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Look into the government reformation policies contained within Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
Election 2024: Finally weird enough?
The Biden-Harris administration needs to get bureaucrats back into the office and get the lead out.
Project 2025 is an issue every registered voter ought to become very knowledgeable about.
Neither candidate offer any serious proposals to cut federal spending and balance the federal budget.
Iowa small businesses are not just mom-and-pop shops. They operate as trailblazers of invention, bringing vital technologies that support our national defense to bear.
Public Citizen organization says just a 0.1 percent tax — that’s 10 cents on every $100 of stocks, bonds and derivatives trades — would generate an estimated $752 billion over 10 years.
Most of humanity is NOT going to abandon the Industrial Revolution and its consequences to stop global warming.
Believes electing Trump will be dangerous to America’s short- and long-term economic future.
Like most Americans, Kamala Harris has evolved on marijuana
With hostage negotiations at a critical phase, the administration must actually put all options (back) on the table to maximize pressure on Hamas.
I’m not seeing much speculation from either camp on the equally interesting subject of what Joe Biden’s final six months in office might look like.
The work to bring bureaucratic overreach to a swift stop has only just begun.
Unless things have changed since the early 2000s the “homework situation” in America is beyond crazy.
Trump is not a student of history or international relationships; he’s a transactional individual who adores power-brokers.
Voters will need to decide if they support the freedom to make their own health care choices, IVF
On the eve of Independence Day, six right-wing justices issued an unhinged and dangerous ruling.
Even if someone could plausibly be “qualified” to “serve” as president of the United States, neither of these candidate would come close to making the list.
Why is there no billboard next to the seven electric vehicle charging stations built over the past two years boasting they were bought by the Biden administration with $7.5 billion?
Aesop’s fable is on trial: Will presidential candidates be judged by the company they keep?
Will the track get another Cup Series date? Only time will tell.
If any industry ever needed more oversight, it’s the crypto business. But the industry is trying to dodge regulation — with help from Congress.
Addiction recovery is hard. Funding it shouldn’t be.
Shutting down the border to asylum seekers is cruel, ineffective, and plainly illegal. We need to put human dignity — and the law — first.
Truth or consequences? One political idea checks both boxes
Keep America a democracy
Since worry doesn’t accomplish anything positive, there is no rational reason to worry.
EcoHealth Alliance should never be allowed to put their hands on bats or taxpayer dollars ever again.
Federal employee unions have been fighting tooth and nail against returning to work.
The Iowa Secretary of State’s office and your local county auditor are your trusted sources for all election-related information.
Why I’m still a Harrison Butker fan
What you say to yourself is just as important as what you say to others.
I protest: It is not a merry May
This meta compare and contrast analysis of 13 issues that may assist voters come Nov. 5.
Terminating AI funding to our adversaries
Biden’s border nightmare
Independent physician practices are disappearing — that’s bad for patients
Biden vs. Trump — A partial voting guide
Agency heads have mysteriously disappeared without a trace. Even the White House was left in the dark when the Secretary of Defense vanished for days.
Let go of the anchor
Extreme wealth inequality leads to extreme political inequality. Progressive taxation would be better for our economy and democracy alike.
If President Biden has his way, we might all be forced to pump the brakes on our travel plans.
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center provides a number of tools to help raise awareness of sexual assault and prevent it from happening in the first place.
Putting more farm in the farm bill
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act will restore the intellectual property protections at the heart of the American innovation economy.
The controversial bill would make changes to how Iowa law defines a “person.”
Biden and his bureaucrats are choosing to keep taxpayers in the dark.
The way to make it through tough times is one day at a time.
We can break the cycle of poverty, mental illness and prison