Will on TikTok ban and national security theatre
George Will critiques the push to ban TikTok under a new national security rationale. He notes the paradox of targeting a Chinese owned platform while a Japanese firm buys U S Steel, argues for transparency on intelligence sources, questions data risk comparisons with Facebook, and warns against erosion of First Amendment rights and open internet ideals amid broad government power expansion.
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TikTok
U.S
Defense Department
Mike Gallagher
Wis
House
Chinese Communist Party
CCP
China
Mark Warner
D-Va
Senate
Select Committee On Intelligence
Congress
Facebook
Supreme Court
America
Community Letters Critiques Iowa Education Reform And Funding
A retired teacher and substitute argues that school conditions have changed in five to seven years and that legislators base reforms on old views. The letter contends Iowa ranks 14th in PreK-12, criticizes underfunding, private vouchers, and open carry laws, and urges targeted mental health and education funding rather than tax cuts and out-of-state agendas.
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Iowa
America
Peter
Paul
Aeas
AEA
Mandi Remington for Johnson County Supervisor in Democratic Primary
Endorsing Mandi Remington a single mother and former county supervisor candidate who volunteers with CCAN helping 100 area groups fight poverty and hunger. The advocate emphasizes her climate work as an Iowa City Climate Ambassador and aims to close coal plants to provide carbon free energy while improving health and attracting employers.
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Mandi Remington
Mandi
Johnson County
Remington
CCAN
Corridor Community Action Network
Iowa City
Iowa
Departures threaten the House as Congress faces burnout
Norman Sherman reports on a wave of exits from the House as members flee amid bickering and dysfunction. He recalls past colleagues and notes GOP figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Speaker Mike Johnson influencing perceptions of congressional service. Sherman, a Coralville resident, has long worked in politics including as Humphrey's press secretary.
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D.C
Don Fraser
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Bill Gray
Pennsylvania
Peoples’ House
Congress
Johnson County
Linn
Christina Bohannan
University of Iowa
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie
Mike Johnson
Donald Trump
Mary
Mike
Capitol Police
Norman Sherman
Coralville
Hubert Humphrey
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