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Christina Bohannan Guest Columnist As a law professor, I am a strong defender of free speech. Defending free speech as a constitutional principle means defending the right of people to speak even when I disagree with their message. As a Democratic State Representative from Iowa City, I have heard a lot, recently, about how Iowa Republicans believe they are victims of First Amendment violations against conservative speech. The Iowa House Government Oversight Committee held hearings to review complaints that the Regents' universities infringed on conservative students’ free speech rights. In ...

Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz announced his resignation. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Moskowitz is resigning in order to spend more time with his family. Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed Monday that Florida Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz is leaving the job after two years running point on the state’s response to hurricanes and COVID-19. Deputy Director Kevin Guthrie will replace Moskowitz, though a timeline was not given. DeSantis praised the work of the emergency management division and thanked Moskowitz, a Democrat whose wife and two sons continued ...

By Christina Bohannan, State Representative, Iowa House District 85; law professor, University of Iowa As a law professor, I am a strong defender of free speech. Defending free speech as a constitutional principle means defending the right of people to speak even when I disagree with their message. As a Democratic State Representative from Iowa City, I have heard a lot recently about how Iowa Republicans believe they are victims of First Amendment violations against conservative speech. The Iowa House Government Oversight Committee held hearings to review complaints that the Regents Universi...

By Dan O'Donnell Dec 16, 2020 A second presidential elector who cast one of Wisconsin's ten electoral votes for Joe Biden in Madison this week falsely claimed to be indefinitely confined to her home and likely committed election fraud, "The Dan O'Donnell Show" has discovered. A Wisconsin Elections Commission list of indefinitely confined voters shows that Shelia Stubbs, a Democratic State Representative in Madison, claimed indefinite confinement even though she has actively campaigned for re-election this fall and has been active in her family's church. Under Wisconsin Statute 6.86(2), voter...

By Dan O'Donnell Dec 16, 2020 A second presidential elector who cast one of Wisconsin's ten electoral votes for Joe Biden in Madison this week falsely claimed to be indefinitely confined to her home and likely committed election fraud, "The Dan O'Donnell Show" has discovered. A Wisconsin Elections Commission list of indefinitely confined voters shows that Shelia Stubbs, a Democratic State Representative in Madison, claimed indefinite confinement even though she has actively campaigned for re-election this fall and has been active in her family's church. Under Wisconsin Statute 6.86(2), voter...