Free Republic

Arizona Republican Kari Lake endorsed former President Donald J. Trump for president while speaking in Iowa on Friday. Lake, who was the Republican nominee in Arizona’s gubernatorial race last year, made her announcement during a meet-and-greet event hosted by the Scott County Republican Women in Bettendorf, Iowa, near Des Moines. “I will do everything in my power to get that man elected,” the former news anchor told a packed room. “I’m not doing this for any gain. I truly love the man because he gave up so much. He did a lot for Iowa, he did a lot for Iowa...

A court case has developed in Missouri that raises the question of whether county officials are allowed to retaliate against the parents of a victim of abuse by one of its own employees. The situation is that a 15-year-old boy was sexually abused by a deputy in Scott County, Missouri. The parents threatened to sue the county because it allowed the deputy, who had been disciplined in previous employment situations, to have a job, and the authority of a deputy, in the county. According to a report from the Institute for Justice, which is working on the case on behalf...

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that eight Iowa counties have more voter registrations than their eligible voting-age population. According to Judicial Watch’s analysis of data released by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in 2019 and the most recent U.S. Census Bureau’s five-year American Community Survey, eight Iowa counties are on the list of 378 counties nationwide that have more voter registrations than citizens living there who are old enough to vote, i.e., counties where registration rates exceed 100%. These 378 counties combined had about 2.5 million registrations over the 100%-registered mark. In Iowa, there are at least...

More than 100 people in southeastern Indiana have tested positive for HIV in an outbreak linked to the sharing of intravenous needles, and officials said Friday they’re trying to combat unfounded fears among drug users that they could be arrested if they take part in a needle-exchange program created to stem the spread of the virus. The state’s Joint Information Center said there had been 95 confirmed HIV cases and 11 preliminary positive cases tied to the outbreak as of Thursday. That’s up from last week’s 84 confirmed HIV cases and five preliminary positive cases. […] Indiana’s largest-ever HIV outbreak...

A man in the country illegally who committed a $27,000 identity-theft crime in Scott County was still able to obtain tens of thousands of federal dollars in medical assistance, including surgery for an inflatable penis pump. In response to heightened concern about illegal immigration since a gang-related stabbing in Shakopee, Scott County Attorney Pat Ciliberto has been tallying known costs to taxpayers and gave this example. “There’s no logical argument for why that should have been approved,” Ciliberto told county commissioners on Tuesday. “I don’t know how many illegal aliens are getting emergency medical assistance for such a procedure.” It...

It was a scene of unity in the face of extreme tragedy Friday night. As bagpipes pierced the cold air with the melancholy notes of "Amazing Grace" before Catholic's 48-20 win over Scott at Blaine Stadium, Catholic's cheerleaders locked arms at midfield with their Scott counterparts, who each clutched a single rose wrapped in a prayer blanket. But there were unseen gaps in the line. Four Scott County cheerleaders were killed in a car wreck last Friday. . . .