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Trump’s haste, America’s waste
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Donald Trump rushes into everything with little planning and almost no input from knowledgeable advisors. He acts on gut instinct alone. He’s often wrong. He takes the shortcut and ends up with a mess on his hands because he...
NPR blew it. Its response is the real story
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NPR made a huge, ugly, embarrassing mistake this week – reporting that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. As much as we might wish we’ve seen the last of Alito, it’s not true. NPR had it wrong. But the way...
The nine words Rob Sand should repeat until election day
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The Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor Rob Sand is absolutely right to keep hammering a quote from his Republican challenger Zach Lahn. And if Sand is as politically savvy as I believe he is, he’ll repeat it every day bet...
Evidence, please: The question that caused a Trump meltdown
President Trump interview by Kristen Welker on Meet the Press 6-7-26. Courtesy NBC News
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NBC’s Kristen Welker just delivered a master class in presidential interviewing.
Sunday’s “Meet the Press” interview with Donald Trump...
Feenstra's collapse, Turek's triumph, and a day full of shockwaves
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Tuesday was one of the biggest news days Iowa has seen in a long time. Major stories broke on multiple fronts, each deserving its own column.
But instead of diving deep into a single topic, here ar...
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Dave Busiek spent 43 years in Iowa radio and TV newsrooms, the last 30 years as news director at KCCI-TV in Des Moines.
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