1/Randy did not move his exploratory committee for governor to the final official phase in September like he said he would. I’ve long predicted he wouldn’t end up running for Governor. www.siouxlandproud.com/news/your-lo...

Not good.

Wise words from The Pope. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjoQvQS/

1/The path forward for Democrats is not to abandon civil rights and the defense of basic human dignity, as I see some well known pundits on the left are now advocating for. That’s what got us into our current situation as a party. People aren’t voting for the party because they

1/Hey all, just a brief personal life update. I don’t have a job offer yet, still looking. Tough job market, for sure. I’ve found that per my career track and experience, the jobs I am most likely able to get are typically going to be out of state, so it is possible I may have to

I don’t see how this makes our state and nation better. Each apprehension is another tally on the scoreboard but for what purpose? To take esteemed leaders and educators away from our communities? Pointless. Harmful. A waste of taxpayer money.

Alarming. who13.com/news/iowa-ne...

The first Iowa Dem US Senate Candidate to embrace Medicare for All on their socials, website, and publicly would see a nice bump. It’d be a great way to stand out from the crowd. Just saying. :)

I'm happy to announce we have a candidate in HD7! That covers Sac, Calhoun, Pocahontas, and part of Webster Co (not Fort Dodge).

Political violence simply creates more of it. Prayers to Charlie Kirk and his family.

1/“The risk to anyone who lives or visits Marshalltown is low, however, Iowa HHS recommends that individuals who live and work in this area and who become ill with pneumonia-like illness visit their primary care doctor and discuss this advisory. Iowa HHS has communicated with

Re: American millennials dying at alarmingly abnormal rates compared to our peer nations. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6cAacXv/

It is.

It should be mandatory that gubernatorial & congressional candidates actively boost and support down ballot candidates in their own party. Party building should be an essential part of the job if you actually want to not only get elected but create change once elected.

1/Beyond the obvious illegality of the strike on the boat, I get so frustrated about this line of argument regarding the drug problem in our country. If literally no drugs were imported there would still be a drug problem. Why?

Kudos to GOP Sen. Tillis for his line of questioning of RFK Jr.

Oof.

The kind of stuff that drives people to leave the Dem party.

1/You can get Republican support, even if you’re a “radical” Democrat, without groveling or sacrificing who you are. Be honest, be real, and get out there and talk with Republicans without bs’ing them. Focus on issues that you find common ground on and celebrate that, instead of

It’s really hard out there right now for job seekers.

I worry about this a lot, and one of the reasons for worry is it doesn’t seem nearly enough folks in positions of power prioritize it as a problem. www.kcrg.com/2025/09/03/i...

I continue to get folks replying to my candidate recruitment pitch, of their interest in running for state house in our 4th CD. Not all are completely on board yet but I’m excited there is a continually growing interest in doing so from when I first got involved in January ‘22.

1/My first Labor Day in years that I’m not attending a Labor Day picnic as a candidate for Congress. It’s bittersweet but I’m really happy to be home with family more, and am so heartened that all three of our active candidates for the 4th have been out there this

With Joni Ernst not running for reelection, there’s some speculation she’ll run for Governor. If she does so, do you think Feenstra no longer pursues it? I’ve long suspected he’s not going to ultimately pursue it.

Trans rights are human rights, and human rights are non-negotiable.

1/The day of the Columbine shooting, 26 years ago, as we watched the reaction of the experts and commentators on cable news, I’d think just about all of us back then wouldn’t have imagined we’d be hearing the exact same commentary and see the exact same inability to mitigate the

Heckyeah!

Party leadership needs to start proving it cares more about winning elections than existing simply as a cash cow to feed itself.

1/Laura Belin wrote in her usually artful way about the Dem voter registration disadvantage in Iowa. People are pointing to the need for a voter registration drive from the state and county parties to address the widening gulf. That's obviously true, but someone isn't going to

I recently posted asking for your favorite political podcasts. I discovered Iowa Revolution on Substack today, it’s great. Check it out.

A lot of people are struggling out there.

Trump is not business-friendly, he's monopoly-friendly.

1/I feel I need to make this clear: A non-corporate progressive populist almost won a congressional seat in a rural deep red Iowa district not too long ago, in 2018. Yes, the variables were very favorable that cycle, but 2026 is shaping up to have similar good variables, and

Yep.

There's a decent chunk of Iowa's Democratic voters that will certainly see this as an important litmus test of the state's Dem candidates for U.S. House and Senate. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Definitely worth a listen.

Certainly aligns with Elon Musk trying to get us to buy that empathy is western civilizations number 1 weakness.