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lylemuller.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, retired but working as professional adviser for Grinnell College’s Scarlet & Black newspaper. Iowa Hawkeyes. Grandpa. Actually writing a book instead of thinking about it. https://thesandb.com https://investigatemidwest.org
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If you care about the corporations that produce your food and how they do it consider supporting @investigatemidwest.bsky.social with a donation. Big things are happening because of your support. ://investigatemidwest.org/donate-3/

Great sources for finding bad actors. Thanks to @ninaelkadi.com open.substack.com/pub/cornbelt...

Here is one impact Of Iowa’s farm policy. It isn’t pretty. open.substack.com/pub/riverrac...

Bluesky-bombing bad. X-bombing glorious.

IRE has awarded the 2025 Don Bolles Medal to Rocío Gallegos of La Verdad. Gallegos has courageously reported from the U.S.-Mexico border since 1994, exposing government corruption and helping to report the truth behind the murders of two other journalists. www.ire.org/2025-don-bol...

So relieved there is no global warming. (clears throat)

Sioux City, IA 3 PM Ob 97/70 + 24 kt sustained winds. I have no other observations at those thresholds, with archives back to 1939.

Deportations threaten South Omaha neighborhood built by meatpacking and immigrants investigatemidwest.org/2025/06/16/d...

If you value important, investigative reporting on the ag sector, you need to support Investigate Midwest. There’s a big fund drive going on right now. Meantime. You can read stories like one out today that deals with Immigration crackdown affects on your food supply.

Taking a closer look at Vance Luther Boelter, who he is but also who he is not. open.substack.com/pub/takes48/...

Thanks to my new subscribers over the weekend. Feel free to read my earlier pieces. open.substack.com/pub/lylemuller

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Minnesota shooting suspect may have targeted Iowa lawmakers as well, officials say www.press-citizen.com/story/news/c...

Time to shape some thoughts about a surreal Saturday in this country, now that we can step back and understand context. open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...

Totally nuts that a fact check is needed on this, but here it is. mailchi.mp/politifact/d...

Maure from the No Kings rally in Des Moines. open.substack.com/pub/theiowam...

Nice story from @patkinney.bsky.social about something you might not know, but should, about a former Iowa legislator. patkinney.substack.com

Video from No Kings rally in Des Moines.

From the cesspool formerly known as Twitter: this is why today’s No King rallies are important.

Huge Des Moines No Kings rally. All peaceful.

Fox News has the Minnesota murders figured out. Left-wing rhetoric that has led to overall rhetoric that brings others in, Tim Walz rhetoric, Minnesota law weak so FBI is needed, we need to bring the temperature of conversation down, look what happened to Steve Scalise. No mention of Gabby Gifford.

Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church pray this morning for Minnesota Legislator and spouse shooting victims.

I know I’ve posted this a few times but I want this story to be read during these troubled times. lylemuller.substack.com/p/trying-tim... @iowaumchurch.bsky.social @unitedmethodist.bsky.social @lgbtqreads.bsky.social

New law from Iowa's first female governor will send women spiralling backwards open.substack.com/pub/basurekh...

We have to do something about how cruel we are to some Iowans. open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...

Trying times for trans Iowans dealing with new, cruel laws open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...

LGBTQIA+ Iowans, including Pastor Sean, have a lot to digest | Opinion www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...

Oklahoma's loophole: How Tyson’s water use goes unchecked investigatemidwest.org/2025/06/11/o...

“Powerful algorithms that fuel social media platforms are feeding users days-old & sometimes completely fake content about recent unrest in LA, contributing to a sense of nonstop crisis that doesn’t exist beyond a small part of the sprawling city,” write @brianstelter.bsky.social & Sean Lyngaas. 🧵

I will save you the time of searching. No Iowans signed.

Jesus, what have we learned? open.substack.com/pub/blackiow...

Re: the June 14 Trump birthday military parade. "The estimated cost? Somewhere between $25 million and $45 million. ... Irony? The #military is being politicized for the benefit of a president who avoided serving," writes Julie Gammack. open.substack.com/pub/okobojiw...

Meet the New Officer Friendly. That is a rhetorical title. open.substack.com/pub/takes48/...

Interesting thought: if California’s lawsuit is sound legally per precedent, does it die because the Supreme Court ruled that the president can do what he wants because he determines presidential policy? That is where are. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/09/g...

Juneteenth survives in Iowa City during Iowa's anti-diversity, equity, inclusion efforts. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/IAI...

With the degradation of the FBI and other national security institutions, we are sitting ducks for a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil. I gifted this article to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

Some facts on vaccines. mailchi.mp/politifact/f...

How Big Ag thwarted wetlands protections in Illinois and Iowa investigatemidwest.org/2025/05/28/h...

Everything has a price. investigatemidwest.org/2025/05/28/s...

This is the Iowa United Methodist Church response to the cruel efforts to drop diversity, equity, and inclusion from our society. Bravo. iaumc-email.brtapp.com/viewinsite/5...