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Kedron Bardwell
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I teach American politics, public policy, and an Honors class on conspiracy theories and disinformation @SimpsonPoliSci. Research on clergy & the Iowa caucuses.
Jun 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This is why we need Red Flag laws, as @DavidAFrench stated last week. Someone charged with domestic abuse or stalking should not have access to a gun & should at least temporarily lose right to have one. frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/pass-and-enf… Man had a restraining order against against him and he *still* able to buy 9mm ammunition moments before he killed 2 innocent young women.
Aug 6, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Here in Iowa, a quick lesson on bad (politicized) public policy and the law of unintended consequences:

Kim Reynolds and the Iowa GOP hated mask mandates so much that they rushed through a midnight bill (*on a school night!*) to ban mask rules in any Iowa K-12 public school.

1/ Many Iowa GOP leaders have vocally opposed *any* mask mandate, even if put in place by private companies or churches to protect people. But they did NOT have the power to intrude on and ban those private rules.

So how did a K-12 mask ban affect Iowa's many private colleges?

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Jun 17, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
"Rayshard Brooks was cooperative...a [pat-down] yielded no weapon."

"Once Brooks was shot...for 2 minutes, 12 seconds there is NO medical attention. What we discovered is during [that time] Rolfe actually kicked Brooks while he was fighting for his life." US Sup Ct case TN v. Garner says "when an officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may NOT use deadly force to prevent an escape unless the officer has probable cause to believe the suspect poses an immediate threat of death, or serious physical injury to that officer."
Jun 1, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Powerful moment of unity in Iowa tonight: first one black and one white officer take a knee.

Then the entire squad. Update:

May 23, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
One of most influential conservative US pastors 😳

"[Trump] deemed churches essential...we're gonna go to church this Sunday."

"He didn't lay down any demands. All of us know masks do NO good; it's useless!"

"We are going to sing at least 8 or 9 hymns." vimeo.com/421765427 Nothing like risking the safety of your flock to thumb your nose at science and political correctness.
Aug 4, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Expect to hear more on "the Great Replacement." The white supremacist theory bemoans low white birth rates leading to cultural 'replacement' by non-whites (Muslims, Jews, Hispanics, etc).

Sound familiar?

Think "Jews will not replace us," Charlottesville. nytimes.com/2019/03/18/tec… You know who else is a big fan of Replacement Theory:

Iowa's Steve King.

Remember "We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies"? The post by King has never been taken down. Here it is, still there.