What's the matter with Iowa? The bad optics of the all-white membership of the Board of Regents

 

Photos:  Iowa Board of Regents

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 11/16/2023

The nine-member board voted to adopt the recommendation Thursday at its meeting in Cedar Falls. A law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds this year required the regents to review diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at the state's public universities. 

Republican lawmakers, who control the Iowa Legislature, chastised administrators for the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa this spring over the cost of their DEI programs.

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2023

November

Its GOP caucusgoers are drooling, Koolaid-swilling idiots.  (11/1)

October 

Kimmi the Clown's censorship binge.  (10/26)

September 

Transphobia run amok.  (9/13)

Clown Show US House delegation goose-stepping with Freedom Caucus crazies.  (9/13/2023)

Kimmi the Clown's happy talk and twisted priorities.  (9/8)

GOP voters boogie their way to doomsday with Vivek climate change is a hoax Ramaswamy.  (9/4)

GOP in-your-face racism and homophobia.  (9/2)

August

Kimmi the Clowns power grab. (8/31)

Kimmi the Clown's warped priorities.  (8/30)

Majority of most Iowa GOP caucusgoers.  (8/23)

GOP hypocrisy and Kimmi the Clown's crackpot education policies.  (8/10)

What's the matter with Iowa?  Kimmi the Clown's frantic antics.  (8/3)

July

GOP legislators are at the beck and call of Bob Vander Putz.  (7/13)

Bluenoses are in charge.  (7/12/) 

What's the matter with Iowa?  Political clowns like Attorney General Brenna Bird.  (7/11)

Kimmi the Clown spends too much time with her shovel.  (7/10/2023)

June

Abortion foes at Iowa March for Life attempt to wag the dog.  (6/25)

What;s the matter with Iowa?  The list grows longer and longer.  (6/26)

May

Kimmi the Clown's misplaced priorities!  (5/30/2023)

This is the real Iowa.  (5/20)

Republicans in Iowa House remain squeamish about birth control.  (5/12)

April

Sexual Aversion Disorder and homophobia is running rampant within the ranks.  (4/20)

What's the matter with Iowa?  An increasing lack of transparency.  (4/19)

Iowa GOP fights crime and inflation by watering down child labor laws.  (4/18)

GOP fights crime and inflation by restricting SNAP benefits.  (4/16)

Attorney General Brenna Bird fights crime by freezing funds for emergency contraception.  (4/9)

March

Trump snookered old, rural white folks who identified with his racism in most of the states 99 counties.  (3/21) 

What's the matter with Iowa?  Plenty!  (3/18)

January

What's the matter with Iowa?  Well, you can start at the top of state government.  (1/14)

2022

It looks like a case of cause and effect.  (11/9)

2021

Actually, it appears that 58% of Iowans, many of them nice, are slowly being poisoned to death.  (11/26)

What's the matter with Iowa?  (series)

2018

What's the matter with Iowa? Health benefit plans mean you're screwed when it comes to pre-existing conditions.  (10/5)