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Iowa Democrats decry ‘embarrassing’ behavior by progressive group at Grassley event

By | 08.31.11 | 2:38 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Discourse at Iowa political events on the right and left has been getting increasingly uncivil, but a recent Carroll appearance by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley that culminated in heated words and physicality may have gone too far.

ISU center encourages women to seize new political opportunities

By | 05.13.11 | 9:04 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Iowa women considering an elected office, or who want to serve on local boards and commissions, will soon have an opportunity to learn the ins-and-outs of politics. More importantly, the campaign training comes at a time when redistricting and state gender-balancing policies have opened up new opportunities for women. More…

Tea Partiers and FreedomWorks Craft a 2010 Agenda

By | 01.25.10 | 2:48 pm

Before Ryan Hecker presented the Contract from America to his Sunday night audience — 63 activists huddled inside of a meeting room in the Washington, D.C. office of FreedomWorks — the free-market think tank’s spokesman promised great things.

“You watch,” Adam Brandon told TWI. “This is the idea that’s going More…

MA-Sen: 150 Conservative Bloggers Fan Out, Looking for Scandals

By | 01.19.10 | 11:32 am

BOSTON — The mysterious Election Journal blog, which first released the infamous 2008 video of two bumbling New Black Panther Party members waving nightsticks outside of a Philadelphia polling place, is on the scene in Massachusetts. They haven’t quite got the goods yet. The big stories, so far, is More…