Republican Ed Gillespie ran a racist campaign against winner Democrat Ralph Northam. The chief concern of Virginia voters was health care.
I happened to catch Sen. Kamala Harris' entire speech announcing her run for president of the United States in Oakland, CA on MSNBC. Wow!
Sen. Ernst supported a bill for independent judges outside of the chain of command in military sexual assault cases, then voted against it.
"VICE" states w/in 3 mos. after Bush 43 was elected, Dick Cheney and other oilmen divvied up Iraqi oil fields during the Iraqi oil embargo.
In NW IA in 2010, one of Steve King's supporters in Misty's Cafe in Moville said of King, "Why, he just says what we all think, don't he?"
I was surprised that Trump didn't declare a national emergency, which would have given him emergency powers. He evoked fear instead.
Vladimir Putin and Mohammed Bin Salman smiled broadly and high-fived each other in congratulatory fashion after murdering journalists.
She split her vote in 2016, voting for both Hillary Clinton (D) and Sen. Chuck Grassley.(R-IA). The Brett Kavanaugh hearing infuriated her.
Democrat Pat Heiden got the most votes; Democrat Janelle Rettig was a close second. Republican Phil Hemingway was a distant third and lost.
I heard Rob Sand speak and donated to his campaign. I'm thrilled he beat the Republican incumbent, Mary Mosiman, who didn't do her job.
First Dist. Dems Abby Finkenauer, 2nd Dist. Dave Loebsack (incumbent), and 3rd Dist. Cindy Axne swept Congressional races. KingThing won.
Pollster J. Anne Seltzer doesn't poll suburbs. That's surprising considering that educated suburban women have won elections for Democrats.
Misogynistic males like Donald Trump and Charles Grassley are drawing portraits of themselves as innocent victims of the #MeToo movement.
Republican Phil Hemingway alleged during the Jo. Co. Supervisor debate that Jo. Co. has a "retaliatory culture." Anonymous source concurs.
Republican Phil Hemingway supports CAFOs; Democrat Janelle Rettig strongly opposes them; Dem Pat Heiden supports agriculture (pro-CAFO).
"Remember Kavanaugh!" sounds like "Remember the Alamo." Texans lost the Alamo. What did Sen. Grassley lose, other than his integrity?
Five Chinese feminists were jailed for 37 days. Trump called American feminist protesters "arsonist[s]." The patriarchy pushes back.
I believe Christine Blasey Ford's allegation of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh when she was 15 and he was 17. She did her civic duty.
Nike gave Colin Kaepernick a job, which is more than the NFL will do. Nike's taking a stand against racism in the U.S. to get market share.
Facebook has suspended Alex Jones' personal page for 30 days but not his Infowars page. Twitter hasn't removed InfoWars. Why tolerate lies?
Early in RAGBRAI, I rode with a Canadian woman who kept shushing me on politics. "I don't want to get shot!" she said, and she was serious!
President Donald Trump participated in a roundtable on workforce development in Peosta, Iowa Thursday.
I was invited to a fundraiser for Fred Hubbell and the flyer said, "Champion: $1000| Supporter: $500 | ... $250 ...General admission: $35."
Not "committing political malpractice" was a key theme at the Iowa Democratic State Convention, especially concerning the 2nd Amendment.
Democratic gov. nominee Fred Hubbell won 55.5% of the vote, but if he's smart, he'll let Cathy Glasson speak at the state convention.
I would have voted for Janice Weiner if I could have. She was the more qualified candidate. I have mixed feelings about Carberry's loss.
I thought Fred Hubbell would get 35% to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary outright. But 55.6%? Progressives are sulking already.
Janelle Rettig has always taken a strong stand on the environment. She voted against the closed meeting deal to buy Dick Schwab's property.
Republican male supremacists play the woman card when they gender-bait bigots instead of talking about their tax cuts for the rich instead.
Second District Iowa Dems voted to reduce or cease U.S. military aid to Israel in their platform and end the Arab-Egyptian blockade of Gaza.
I wrote Sen. Joni Ernst re her receipt of $3,124,273 from the NRA. Ernst replied, "NRA $$ flow to me due to my support for gun rights."
Charles P. Pierce, a writer for Esquire, bashed James Comey for his election interference on behalf of the wrong candidate 11 days before...
Trump said he wouldn't warn the enemy he was going to pull out. Then Trump said he was pulling U.S. troops out of Syria. Assad attacked.
I remember the story of Bolton acting crazy, and I hope you do. He chased a woman in 1994 and I found the story again in the Daily Kos.
Sen. Ernst and Rep. Young must be feeling the heat to lie about the NRA $$ they've received. Ernst got $3,124,000 and Young got $770,000.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson fingered Russia when a Russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned by a Russian nerve agent.
Will Democrat Tracy Freese win the election against whichever Republican candidate fights for Bill Dix's senate seat? I certainly hope so!
Remember when Repubs were just going to "tweak" collective bargaining? And then they gutted it? They're soft-pedaling IPERS changes NOW...
Chris Matthews or Joe Scarborough alone could overtalk, interrupt Mika Brezinski. Double-teaming her reduces her to "Oh, come on...Wow..."
Despite my prior support, why would I now support an alleged sexual predator? Eight women alleged that Al Franken sexually assaulted them.