Idiots Out Walking Around
A collection of free market, small government, pro-life stories from Iowa, a state run by Republicans (our Democrats being virtually non-existent apropos policy or presence). They’re very Iowa Nice™ and project plenty of lovely European Christian values and Midwestern Common Sense.
2026
It’s not the high cost of living, destruction of public schools and institutions, high cancer rates, poor quality of water, fewest OB-GYNs per capita of any state, ranking 44th nationally for physicians per capita that discourage young people from starting families and growing the state’s population.
No, if you’re a Republican running for governor, it’s women and those pesky reproductive rights they barely have.
House File 571, signed into law Tuesday, May 19, gives a health practitioner or institution the right to refuse a service that contravenes their conscience and shields them from discrimination over their decision.
The law defines “conscience” as ethical, moral or religious beliefs or principles held by a health care provider or institution. It takes effect July 1.
[…] Rep. Austin Baeth, D-Des Moines, a practicing physician, countered that the policy would add another hurdle for patients to access to care, especially in rural areas where there already are fewer providers.
“There are no guardrails on what is conscience and what is just discrimination,” Baeth said. “This bill does not have a good purpose that is real. It only opens up for multiple harms and discrimination, and when that happens in the medical field, people go without lifesaving care.”
“Iowa’s new medical conscience law lets providers refuse care”, The Des Moines Register
More rural clinic closures (for which Mexicans and our out-of-control immigration system bears full responsibility.)
- Dec. 2025 - MercyOne closes Traer Family Medicine clinic
- Feb. 2026 - MercyOne closes Ottumwa clinic
- June 2026 - MercyOne to close South Des Moines clinic, citing “expected Medicaid cuts”
- July 2026 - River Hills to close Centerville medical and dental clinics
Unlike private clinics, federally qualified health centers are required by law to serve all patients regardless of their ability to pay, making them a critical safety net for low-income and uninsured residents in rural and urban areas. When one closes, there is typically no equivalent replacement—private providers can turn away patients that FQHCs cannot.
The article also notes more wins for our state under over a decade of Republican management:
Iowa has the fewest OB-GYNs per capita of any state, according to data from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and ranks 44th nationally for physicians per capita, according to the Iowa Medical Society. The state has the fastest-growing rate of new cancers in the country and no hospitals that earned a top safety grade from the Leapfrog Group in fall 2025. Iowa has also ranked last among all states and Washington D.C. for the number of state psychiatric beds per capita, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center.
These are lies, of course, perpetrated by the Fake Media.
As a Conservative, I am all about fiscal responsibility, individual choice, and the dictates of the Free Market of Ideas.
Republican lawmakers added a provision to a massive budget bill during a 35-hour legislative session requiring University of Iowa students to complete at least six credit hours from the center to earn an undergraduate degree. The bill now heads to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
We saw that no students really wanted to participate in that program, but this legislation will require families who are paying for college education for their kids, which is not cheap, that they would be forced to take these freedom classes,” Sen. Petersen said. “Six hours at the University of Iowa and that comes straight out of student and parent’s checkbooks.
Control is Freedom is Control. Bible Pro-Life Jesus Freedom. It’s all about the Children.
Des Moines Public Schools have lost almost $47.5 million in state funding since Iowa’s private school voucher program was implemented before the 2023-24 school year, according to state data.
[…] Heading into the 2025-26 school year, the program opened to all Iowa families regardless of income—and 3,121 students living in the Des Moines Public school district participated, resulting in a loss of nearly $21 million in state funds.
So who’s the program helping? Analyses show that students who were already attending private school prior to qualifying for the program are the ones taking advantage of the program. In other words, their families were already planning to pay for private school tuition before being eligible for a voucher.
File under “Every Accusation is a Confession”:
[…] an Iowa lobbyist was offering $100 in cash, along with bonuses for referrals, to attend JD Vance’s rally in Des Moines this week. An ethanol lobbyist with strong ties to the Reynolds administration offered money to contacts who agreed to attend the rally just hours before Vice President JD Vance took the stage in Des Moines.
“Gentlemen, Jake Swanson here,” he wrote in a text message. “I wanted to invite you to join me in seeing Vice President JD Vance this afternoon in Des Moines. I do some work for an ethanol company and so if you’re able to join, I will give you $100, and for anyone that you recruit, an additional $25. No limit on referrals, so if someone recruits a group of 20 to show up, that’s $500.”
Republican elected officials argue that being a leader in tax cuts and “school choice” equal success for the state. Other metrics tell a more concerning story. Iowa has tepid population growth overall, with ongoing decline in rural areas. Medical care is difficult to find outside the state’s largest cities. Economic growth is similarly lukewarm, with Democrats repeatedly touting an analyst’s ranking of Iowa as in 50th place nationally. The state is using over $1 billion from reserve funds to balance the budget for the second straight year, as reduced tax revenue collides with expanded spending on private school tuition and Medicaid.
[…] Iowa’s approach to water quality illustrates neatly the gulf between what state leaders have professed and what they’ve actually achieved. Gov. Kim Reynolds celebrated in early 2018 that the first bill she was signing into law after replacing Gov. Terry Branstad was a multimillion-dollar investment in water quality. Eight years and change later, Reynolds held a news conference on the third-to-last day of the legislative session to announce a similar multimillion-dollar investment.
