Hint: It's not because of the teachers by Doug Smith September 12, 2026 According to a June 18, 2026 report in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier about Iowa’s education ranking, The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released its 2026 Kids Count Data Book, and Iowa is going down… again. In 2019, Iowa ranked 11th among all states. In 2023, we were down to 17th. And now in 2026, Iowa has sunk below the halfway mark… 27th out of the 50 states. For all the grim details, read the Courier...

Et tu, Ashley? by Sen. Molly Donahue (originally published on her Facebook page) September 9, 2026 You don’t get to attack somebody on their missed votes when they’re running for Congress because you did the same thing when you were in the state House, Ashley Hinson, and now you’re missing them in DC. Those who live in glass houses… BREAKING: “Ashley Hinson Missed Almost 200 Votes in Congress” American Journal News: “[Hinson] Was Absent for Crucial Committee Decisions on ...

Don’t Get Distracted by Doug Smith September 5, 2026 I’m hearing a lot of chatter from Republicans about “communism” from the President on down. They’ve latched onto it as a scare tactic in a last-ditch attempt to avoid catastrophic defeat at the polls in November. For the record, there are ZERO Democratic candidates embracing communism as a political system. It’s just a scary word and that’s the whole point, as taught by the master of political opportunism, Sen. Joseph McCarthy. It’s...