Jason Benell

Jason Benell lives in Des Moines, Iowa with his wife and two children. He is a combat veteran, former city council candidate, and president of Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers.

Voting for Republicans is Voting for Fascism

Jason Benell July 11, 2024

It is up to all of us to be honest and clear eyed about what it means...

Opposing Ranked Choice Voting Is Opposing Representative Democracy

Jason Benell March 7, 2024

Ranked Choice Voting ought to be the minimum for a representative democracy. Standing against RCV is a...

America Needs Farmers, Just Not Their Politics

Jason Benell January 21, 2024

America Needs Farmers, or more accurately needs a strong agricultural industry, but do they need the regressive...

Just Say No to Santa Claus

Jason Benell December 30, 2023

I am going to come out and say it: Santa Claus is undoubtedly the WORST part of...

The Biggest Threat to Our Liberties is Religious Faith Religious Freedom

The Biggest Threat to Our Liberties is Religious Faith

Jason Benell December 10, 2023

The rights of Iowans are under assault and the origins of these assaults are consistently backed, supported,...

LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025American born doctor from Connecticut with the very foreign sounding name Lisa Anderson receives a l…
Saul Degraw in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Do you know who you are dealing with in terms of monomania?
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Yea I mean I don't want to keep speculating. I have my differences on public policy but in my heart…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025There’s a drip drip drip of new information that, if not calculated, is unfortunate enough to suspec…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025At least one Immigration Judge in SF who was appointed by the Biden administration but still in her…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Surely it's good news. If the polling goes down hard enough, even the rats will moderate.
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Looks like he was swatted last night. FA. FO.
David TC in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025No, he was arrested the first time in 2019 with a group of people at a Home Depot, 2 of whom were (a…
Saul Degraw in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025No, they didn't. If anything, they took one issue where Trump had a slight advantage and lit on fire…
Jaybird in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Townhall now has a column: Did the Trump Administration Set a Trap for Democrats and Media on the 'M…