In an 85%+ white state,
Sen. Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig, floor manager of the bill, called affirmative action part of a “malicious ideology.”
“I sum it up as a soft racism of low expectations. This is a toxic belief that not all people are equal,” he said.
“Those who hold this belief often think they’re benevolent, even generous. Often others are less altruistic and simply want advantages for some at the expense of others, for reasons such as social engineering,” Schultz said. “Either is a toxic mindset that should be rejected and certainly does not belong in Iowa code…”
Iowa has the second-highest rate of new cancers nationally and is one of only three states with rising new cancer rates, according to this year’s Cancer in Iowa report. Possibly the most concerning: The rate of new cancers among young adults in the state — those from 20 to 39 years old — ranks second highest nationally, the report says.
It’s all about our children and our children’s children.
“If you live in Iowa, your risk of being diagnosed with cancer is meaningfully higher than if you lived in almost any other state,” Deming said. “Cancer is now the second leading cause of death in Iowa” after heart disease.
The pesticides most heavily used in Iowa are glyphosate, acetochlor and atrazine — weedkillers that are associated with cancers that include colorectal, lung, kidney and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the report said.
The European Union banned the use of atrazine and acetochlor, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined the pesticides are safe to use in America. Compared to Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Indiana — other ag-heavy Midwestern states — Iowa was the leading user of acetochlor and glyphosate from 1999 to 2019, the report said, with the Hawkeye state’s glyphosate use more than tripling over that time.
Data and Dr. Deming are woke. The Europeans are pussies (with an immigration problem). Regulation is communist and anti-Free Market. We need more Free Market innovation to protect our people.
A fucking Death Cult.
Rep. Josh Meggers, R-Grundy Center, who managed the bill on the floor, said the measure is “straightforward and narrowly tailored,” arguing it promotes consistency in state policy and improves public safety by ensuring drivers understand traffic laws “as written and posted.”
Democrats pushed back, warning the policy could lead to more unlicensed and uninsured drivers on Iowa roads. Rep. Jeff Cooling, D-Cedar Rapids, said there is no evidence that offering exams in multiple languages increases crash risk and warned the bill would instead push more people to drive without licenses or insurance.
The law’s opponents say the savings accounts have effectively subsidized private schools at the expense of public education.
Indeed, 99% of the private school students in Iowa are now using ESAs to pay for their schooling, and most already attended private school before the law passed, according to a Des Moines Register analysis.
“This erosion of financial support for Iowa’s public schools is unsustainable and unfair,” said Josh Brown, Iowa State Education Association president, during a news conference on public education funding cuts. “It affects the majority of our student population in every community.”
“Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff in memory of Charlie Kirk” four hours after his death but not for a 20-year old kid from West Des Moines four days after his.
Behind closed doors, secretively and quietly, Iowa Senate Republicans once again killed a bill that would improve, and possibly save, the lives of nursing home residents.
The bill would protect the right of loved ones of nursing home residents to install video cameras in their rooms. The camera would allow families near and far to check in on their moms, dads, grandparents or others to make sure they are well, safe, and receiving good care.
No one’s privacy would be violated. The cameras would be allowed only if the resident and loved ones—and a roommate if there was one—gave their express permission.
For loved ones, the cameras would ensure peace of mind. For facilities, they would ensure accountability for the quality of care being provided.
Republicans are responsible for this bill’s death each year. They have controlled the Iowa House and Senate every year the measure was buried.
“Leaving a violent relationship is already the most dangerous time for a victim; this bill could potentially force them to prove their abuse in court when they are possibly at their most terrified of the person who harms them,” Pingel said.
Green says the bill was made with those circumstances in mind and that this bill is part of an ongoing conversation.
“Yeah, would it be harder? Yes, I do think it would be harder," Green stated. “And so I want to investigate, you know, in those domestic abuse situations, could we provide some sort of more easy out for those situations?”
Tyler Coe is a divorce lawyer in the Des Moines area and says in his experience, his clients would be most hurt by the added court fees due to prolonged cases.
“Most folks do not have the funds to do that, and in my opinion, the money that they would pay to get a divorce under fault grounds will be better spent on their families,” he said.
Coe also raised concerns over the added challenge of proving abandonment, or abuse, as the bill currently requires.
Every good faith explanation is laughable. You were dumb and you got played. Or you were malicious and you got played. Or you are both dumb and malicious and you love it.
