by Sarah Cowgill | May 14, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Both Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida had planned events in Iowa Saturday, May 13, but Mother Nature had other ideas. So how fared the two GOP front runners? Add in a few dirty tricks, thinly veiled jabs at job performance, and negative campaign ads,...
by Sarah Cowgill | Apr 23, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Editor’s Note: From the Back Forty is Liberty Nation’s longest-running and most popular weekly column. Capturing the truth each week from heartlanders in flyover states, LN gives voice to the hard-working Americans otherwise ignored by the coastal elites. Staffing...
by Sarah Cowgill | Apr 22, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Titans of the Republican Party and a few extras are in Iowa to test the faith of the conservative electorate as the Faith and Freedom Coalition Spring Kickoff gets underway today, April 22, in Des Moines. Confirmed to speak at the event are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,...
by Sarah Cowgill | Mar 20, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Vice President Kamala Harris seems to have found her niche: closed-door meetings to discuss abortion rights. The VP has mastered a few key talking points and gone to Iowa, of all places, to speak privately on the subject. The roundtable discussion was at Grand View...
by Joe Schaeffer | Sep 28, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Iowa is a state that backed Republican President Donald Trump by a commanding margin in the 2020 presidential election and in which the GOP was expected to hold on to a Senate seat in 2022 even without 88-year-old incumbent Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA). Now, Grassley...