Postville remembers the raid and moves forward under new ownership
Postville mayor Leigh Rekow revisits the 2008 ICE raid and its aftermath. He cites community resilience, the Agri Star takeover of Agriprocessors, rebuilt infrastructure, city grants for a treatment plant, diverse faith groups, and ongoing efforts to honor the town’s history while embracing growth and unity.
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Postville
Sholom (Rubashkin
Tassume
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
St. Bridget’s
Agriprocessors
Hershey Freedman
Agri Star
David van Campen
Iowa
Fire and Fury exposes Bannon as a fraud and crank
ED Rogers reviews Michael Wolff book Fire and Fury and argues Steve Bannon was never a true political force. He likens Bannon to Four Leaf Tayback from Tropic Thunder, noting Bannon's influence was overstated and his exit reveals a divisive, self serving agenda. Bud Rogers notes Bannon’s limited impact on Trump’s campaign and White House.
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Steve Bannon
Michael Wolff
Trump White House
Bannon
Nick Nolte
Four Leaf Tayback
Tayback
Trump
Donald Trump
White House
Russia
West Point
Wolff
Roy Moore
Republican Party
Four Leaf
King's Iowa vision prompts white birth drive critique
Douglas Burns denounces Steve King as a modern eugenicist urging a white birth surge in rural Iowa. The column cites King’s tweets praising Hungary, advocates mass pregnancies, and frames a future of racial homogeneity, calling for a stark immigration and diversity backlash.
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Steve King
Iowa
Carroll County
Greene County
Carroll
Greene Counties
U.S
King
Kiron
Victor Orban
Hungary
Jans
Elizabeth Peters
Necker
Hamburg
Germany
United States
Elizabeth
Derk
White Iowan
Detroit
Mapleton
Mason City
Sherman
Atlanta
Sioux City
Denison
Storm Lake
2017 the year norms fell and civility faded
Leonard Pitts Jr notes 2017 saw the erosion of public norms and a fractured political covenant. He argues the year accelerated disrespect for institutions, coarseness, and distrust, while highlighting the resilience of civil society as a duty for 2018 and beyond.
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Usain Bolt
FBI
CIA
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Douglas Burns
Sac County
Boone
Glidden
Peters
Carroll Daily Times Herald
Carrollspaper.com
Leonard Pitts JR
Politico
America
MLK
RFK
H.W. Brands
University of Texas
Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Bush
Leonard Pitts
Tribune News Service
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Miamiherald
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