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10 takeaways from Trump's 'America 250' speech in Des Moines on Fourth Of July eve
With Sinatra swagger, Trump said he wants farmers empowered to vouch for undocumented immigrants to spare them deportation
Jul 5 • 
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10 takeaways from Trump's 'America 250' speech in Des Moines on Fourth Of July eve
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Why Josh Turek is Iowa Democrats' best candidate for U.S. Senate
The times and the man are meeting. Iowans will soon see this.
Apr 9 • 
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Why Josh Turek is Iowa Democrats' best candidate for U.S. Senate
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JD Vance's boyhood mistaken gay confession story smacks of head-spinning inflation
CARROLL, Iowa —
Aug 24, 2024 • 
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JD Vance's boyhood mistaken gay confession story smacks of head-spinning inflation
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Kentucky governor says JD Vance's Appalachian 'origin story' doesn't add up
Potential vice presidential candidate Andy Beshear speaks at major Democratic Party event in Iowa
Jul 28, 2024 • 
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Kentucky governor says JD Vance's Appalachian 'origin story' doesn't add up
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Iowans feel echoes of Harkin energy in early days of Sand's campaign
Democratic gubernatorial candidate wants to decentralize state government so more jobs can be in rural Iowa
May 18 • 
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Iowans feel echoes of Harkin energy in early days of Sand's campaign
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The Place I Call Home No Longer Calls Me One of Its Own
What happens when the place you love stops loving you back?
Mar 1
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The Place I Call Home No Longer Calls Me One of Its Own
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Lanon Baccam: 'I’m looking at Doug Burns right now, because his family looks like my family.'
How a congressional candidate is seeking a restoration of Iowa at its best
Oct 18, 2024 • 
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Lanon Baccam: 'I’m looking at Doug Burns right now, because his family looks like my family.'
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Why The Iowa Mercury is staying rural
The suburbs of Des Moines are encroaching into rural Iowa at a breakneck pace.
Mar 19 • 
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Why The Iowa Mercury is staying rural
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Kill Hal: 'Numb and dumb is no way to go through life'
Winning trust back in the cold cultural civil war demands a community newspaper campaign that elevates human editors over profit-programmed algorithms
Nov 17, 2024 • 
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Kill Hal: 'Numb and dumb is no way to go through life'
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‘Denny O’Grady was one of my heroes,’ small-town newspaper publisher says of beloved late Carroll, Iowa sports editor
CARROLL, Iowa —
Dec 10, 2024 • 
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‘Denny O’Grady was one of my heroes,’ small-town newspaper publisher says of beloved late Carroll, Iowa sports editor
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Iowa's Bohannan could be strongest, most informed abortion-rights voice in history of Congress
NOTE: The Iowa Mercury is on the verge of hitting 100 paid subscribers and closing in on 1,500 total subscribers.
Nov 3, 2024 • 
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Iowa's Bohannan could be strongest, most informed abortion-rights voice in history of Congress
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'I'm afraid if Trump wins. And I'm afraid if Trump loses,' Harkin says
"Pockets of violence" are brewing and could erupt in the United States as presidential election results are reported, regardless of the winner, such is…
Sep 27, 2024 • 
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'I'm afraid if Trump wins. And I'm afraid if Trump loses,' Harkin says
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