in Iowa who aren’t rich?
Doctors make a lot of money, right? They can—in some specialties. Still, one Iowa medical student says people don’t understand the costs that get them there. “People picture that once you graduate medical school, you go out and get a Ferrari, and you zip over to the hospital, you make a million dollars for one…
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WATCH: Politics and big money make Iowa sicker (w/ Dr. Andrew Nish) – Cornhole Champions Interview
Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation, and Dr. Andrew Nish has a blunt explanation: “Politics and big money.” After 34 years treating cancer patients in Iowa, the medical director of John Stoddard Cancer Center connects our climbing cancer rates to everything from agricultural practices and contaminated water to our drinking culture and…
