Iowa Government Entities Should Get Out of License Plate Surveillance Contracts

Iowa ACLU and University of Iowa Technical Law Clinic Release Exhaustive and Alarming Report on Automatic License Plate Readers Statewide

Local governments in Iowa should pause the use of automated license plate readers, civil rights advocates said last month, arguing the devices infringe on the privacy of drivers who have not violated any laws.

Automated License Plate Readers in Iowa: Review and Recommendations by ACLU Iowa Dec 2026

The ACLU's 63-page report released last month is a very valuable and exhaustive work product that every elected official who has an oath of office to uphold the state and federal constitution, and protect the governed who consented to have their rights protected, should read.

Over the past five years, I have offered my rationale for believing the events that unfolded in D.C. on January 6, 2021 (J6) was far less an insurrection and far more a fedsurrection because review of the enormous amount of evidence available proves this conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt.  But Americans have to be willing to review such evidence for themselves to understand how much proof there actually is, how incontrovertible it is, and how heartbreaking it is that such a profound degree of division and condemnation could ever occur en masse toward innocents, most of whom are family members, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, based entirely on a maliciously conjured fiction for no other reason than to punish a perceived political enemy, Donald J Trump, and his supporters.

Remember the national uproar last November when US Representative Chuy Garcia bowed out of his re-election race at the last minute and quietly passed petitions to put his chief of staff Patty Garcia on the ballot? We saw a lesser, but still quite palpable, mass grumbling when state Rep Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, did the same that month for his chief of staff Justin Cochran, who was subsequently appointed to the House by the district’s Democratic township committeepersons after Moylan resigned.

Governor JB Pritzker set off a chain reaction last November when he told reporters he’d be open to changes in the SAFE-T Act, which eliminated cash bail and replaced it with a new pre-trial release/retention system, among other things. Governor Pritzker was asked about the case of a woman, Bethany MaGee, who was horrifically set ablaze while riding on a Chicago commuter train.

The first indication that I was in serious trouble came when the second defense attorney I contacted in Washington, DC, informed me that the Constitution—the supreme law of the land in the United States – did not apply in our nation’s capital. The first attorney who told me that was just wrong, I thought. But when the second guy told me the same thing,

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The 3 Faces of Uncle Scam by Ed Newmann copyright 2025

Ed Newmann Cartoon "The 3 Faces of Uncle Scam" - 2 June 2025 - copyright 2025

Political Ideology Is Not Driving Socialisim's Rise in Global Cities, Structural Stability Amidst Unseen Resources Is

Over my 67 years in the Midwest, I’ve watched generations leave small towns for larger cities. I understand the appeal: opportunity, stimulation, anonymity, convenience. Alongside this pervasive trend, a political shift is taking place: socialism has become more acceptable and capitalism less revered, especially in the nation’s largest metros.

Propaganda has proven itself to be among the most useful tools in the behavior modifiers' toolbox for capturing human cognitivity and strategically directing it to predetermined, highly specific conclusions. The success of propaganda campaigns depends on the techniques used, and the resources available for deploying and anchoring propaganda, including whether said messaging induces harmony or discord relative to the established hierarchy of social norms and mores.

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