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™.
2025
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
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
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/