"The presently elected candidates are in place due to our voting, or lack of in 2026. Be active, exercise your duty to vote ..." more

"The legislature continues to squeeze public schools while adding unfunded mandates and restrictions. Public schools are now required to accept students from charter schools, private schools, and home schools for athletics and extracurricular activities without compensation. Legislators must recognize that choices can come with consequences, and taxpayers deserve transparency ..." more

"Across the U.S., more than 420,000 hospice volunteers give more than 19 million hours of service every year. Hospice volunteers are an indispensable part of the care team, bringing companionship to people in the final months and weeks of life, providing respite to families and caregivers and supporting the administrative responsibilities of hospice programs ..." more

"Iowa shouldn’t be struggling with unacceptable water quality. Iowa shouldn’t have high rates of cancer. Iowa shouldn’t be the major contributor to the dead zone at the end of the Mississippi River ..." more

"The voucher program takes the per student funding and gives it to the parents to decide where they want to invest in their child’s education. The state is not funding private or religious schools, the parents are ..." more

"In my view, Trump’s strange and profane Easter post, along with several previous Truth Social posts, may not have been written by Donald. I believe it is possible that Vice President Vance or Stephen Miller, along with Pete Hegseth, may actually be running the White House, and I wonder what will happen to Donald when his decline becomes so apparent that he becomes a handicap to whoever is in charge ..." more

"We elect mediocrity that feeds on itself, corrupts our infrastructure, sets a still lower standard for the future. We can’t muster up the energy to vote or demand decency and respect in education ..." more

"This post warns that the U.S. is preparing to commit war crimes by attacking civilian infrastructure and hints at the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons ..." more

"The Bible says but God so loved the world that He sent His one and only son, Jesus, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Although everybody reading this will experience a physical death, they don’t have to experience a spiritual death apart from God ..." more

"The institutions that once supported peace and prosperity for many years are now gone ..." more

Every act of cruelty, every death, every terrorized student, every tear-gassed peaceful protester, and every wasted tax dollar. Americans voted for secure borders and removing violent criminals, but nobody voted for this ..." more

"Our legislators take an oath of office to support the Constitution of the United States and Iowa.  Let’s remind them each year to spend no time writing bills that clearly violate our rights ..." more

"Let’s call SAVE by what it is – a voter suppression act. Please contact your senators and beg them not to use this act to fix what is not broken ..." more

"Leave voting in the states’ hands, where the Constitution documents in Article S4.C1.2-States and Elections Clause. Tell Grassley and Ernst to NOT pass this form of voter suppression ..." more

"Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe the conflict with Iran is a poor use of taxpayer money. When asked whether they would still support the conflict if gas prices rose by $1 per gallon, 61% said they would not ..." more

"So, when election time comes around in November, take note of what this legislature did and what they failed to do.  Vote for someone who will work to promote the health of Iowans and avoid taking away civil rights protections from some of the most vulnerable among us ..." more

"For the last 90 days, State Senator Kerry Gruenhagen has been busy trying to lure the Chicago Bears to Iowa. In the meantime, Senator Tony Bisignano, ranking member of the Senate Oversight Committee, sent a formal letter to Senator Kerry Gruenhagen, chairman of the Government Oversight Committee, on Dec. 4, 2025, requesting that his committee hold a hearing to review why state leaders have not met with a child welfare task force in two years ..." more

"House file 2624 passed the House last week.  Contact your legislators to demand this go no further.  This bill requires a person to submit their DNA upon arrest for a felony or violent aggravated misdemeanor.  Not conviction, but arrest.  This is driven by Katie’s Law, and the intent understood, but any security this is meant to provide is not worth giving up our right to be secure in our person, protected by the 4th Amendment ..." more

"Already the two-week-old war has cost more than 2,000 civilian lives. Fourteen American families are mourning the deaths of their loved ones. And the nation that cannot – or will not – feed its hungry children spends an estimated $1 Billion a day in direct military expenses. A time for snarky comments? I don’t think so ..." more

"Protecting the soil is the fundamental job of local government, not a retreat. If the state chooses to take control over local decision-making they will have to answer to voters, but Scott County officials should never be expected to abandon their responsibilities just to stay in the good graces of the state, the power companies, or the media ..." more