Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) was in Montana over the weekend raising money for Rep. Denny Rehberg, who announced his bid to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Bachmann said she’s become obsessed with repealing “Obamacare,” and that Republicans need to take over the United States Senate in order to shut down Obama’s “reign of error.”
“I take my first political breath every morning with one thought in mind — repeal Obamacare,” Bachmann said, according to the Missoulian. “That’s my motivation in life. … This bill is something else. It is the crown jewel of socialism. President Obama, and I’m willing to say it, ushered in socialism under his watch.”
“My opinion is we can’t shut this president down fast enough,” Bachmann said.
During her last visit to The Hawkeye State, Bachmann also brought up socialism in discussing health care reform legislation. When asked by The Iowa Independent to elaborate on how health care reform was “socialized medicine,” given the legislation included no government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, Bachmann simply said it would lead to the “collapse of the private insurance industry.”
Bachmann’s trip to Montana comes on the heels of a visit to Hawaii earlier in the week. In two weeks, on Feb. 19, Bachmann will be heading to the early primary state of South Carolina for a fundraiser. On April 11, she’ll return to Iowa to participate in a lecture series organized by The Family Leader. She is openly considering a run for president in 2012.
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