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  • LIVE: Trump to Deliver Remarks at Iowa Caucus Rallies in Newton and Clinton – 1/6/24

    01/06/2024 8:04:26 AM PST · by backpacker_c · 511 replies
    RSBN ^ | Jan 3, 2024 | RSBN
    President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks to a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus Rally at the DMACC Conference Center in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Following his speech in Newton, President Trump will travel to Clinton, Iowa, to hold a Commit to Caucus rally at Clinton Middle School on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET. (streams start 12pm ET)
  • What Really Happened on Maui - I Was There

    08/19/2023 10:44:04 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 49 replies
    Forti's Linked-in ^ | 12/8/23 | Dr. Kathy J. Forti
    My story of what happened: The Strange Maui Fires..... This was not just a random act of mother nature. It reminded me of the strange fires in Paradise, California a few years back which swept through and wiped it off the map. Their only crime was getting in the way of a high speed railway project slated to come through the town. A little bit of history to draw your own conclusions: Historic Lahaina is the key harbor seaport on the island. The Lanai Ferry goes back and forth from there, all the commercial snorkeling and scuba diving firms...
  • Poll Shows Iowa “Keep and Bear Arms” Amendment will Pass

    10/31/2022 4:18:59 AM PDT · by marktwain · 23 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | October 27, 2022 | Dean Weingarten
    A new poll shows overwhelming support for the Right to Keep and bear arms amendment to the Iowa Constitution. From desmoinseregister.com:A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll found 58% of likely voters plan to vote for the proposed amendment in the Nov. 8 midterm election. Thirty-seven percent of likely voters would vote against it, and another 6% are not sure.The great seal of Iowa features a citizen soldier armed with a musket. The Great Seal, has, in bold letters emblazoned on the banner near the top of the Seal:“Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.”In spite of...
  • After 5 Red States Passed ‘Voter Suppression’ Bills, Voting Turnout Boomed

    09/12/2022 6:58:37 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 11 replies
    The Daily Signal ^ | September 9, 2022 | Fred Lucas
    A left-leaning New York think tank sounded a familiar warning about Arizona’s “voter suppression bills” being “dangerously close to becoming law.” The Brennan Center for Justice added in a press release that Arizona was “taking center stage in the relent­less effort to rein in voter parti­cip­a­tion in the name of ‘elec­tion secur­ity.’” Pending bills, the think tank claimed, were “aimed at making voting by mail harder.” That was in April 2021, before Arizona passed several reform measures that state legislators said they crafted to ensure secure and honest elections. Little more than a year later, in August 2022, Arizona notched...
  • Indiana Signs Constitutional Carry Bill into Law

    03/24/2022 4:44:32 AM PDT · by marktwain · 8 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | March 22, 2022 | Dean Weingarten
    On Monday, March 21, 2022, at about 3 p.m., Indiana Governor Holcomb signed the Constitutional Carry bill, HEA 1296 into law. From Fox59.com: INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has signed House Bill 1296 into law which repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. The governor also vetoed a bill that would have barred transgender girls from playing girls’ sports.The law will go into effect on July 1, 2022.Indiana Second Amendment activists have been working hard to pass a Constitutional Carry bill. This year, they overcame several hurdles put in...
  • Biden plan could force thousands of family farms to sell rather than face transfer tax

    08/20/2021 5:50:58 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 65 replies
    https://justthenews.com ^ | By Gailon Totheroh Updated: August 19, 2021 - 10:29pm
    Biden's proposed American Families Plan promises billions to families with children but imposes large increases in farm transfer taxes =============================================================================== President Joe Biden's proposed American Families Plan promises billions to families with children. But paying for it could have a devastating impact on family farms. That's because the plan includes large increases in farm transfer taxes. Craig Hill, the president of Iowa Farm Bureau said, as it stands, the proposal could become law with serious impact on farm families. Hill said the AFP is a major threat to passing farms to the next generation. AFP can be contrasted with vows...
  • Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) Signs Constitutional Carry Expanding Gun Rights

    04/11/2021 6:02:02 AM PDT · by marktwain · 8 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | 9 April, 2021 | Dean Weingarten
    U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Iowa has become the 18th state to restore Constitutional Carry. Vermont has always had Constitutional Carry, so Iowa becomes the 19th member of the Constitutional Carry club. Three members, Utah, Montana, and Iowa, have been added in 2021, so far. Tennessee is expected to join shortly.On Friday, 2 April, 202. Governor Kim Reynolds (R) of Iowa, signed bill HF 756 into law. The bill was delivered to Governor Reynolds earlier in the day. Realistically, she could not have signed it any earlier. Governor Reynolds released this gracious statement with the signing of the bill:“Today I signed legislation that...
  • Iowa Gun Battle: Four Wounded, One Killed, Confusion, Bad Judgement, and Alcohol

