Laura Belin

Right. My point is, the feds were justified in investigating TP USA. They weren't targeted because they were conservative.

It does look blank. I am trying to remember if my website has had this glitch before.

ICYMI: Grassley Exposes Biden FBI for Targeting Nearly 100 Republican Groups and Individuals | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week released...

Yes, he's making it sound like they were targeted because they were Republicans or Trump supporters.

In fact they were investigated for their possible role in subverting the peaceful transfer of power after a free and fair election.

www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-re...

ICYMI: Grassley Exposes Biden FBI for Targeting Nearly 100 Republican Groups and Individuals | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week released...

Yes, he's been complaining the FBI "targeted 92 Republican organizations and individuals as part of its sweeping Arctic Frost investigation against President Donald Trump," including Turning Point USA.

www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-re...

That's because TP USA bused people to Stop the Steal.

I don't think it was confidential.

"Arctic Frost" is what Grassley now calls the January 6 investigation (apparently the FBI used that name internally).

He doesn't want most people to realize this investigation was related to the January 6 coup attempt and broader conspiracy to overturn the results of a free and fair election.

"Arctic Frost" is what he is calling the January 6 investigation (apparently that was a term internally used in the FBI).

He doesn't want most people to realize this was related to the January 6 coup attempt.

Here’s how TikTok ‘power users’ end up scrolling 4 hours a day or more Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

🤳EXCLUSIVE: We analyzed real data from over 800 U.S. TikTok users to reveal how the app transforms casual users into power users.

Extremely proud of this one, over a year in the making w/ @richardsima.bsky.social Leslie Shapiro @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social

wapo.st/4obueib

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

I think he’s pretending not to have heard her name lately. Surely he was briefed on Todd Blanche’s long interview with her.

Iowa needs a Farm Bill geared toward conservation John Gilbert: Nothing is going to change until we change the way we farm. The problem is national, and requires a national solution.

New post by John Gilbert: Iowa needs a Farm Bill geared toward conservation

#ag #agriculture #farming #conservation #FarmBill #Congress
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/06/i...

Her staff ignore the majority of my inquiries. But hope springs eternal.

Tonight's Iowa politics radio show is on podcast platforms and smart speakers ("KHOI's Capitol Week")
Tomorrow I'll send the audio file & a written recap on my free email newsletter ("Iowa politics with Laura Belin")
laurabelin.substack.com

I've asked staff in Kim Reynolds' office whether she would deploy the Iowa National Guard to blue states over the objections of the home state governor.

No reply yet.

Chuck Grassley was outraged that a former president talked with the AG for a few minutes on the tarmac!

She knocked a lot of doors.

Photo of Claire Celsi in 2018 (taken by Greg Hauenstein for her Iowa Senate campaign)

Very sad news: State Senator Claire Celsi has passed away.
I knew her before she ran for office and considered her a friend. After redistricting in 2021 she became my senator.
Let me know if you'd like to share any memories for a Bleeding Heartland post about her.
(photo by @greghauenstein.com)

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

It's wild that he won't just say, of course I would not pardon a convicted sex trafficker.

In a minute @spencerdirks.bsky.social and I will be live on @khoiradio to talk about the week in Iowa politics.
89.1 FM in the Ames area or online:

www.khoifm.org
(will be on podcast platforms later as "KHOI's Capitol Week")

Trouble in River City, 2025 edition Channing Dutton: Like Harold Hill, the con man from "The Music Man," it appears Ian Roberts lived inside the story he was spinning.

One of my guest authors wrote a piece on this over the weekend!
"Like Harold Hill, it appears Ian Roberts lived inside the story he was spinning. [...] sometimes, even the flawed figures who sell us dreams manage to change us for the better."

www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/04/t...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions. He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly. The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity. He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings. Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

"lying silver-tongued charlatan runs to the US, attempts to reinvent himself, turns out to be pretty good at an important job" this is like one of the foundational American Stories www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Commemorating four years of Public Notice And a special offer for readers.

Taking today off from live-clipping the Sunday shows to celebrate PN's birthday with friends. If you've appreciated my coverage over all these years, now's a great time to support my work by taking advantage of a special anniversary offer for PN subscriptions👇 Thanks!

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

"The project—[Weiss'] and that of her backers—is to establish herself and her cohort not as new-right media, but as the new *liberal*media, staking out the leftmost acceptable position within the new right-wing paradigm." The dream of Marty Peretz on far grander scale.

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

The contrarian got the job by convincing the third-richest man in the world, a key supporter of the sitting president, that she shared his worldview

Trump appointed judge not playing games.

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.