Although it hasn’t actually happened yet, the odds are strong that the Korean War may be finally coming to an end. New information has come to light that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been meeting secretly with China’s President Xi Jinping shortly before the planned summit meetings with President […]
We must rediscover the bonds of and loyalty that brings us together as Americans. Racism is evil, and those who cause violence, in its name, are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and any other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as […]
Christi Gibson June 23, 2017 CEDAR RAPIDS- On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, President Donald J Trump visited Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to address his efforts to foster agriculture innovation. The audience consisted of over 200 dignitaries, farmers, and industrial businessmen within Iowa and other states. He spe […]
Christi Gibson June 5, 2017 A group of Iowans gathered at Capitol Square in Des Moines to show their unwavering support of President Trump’s policies & raise awareness for the liberal & biased reporting by the Des Moines Register. Signs, banners, American flags, & patriotic phrases were well received […]
AMERICA FIRST: PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHDRAWS FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD Christi Gibson, June 2, 2017 President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord undoubtedly puts the interests of American workers first. From the beginning, the agreement clearly undermined U.S. competitiveness and jobs, extracted meaningless commitments from the world’s […]
LEON-On the heels of Trump’s refusal for the US to participate in the Paris Accord, Congressman Loebsack (D, Iowa City) said that he supports cities and states that file lawsuits in opposition to President Trump’s decision. “You remember those bumper stickers that said “Think Globally, Act Locally”? I expect that […]
URBANDALE, Iowa-Governor Branstad gave a recap of the 2017 Iowa legislative session at the Westside Conservative Club Breakfast at the Iowa Machine Shed on Wednesday. He also expressed his excitement for his upcoming ambassadorship to China once his confirmation is complete. “This was not an easy session. As many of […]
DAVIS CITY, Iowa-Congressman Dave Loebsack admitted that he faces a tough race going into the 2018 Election. The Congressman from Iowa’s Second District, which includes southeast and south central Iowa, appeared at a series of legislative coffees throughout southern Iowa on Saturday to visit with constituents. While answering questions from […]
Dr. Christopher Peters, the Coralville surgeon who faced Congressman David Loebsack in 2016 is considering a second run. Peters attended a Loebsack Coffee event in Pella on Saturday where he interviewed with KNIA/KRLS reporter, Andrew Schneider. “I’m strongly considering running again,” Peters told KNIA/KRLS. “So at this stage of the […]
Anna Ryon, an attorney with the Office of Consumer Advocate, launched her challenge to David Young in an underwhelming event at Streetcar 209 in Des Moines. About 20 people gathered to watch what loed like an open mic night at a comedy dive bar. Local activist, Ben Gran, introduced Ryon […]
CHARLES CITY- The old derogatory term typically used to label a wandering politician shopping for a district of constituents has been flipped on its head. Senator Grassley made an appearance in Floyd County to answer questions from locals as part of his “Full Grassley” tour of 99 counties. But democracy […]
By Phil Thompson Political activists across the country watched closely as the final chapter of the 2016 Presidential election season was written. Very little drama ensued in Iowa as all six electors officially casted their votes for Donald Trump and Mike Pence on Monday afternoon. A small band […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Today’s the day for the third court-ordered release of Hillary Clinton es. My guess is there will be something damaging — although not terribly so — in each of the next four data dumps. The one everyone should be loing out for is the planned […]
From Press Release U.S. Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA 1) released the following statement regarding today’s vote for Speaker of the House: “Today I was proud to support my colleague and fellow Midwesterner Paul Ryan for Speaker of the House. There are serious issues with how Washington operates and after […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The morning after a big debate, it’s pretty easy to weed through the e inbox. Every candidate tries to spin out how they won the debate. CLICK HERE to see whom we think actually won. There were a lot of other things going on in […]
The following conversation to place Wednesday night in a nondescript social media chat, somewhere in Central Iowa. The opinions expressed herein are those of the participants, not necessarily The Iowa Statesman. Bob Eschliman — Editor, The Iowa Statesman Before we dig into this debacle … I mean debate … […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor There are a lot of questions that are going to be asked tonight, beginning shortly after 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time, on CNBC. Some of those questions should be aimed at the media — and we’ll discuss those tomorrow — but there are some that […]
By The Iowa Statesman To many, the presidential polls matter. To just as many , they’re worthless. But, if you’re going to lo at them, we think you should at least lo at them all. So, taking the Iowa and national polls of the past month, weighing them for […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Donald Trump used to be the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination because he was smart enough to keep the national discussion focused on issues where he was strong: immigration, economics, and the Second Amendment. But as grassroots voters demanded to know about […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor We learned on Friday that Lois Lerner, nor anyone else at the Internal Revenue Service, will not face charges over the targeting of conservative groups. Despite what the politicians are telling you now, that wasn’t a shocking outcome, and not just because it was another […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor All of the major Republican presidential campaigns met their Thursday dead last week to report their third-quarter financial reports. And, after some rather low-tech number crunching, there are certainly some questions that remain to be answered. But first, let’s take an in-depth lo at the […]
By The Iowa Statesman A procedural vote to begin debate on the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act was blocked Tuesday. The bill would allow local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities so that criminals deemed a priority for deportation are not released back into American […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Well, as we told you yesterday in our presidential poll power rankings, the ABC/Washington Post poll results for the Republican presidential primary race were released this morning. The numbers didn’t change much from the September numbers, but it does put CNBC in an uncomfortable position. […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
To many, the presidential polls matter. To just as many , they’re worthless. But, if you’re going to lo at them, we think you should at least lo at them all. So, taking the Iowa and national polls of the past month, weighing them for accuracy, here are the current […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The dead is fast approaching for candidates to “earn” their way into the next Republican presidential primary debate, and Vice President Joe Biden has the lamestream media tied up in knots, waiting and waiting for his inevitable entry into the Democrat field. Meanwhile, “Star Wars: […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The lamestream media would like you to believe all eyes were on Las Vegas and the Democrats’ presidential primary debate. In reality, most of them were probably on , watching Donald Trump react to the debate, but I digress. There was a whole world out […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
From Press Release For three months, Planned Parenthood has tried to pass off its baby-parts-for-money scheme as totally legitimate. Today, Planned Parenthood’s latest PR stunt of so-called “policy” change is an admission of guilt. If the money Planned Parenthood has been receiving for baby body parts were truly legitimate […]
By The Iowa Statesman U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, held a field hearing in Des Moines this morning. At the onset of the event, he made the following prepared statement: Welcome to everyone here this morning. Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing is […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Note: The following was published Nov. 24, 2014, but remains just as relevant today. The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly […]
To many, the presidential polls matter. To just as many , they’re worthless. But, if you’re going to lo at them, we think you should at least lo at them all. So, taking the Iowa and national polls of the past month, weighing them for accuracy, here are the current […]
By The Iowa Statesman With everyone waiting to see what happens tonight, there really wasn’t much in the bin today. We read through both of them to present you with the information from the press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor CNN reportedly has a sixth lectern ready to go at a moment’s notice to insert Vice President Joe Biden into tonight’s Democratic Debate. But that’s not what the world is really waiting to see; we already know he’s going to jump in, and it won’t […]
By The Iowa Statesman How you win a political stunt: Expert level. In a press release this morning, Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced his campaign released a series of Vines in response to Hillary Clinton’s publicity stunt in which she ivered a copy of her […]
By The Iowa Statesman The bin fills up the most over the weekend, especially during presidential campaign season. We read through them all — as we do every day — and present you with the information from the press releases that most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor After House Majority Leader U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy withdrew his candidacy to replace U.S. Rep. John Boehner as Speaker of the House, the lamestream media was quick to suggest the House Republican Caucus was suddenly in chaos. No. For once, the speakership is actually up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor It was a wild weekend, and not just on the baseball diamond. There was enough political and geo-political intrigue to fill an entire library of Tom Clancy novels. The sudden departure of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the race for Speaker of the House has […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum’s campaign marked its highest single fundraising day of the 2016 presidential campaign on Thursday. Through a “Day of Giving,” the Santorum campaign launched a campaign-wide, single-day fundraising initiative with grassroots leaders across the country. These efforts were teamed […]
From Press Release Rand Paul for President today released a new web campaign highlighting the government’s wasteful spending. Sen. Paul has been bringing attention to the wasteful spending each week in his Senate Waste Report and plans to discuss these matters at length on the campaign trail. Since taking office in 2010, […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor When the October numbers become public, likely next week, Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is probably going to be loing pretty good. His campaign announced Thursday evening it has raised another $12.2 million during the third quarter, bringing its total for the year […]
From Press Release U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed concern today about recent press reports that call into question the Obama administration’s commitment to balancing privacy and public safety with regard to encryption technology, and requested additional information on the administration’s efforts to […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will conduct a U.S.-Mexico border visit near San Diego on Saturday. He will be accompanied by former U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, as well as National Border Patrol Council officials.
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