    03/13/2021 4:12:47 AM PST · by marktwain · 34 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | 10 March, 2021 | Dean Weingarten
    On 30 May 2020, a gunfight ensued at Sunset Village Mobile Home Park in Hiawatha, Iowa. In the end, one person was dead, three others were wounded, and 25 shots had been fired. The gunfight happened at the intersection of Sunset Lane and Wright Drive, a little before high noon. The trouble started when Selena Straka, who was living in the trailer park with her sister, her brother-in-law, and her boyfriend, Tyler Bell, told her sister she had been walking in the trailer park, alone, when she was attacked by two unknown men. The brother-in-law started looking for the attackers,...
  • Iowa Moves Forward with Constitutional Amendment Protecting Right to Arms

    01/27/2021 5:22:08 AM PST · by marktwain · 28 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | 25 January, 2021 | Dean Weingarten
    U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Iowa is one of 6 states which does not have a state constitutional provision protecting the right to keep and bear arms. A constitutional amendment has been working its way through the legislature for eight years.The amendment has passed its first hurdle in 2021, an Iowa House subcommittee, with a 2-1 margin.Amending the Iowa Constitution is a long and difficult process. The first step is for the legislature to pass the amendment. Second, an election must occur. Third, the legislature has to pass the amendment again. Fourth, the amendment must be passed in a referendum. The referendum is...
  • IOWA Poll Stun Dems — Trump Now +7 — GOP Ernst Now in Lead for Senate Seat — GOP Poised to Flip House Seat

    11/01/2020 5:40:10 AM PST · by wrrock · 33 replies
    TG ^ | 11/1/2020 | Evan
    Iowa is a bellwether indicator. The state often reflects how the rest of nation feels. In fact, they are the first state to run presidential primaries. The trends coming out of the latest Iowa poll thrust many Democrats into panic. See the numbers....
  • Iowa voters say they’re voting for Trump because of his ‘American standard of living’

    10/15/2020 9:10:11 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 19 replies
    The Daily Iowan ^ | Oct 15, 2020 | Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor
    Several thousand Iowans filled a tarmac at the Des Moines International airport Wednesday night to greet President Trump, and many said they plan to vote for Trump on Nov. 3, despite his rhetoric many consider to be racist. Many people The Daily Iowan spoke to said that while they don’t particularly like the language Trump uses, they said they appreciate his American values and patriotism and that he’s not always politically correct. Trump’s language often borders racism, like when he generalizes Mexican migrants coming over the border as criminals and rapists, and like when he said Black Lives Matter “is...
  • Veterans call out Greenfield for ignoring Ernst’s military service ( Iowa )

    10/05/2020 1:19:03 AM PDT · by campaignPete R-CT · 19 replies
    Voice of Alexandria ^ | October 2, 2020 | James Lynch
    Military veterans are calling on Democratic U.S. candidate Theresa Greenfield to take down a television ad they say demeans Sen. Joni Ernst’s 23 years in the Army Reserves and National Guard. In the ad, Greenfield says she’s proud of her son, Dane, who recently re-enlisted in the Army for another six years. “And that’s why I’m running for the Senate because it’s time we have a senator who serves the people instead of the corporate interests who fund their campaigns,” Greenfield says. For Kipp Lenth of Pleasant Hill and other veterans, Greenfield’s ad “shamelessly dismisses the service record of our...
  • So Karl Rove WINS then... (Steve King Defeated)

    06/03/2020 3:34:47 AM PDT · by RandFan · 25 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 3rd | RandFan
    I know this has probably keen posted/discussed before which is why posting in Chit Chat... But last night Karl Rove announced his come back as Republican powerbroker. He was pretty vocal about wanting to defeat Steve King in Iowa and mobililzed forces (money and support) to the eventual winner. This is bad news for the Republican Party. Just when I thought the forces of Liberty were making strides in the party since around 2010 (with the election of Rand Paul coincidentally) we now have this MASSIVE set back. The Bush Republicans are back and I fear they're going to influence...
  • Iowa Range Protection & Strengthened Preemption Bill Passes House

