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BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Former Iowa lawmaker gives master class on sucking up to Trump

Originally published on August 4 When I saw former State Representative Joe Mitchell’s guest column in the Des Moines Register in late June, my first thought was, “What federal government job is he angling for?” His op-ed was an embarrassing piece of hagiography about Donald Trump—or as Mitchell put it, “the most consequential president ever.” I got […]

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