HSB 669
Legalizes Conversion Therapy Protects caregivers who: Force children to live as a sex that does not align with their gender identity Deny or block affirming mental health care Subject children to therapy designed to suppress or reject their identity Moms for Iowa @momsforiowa
HF 2171
Eliminating Childhood Vaccine Requirements The bill proposes the elimination of mandatory immunization requirements for students in Iowa elementary schools, secondary schools, and licensed child care centers. Moms for Iowa @momsforiowa
HSB 664
Restrict Local Governments from Enacting Anti-Discrimination Ordinances Designed to create a uniform, restrictive standard for civil rights across Iowa, stripping local municipalities of the authority to provide broader protections than the state government. Moms for Iowa @momsforiowa
HF 2121
Don’t Say Gay The bill extends existing restrictions that already apply to kindergarten through grade 6, effectively prohibiting these topics throughout K–12 education. It bans the use of any program, test, survey, questionnaire, or promotion related to gender identity and sexual orientation. Moms for Iowa @momsforiowa
SSB 3100
Starving Iowa schools 1.75% increase in SSA (school funding) while state revenue is expected to grow 4.2% This proposed increase is 7 cents on each available dollar when comparing what they are predicted to be able to afford. (10.5M/140.9M) Moms for Iowa @momsforiowa
HF 2316
Criminalize Abortion Grant fetal personhood and liken abortion to homicide and wrongful death. Abortion could be a felony. Moms for Iowa @momsforiowa
SF 2172
Eliminates No Fault Divorce If the waiver is signed, the marriage can only be dissolved based on specific grounds, including: Adultery. Felony conviction and imprisonment. Abandonment for over a year. Physical or sexual abuse of a party or child. Separation for at least two years.
Zach Lahn, a businessman and farmer, said he would pull all COVID shots off the market in Iowa and end all childhood vaccine requirements connected to enrollment in Iowa schools. “We cannot trust the medical establishment in Iowa anymore. They have lost our trust,” Lahn said, getting applause and whistles from the crowd, “and they have done nothing to earn it back.”
Adam Steen, former director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, said he absolutely would consider a ban on mRNA vaccines. “My father passed away three and a half years ago,” Steen said. “He was healthy as a horse, he got the COVID shot, ends up with diabetes, ends up with cancer, now he’s passed away.”
2025
It’s a prescription drug the FDA has approved as treatment parasitic infections, like stomach worms and head lice in humans. During the pandemic, people began to buy ivermectin that had been approved for use in livestock. “I talked to people that have used it and I talked to people that have asked if we could make it over-the-counter,” Reynolds said. “There are some states that are already doing that…We’ll give the legislature and Iowans a chance to weigh in.”
“Governor proposes over-the-counter ivermectin sales in Iowa”
Atlas Van Lines conducted its annual migration patterns study and finds Iowa ranks number 7 on the list of states with the highest percentage of residents moving out in 2025. The study was based on data from November 1st of 2024 to October 31st of last year. Atlas finds that during that time in Iowa, 43.6% of its moving vans were heading into the state, versus 56.4% percent heading out.
Nitrate pollution of drinking water has risen in tandem with the cancer rate in Iowa — one of only two states where the rate of new cancer cases is on the rise.
Yet despite a nearly 50 percent increase in nitrate levels in Iowa’s waterways and mounting evidence linking agricultural practices to pollution, Iowa has not substantively updated its fertilizer and manure rules since 2002, except for a 2009 amendment regulating when manure could be applied to snow-covered ground.
“The DNR isn’t changing because nobody’s making them change,” says Tinker.
The new president of the Iowa Board of Regents said universities he oversees are too liberal and should have more conservative ideas during the University of Iowa’s new Center for Intellectual Freedom’s first event Friday.
The panel, titled “What is wrong with universities?”, featured speakers who said universities, administrators, and teachers are too liberal. The event at the Old Capitol included regents and speakers from outside Iowa.
Graduate student and teaching assistant Clara Reynen was in the crowd watching the event. She said the Center for Intellectual Freedom is a thinly veiled attempt to force a conservative agenda on public higher education.
“They aren’t interested in making sure that universities a place where there can be open inquiry and discussion, they’re really more interested in furthering their own goals,” Reynen said.
I, for one, thoroughly trust the impartiality of any Conservative project that employs the words “Values”, “Freedom”, and “Liberty”.
New rankings from LeapFrog put Iowa at 48th in the nation for hospital safety.
The nonprofit that focuses on patient safety looked at 30 Iowa hospitals that had sufficient publicly-available data to rank them on 32 measures of patient safety, including infection rates, surgery problems and staff communication and responsiveness. It’s the latest round of the group’s semi-annual ratings, which are released in the spring and fall.
Iowa landed at the bottom of its hospital safety list for fall 2025, along with North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. All four states had no hospitals that received an “A” rating.
“That’s not a new trend in Iowa. I did look at a few past rounds, and there’s been a lack of ‘A’ safety grades in the state,” said Katie Stewart, LeapFrog’s director of health care ratings.
“It was human error, but I’m sure as soon as the command staff find out about it, they’re going to have some meetings with their supervisors internally and be like, ‘Hey, guys, we gotta keep our thumb on this, this is silly,’”
A recent Moody’s Analytics analysis lists Iowa and 21 other states as in a recession or on the precipice of one, and Iowa State economist Peter Orazem says our state’s economy has been sluggish dating back to 2018. […] Like much of the Midwest, Iowa’s agriculture and manufacturing industries have been impacted by tariffs. […] owa’s aging demographic, lack of workers and a decline in financial sector jobs are the longstanding contributors to our sluggish economy, Orazem says. Iowa has long had “brain drain” as young, college graduates leave the state, shrinking our skilled workforce. […] Their problems are driven largely by a mix of more recent issues like slowing immigration, increasing tariffs and federal job cuts, Zandi argues.
Improving international trade relations and helping more immigrants live and work in Iowa could help, Orazem says.
“We haven’t exactly rolled out the red carpet,” Orazem says.
