Pat Rynard founded Iowa Starting Line in 2015. He still keeps a close eye on Iowa politics, his dog’s name is Frank, and football season is his favorite time of year.
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Group With GOP Links Submits Kanye West Petitions For Iowa Ballot
A very well-organized political operation finished up their work in Iowa today to put Kanye West’s name on the ballot for the general election here. Around 3,800 signatures of a necessary 1,500 were delivered to the Secretary of State at about 3:40 p.m. A Republican attorney dropped off the forms. Todd Henderson signed the West…
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Kanye West Petition Gatherers Spotted In Iowa
There have been multiple sightings in recent days of canvassers in Iowa gathering signatures to get Kanye West and the Green Party on the state’s presidential ballot line. Often stationed outside grocery and large retail stores and gas stations, different Iowans have witnessed them collecting signatures for West, the Green Party or both at the…
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Iowa GOP Donor Under Scrutiny Investigated For Prostitution, Possible Child Pornography
A well-connected Iowa Republican donor whose no-bid contract from Iowa for Chinese PPE supplies drew scrutiny earlier this year has since faced an expanded investigation from police. According to court documents obtained by Starting Line, West Des Moines police requested a search warrant for one of David Greenspon’s social media accounts, concerned he may still…
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Iowa GOP Donor Under Scrutiny Investigated For Prostitution, Possible Child Pornography
A well-connected Iowa Republican donor whose no-bid contract from Iowa for Chinese PPE supplies drew scrutiny earlier this year has since faced an expanded investigation from police. According to court documents obtained by Starting Line, West Des Moines police requested a search warrant for one of David Greenspon’s social media accounts, concerned he may still…
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Pedati Seemed To Give Away Reason For 15% School Closure Threshold
If Gov. Kim Reynolds’ goal was to make it impossible for public schools to shut down in the midst of a deadly pandemic, it’s hard to imagine a better strategy for doing so than the one they’ve laid out. Concerned parents and educators’ anger has been rising for weeks over the state’s slapdash school reopening…
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Pedati Seemed To Give Away Reason For 15% School Closure Threshold
If Gov. Kim Reynolds’ goal was to make it impossible for public schools to shut down in the midst of a deadly pandemic, it’s hard to imagine a better strategy for doing so than the one they’ve laid out. Concerned parents and educators’ anger has been rising for weeks over the state’s slapdash school reopening…
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Kim Reynolds’ New Strategy To Downplay The Pandemic
“I’m highlighting this information not to downplay the pandemic,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said yesterday as she downplayed the pandemic. At her Tuesday press conference, Reynolds previewed how her administration would try to falsely convince Iowans that the coronavirus outbreak in the state was under control. As concerns over the state’s lackluster safety precautions in their…
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Reynolds’ Approval Craters On COVID As School Reopening Nears
Worst in the country. That’s how Iowans feel about Gov. Kim Reynolds’ leadership and decisions during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an update from a sweeping, national survey. Just 28% of Iowans approve of Reynolds’ handling of the crisis, good for dead last among all U.S. governors. She is only one of five governors in…
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Buxton Author Rachelle Chase To Join Starting Line Team
Iowa Starting Line is very pleased to announce the newest member of our ever-growing Iowa reporting team. Rachelle Chase will start in August as our Waterloo-based reporter. You may recognize her name, but if not, you’re likely familiar with her work. Chase has written two books on Buxton, Iowa, the historic coal town that existed…
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Joni Ernst Is Really Bad At This
What happens when an elected Republican official spends all their time in a right-wing bubble? They start to sound like Sen. Joni Ernst, who seemed totally unprepared to answer some basic and common questions about her policy and political goals in an Iowa Press interview on Friday. The most newsworthy moment that came from the…
