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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Steel Plant for Lee County, Iowa (opens the original)

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    Trump announced a new steel plant for Lee County, Iowa, today. The cost: $15,000,000,000, or better said, $15 billion dollars.My question: Did anyone ask Lee County whether they want a steel mill?<img alt="Steam rising from equip

  2. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    Pretty Exciting! Sanders Backs Chris Jones for Iowa Agriculture Secretary (opens the original)

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    Yes, it’s time. I’m excited about the Sanders endorsement reported by The Des Moines Register which carried the story, as did social media outlets. However, they paired this lead line with another - “Naig wins farm group support,” - a rather misleading frame. While Mike Naig secured the backing of the Iowa Farm Bureau, Chris Jones won full support from the Iowa Farmers Union. The difference between these two organizations is enormous: the Farm Bureau is a massive insurance conglomerate whose Was

  3. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    IOWA Beware: RUBBER STAMP HINSON Is Doing Cartwheels ... BE ALERT! (opens the original)

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    Ashley Hinson voted six times to continue Trump’s War on Iran. This would be Trump’s ILLEGAL WAR on Iran. Cartwheel Alert: Hinson has changed her position; now she opposes the Iran War.To be legal, both the House and the Senate must vote to declare war. The President has no authority … ZERO authority! … to declare war.The Legislative Branch: Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the sole authority to formal

  4. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Rubber Stamps Prevail (opens the original)

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    The Nation’s headline this week: “Mike Johnson Is The Most Dangerous House Speaker In American History” The Nation followed up by saying, “The need for congressional oversight and regulation of AI is only growing stronger. Just this month, top AI researchers said that the irresponsible development of new technologies posed an existential threat not just to jobs and privacy but to humanity itself. …”<a class="button primary" href="https://leachb.substack.com/p/rubber-stamps-prevail?utm_source=s

  5. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    North Carolina Alert! ... Expect This to Happen Across Our Country (opens the original)

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    There was a time that Trump used fresh rhetoric, but no more. On Wednesday, he dug up an old ad used by Republicans against Michael Dukakis.At his recent Gastonia rally in NC, Trump featured a decades-old campaign tactic, using the playbook behind the infamous 1988 Willie Horton ad to target former Governor Roy Cooper, now running for US Senate. Trump claimed Cooper is soft on crime to boost Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley’s chances.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="

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