Act Surprised . open.substack.com/pub/theiowam...

People say they want in-depth reporting instead of tired he-said, she-said reporting from government. @investigatemidwest.bsky.social provides that reporting. From Editor Ben Felder: mailchi.mp/investigatem... #BigAg #agriculture #Trump

A healthy reminder that the Trump admin can bark about soybean trade with China all it wants but the rest of the world still functions, at the expense of the U.S. investigatemidwest.org/2025/12/15/c... from @investigatemidwest.bsky.social

This is a serious takedown of national TV networks by the former news director at CBS’ Des Moines affiliate, @davebusiek.bsky.social Please read it. open.substack.com/pub/davebusi...

A park grows in Lisbon --150 years in the making open.substack.com/pub/patkinne...

Real stories about real people dealing with Congress’ dicking around with the ACA. dailyiowan.com/2025/12/16/h...

1st, happy birthday @ninaelkadi.com 2nd, good report on a troublesome health aspect of living in Iowa — its cancer rate. open.substack.com/pub/cornbelt...

Brutal: “Trump has the instincts of a bot online, and an absence of empathy and decency so profound that one wonders if he’s the first American to reach the singularity, where man and machine meld and humanity surrenders to it fully.” Must read. open.substack.com/pub/theiowam...

Act Surprised. Tuesday edition. mailchi.mp/politifact/a...

The Best Phrase To Describe Trump. Spoiler: it is not ጭራቅ. open.substack.com/pub/djjaverb...

All that noise. lylemuller.substack.com/p/charlottes...

Iowa’s Center for Intellectual Freedom is a political sham www.thegazette.com/staff-column... from @tdorman.bsky.social

What a year… mailchi.mp/politifact/2...

Today’s edition of Act Surprised. x.com/bigbluewaveu...

Commentary: If you only read headlines or scroll through takes on X, you’ll miss what’s really happening in our communities. minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/15/b...

Want the best coverage of the Brown University shootings? Student journos at the @browndailyherald.bsky.social are doing exemplary work under difficult circumstances. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Listen, vaccines are not political ploys, OK? Read on.. open.substack.com/pub/basurekh...

Iowa’s 1st Congressional District representative isn’t registered to vote in her district. Quad-City Times broke the story. @laurarbelin.bsky.social has a few insights. open.substack.com/pub/laurabel...

An award to something that does not exist. www.patreon.com/posts/dingus...

Iowa takes it in the chin in close Cy-Hawk games. open.substack.com/pub/mikehlas...

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

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Iowa has one of highest rates of immigrant visa-holders working in health care. @mikemendenhall.bsky.social story, open.substack.com/pub/theiowam...

Remember when the UNI collapsed because of snow? I do. So does Pat Kinney, who writes about that crazy day. open.substack.com/pub/patkinne...

Another edition of "Act Surprised." This time, about those deals Donald Trump says he is making. mailchi.mp/politifact/n...

Good morning. A few thoughts on that intellectual freedom show at the University of Iowa. lylemuller.substack.com/p/pre-festiv...

Substance abuse concerns persist at Grinnell College and some students have concern about their tools for harm reduction. Deep dive from the college's Scarlet & Black newspaper. thesandb.com/54054/featur...

University of Iowa international students and the Department of Homeland Services have settled a lawsuit over the students’ immigration statuses www.press-citizen.com/story/news/c...

Intellectual freedon? More like the airing of grievances. open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...

“A lot of folks point to Ernst’s callous gaffe at an Iowa town hall meeting when asked about Medicaid cuts as her downfall. But her decision to support Hegseth is a far more serious mistake.” open.substack.com/pub/todddorm...

Cutting down on dishonesty in the AI era at one Iowa college. thesandb.com/53980/news/g...

HSAs are no substitute for Obamacare credits open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...

Welcome to Iowa. Don’t like govt subsidies = vote Trump = needing subsidies to overcome Trump trade policies. open.substack.com/pub/artculle...

A great new tool for people wanting deep dives into Big Ag data. Riskminr harvests Big Ag data. Saves time. Investigate Smarter. riskminr.org

⁦‪Des Moines Register‬⁩ Statehouse reporter Stephen Gruber-Miller returns to ⁦‪the Grinnell College Scarlet & Black today to share wisdom with this year’s student journalists.

MARA.

Five reasons Iowa State declined a bowl bill, from Daniel Finney. open.substack.com/pub/paragrap...

Crazy weekend in Iowa State sports. open.substack.com/pub/mikehlas...

Your taxes pay for congressional campaigns. Here is one of the beneficiaries. open.substack.com/pub/laurabel...

Perspective on this so-called “intellectual freedom” in Iowa from state Rep. Dave Jacoby. Expect more. Be like Dave. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/05/w...

Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going. open.substack.com/pub/cornbelt...

Mike Hlas is in his new saddle. substack.com/@mikehlas438...

Video from yesterday's trespassing warnings at the Cedar Rapids ICE immigration check-in. open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...

Three immigration supporters given trespassing warnings in Iowa yesterday. One didn’t do it. The other two were assisting immigrants in line outdoors for ICE check-ins. open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...

Intimidation efforts pick up at Iowa ICE immigration check-ins when two people helping immigrants standing in line in the cold and one who never trespassed get trespassing warnings at ICE’s request. www.thegazette.com/news/immigra...

He’s making a list, checking it twice, thanks to Iowa. open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...

Which states are most exposed as soybean exports falter? Iowa is one of them and Illinois tops the list. For the rest: investigatemidwest.org/2025/12/02/w...

Scroll past some of the gobbledegook (Tim Hagle is good but always a go-to for the DI) and read a fascinating story about one of Iowa City’s most interesting people, Karen Kubby.