Bill Brauch

Oct 23, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Jason Benell |Bill Bumgarner |Laura Belin |Bill Brauch

Jason Benell lives in Des Moines with his wife and two children. He is a combat veteran, former city council candidate, and president of Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers. Christian Nationalism has seen so many victories with the makeup of the highest courts at both the state and federal levels. Time and again right-wing courts seem poised to enact theocracy by privileging religious belief over equality under the law and even basic human and civil rights.

Oct 23, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Bill Bumgarner |Laura Belin |Bill Brauch |Douglas Burns

Bill Bumgarner is a retired former health care executive from northwest Iowa who worked in hospital management for 41 years, predominantly in the state of Iowa. I live in a region of Iowa where about 68 percent of voters cast their ballot for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Naturally, that overwhelming majority included many of my friends, neighbors, and those with whom I’ve joined to help enhance our community.

Oct 19, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Bill Brauch |Douglas Burns |Laura Belin |Jeff Ewoldt

Bill Brauch is a retired Iowa lawyer. He served as an Assistant Iowa Attorney General from 1987 to 2015, and was Director of the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s office from 1995 until 2015. He is a 1987 graduate, with distinction, of the University of Iowa College of Law. He is presently chair of the Polk County Democrats.

Oct 11, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Bill Brauch |Douglas Burns |Jeff Ewoldt

As misinformation about the federal response to natural disasters hampers relief efforts in the southeast U.S., several Iowa Republicans have seized the opportunity to spread lies about the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency.