- Ron Paul continues TV domination in Iowa | Iowa Independent http://iowaindependent.com/63263/ron-paul-continues-tv-domination-in-iowa 4 comments politics
- Video: Demonstrators rally at Bank of America - “This is as close to Wall Street as we can get,” said Wilbur Wilson of Des Moines, who organized the rally. “This company here paid no taxes in 2009 and they foreclosed illegally on people and it’s just not right. That’s why I picked this corner.” http://iowaindependent.com/62176/video-demonstrators-rally-at-bank-of-america 18 comments politics
- Ron Paul’s latest Iowa ad focuses on abortion; message is similar to 2007 ad, this year's straw poll remarks http://iowaindependent.com/62164/pauls-latest-iowa-ad-focuses-on-abortion 4 comments politics
- Vinton, Iowa farmer ordered to pay $150,000 in immigration suit following a guilty plea that he knowingly employed three illegal aliens. Birker Inc. has collected more than $1 million in federal commodity subsidies since 1995, including $105,508 during 2009. http://iowaindependent.com/55131/vinton-farmer-ordered-to-pay-150000-in-immigration-suit 4 comments politics
- GOP leaders promise anti-abortion push - also Boehner promised to take money away from the Department of Justice for refusing to defend DOMA. Boehner’s office raised a $750,000 spending cap to $1.5 million to Paul Clement, who is defending DOMA. http://iowaindependent.com/61820/gop-leaders-promise-anti-abortion-push?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter 4 comments politics
- Herman Cain says President Obama should tell occupy demonstrators to 'go home & get a job' & quit 'playing the victim card' http://iowaindependent.com/61790/cain-dismisses-occupy-demonstrators 4 comments politics
- Buddy Romer is running for the GOP nomination for President but he wasn't invited to the debate this week. Why? Maybe because he says stuff like this: "…our electoral system is sick. You can’t tackle the jobs problem, the tax problem, the budget problem till you tackle the root: money in politics." http://iowaindependent.com/60988/roemer-on-debates-its-a-process-that-makes-no-sense 125 comments politics
- Perry campaign strikes back at Ron Paul: "Paul's 1987 resignation letter indicates Reagan drove him from GOP" http://iowaindependent.com/60972/perry-campaign-strikes-back-at-ron-paul 13 comments politics
- Republican candidate Fred Karger has been excluded from Fox's Republican debate this Thursday despite meeting their stated entrance requirements. http://iowaindependent.com/59605/karger-intends-to-debate-in-ames 3 comments politics
- Former LA Gov. Buddy Roemer tells Stephen Colbert he doesn't have 'the PAC money required' to play in the upcoming Iowa Straw Poll http://iowaindependent.com/59190/roemer-doesnt-have-pac-money-required-to-play-in-ames 20 comments politics
- Obama can raise debt ceiling by executive order, says U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin http://iowaindependent.com/59152/harkin-obama-could-raise-debt-ceiling-by-executive-order 4 comments politics
- McKinney, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic hit with Molotov cocktail - Police investigating the “possible arson” - the health center does not provide abortions http://iowaindependent.com/59126/texas-planned-parenthood-clinic-hit-with-molotov-cocktail 14 comments politics
- 'Marcus Bachmann come out of the closet and debate me,' challenges Fred Karger http://iowaindependent.com/58521/karger-marcus-bachmann-come-out-of-the-closet-and-debate-me 3 comments politics
- Chris Christie has a habit of luxury travel on the taxpayer's dime http://iowaindependent.com/47250/chris-christie-possible-2012-hopeful-among-u-s-attorneys-who-bilked-travel-protocols 5 comments politics
- Texas Governor Perry still mulling 2012 run http://iowaindependent.com/56649 4 comments politics
- GOP candidate Cain backing off comments that he's 'uncomfortable' with Muslims serving in gov't http://iowaindependent.com/56688/cain-continues-walk-back-of-muslim-comments 3 comments politics
- Gingrich laments ‘crisis of secularism’ in U.S. - American Catholics are threatened by 'anti-religious bigotry,' he says http://iowaindependent.com/55359/gingrich-laments-crisis-of-secularism-in-u-s 4 comments politics
- Michele Bachmann, in same week, calls for Obama to answer questions about his birth certificate, then says document released is good enough http://iowaindependent.com/55040/bachmann-reconsiders-birther-issue 6 comments politics
- Santorum forms presidential exploratory committee http://iowaindependent.com/54859/santorum-forms-2012-exploratory-committee 3 comments politics
- Santorum: Social Security is in trouble because of abortion. That is, we'd have more workers paying SS tax if it weren't for legalized abortion http://iowaindependent.com/54290/santorum-social-security-is-in-trouble-because-of-abortion 4 comments politics
