Pints and Diplomacy

10/28/2025

Cancer Rates in Iowa are on the rise, farmers are hurting, SNAP benefits are not going out, and Iowa is in a budget crisis. However, if you want to speak or hear from your Congressional Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks then you’ll have to spend $10,000 to have dinner in the same room as her. How about a Town Hall? Nope, she doesn’t believe in speaking to her constituents, only the high dollar donors.

AGs and Governors across the country are suing the USDA for suspending SNAP benefits. But, not Iowa's AG Brenna Bird. She must be too busy preparing for her big fundraising shindig at the Mar-A-Lago Club to worry about Iowans having access to food or affordable health insurance. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/27/nx-s1-5587255/snap-benefit-shutdown-contingency-fund-food-stamps

10/22/2025

We need the Iowa Pork Producers to host a Pork Baby celebration and invite ALL Iowa Pork Babies during Pork Month. We have one Pork Baby signed up!

10/18/2025

Rob Sand isn’t your traditional politician and that’s a good thing for Iowa

10/17/2025

We sat down with chair of the Iowa Democratic Party Rita Hart and talked about the current Government Shutdown

10/11/2025

We sat down with Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party Rita Hart to talk about the recent success of the Iowa Democrats, the quality candidates that are stepping up and running for office, the struggling Iowa economy, and the path forward to Democratic success in the 2026 midterm elections. It is CONFIRMED there is plenty of optimism throughout the Democratic party in Iowa!
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10/08/2025

Care to comment? The Iowa Standard

10/02/2025

Remember when Trump said he didn’t know what Project 2025 was? Now he’s working with the founder to determine how they can politicize this Government Shutdown and target Democrats and fire them from their job. We would LOVE to hear from Republicans who claim to support the Constitution and hear their defense of this action.

10/01/2025

Hey Iowa! Here’s something we can all agree on! Seeing one of our school districts get $1,000,000 from T-Mobile! Newton Community School District is currently in 10th place. If you’re a follower please head to the link in the comments and vote for Newton! If you can LIKE/SHARE that would be great as well! Let’s band together and climb the leaderboard! Rob Sand J.D. Scholten Sean Bagniewski

09/29/2025

Why do we expect our elected officials to immediately pick a side whenever there is controversy? It’s almost like it’s a race to be first instead of a race to be right. The statement from Rob Sand is what we should expect from leaders. We don’t need division we need leadership. Also, who in the hell straddles an electric fence?

Candidates looking to be the next governor of Iowa have been sounding off after the arrest of Des Moines Public School Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts.Dr. Robert