Scott A. Hall
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Central Iowa Citizen of the World. Democracy, the rule of law, Iowa Hawkeyes, literature, and the American Way.
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UIowa Religious Studies chair said Jay Holstein often got emails from students thanking him - some 10 yrs later. "It was after I had seen maybe 20 of these in one semester that I realized, whatever it is, there’s something really important going on here."
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Beloved University of Iowa religious studies professor Jay Holstein dies at 87
"He just had that kind of philosophical mind and artistic mind where he wanted to uncover truths about human life, or get students to ask questions about their meaning in life, or how to deal with som...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
UIowa Religious Studies chair said Jay Holstein often got emails from students thanking him - some 10 yrs later. "It was after I had seen maybe 20 of these in one semester that I realized, whatever it is, there’s something really important going on here."
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At 17, Gary Tyler was sentenced to death by an all white jury for a crime he didn’t commit. He was released from prison at age 57, after spending 42 years behind bars.
Wrongful convictions are a feature, not a bug, of the death penalty. We must end it once and for all.
Wrongful convictions are a feature, not a bug, of the death penalty. We must end it once and for all.
Gary Tyler Spent 42 Years on Death Row. Racism Put Him There. | ACLU
Tyler’s case shows how bias, fear, and discrimination drive wrongful convictions — and why confronting racial injustice in the legal system remains urgent today.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At 17, Gary Tyler was sentenced to death by an all white jury for a crime he didn’t commit. He was released from prison at age 57, after spending 42 years behind bars.
Wrongful convictions are a feature, not a bug, of the death penalty. We must end it once and for all.
Wrongful convictions are a feature, not a bug, of the death penalty. We must end it once and for all.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
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“.. a photographer captured .. Bessent reading a text message .. assumed to have been forwarded by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins because it is signed ‘BR’”, with the words of Iowa grain trader Ben Scholl, “who was furious about financial support” for Argentina.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“.. a photographer captured .. Bessent reading a text message .. assumed to have been forwarded by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins because it is signed ‘BR’”, with the words of Iowa grain trader Ben Scholl, “who was furious about financial support” for Argentina.
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Anyone care for a midafternoon shower? 🍾
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Anyone care for a midafternoon shower? 🍾
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"Painting Kurt Vonnegut" | Artist Red Danielson Reads His 'Iowa Magazine' Essay youtu.be/RFvllylQ39o?...
Painting Kurt Vonnegut | Artist Red Danielson Reads His Iowa Magazine Essay
YouTube video by University of Iowa Alumni
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September 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Painting Kurt Vonnegut" | Artist Red Danielson Reads His 'Iowa Magazine' Essay youtu.be/RFvllylQ39o?...
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"Painting Kurt Vonnegut: An Iowa Artist Celebrates a Workshop Legend" In this personal essay, Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Red Danielson takes a colorful voyage to discover the face of the literary icon 60 years after his arrival in Iowa City
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Painting Kurt Vonnegut: An Iowa Artist Celebrates a Workshop Legend
In this personal essay, Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Red Danielson takes a colorful voyage to discover the face of the literary icon 60 years after his arrival in Iowa City.
magazine.foriowa.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Painting Kurt Vonnegut: An Iowa Artist Celebrates a Workshop Legend" In this personal essay, Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Red Danielson takes a colorful voyage to discover the face of the literary icon 60 years after his arrival in Iowa City
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The Trump team is out there trying to normalize an utterly immoral sellout of UKR
Matt Whitaker, US ambassador to NATO, on a Ukraine land swap:
"in other contexts...to get a line that both sides can agree to, certain strategic pieces that benefit either side are exchanged [to] make sure that they can both defend their territory."
Both? What territory does Russia need to defend?
"in other contexts...to get a line that both sides can agree to, certain strategic pieces that benefit either side are exchanged [to] make sure that they can both defend their territory."
Both? What territory does Russia need to defend?