- Iowa: Conservative activists claim gay marriage will lead to child abuse - frm judge Roy Moore “No society is prepared to deal with the problems arising out of same-sex marriages; child abuse, adoption, divorce, foster care, alimony, and the list goes on and on” http://iowaindependent.com/53830/conservative-activists-claim-gay-marriage-will-lead-to-child-abuse 4 comments politics
- Iowa House passes constitutional ban on same-sex marriage http://iowaindependent.com/51790/iowa-house-passes-constitutional-ban-on-same-sex-marriage 3 comments politics
- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) votes ‘no’ on 9/11 first responders bill http://iowaindependent.com/49568/king-votes-no-on-911-first-responders-bill 24 comments politics
- Scenes from Tuesday’s bank protests - , Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement &d more than 100 people from 15 states... headed to the West Des Moines headquarters of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage... & a local branch of Bank of America. Both banks are the biggest foreclosures in the country. http://iowaindependent.com/48961/showdown-in-america-scenes-from-tuesdays-bank-protests 6 comments politics
- Huckabee calls for execution of whoever gave documents to WikiLeaks. http://iowaindependent.com/48154/huckabee-calls-for-execution-of-whoever-gave-documents-to-wikileaks 14 comments politics
- Arizona reeling from lost revenue in wake of controversial immigration law - Nearly $1 billion in Mexican tourist cash has dried up in Pima County alone http://iowaindependent.com/47681/arizona-reeling-from-lost-revenue-in-wake-of-controversial-immigration-law 59 comments politics
- Anti-gay groups spent $948,000 in Iowa to oust judges http://iowaindependent.com/47598/anti-gay-groups-spent-948000-in-iowa-to-oust-judges 4 comments politics
- GOP lawmakers want to exclude gay students from anti-bullying bill http://iowaindependent.com/27342/gop-lawmakers-want-to-exclude-gay-students-from-anti-bullying-bill 22 comments politics
- American Family Association leader says inbreeding is the problem with Islam. It may have done “irreversible damage to the Muslim gene pool, including extensive damage to its intelligence, sanity, and health.” http://iowaindependent.com/43050/american-family-association-leader-says-inbreeding-is-the-problem-with-islam 9 comments politics
- Gay marriage causes no harm to traditional marriage, study finds http://iowaindependent.com/42714/same-sex-marriage-in-iowano-harm-to-traditional-marriage-study-finds 3 comments politics
- Republican gubernatorial hopeful Terry Branstad’s call to deny education to illegal immigrant children gets national attention http://iowaindependent.com/42488/branstads-call-to-deny-education-to-illegal-immigrant-children-gets-national-attention 6 comments politics
- Iowa GOP adds another plank to the party platform: “reintroduction and ratification of the original 13th Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution http://iowaindependent.com/39995/iowa-gop-jumps-on-the-thirteenther-bandwagon 43 comments politics
- How Congress SHOULD solve the extension to unemployment benefits: When a state’s unemployment rate has returned to normal, the unemployed in that state would no longer be eligible for long-term unemployment benefits. http://iowaindependent.com/38640/unemployment-extension-one-of-few-fiscal-tools-left 4 comments politics
- Legally married gay couple sues IA to get both mom's names on infant's birth certificate http://iowaindependent.com/33946/same-sex-couple-sues-state-for-right-to-appear-on-daughters-birth-certificate 9 comments politics
- Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose allowing people in general, not just those connected to law enforcement, to carry loaded guns openly in public http://iowaindependent.com/33935/poll-most-americans-oppose-open-carry-of-firearms 14 comments politics
- “I think we should catch ’em, we should document ’em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going,” said Pat Bertroche, a Republican congressional primary candidate. “I actually support microchipping them. I can micro-chip my dog so I can find it. Why can’t I microchip an illegal? http://iowaindependent.com/32926/install-microchips-in-illegal-immigrants-gop-candidate-says 51 comments politics
- La Raza to get almost $1 million in “stimulus” money http://iowaindependent.com/12068/king-critical-of-spending-for-pro-amnesty-organization 3 comments worldnews
- Huckabee Tops GOP Power Rankings, Paul Takes Third http://www.iowaindependent.com/showdiary.do?diaryid=1598 6 comments politics
- Romny wins, Ron Paul 5th in straw poll http://iowaindependent.com/tag.do?tag=ames%20straw%20poll 4 comments politics
- Rudy Giuliani: Asked About HIV, He Answers With 9/11 http://www.iowaindependent.com/showdiary.do;jsessionid=5df57e5b1682301098b3cb1ee0dee630?diaryid=608 35 comments reddit.com