Iowa’s economy shrank by 0.5% in 2024, making it the second-worst performing state in the country, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The contraction in real gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, placed Iowa 49th among all states, ahead of only North Dakota.
The state also ranked 48th in personal income growth at 2.4%, ahead of only Nebraska and North Dakota, and had the second-slowest job growth nationwide in 2024 at -0.6 %, trailing only the U.S. Virgin Islands.
“Our biggest problem is still a weakness in our labor supply. We don’t have enough workers,” Orazem said. “Certainly if you look at the last 10 years or so, most of the attention paid on the political side has not been related to making Iowa a better place to live.”
They’re very welcoming (because they’re Christians) and very good with money (because they’re Conservative).
“I feel like we’ve got bigger issues in the state, and it’s like—wherever you are on these social issues—they should not be the highest concern for state government in my opinion right now.”
But it went beyond that. Another student, Isaac, mentioned that it wasn’t just white-collar professionals who wanted to leave because of bad legislation.
“I already know that state employees aren’t allowed to strike. And if Iowa becomes a lot more hostile against worker protections, I could see a lot of people that get trained in trades and such leaving the state,” he said.
Other students mentioned a lack of amenities, the state’s abysmal mental health care system, and abortion rights getting chipped away.
Iowa Board of Regents tries banning university courses that teach about social justice.
Iowa DOGE floats performance-based pay for teachers and eliminating IPERS for new state hires.
At an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur Dioxide.
Iowa Gov. Reynolds: Regulation not the answer to addressing state’s water quality woes
Reynolds defended farmers and the state’s investment in conservation practices
https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/iowa-gov-reynolds-regulation-not-the-answer-to-addressing-states-water-quality-woes/
Republican Miller-Meeks runs away after being asked about voting to gut Medicaid to pay for massive tax cuts for the billionaires.
Senator Dismisses Medicaid Cuts Killing People: ‘Well, We’re All Going to Die’. She then posts a sarcastic apology video following this comment. Rob Sand then posted this.
“Half the families we serve are already skipping meals,” Iowa food banks react to tariff impacts.
Iowa Governor Signs Bill Banning DEI.
Republicans file SC3 to overturn same sex marriage.
Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker’s demand for confidential information on “the nonprofit’s clients, donors and members”.
Iowa Leads the Nation in 2025 Farm Bankruptcies.
“Iowa schools would have to show students in health classes a video depicting the stages of pregnancy but any materials created by an organization that performs or promotes abortions would be forbidden” a bill just passed by the Iowa house. This would be banning information from the Mayo Clinic and The University of Iowa.
First-term State Representative Brett Barker has acknowledged he made a “rookie mistake” when he authorized the distribution of a right-wing Christian pamphlet to all of his Iowa House colleagues. Barker told Bleeding Heartland he didn’t read the publication by Capitol Ministries before it was circulated in the chamber on March 19.
But Barker has not publicly disavowed the contents of the weekly “Bible Study,” which portrays political adversaries as tools of Satan, calls on believers to “evangelize their colleagues,” depicts same-sex marriage and LGBTQ existence as “satanic perversions,” and condemns “women’s liberation” as a “scheme of the devil.”
Iowa Senate passes bill banning citizens’ police review boards.
Iowa Republicans advance public school Bible study bill. “It’s hard to imagine a person being regarded as educated unless they have at least a working knowledge of the Bible,” Jaynes said.
Federal funds canceled for University of Iowa’s International Writing Program:
The program is highly selective. It has hosted only 1,625 writers from 160 countries throughout its lifetime. Three have received the Nobel Prize in Literature — most recently, Han Kang of South Korea, who won the award for her poetry in 2024 However, due to the funding cuts, the number of writers in next fall’s residency will shrink by half.
Iowa Republicans’ bill to criminalize vaccine providers advances amid funnel week chaos.
Iowa Republicans advance a bill limiting protests held outside of the Iowa Capitol.
Iowa continues to have one of the highest rates of new cancer diagnoses in the country, according to the annual Cancer in Iowa report by the Iowa Cancer Registry. Iowa remains second in the nation, behind Kentucky, for the rate of new cancers, according to the report’s age-adjusted data.
Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday, despite massive protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life.
2024
Iowa generated the highest number of vote-change queries, specifically in Des Moines-Ames and Cedar Rapids-Waterlook-Iowa City and Dubuque areas.
A large decline in students and rising costs are leading the Des Moines Public School District to consider closing schools and altering its boundaries.
Brenna Bird joins other Republican AGs to threaten the American Academy of Pediatrics over its support for transgender young people.
Iowa House lawmakers OK $3M grant program to help buy guns for teachers, pay for training.
Gov. Reynolds rejects millions in aid for food-insecure Iowa families (again), instead asking feds to fund her own ‘monthly box’ program.
Last December, Reynolds announced Iowa would not participate in this year’s Summer EBT for Children program. The program provides an extra $40 a month per child during the three months of school vacation to families whose kids qualify for free or reduced price meals at school. Food insecurity among school-age children spikes during summer months when they no longer have regular access to meals at school.
