Anyone who wonders why we're making such a big deal about Donald Trump's 2005 tape should consider that by dismissing it as mere "locker room talk," Trump was effectively telling every man and boy in...
We knew that anti-abortion activists were heartless, but not to this extent.
'Good Medicine'
Despite the fact that most abortions occur within the first trimester, lawmakers continue to try and impose 20-week bans. Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R-Iowa)...
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A woman who went on a racist rant directed at a local TV news reporter in Boone, Iowa, was caught on camera and is now being exposed to the world as the total asshat she...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is absolutely unfit to be president. He has alienated every group imaginable. He has tried to appeal to the religious right, though. Most recently, he cited a non-existent law to...
In recent years, those of us who cut our political teeth during the Clinton years have come to believe that there is a certain element in the Republican base who will not accept a Democratic...
Iowa State Sen. David Johnson became the first elected official to leave the party over Donald Trump. He changed his affiliation to "no party." Johnson said:
"I will not stand silent if the party of Lincoln...
An Iowa man claims he’s so allergic to black people that he had to wear a surgical mask in order to punch them.
Andy Benavidez, 47, was arrested on Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa after allegedly telling police...
The Todd Becker Foundation (TBF) gave a lecture about drinking and driving to a public school last spring. They charged the school $1,500 for it.
Here's the kicker: the topic may have been secular, but the...
For much of the campaign, there was talk that Donald Trump's support was a lot greater than it seemed because of a large number of closet Trump supporters--a bloc of support for the Donald that isn't...
Planned Parenthood has helped thousands of women over the years. This year, Vice President Mike Pence made sure that the organization was defunded. He and his anti-choice cohorts have been trying to defund Planned Parenthood...
Ever since the public opinion polls began showing him behind in the 2016 race for the White House, GOP nominee Donald Trump has alleged that the political system and election is "rigged." He has even...
Hope is fading that the Iowa Legislature can agree on funding statewide water quality programs in the final days before the 2016 session adjourns.
An Iowa Senate subcommittee approved a bill Thursday raising the state sales...
There are a lot of loathsome characters in the House Republican caucus. But ever since coming to Washington in 2003, Steve King has been one of the most loathsome characters in that bunch. The bomb-thrower from...
President Donald Trump is no stranger to naming bizarre picks to serve in his administration.
Betsy DeVos, his Secretary of Education, made a name for herself trying to destroy Michigan's public education system.
Scott Pruitt, his head...
It happened back in January 2016. We were still in the early days of the presidential campaign, before the first caucus had even taken place.
Candidate Donald Trump was holding a rally at the University of...
Wednesday evening, as scandal swirled all around him and his lies increased with every tweet, President Trump went to Iowa for one of his patented victory rallies, even though the election was over seven months ago....
You might not think that one member of the House of Representatives could single handedly demolish an entire state's industry, but the famously vile Steve King (R-IA) has managed it.
Congressman King has gained national notoriety...
Welcome to the new Nazi era.
Well known xenophobe and white nationalist Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) is taking his hate speech to a whole new level.
Last night the far right American bigot tweeted his belief that...
Anyone still needing evidence of Republicans' racist voter suppression tactics should look at what just happened in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is calling Tuesday's in-person presidential primary a “complete meltdown” after predominantly minority regions of the state...
