Working on some stuff, occasionally back to substack. Formerly: @IowaInformer, @IowaOffKilter, @ISU_GSJC, @AmesTribNews, @MotherJones, @VillageVoice.
Somewhere in Iowa
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
Blizzard so good it’s got Chuck Grassley sayin “Alhamdulillah for that you know what”
INBOX: Spotted at a Dairy Queen in Ypsilanti, Michigan
Free Qurans
I wonder if @DairyQueen would let people give out the Bible in their store?
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
It’s time to haul Stephen Miller’s ass in front of Congress and make him answer, under oath, for the absolute terror he unleashed on this country.
Official statement from incoming Oversight Chairman @RepRobertGarcia on Stephen Miller being announced as White House Chief of Staff:
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
These numbers are going up, by the way: A Democratic House staffer told me their office got nearly 800 calls about Jeffries on Friday alone.
Most of the staffers I'm talking to describe this as the most call volume they've ever experienced. axios.com/2026/11/06/jeffrie…
NEW: House Dems "inundated" w/ calls & emails urging them not to elect Jeffries speaker
One member told @axios they got "300-400" calls in 2 days
Another said "over 500"
A third said "higher" than 500: "It's our No. 1 issue, and it's not close." axios.com/2026/11/06/jeffrie…
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
what about on Facebook where the same video has received 10 million views and hundreds of thousands of likes and shares and does not have any correction at all
while the Free Press pretends to be a real news outlet on this platform by posting a "correction" for lying...
the same video on their Facebook, where it received 10 million views and hundreds of thousands of likes and shares has no "correction" whatsoever
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
I have 4 family members that almost died as innocent bystanders of a police high speed chase. What's the point of the high speed chase when you'll probably be able to apprehend the suspect later? Why put so many innocents at risk of severe injury or death? Doesn't seem worth it.
Yesterday in Iowa, a wrong way police chase ended with two innocent people dead after a poorly timed and poorly executed PIT maneuver pit innocent drivers at risk. The Iowa media won't show the moment of impact, even though Iowa DOT doesn't require censorship. But I will.
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"Hopefully the move of @StephenM to COS is a sign of things to come. More of that please." lol, brilliant political insight this guy has
I’m in Iowa, first in the nation caucus state. From a profit to engagement standpoint, I have every motivation to turn the page to 2028 speculation and intrigue right away. So why am I not doing so?
Because the first thing that has to be fixed is Trump’s standing with the American people, or this will spill over like 1974 did to 1976 and 2006 did to 2008 and we will lose in 2028 — no matter who the nominee is.
Trump has to reinvent himself politically (as he’s successfully done before) like Bill Clinton did following a similarly harsh midterm rebuke from voters in 1994, and he went on to a sweeping victory in 1996.
Encouraging and incentivizing that reinvention is what I believe our movement/industry needs to focus on right now, thus it is my focus. I could care less about 2028 until we fix what led to 2026. Many of the seeds of 2028 will be planted in the next 6-12 months by whether the Trump presidency can be successfully reinvented.
Hopefully the move of @StephenM to COS is a sign of things to come. More of that please.
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Cops should get homicide charges for this, so senseless
Yesterday in Iowa, a wrong way police chase ended with two innocent people dead after a poorly timed and poorly executed PIT maneuver pit innocent drivers at risk. The Iowa media won't show the moment of impact, even though Iowa DOT doesn't require censorship. But I will.
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
Would be extremely funny if this is what happened:
Apparently there’s a lady named Dana White who is an DoD public affairs assistant and I guarantee you someone recommended her to Trump and he thought they meant UFC Dana White and nobody is allowed to correct him lol
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
Great example of why democrats should not take unsolicited advice from republicans
If you are a 30-year-old Democratic comms staffer who takes to the party's official X account to tweet "shut up you ugly fuck" at Stephen Miller, you get rewarded with this cake at work—presumably bought with donor dollars.
I don't know that this helps with winning the midterms.
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
Damn, if I were a 3-time FP contributor whose most recent article was just before the midterms, and also friends with Bari and her sister and also attended the FP's triumphant 2024 election party, I'd be feeling pretty embarrassed right now.
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Article isn't even about Iowa but I think it still proves Rob Sand stole the election kcrg.com/2026/11/07/memory-c…
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Gavin Aronsen retweeted
Judging by the company’s job postings, the reporters and editors at The Free Press are among the highest paid in American journalism. The types of “errors” they’ve been publishing would be terminable offenses at many lesser heeled publications.
CORRECTION: This post and opinion video states that Abdul El-Sayed gave his acceptance speech in Arabic. That’s not accurate. In fact, he said a few phrases in Arabic, but the majority of his speech was in English. The Free Press regrets the error.
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