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The Fourth Amendment Under Fire
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit the Iowa Capitol with my oldest daughter for her fifth-grade field trip. Watching her walk through those halls while she’s been deep-diving into the Bill of Rights really hit home. It’s one thing to read about the Amendments in a textbook; it’s another to see how they…
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The Dark Side of AI
Is our intelligence being metered? 🔌🧠 We’re living in a strange era where the very things meant to “expand” our minds might actually be shrinking them. We are watching a perfect storm of cognitive decline, and it’s time to start sounding the alarm. 🚨 We’re seeing a generation being raised to outsource their thinking before…
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Why I’m Raising My Children to See Beyond the Narrative
From Channel One to Total Silence I remember sitting in my middle school classroom following the 9/11 era, watching Channel One News. Even then, there was likely a layer of propaganda, but at least we were given a window into the world. Today? Our schools are often so preoccupied with being “politically correct” that our…
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Our Tax Dollars, Their Secrets
The $18 Million Cover-Up It’s hard to find the words when you realize exactly how your hard-earned money is being spent in Washington. As a mama, a taxpayer, and a proud Iowan, I’m used to hearing that there’s “no room in the budget.” We’re told there isn’t enough for our local public schools. There isn’t…
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4 Burning Questions for Ankeny’s 2026 Candidates
A Midwest Millennial Mama’s Take It’s no secret that things are heating up in Iowa politics, and right here in Ankeny, the 2026 elections are already taking shape. While the big headlines might be about the Governor’s race (and you know I’ve been busy supporting Zach Lahn!), the people representing us right here in Des…
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Why the “Billionaire Class” Wants Your Child’s Screen
Throughout my cancer journey, I started having visions and thoughts about the future so much so that I started writing about it. It eventually developed into a fictional, sci-fi, dystopian novel based on my medical trauma that is in the works… more to come on that later. 👀 But one of the things I’ve imagined…
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Buying the Truth: The Maxwell Monopoly
If you’ve been following the headlines over the last few years, you know the name Maxwell. But long before Ghislaine Maxwell became a household name for all the wrong reasons, her father, Robert Maxwell, was quietly pulling the strings of a different empire: The American Public School System. As a Master Educator who spent nearly…
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