Jason Fontana

May 27, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Ed Tibbetts |Bernie Scolaro |Jason Fontana

Remembering the Iowa soldiers killed in wartime Monday, May 27 2024 0 Comments Former President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day on May 27 by ranting on his social media platform about “the Human Scum that is working so hard to destroy our Once Great County,” the “Radical Left, Trump Hating Federal Judge in New York,” and “the N.Y. State Wacko Judge,” among others.

May 26, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Ed Tibbetts |Bernie Scolaro |Jason Fontana |Randy Evans

Iowa politicians should leave the kids alone Sunday, May 26 2024 0 Comments Ed Tibbetts, a longtime reporter and editor in the Quad-Cities, is the publisher of the Along the Mississippi newsletter, where this article first appeared. Find more of his work at edtibbetts.substack.comIn some parts of Iowa, road signs greet visitors with our new state slogan: “Iowa, Freedom to Flourish.”Some Republican lawmakers obviously don’t get the concept.

May 24, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Bernie Scolaro |Jason Fontana |Randy Evans |Kali VanBaale

Bernie Scolaro is a retired school counselor, a past president of the Sioux City Education Association, and former Sioux City school board member. It’s a cloudy day as I sit outside. I am intently reading To Kill a Mockingbird, which I quickly put down as our new neighbor walks by and waves to me. He’s wearing a red MAGA hat with a red, white and blue t-shirt. I would say it is for Memorial Day, but the attire is a common theme in the neighborhood.