Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Endorsements, Part Two We talked yesterday about endorsements the 45th president, Donald Trump, was going to bestow on Iowa candidates at his rally in Des Moines this past Saturday. More on that now. ...

Endorsements, Part One While Donald Trump was in Des Moines Saturday, he was poised to hand out a couple of endorsements for the 2022 election season. He wound up only giving out one of them...more on...

Rally in Iowa Tomorrow, the eyes of the political world will again be on Iowa as the 45th-and perhaps 47th-President of the United States, Donald Trump, holds a "Save America" rally at the Iowa State ...

He Caved Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell had been clear and consistent...the Democrats will have to increase the federal debt limit on their own, with no help from Republicans. They want authority t...

Round 2 Yesterday, the Iowa Senate rejected the first set of redistricting maps that would set boundaries for the next decade. That was not a huge surprise, because even some Democrats expressed conce...

Delayed Announcement The Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump was making plans to announce he was officially running again for his old job two months ago, back in August. This at the height ...

A Far Cry from Sis Boom Bah We're used to hearing stadium crowds break out in chants, typically led by aptly-named cheerleaders. And we're often moved by hearing crowds break out in chants of "U-S-A, ...

No Deal So September ended for Congress pretty much as it began...lots of promises about deals being worked out, and no real action on anything. Which in a lot of people's minds is far better than had...

What Exactly Are You Auditing? Depending on where you get your news, you may have heard somewhat contradictory things about the Arizona vote audit. You may have heard that essentially, the count was a...

It Was Supposed To Be A *Fun* Run Yesterday was the annual mayor's fun run in downtown Waterloo, where Mayor Quentin Hart led fourth graders on a fitness run, passing right in front of our studios. As...