Of fuels and fools

Data centers have become one of the very hot button issues of this mid-term election. However, most people probably understand tis issue only at a very surface level. Therefore I offer this 16 minu…

Gubernatorial debate from KWQC tv from Tuesday night. 60 minutes:   Well, Iowans got a chance to look at their candidates for governor Tuesday night. I won’t lie. From the get-go it was very a…

Divided government would strike a blow for moderation

New Farm Action Fund Report Exposes Ashley Hinson DoubleTalk on Rural Healthcare Report Reveals Iowa to Suffer Heavy Blow to Medicaid Fund due to Big Beautiful Bill while Other States will See Boos…

YouTube video by Nate Willems for Iowa

When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.

The conversation

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

There’s an old saying in journalism, “If your mother says she lo

“I feel like this place is like the Truman show and I feel like I’m living inside a pre-ordained sitcom.”   – GOP State Senator Dan Dawson Huh. No, that’s what we feel…

Two recent polls show him in the lead

State records outline a proposed 7 million-ton DRI and scrap-to-steel facility near Paducah with three electric arc furnaces, as the company continues advancing its Nashwauk mine.

Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...

To see the evidence Trump is trying to bury.

Welcome to Red districts, Rahm. We’ve been here for 20 years.

Is the one we don’t run

She’s spot on. And everyone should be aware.

Will Iowa taxpayers get money back now that the Orascom fertilizer plant in Weaver is for sale?

It’s heartbreaking to have to repost this drawing from maybe ten years ago.

This article originally appeared in Sentient  We Asked 1,000 Iowans About Factory Farming. Here’s What We Learned. The professor of political science remembers the neighbors emptying the waste from…

Intermittent stream in a roadside ditch. This is the beginning of the final push toward the general election, with 37 days to go. Democratic victories are in the air, and the scent is intoxicating.…

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

Holding all the levers of power

The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits

Jeffrey Epstein aligned with MIT and the man who cut the ribbon for Trump’s gold statue in Doral in his quest to champion cryptocurrencies.

Content Warning: Non-consensual sexual content or sexual assault  Saturday in Iowa City during the Iowa-UNI football game, we visited the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmob…

Tonight’s post is long.