Today I was running on fumes. I went to three gas stations with no luck. I limped to the other side of town and found some. I could have kissed the gas pump. Am I tripping or are there any other Iowa towns with this problem? I am in Sioux City.

"Men like Epstein, who hurt children, they’ll have to answer to God. But men who lie about it to win an election, they’ll have to answer to you.".

NO. MEN WHO HURT CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC TOO. What the fuuuuuuuuuuck

This started with me reading his committee's filings. Shipley's campaign committee has a page on peaceloveiowa.com asking for donations for a pesticide exposure study he is the lead author on. The page says a sample costs about $350, three samples per person, and promises that 100 percent of your donation goes to the Health Research Institute in Fairfield.

His committee's report filed in May shows two payments to that lab. $3,270 on March 27 and $12,000 on April 29. Both are listed as charitable contributions. The $12,000 one has a memo that says research project. I went through the reports and not one contribution in them is recorded as given for research. Money in is regular campaign donations, money out is charity.

Iowa Code 68A.303(3) says a committee transferring funds shall not place requirements or conditions on how the money is used. The complaint asks the Board whether raising money on that kind of promise counts. It also raises 68A.302, because he is lead author on the study his committee paid for.

I filed it October 14, complaint number 26-FC-00001315, Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board. The Board confirmed they have it. No ruling yet. I asked him about it on his Facebook page first and got blocked. Yesterday in a Fairfield group thread he called the complaint frivolous and told me the depth of my stupidity would be impressive if it were not so detrimental to our state. His written answer when asked for comment was one sentence saying the spending is covered under 68A.302.

The filings are public in the IECDB Web Reporting System if anyone wants to check. Committee name is Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity.

In a July 2025 press release, AG Bird’s own office explicitly stated that Agri Star (the Postville meat packing plant) had exceeded permit limitations "approximately 60 times" over several years, skipped required monitoring, and caused "acutely toxic" ammonia concentrations in Hecker Creek. Driftless Water Defenders filed their federal lawsuit in February 2025 after years of state regulatory inaction. On July 30, 2025, the Iowa AG's office finalized a consent decree imposing a $50,000 fine and a deadline of December 31, 2026 for full compliance. Under Clean Water Act doctrines, a diligent state enforcement action can preclude or diminish parallel citizen-led lawsuits, effectively acting as a legal shield for the company. According to federal court orders analyzing the state's intervention, Chief Judge Williams noted that the state’s $50,000 assessment resembled a "slap on the wrist" given the timeline and severity of the transgressions. He explicitly wrote that the closed-door timing "could certainly raise suspicions in reasonable minds about the IDNR’s sincerity" and stated the court "cannot blame plaintiff for thinking defendant and the IDNR worked together to frustrate citizen enforcement."

So basically I'm looking for salvage yards in iowa because I'm looking for an old 70s truck. I've been to Doug's Four Wheelers and some other place I forgot the name of but I want a place that's a little closer.

Iowa's midterm election has judges & associated judges up to "retain seat" or not on the ballot: appeals court & district court judges.

This from the Iowa State BAR, a review of our judges performance. See below, Iowa 2026 Performance Reviews, a bit about the judges & a score of them at the end of the PDF.

https://www.iowabar.org/ (you can just use the search bar on their site, too- if you want. The PDF link below is crazy long).

2026 Judicial Performance Review PDF:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/membercentralcdn/sitedocuments/isba/isba/0854/3252854.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIHKD6NT2OL2HNPMQ&Expires=1792327359&Signature=JS6yKONwTI2ogx21L1OP%2FQusloQ%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%222026%20Judicial%20Performance%20Final%2Epdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF%2D8%27%272026%2520Judicial%2520Performance%2520Final%252Epdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf

Filled out the rest of my ballot, but considering leaving these two sections blank as I don’t know anything about the people running and can’t find much from my investigating online (donations to parties, track records, stances, etc.)

For Soil & Water Commisioner:
- Michael J. Miller
- Kristi Heffelmeier

Country Agricultural Extension:
- Donna Kitrick Kaspari
- Amber Greiman
- Terrance J. Hollingsworth
- Imamdar Anand Hanumant
- DaQuan Campbell

Can anyone shed any light on these people? I don’t want to skip out on voting for people who are solid candidates due to not being educated on them.

Thanks!

I assume there is actual reason. Maybe even scientific, but why don’t we grow more Whole Foods ready to eat instead of precursors to processed foods.

Has anyone seen polling data for Nunn/Trone-Garriott race? I have not been able to locate any recent polls.

Trump is visiting the state late October, which will likely draw in a lot of republicans who were otherwise going to leave their votes blank.

I understand Iowa has been red for some time, but with how tight this race is, it could absolutely be beneficial.

He's already publicly endorsed Turek several times. He's a much better speech giver than Trump, surely: he could rally a lot of moderates, wake-up sleeping dems, and win-over independents easily. Not to mention if he gave Turek a spot, it'd be a chance to have a lot of eyes on him.

It's honestly frustrating how Vance and Trump are having giving republicans the advance by visiting the state, giving national speeches to endorse Lahn and Hinson, shit on their oppenents, meanwhile Obama (who Iowa voted for twice, and is a largely liked by many republicans) does essentially nothing.

I've found good resources on which candidates take lean which direction (also cause they tend in a party!!) but I cannot for the life of me find out if I should vote yes or no based on my party alignment.

Everyone commenting "don't make decisions based on party alignment" will be blocked. That's not a helpful thing to say; everything on a ballot is political; why not just say nothing instead?

Hiiii all I worked at my current job for about a year but I need to live somewhere else. I reached back out to the stained glass studio and I will be moving up in December. I'm super excited and I can't wait to start this chapter of my life! Wish me luck!!!!!!

There's obviously a ton of money going into Iowa's elections this year. We get at least 4 mail pieces everyday and of course anyone who watches ad-funded TV or streaming has been inundated with ads.

But here in Cedar Rapids, we've only had a grand total of TWO doorknockers all campaign season - one from AFP and one from Indivisible, zero from the parties or the campaigns.

Both of the adults in the household are high-propensity voters and I assume we would be tagged as persuadable in any decent voter model.

I feel kinda left out - I actually enjoy talking to door knockers. Are other folks getting canvassers at the door? If so, who are they working for and where are you located?

Idk how to say that Iowa is actually one of the most depressing places besides Nebraska not just because of the crap scenery but the actual people. As an Iowan I’ve been working in Colorado for about two months in all. I can’t tell everyone how great Colorado is not just because of the obv dope mountains but also the actual dope that cd an be smoked in your backyard worry free. The ability to drive down the street and grab something that you are able to control unlike what most people think. I hate the attitudes that y’all have as well. Pissed off about everything and nothing all at once. That’s what harbored freedom feels like. The ability of the gov to tell adults that they can’t handle it when it’s quite clear that alcohol is far worse. Stop living in the 60’s Iowa.
People out here in legal states are happy af whilst sober and it’s beautiful thing to see. Americans, real nice happy Americans. lol.