The $900,000 the governor allocated for the grant program amounted to 3.1 percent of the $29 million that would have been available through the Summer EBT program. According to the the nonprofit Iowa Hunger Coalition (IHC), the federal program would have covered 240,000 children in the state. In contrast, during the summer of 2023, the average number of children who ate on a daily basis at one of the summer meal sites the grant program was aimed at was 21,557. According to the governor’s office, the grant program resulted in the creation of a total of 61 new meal sites around the state this summer.
Iowa GOP chair calls it ‘blatantly antisemitic’ for Kamala Harris to pick Tim Walz as running mate during Cedar Rapids event.
An Iowa farm county seeks answers amid cancer rates 50% higher than national average.
Republican farmers in Iowa say they want Donald Trump as their president, buoyed by the historic sums of money his administration handed out to farms and despite his talk of trade wars that could tank already stifled U.S. agricultural exports.
Iowa Republicans pass personhood bill that critics say could threaten IVF care.
Experts have known for decades that industrial-scale concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are water polluters. Yet over the past 30-plus years, the number of large CAFOs in Iowa has more than quintupled.
Republicans are redefining the word ‘equal’ in an Iowa anti-trans bill.
When the sponsor was asked directly what the word “equal” means in this bill, the representative Heather Hora answered: “Equal would mean … um … I would assume that equal would mean … I don’t know exactly in this context.” If the bill’s own sponsor cannot define the word “equal” due to eliminating the word’s actual definition, how can she claim to have created the perfect definition for “man” or “woman” in Iowa law?
2023
“This Book is Gay” is coming off the shelves at Northwest Junior High and other Iowa City Community School District libraries following a Twitter blast aimed at the Coralville school that administrators believe was linked to a pair of bomb threats.
The school had to be evacuated on consecutive days last week while police searched it. No explosive devices were found.
The Libs of TikTok Twitter account, which has 2 million followers and is known for its anti-LGBTQ stance, published a Tweet on March 21 that denounced the school for having the book, which it said promotes “gay sex and encouraged the use of sex apps.” It generated hundreds of responses, many of them graphically homophobic.
Hog Poop from Iowa Is Polluting Your Water.
Senators rewrite bill to restrict research of meat substitutes.
A copy of the amended bill was not immediately publicly available, but Sen. Dawn Driscoll, R-Williamsburg, said in the committee meeting that the new version “prohibits the Board of Regents from conducting research into the production or use of manufactured protein products.”
“Lab grown products are made in a petri dish and are not the same as the high-quality beef, pork, poultry, goat, lamb raised by hardworking Iowa farm families,” Driscoll said. “The taxpayer dollars should not be used to support these products over the real meat raised on Iowa farms.”
Because competition is a good thing.
2021
Need some reasons to replace Kim? Sending lowa Patrol officers to the Mexican border was simply a political stunt. She bad month’s the infrastructure bill yet is delighted to take $200M in Federal funds for internet infrastructure improvements. Says she wants lowans to make their on health decisions around Covid but won’t allow businesses to enforce mask mandates within their own companies. Opposes expansion of lowa’s Marijuana laws costing patients more money by not allowing greater competition and access. lowa Department of Public Health needs to more transparent and independent of her iron fist. There are more reasons to vote her out …but I have to go to work and sit next to an unvaccinated cubical mate that was dismissed and is now back at work.
At the Iowa Statehouse. Via State Senator Joe Bolkcom.
2020
Reynolds said election victories for Republicans in the state this week show Iowans support her approach. “It was a validation of our balanced response to COVID-19, one that is mindful of both public health and economic health,” Reynolds said.
Because political victories, not cases or deaths, should inform and ‘validate’ one’s strategy when dealing with a raging pandemic.
Informed Choice Iowa is a group that “unites Iowans seeking to preserve their medical freedoms.” They are “pro-science” folk that count “ex-vaxxers”, “selective vaxxers”, “non-vaxxers”, and “vaxxers” among their members. I’m guessing that this list doesn’t include a single practicing physician.
And here’s them celebrating their freedoms, by which they mean a blatant disregard for the science they claim to love and the Iowans they claim to serve. Need confirmation but I hear that eating at least two tubes of toothpaste is on the agenda for their next idiot congregation. Here’s a local news story about this superspreader event. More on this tantrum by The Des Moines Register.
“Iowa’s House speaker said he can’t make lawmakers wear masks — but he did enforce a ban on jeans”
“Iowa is ranked 47th in COVID-19 vaccine supply. Gov. Kim Reynolds wants to know why”
“Iowa lawmakers push to bring back death penalty” #priorities
“Iowa governor’s bill would reduce public school funding by millions, analysis says”
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-iowa-republicans-to-stop-the-attack-on-unemployment-benefits
The lovely Christians running our state government refused to provide shelter to unaccompanied migrant children noting that it was the “President’s problem”. Just like Jesus would’ve done.