    03/04/2020 3:53:29 AM PST · by marktwain · 3 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | 1 March, 2020 | Dean Weingarten
    Iowa Radio is reporting that the Iowa range protection and strengthened preemption bill has passed the Iowa House. The bill passed on a 52 to 44 vote, with 4 members not voting. There are 56 Republicans and 44 Democrats in the Iowa House. The bill was earlier reported on as HSB 615. Second Amendment supporters have been attempting to pass the bill for several years. From radioiowa.com: Supporters of the bill say Iowa gun owners should not have to navigate a labyrinth of different ordinances. The bill also forbids cities and counties from trying to ban gun modifications or from...
  • Iowa Bill for Permit Holders to Keep Guns in Locked Vehicles Advances

    02/19/2020 7:22:10 AM PST · by marktwain · 24 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | 17 February, 2020 | Dean Weingarten
    From legiscan.com: The Iowa legislature has introduced a bill, SF 459, to allow employees and volunteers who have carry permits, to keep firearms in their locked vehicle, in parking lots, even if the employer forbids firearms on their property. The bill passed out of the Senate subcommittee on 23 January 2020.The benefit in the bill, for the employer or lawful owner or possessor of the property, is they are held immune for any actions that may have allegedly caused harm due to the presence of the firearm in the locked vehicle. From legiscan.com:2. An employer shall not prohibit an...
  • Iowa Range Protection/Preemption Law Introduced in Legislature

    02/14/2020 4:39:42 AM PST · by marktwain · 4 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | 12 February, 2020 | Dean Weingarten
    House Study Bill 615 has been introduced in Iowa. The bill prevents local governments from making the improvement or construction of shooting ranges more onerous than existing state law. Section 1. NEW SECTION . 335.26 Shooting ranges. In approving the improvement of property acquired to establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the county zoning commission, or if there is not a county zoning commission, the county board of supervisors, shall not require a person seeking approval to comply with any conditions...
  • Democratic Infighting Escalates as Candidates Await Iowa Results. Fault lines deepened, and jockeying increased, as the Iowa Democratic Party said in a midday statement that it would begin to announce partial results late in the afternoon.

    02/04/2020 12:59:41 PM PST · by karpov · 109 replies
    New York Times ^ | February 4, 2020 3:50 p.m. ET | Alexander Burns and Shane Goldmacher
    DES MOINES — The top Democratic presidential candidates sparred on Tuesday with leaders of the Iowa Democratic Party, and at times with one another, in a strenuous effort to shape the terms and timing of the release of results from the presidential caucuses here. Fault lines that emerged between the campaigns on Monday night quickly deepened on Tuesday, as several campaigns pressed the state party for a speedy and full release of the results and representatives of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. continued to criticize the legitimacy of the process. The state party said in a midday statement...
  • NEW statement from @iowademocrats -- "While the app was recording data accurately, it was reporting out only partial data. We have determined that this was due to a coding issue in the reporting system."

    02/04/2020 6:52:42 AM PST · by C19fan · 75 replies
    NBC News Twitter ^ | February 4, 2020 | Maura Barnett
    NEW statement from @iowademocrats -- "While the app was recording data accurately, it was reporting out only partial data. We have determined that this was due to a coding issue in the reporting system."
  • Shock: CNN, Des Moines Register Cancel Iowa Poll After Pete Buttigieg Left Out

    02/02/2020 9:11:04 AM PST · by libstripper · 43 replies
    Breitbart Politics ^ | Feb. 1, 2020 | Joel B. Pollak
    The Des Moines Register and CNN announced Saturday night that they would not release their crucial Iowa poll, citing an error in which one candidate’s name was left out of polling questions. Jonathan Martin of the New York Times tweeted that the candidate who was left out was former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg:
  • Des Moines Register, CNN cancel final Iowa poll after Buttigieg reportedly left off at least one call

    02/02/2020 8:14:22 AM PST · by libstripper · 38 replies
    Fox News ^ | Fb. 1, 2020 | Paul Steinhauser
    DES MOINES, Iowa – There will not be a final Des Moines Register poll in Iowa ahead of Monday’s caucuses. The newspaper, along with media partners CNN and Mediacom, announced Saturday night that they would not be releasing their survey, which is considered the gold standard in Iowa polling. The shocking news came after a Democratic presidential candidate’s name was omitted in at least one of the poll's interviews with a respondent. The New York Times reported that the candidate left off the call was Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Ind.