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Miller’s New Campaign Manager Hates Cops, White Privilege, Tweets Reveal
Tom Miller's campaign manager, Jacob Hamblin, has a record of misogynistic and racially charged anti-law enforcement tweets. Tom Miller didn't tell anyone he hired a new campaign manager, but in the Des Moines Register, a Jacob Hamlin was quoted announcing that Miller's campaign was returning a $50,000 illegal contribution. You can read more about that illegal contribution here. It's clear...
Feenstra Endeavors To Curb Iowa’s Infant Formula Shortage
With a crisis level of infant formula shortage in the United States, particularly in the state of Iowa, U.S Reps Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) have introduced legislation to help battle the dire conundrum. The Formula Act moves to direct the Food...
Miller Meeks Joins Legislation To Prevent Still Births
Representative Miller-Meeks, M.D. (IA-O2) has signed on as a co-sponsor for H.R. 7011, The Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act. This bipartisan bill was first introduced by Reps. Ashley Hinson (IA-02) and Alma Adams (NC-12), will allow for existing...
Interview: Republican AG’s Group Sees Brenna Bird as Top Tier Candidate
In a recent interview with Peter Bisbee, executive director of the Republican Attorney General Association, candidate Brenna Bird and her attorney general campaign are named the “biggest opportunity” for Republicans. Having worked alongside Bird in the past, Bisbee...
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Mailbag: May 2, 2022
Questions I am curious to know why Todd Halbur, one of two Republicans running for Iowa State Auditor, thinks he can fulfill the duties of the office as required. Mr. Halbur was fired from Iowa’s Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) in 2018. The following year, he filed...
Hearthrob Rob
As Rob Sand kicks off his self-promoting book tour, he’s taking a spin through the Iowa Press table this week.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks: A Badge of Honor
Since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, I have spoken against President Putin’s unprovoked aggression and staunchly stood with our Ukrainian allies. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was a desperate ploy to instill a sense of Russian pride following the illegal invasion of Crimea in 2014 and has resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent Ukrainians.
Biden’s border crisis is historic, for all the wrong reasons
In March alone, U.S. Border Patrol arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to illegally cross the Southern border. That’s the highest one-month total in 20 years, and follows last year’s record of 1.9 million arrests by border patrol agents. These numbers show no signs...
Former VP Mike Pence to Speak at Second District GOP Convention
Iowa Field Report has learned that former vice president of the United States Mike Pence will speak at Iowa's Second Congressional District Republican Party Convention this Saturday. The visit will be in support of Rep. Ashley Hinson. “Congresswoman Ashley Hinson has...
Iowa Joins Border Strike Force as Border Situation Worsens
Iowa is joining hands with 25 other Republican-led states to form the “American Governors Border Strike Force.” The strike force will increase collaboration between the 26 states to share intelligence and coordinate on tackling interstate drug smuggling and human...
Miller-Meeks Rolls Out County Chairs for Re-election Campaign
Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks announced this week campaign chairs in all 20 counties of Iowa’s first congressional district. In a statement to the media, her campaign manager, Elliott Husbands, celebrated the news. “Our county chairs include teachers,...
GOP Delivers “Bidenflation” Invoice to Axne’s Office on Tax Day
Republican volunteers delivered a “Bidenflation” invoice to Rep. Cindy Axne’s district office in Des Moines today. The protest event, which fell on Tax Day, underscored Axne’s support of President Joe Biden in light of a brutal bout of inflation, which recently broke...
Kaufmann: Iowa Will Be First
This week at the Republican National Committee meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, the RNC voted unanimously not to make any changes to the party's presidential nominating calendar. This means Republicans will keep Iowa First in the Nation. This seems like a quick, easy...
