Dan Piller

2 months ago | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Arnold Garson |Al Charlson |Dan Piller

I wouldn’t have guessed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the pre-election Iowa Poll could assert claims any more outlandish than the original court filing in December. Enter U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks and former State Senator Brad Zaun. The Des Moines Register’s William Morris was first to report on February 4 that Miller-Meeks and Zaun signed on as plaintiffs in Trump’s case against J. Ann Selzer, her polling company, the Des Moines Register, and its parent company Gannett.

2 months ago | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Arnold Garson |Al Charlson |Dan Piller

Nannette Griffin announced on February 10 that she will seek the Democratic nomination for the coming special election in Iowa House district 100. A lifelong resident of southeast Iowa, Griffin is the founder and owner of Griffin Muffler & Brake Center, a longstanding auto repair business in Fort Madison. She has been active in numerous civic organizations and received an award for women entrepreneurs from the Small Business Development Centers of Iowa.

2 months ago | bleedingheartland.com | Arnold Garson |Al Charlson |Laura Belin |Dan Piller

The things you never knew about Jewish Iowa Sunday, Feb 9 2025 0 Comments Arnold Garson is a semi-retired journalist and executive who worked for 46 years in the newspaper industry, including almost 20 years at The Des Moines Register. He writes the Substack newsletter Second Thoughts, where this article first appeared. This essay tells the stories of a handful of Jews who played important roles in shaping the state of Iowa and some cities during the 19th century.

2 months ago | bleedingheartland.com | Al Charlson |Laura Belin |Dan Piller |Bruce Lear

Al Charlson is a North Central Iowa farm kid, lifelong Iowan, and retired bank trust officer. The Waverly Democrat published a version of this commentary on February 6. Old habits die hard. While many of my neighbors are checking sports scores, I’m checking the U.S. Treasury yield curve. (OK – I do follow the Cyclones closely.) Even though I’m no longer actively managing investments, I’m still interested in the economy.

2 months ago | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Dan Piller |Bruce Lear |John Kearney

“The grassroots of America love making America great again,” David Pautsch told me during a February 5 telephone interview. “It’s the political establishment people, including and especially the Republican establishment, that is the biggest albatross around our neck.”Pautsch is counting on the MAGA grassroots as he prepares for a rematch against U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the 2026 GOP primary for Iowa’s first Congressional district.