Representative Carter Nordman
I am extremely proud that Governor Kim Reynolds signed HF 847 last night that included my Pledge of Allegiance in schools bill. Starting next school year, all public schools will begin leading their students in the pledge each day! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/olqkq7/reminder_you_dont_have_to_participate_in_the/h5gu7ux/
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Our Governor wants schools to tell “both sides” of a genocide
https://www.carrollspaper.com/news/can-black-hawk-s-horror-story-be-told-in-kim-reynolds-iowa/article_7384476e-cce8-11eb-8627-db53fe900235.html
Why Iowa has only given out 2% of $195 million rent aid — and won’t apply for more federal funds
Iowa Finance Authority Director Debi Durham says she takes full responsibility ->5 secs later “I would tell you the majority of it is not our fault,” Durham said.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/24/kim-reynolds-send-iowa-state-patrol-troopers-us-mexico-southern-border-crisis-biden-immigration/7777946002/
https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa-officials-mostly-mum-on-plans-to-send-troopers-to-border/article_5950487b-e356-551e-855d-340114e21069.html
Several Republican governors, including Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, announced they would sent troopers from their states to help protect the border — noting the “rise in drugs, human trafficking and violent crime has become unsustainable.” But Iowa officials will answer few questions beyond that about the deployment. -->
Governor blasts ‘wokeness’
https://www.radioiowa.com/2021/07/16/governor-reynolds-blasts-wokeness-of-biden-administration/
Iowa lawmakers are talking about adding possible legislation to an already planned special session to stop private businesses requiring employees to get COVID-19 vaccines.
https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-republicans-discussing-legislation-to-stop-companies-from-requiring-covid-19vaccines/37142966
https://www.kcci.com/article/governor-kim-reynolds-provides-update-on-iowa-state-patrol-troopers-deployed-to-us-border/37155372
https://www.cato.org/immigration-research-policy-brief/criminal-immigrants-texas-2019
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2021-08-18/university-faculty-call-for-mask-vaccine-mandates-ahead-of-fall-semester
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/k-12/2021/08/20/university-iowa-will-not-require-masks-after-iowa-city-mandate-issued/8209079002/
https://www.kcci.com/article/doug-jensen-capitol-riot-return-to-jail/37360489
https://old.reddit.com/r/desmoines/comments/patc67/ankenys_mysterious_antimask_mailers_bullies/
https://old.reddit.com/r/desmoines/comments/pamxf4/sent_to_an_ankeny_school_board_member_story/
https://www.axios.com/ankeny-school-board-anti-mask-vaccine-mail-7d1e14d0-d213-4a2c-aa4d-265ad45048a7.html
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/p7j883/this_morning_we_were_reminded_in_an_assembly_for/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/peu0r3/kim_reynolds_with_ankeny_school_board_candidate/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/ph9cdl/marshalltown_er_doctor_there_are_no_icus_in_the/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/ph4oel/covid_in_schools_is_this_really_how_its_supposed/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/pg5v24/the_iowa_border_according_to_kim_reynolds/
https://old.reddit.com/r/desmoines/comments/pbstix/covid_in_schools_here_we_go_btw_the be_poster_noted/
https://www.kcrg.com/2021/09/10/iowa-sheriff-says-he-will-not-mandate-covid-19-vaccine-employees/
https://mobile.twitter.com/iastartingline/status/1440486539595632640
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/ps5u1i/this_state_is_a_fucking_joke/hdoc2v7/
https://www.kcci.com/article/kim-reynolds-joe-biden-legal-action-vaccine-mandate/38029274
https://reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/qeiona/iowa_drops_from_6_in_to_24_in_p12_education_in_4/
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2021-10-28/iowa-legislature-passes-a-bill-to-expand-covid-19-vaccine-exemptions-for-workers
https://www.thegazette.com/employment/iowa-workforce-shortage-persists-months-after-state-ended-extra-jobless-aid/
But since those states stopped the extra aid, the workforce shortage remains. Workforces in the 25 states that maintained the extra federal benefits until the program expired in September have seen better workforce growth than the states that ended the extra benefits early, according to an analysis of state-by-state data by the Associated Press.
“Policymakers were pinning too many hopes on ending unemployment insurance as a labor market boost,” Fiona Greig, managing director of the JPMorgan Chase Institute, which used bank account data to study the issue, told the AP. “The work disincentive effects were clearly small.”
In Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds cut off the extra benefits effective June 12.
“Now that our businesses and schools have reopened, these payments are discouraging people from returning to work,” she said at the time.
The department is trying to ease hospital reporting requirements because Iowa hospitals are facing staffing shortages, she said.
Dr. Megan Srinivas, an Iowa-based infectious disease physician and public health researcher, expressed concern about the policy change because it hampers local public health efforts and reduces transparency for the general public.
“Home county is a key factor in tracking outbreaks and enabling appropriate public health mitigation in a timely manner,” she said.
https://twitter.com/jetsjets/status/1479453754969640964/photo/1
So the voters can’t be trusted, the poll workers can’t be trusted the voting machines can’t be trusted, the media can’t be trusted, Bill Barr can’t be trusted, the guy who was in charge of election security can’t be trusted, the appellate courts can’t be trusted, and the Supreme Court can’t be trusted.
But Donald Trump can be trusted.
Roll that around in your head for about 3 minutes and realize how incredibly mind-bogglingly stupid that sounds.
https://iowastartingline.com/2021/11/29/the-problem-with-jake-chapmans-obscenity-claim/
https://iowastartingline.com/2022/01/11/business-reynolds-highlighted-closed-for-covid/
“Unlike so many states, Iowa’s economy stayed open, and so did Grace on Main,” Reynolds said tonight.
The Shelby County pizza place, however, is closed for the time being.
“Michael is still recovering from COVID,” read the restaurant’s update.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/s31g9b/iowa_if_you_enjoy_being_the_laughing_stock_of_the/
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2022/02/04/a-storms-coming-its-time-to-act/
https://old.reddit.com/r/desmoines/comments/sl9ay9/nbd_just_a_johnston_school_board_member_talking/
https://www.radioiowa.com/2022/05/25/senator-ernst-proposes-giving-border-wall-materials-to-states/
https://espnsiouxfalls.com/sioux-city-bandits-to-giveaway-ar-15-gun-at-upcoming-game/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/football/2022/06/01/sioux-city-bandits-indoor-football-iowa-ar-15-assault-rifle-raffle-giveaway/7476718001/
“Children die and to make it about a team in Sioux City, giving away an AR-15, to have some sort of connection to that is just absurd,” Bond said. “To make this a political opportunity for people who have an agenda is absurd.”
https://iowastartingline.com/2022/06/02/anger-on-gun-violence-boils-over-at-grassley-town-hall/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2015/05/10/iowa-student-brain-drain/26999519/
https://twitter.com/ChrisGloninger/status/1548382916085817344
Regent warns ISU to allow free speech in the teaching of climate science
https://cedarrapidsgazette-ia.newsmemory.com/?publink=1b4c3695a_134855c
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-iowa-66b51456b20d4a294bd5b0547052a5e3
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/10/12/iowa-to-dramatically-cut-back-on-restaurant-inspections/
Iowa research universities slip in U.S. News global rankings
https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/iowa-research-universities-slip-in-u-s-news-global-rankings/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/yhnn6q/dorman_oped_kim_reynolds_aces_a_course_in/iuesp0p/
https://nurse.org/articles/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-nurses/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/yriu1y/iowans_voted_for_incompetence_iowa_will_not/
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/11/09/iowa-will-not-receive-30-million-in-federal-aid-for-child-care/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/ywga94/daycare_in_iowa/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/ywga94/daycare_in_iowa/iwlupwv/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/ywrvc6/iowa_gov_kim_reynolds_says_no_to_federal_child/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/107t9o3/republican_iowa_legislative_leaders_support/
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2023-01-09/whitver-grassley-say-they-support-private-school-scholarships-without-family-income-limits
Party of Small Government
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/109a0z6/iowa_legislature_proposes_outing_trans_kids_to/
Citing a ‘culture war,’ Senate panel advances bill to repeal gender-balance law
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/01/18/citing-a-culture-war-senate-panel-advances-bill-to-repeal-gender-balance-law/
Gadsden Plate
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=90&ba=SF 47
Christian Behaviour:
What are the real reasons for policies like the one we see in Iowa?
Research points to political ideology, perceptions of the poor as being undeserving, and a comfort with a paternalism, preferring intrusive bureaucracies to direct support.
https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1617521036811210752
A new Iowa bill would roll back child labor laws, allowing 14 to 17-year-olds to work in mining, meatpacking, demolition, operating guillotine shears, and other dangerous jobs. Under the business-backed bill, employers wouldn’t be civilly liable if kids are injured or killed.
https://twitter.com/moreperfectus/status/1622972009708912649
https://lyz.substack.com/p/marriage-is-not-a-replacement-for?r=actj0
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2023/02/06/key-points-of-bill-to-change-iowa-child-labor-law/69870761007/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations
GOP lawmakers propose amending Iowa Constitution to ban gay marriage
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-iowa-constitution-to-ban-gay-marriage
20 House Republicans Sign Bill To Ban Nearly All Abortion In Iowa
https://iowastartingline.com/2023/02/28/20-house-republicans-sign-bill-to-ban-nearly-all-abortion-in-iowa/
Both these were around the time Iowa Democrats introed a bill to legalize pot. There was a “both sides political theater” argument. Not the same. For obvious fucking reasons
We’re not talking about making sure Iowans have extensive and affordable healthcare. We’re not talking about water quality, CAFOs, loss of habitat for our wildlife. We’re not talking about making sure Iowa workers have paid leave, living wages, parental leave, adequate work-life balance. We’re not talking about affordable housing. We’re not talking about affordable higher education.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/11hhx77/with_antilgbtq_laws_and_drag_show_bans_being/jatmxoz/
Ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors heads to Reynolds’ desk
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/03/08/ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-minors-heads-to-reynolds-desk/
62% of Iowans oppose Gov. Kim Reynolds’ private school scholarships law, Iowa Poll finds
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2023/03/19/iowa-poll-kim-reynolds-private-school-accounts-opposed-by-majority/69989541007/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/11vjofa/62_of_iowans_oppose_gov_kim_reynolds_private/
‘I’m going to have to use the girls bathroom’: Transgender dads concerned about implications of ‘bathroom bill’
https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/iowa-bathroom-bill-transgender-students-lgbtq-parents-controversy-impact-implications/524-78924d49-e001-4ba2-b076-87b2744eba80
Iowa’s corrupt governor ends her own illegal deal.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/121ab7k/iowas_corrupt_governor_ends_her_own_illegal_deal/jdm2kdy/
“Iowa on the list: One in four college applicants avoids entire states for political reasons”
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/129ldum/iowa_on_the_list_one_in_four_college_applicants/
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3926811-one-in-four-college-applicants-avoids-entire-states-for-political-reasons/
https://www.artsci.com/studentpoll-volume-16-issue-1
Bring your guns to school. Why the fuck not?
