Grinnell College Scarlet & Black adviser; retired journalist; free press advocate; U of Iowa grad; "A Messy Church" author. #Hawkeyes
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Lyle Muller retweeted
NEW: Zach Lahn launched his campaign for IA gov surrounded by 7 kids from his "blended" family.
The event came as a surprise to the father of three of the featured children.
Chase Koch.
Inside Lahn’s complicated history with the Kochs w/ @bethreinhard nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/po…
Always something..
WaPo reports that a woman featured in a $1 million Republican ad warning that an Iowa Democrat running for congress is “dangerous” for children previously pleaded guilty to child endangerment after driving drunk with her two young kids in the car. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
What real Iowa farmers offer - and are up against. “It’s greed... that takes away from the natural world.” — Iowa farmer who cares about Iowa’s drinking water and environment, overall. “If we complain,” he says, “we’re called anti-farmer.”
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Trying to wrap my head around Hank Brown being the best Iowa QB option right bowl 7/14 27 yds. Dropping ball.
This might be one of the most egregious examples of telling a falsehood as fact. Fox News simply runs a quote from Trump as though it were fact, with no reporting or accountability. People ask how anyone follows him, this is one example of why — Fox is their news source.
"It's a totally false story."
President Donald Trump shuts down allegations involving his son-in-law Jared Kushner after a reporter asks about a new book claiming Kushner had access to roughly $2 billion in accounts funded by Middle Eastern leaders.
Trump calls the allegations "fake news," rejecting the claims as Kushner also publicly denies the account.
Lyle Muller retweeted
Trump on Amy Acton: "If what the mother said about the daughter is half right, she has no right even running for the governor of Ohio..."
KC: What about what the daughter said about the mother?
TRUMP: "I don’t know what she said."
KC: "That the mother remained married to her stepfather who sexually abused her when she was 12 years old."
TRUMP: "When did she make that statement? Was it just recently?"
KC: "Years ago. He was charged with it."
How a student newspaper and journalism school ensured that local communities got adequate election information.
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Lyle Muller retweeted
This vid isn't the best reflection of Hinson's skills on camera or with the mic, because she is generally really, really good on camera.
How a student newspaper and journalism school ensured that local communities got adequate election information.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa journalism students produce community voter guide emergingjournalistcorps.subs…
Your guy, Trump supporters.
Trump is asked whether it makes any difference to him that Amy Acton was sexually abused by her stepfather.
He completely loses his temper and refuses to condemn the sexual abuse.
REPORTER: "Do the sexual abuse allegations make no difference to you?"
TRUMP: "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Slow down. Who are you with? Who are you with?"
REPORTER: "But there are very serious sexual abuse allegations—"
TRUMP: "Listen, listen. Quiet."
REPORTER: "They make no difference to you?"
TRUMP: "Steve—isn’t she a fresh person? You’re a horrible little reporter, aren’t you?"
AFSCME is calling for the return of Ivory Coast immigrant Fatou Traore from Sierra Leone, the country Trump’s Homeland Security Dept sent the 20-yr Iowa resident here under a judge’s protective no-deport order. afscme.org/blog/afscme-calls…
One of my favorite @thesandb stories, when a student newspaper caught him lying about something @FoxNews reported as fact about @VivekGRamaswamy - this tells you what kind of person he is. thesandb.com/44101/community…
More than 840 students from 41 high schools in Iowa and western Illinois are at the Iowa High School Press Assn fall conference at the University of Iowa today. Ready to soak in knowledge.
Third-generation US citizen: “Since the second Trump administration, I never leave my house without my passport. I say that because I can afford that luxury. Not everyone can.”
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Big deal, you say, if you argue for simply cleaning up the country’s immigration system and getting these refugees out of the United States, or think a person can acquire a lawyer to build a court case in 10 days for a legitimate asylum case. lylemuller.substack.com/p/tr…
Tightening asylum rules chips away at the Statue of Liberty promise.
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Lyle Muller retweeted
Former WDM Valley High School teacher Rita Martens' open letter to @hinsonashley, who was one of her English students:
"I was so impressed by you that I asked you to play violin at my wedding. That makes this letter especially difficult to write..."
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