Videos
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WATCH: Trump anti-DEI push supercharges Iowa Pride (PT 3) – Cornhole Champions #28
Corporate America is pulling back from Pride Month as Iowa LGBTQ+ organizations feel the financial squeeze from Trump’s anti-DEI push. Des Moines Capital City Pride lost nearly $70,000 when Nationwide and Mid-American Energy walked away, while Iowa City Pride saw $15,000 in support disappear. But record individual donations and packed attendance prove the queer community’s…
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WATCH: Waverly, Iowa’s first ever Pride event
Waverly, Iowa, had never before held a Pride event, and wanted to do something unique. Organizers decided to showcase an important part of the town—the Cedar River—along with celebrating the area’s LGBTQ+ community. “The current political landscape is messy and unpredictable,” the Waverly Human Equity and Diversity Commission said in announcing the event on the…
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WATCH: Davenport building collapse investigation reveals years of ignored warnings
Running from the police and changing your name is exactly something someone who is not guilty would do.
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WATCH: Trump’s federal cuts don’t stop at cancer research
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
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WATCH: Iowa has a monopoly problem
State Rep. JD Scholten, a Democrat from Sioux City, is taking his anti-monopoly argument on his run against Republican US Sen. Joni Ernst.
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WATCH: Woman who confronted Joni Ernst at town hall reacts to viral response
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…
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WATCH: More Iowans leave the state for abortion care as demand for help surges
Banning abortion didn’t ban the need for abortion. Donate to your local access fund!
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WATCH: Meet Justin Putzier, a motor sports content creator from Iowa
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,”…
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WATCH: How Joni Ernst’s ‘cruelty’ nudged JD Scholten toward a Senate run
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.
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Watch: FINALLY: The secret report on deadly Davenport building collapse (Part 2) -Cornhole Champions #27
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…