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/12n45v6/bring_your_guns_to_school_house_vote_protest/
Rob Sand hobbled by the House
https://www.kcci.com/amp/article/iowa-house-approves-bill-that-would-place-restrictions-on-state-auditors-office/43662535#amp_tf=From %251%24s&aoh=16821196956338&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/12unmdg/i_cant_believe_theyre_getting_away_with_this_rob/
Iowa legislature passes bill restricting state auditor’s access to records
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/27/iowa-state-legislator-auditor-republicans/
Iowa’s new private school scholarship program has ‘lack of oversight’, state auditor says
https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-new-private-school-scholarship-program-has-lack-of-oversight-state-auditor-says/43981314
Our Governor on her Daddy’s Indictment
https://www.kwwl.com/news/politics/governor-reynolds-responds-to-trump-indictment/article_a431ea40-06ef-11ee-9381-6f80029b732e.html
https://preview.redd.it/asoz7ft2w15b1.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=3b17c4a0559a8e799369ffa49c641becfdfb2014
Gov. Kim Reynolds sent a letter this past week to President Joe Biden seeking federal help in dealing with the aftermath of the tragic apartment building collapse in Davenport.
And she didn’t refer to him as a “radical socialist” even once. The restraint is admirable.
https://www.thegazette.com/staff-columnists/iowa-lacks-the-capacity-in-so-many-ways/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/146t8j3/always_fun_to_watch_kimmy_suck_the_govt_teat_when/
“Roast and Ride”
Pence later told the Roast and Ride crowd, "I rode, and I roasted.”
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/06/03/ernsts-roast-and-ride-draws-8-presidential-hopefuls-and-lots-of-pork/70285059007/
https://www.hrc.org/news/iowa-passed-law-prohibiting-hiv-education-school-curriculum
This County Chose an Election Denier, 9/11 Truther, and QAnon Conspiracist to Run Its Elections
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d994q/this-county-chose-an-election-denier-911-truther-and-qanon-conspiracist-to-run-its-elections
Moms for Liberty
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/14gomuj/moms_for_liberty_the_group_kim_reynolds_is/
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2023/06/21/moms-for-liberty-hamilton-county-indiana-quotes-hitler-in-newsletter/70344659007/
Yes, Iowa Republicans filed a bill to ban same-sex marriage. No, it’s not going anywhere.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/01/iowa-gay-marriage-ban-bill-introduced-republicans-wont-pass/69958038007/
One male and one female
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HJR8&ga=90
Mark Rissi, Cedar Rapids, arrested for threats
https://arizona.votebeat.org/2023/8/29/23850868/mark-rissi-prison-sentence-arizona-election-worker-threats
US Dept. of Labor confirms Iowa’s new child labor law violates federal law
https://www.kcrg.com/2023/09/01/us-dept-labor-confirms-iowas-new-child-labor-law-violates-federal-law/
House Republicans vote to immediately ban guaranteed income programs in Iowa, before results from the first study are known
https://littlevillagemag.com/house-republicans-vote-to-end-ubi-study-early/
Sixteen attorneys general tell YouTube to stop ‘targeting pro-life messages’
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/sixteen-attorneys-general-tell-youtube-to-stop-targeting-pro-life-messages/
Party of Principles Governor endorses rapist insurrection fomentor with 91 indictments.
https://twitter.com/KimReynoldsIA/status/1765501182812848379
Iowa House Democrats protest ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ license plate proposal
https://www.kcrg.com/2024/03/07/iowa-house-democrats-protest-dont-tread-me-license-plate-proposal/
Iowa legislator: I’d ban all plant-based meat products from Iowa if I could
https://iowastartingline.com/2024/03/06/iowa-legislator-id-ban-all-plant-based-meat-products-from-iowa-if-i-could/
Says woman whose office is currently in court trying to make it harder for non-English speakers to vote.
https://twitter.com/timothymnel/status/1737511715544146413?s=20
Water quality
https://www.thegazette.com/guest-columnists/iowas-leaders-have-failed-us-on-water-quality/
Get over shooting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/06/donald-trump-iowa-school-shooting
They had an SRO
https://www.raccoonvalleyradio.com/2022/12/26/perry-school-board-renews-contract-for-school-resource-officer/
Reddit thread
https://old.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/18yecpe/active_shooter_perry_high_school_dallas_county/
https://twitter.com/KimReynoldsIA/status/1754580301064409418
Iowa Republicans unveil latest plan to arm teachers with guns
https://iowastartingline.com/2024/02/07/iowa-republicans-unveil-latest-plan-to-arm-teachers-with-guns/
Iowa lawmakers advance bill to define ‘man’ and ‘woman’
https://www.kcrg.com/2024/02/06/house-education-committee-advances-bill-set-gender-definitions/
Proposed legislation would strip Iowa’s watershed management authorities of water quality efforts
https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/proposed-legislation-would-iowas-strip-watershed-management-authorities-of-water-quality-efforts/