US Ambassador to NATO: ‘It’s possible’ Zelensky will attend Trump-Putin summit | CNN Politics
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker discusses the upcoming Alaska summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. CNN’s Dana Bash presses him on whether Trump can trust Putin.
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August 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Trump team is out there trying to normalize an utterly immoral sellout of UKR
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
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July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
July 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
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If you know someone who would grab the Iowa football beat and own it with authority, forward this to them. For true pros only: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Recruitment
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June 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you know someone who would grab the Iowa football beat and own it with authority, forward this to them. For true pros only: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Are you working in civil rights enforcement for the federal government and being made to investigate racial equity programs OR are you an organization being investigated or had your federal funds stripped for racial equity work? Message me. Signal: nhannahjones.67
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Are you working in civil rights enforcement for the federal government and being made to investigate racial equity programs OR are you an organization being investigated or had your federal funds stripped for racial equity work? Message me. Signal: nhannahjones.67
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Your regular reminder that the entire global economy is subject to the whipsaw whims of a person who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
May 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Your regular reminder that the entire global economy is subject to the whipsaw whims of a person who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
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It's great to be back in Cedar Rapids.
May 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's great to be back in Cedar Rapids.
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After signing a letter to AG Pam Bondi (also signed by more than 150 former state and federal judges), former US District Court Judge Mark Bennett commented to me on Trump's "relentless personal attacks on federal judges who invalidate his executive orders":
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Former Iowa judges condemn Trump administration's attacks on judiciary
Former U.S. District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett and former Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus signed an open letter to Pam Bondi.
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May 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
After signing a letter to AG Pam Bondi (also signed by more than 150 former state and federal judges), former US District Court Judge Mark Bennett commented to me on Trump's "relentless personal attacks on federal judges who invalidate his executive orders":
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/05/07/f...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/05/07/f...
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The Big Lie undergirding MAGA’s immigration posture is that immigrants are fundamentally parasitic, they just take from the host country. It’s a fascist conception and also just obviously wrong if you think about it for more than 10 seconds.
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Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson
Jesús Rodríguez, a Venezuelan national whose U.S. humanitarian parole status is set to expire soon, decided to voluntarily leave the United States out of worry of being detained.
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May 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Big Lie undergirding MAGA’s immigration posture is that immigrants are fundamentally parasitic, they just take from the host country. It’s a fascist conception and also just obviously wrong if you think about it for more than 10 seconds.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
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Eighty years ago today, American forces liberated Dachau, the longest operating Nazi concentration camp.
Scenes of the aftermath are among those captured by Hollywood director George Stevens, who led a special unit of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in rare color footage of WWII. 🧵
Scenes of the aftermath are among those captured by Hollywood director George Stevens, who led a special unit of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in rare color footage of WWII. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Eighty years ago today, American forces liberated Dachau, the longest operating Nazi concentration camp.
Scenes of the aftermath are among those captured by Hollywood director George Stevens, who led a special unit of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in rare color footage of WWII. 🧵
Scenes of the aftermath are among those captured by Hollywood director George Stevens, who led a special unit of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in rare color footage of WWII. 🧵
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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ACS's Ashley Erickson: "Practicing law is a privilege & comes with the responsibility to stand up to lawlessness. [...] We must stand together against efforts to intimidate us and erode our freedoms."
Join the Law Day of Action near you to stand up for the rule of law. lawdayofaction.org
Join the Law Day of Action near you to stand up for the rule of law. lawdayofaction.org
National Law Day of Action
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April 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ACS's Ashley Erickson: "Practicing law is a privilege & comes with the responsibility to stand up to lawlessness. [...] We must stand together against efforts to intimidate us and erode our freedoms."
Join the Law Day of Action near you to stand up for the rule of law. lawdayofaction.org
Join the Law Day of Action near you to stand up for the rule of law. lawdayofaction.org
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I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
April 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
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If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.
April 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.
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Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech:
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech:
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”
“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”