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‘Iowa Mama Bear’ Cut From Mike Flynn’s Cuckoo Circus
A number of MAGA maniacs are slated to handle subsequent weekend’s gathering in a circus tent turned church simply exterior Nashville, Tennessee.
As in earlier ReAwaken America occasions in different venues, the lead loopy will probably be retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, who known as for our navy to mount a coup after the 2020 election.
The audio system listing consists of Roger Stone, who as soon as mentioned, “Fuck the voting, let’s get proper to the violence. Shoot to kill.”
Additionally on the roster is Mike Lindell, the MyPillow man and unhinged conspiracy theorist, who has mentioned that he possesses sufficient proof to lock up 300 million individuals for all times.
However even the lunatic fringe has its limits. And one ReAwaken America common who has been an enormous hit at different such occasions has been nixed from talking subsequent weekend after she was arrested for harassment and submitting false intercourse abuse claims.
Kimberly Reicks is a 40-year-old mom of seven who teamed up with fellow Ankeny mother Emily Peterson to oppose masks mandates as the 2 “Iowa Mama Bears.” Reicks now faces expenses of concentrating on the opposite Mama Bear’s household with the bogus claims.
Again in Could 2002, Reicks and Peterson rose to MAGA World prominence, after they have been credited with prompting Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to signal a invoice prohibiting college masks mandates. The far-right celeb of the Mama Bears was assured at a ReAwaken America occasion the next month, after they obtained what was described as “the primary Fearless Fighters for American Values Award.” Flynn’s sister Mary learn the quotation.
“This award is given to acknowledge their fearless preventing for the American values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that we maintain close to and pricey to our hearts,” she solemnly informed the gang as if it have been a navy medal for valor. “The Mama Bears work to combat for his or her youngsters and the youngsters of 1000’s of different moms and households throughout the USA are extraordinary and produce nice credit score to themselves, their households, their neighborhood and state, in addition to considerably benefiting the betterment of America. Could God bless these nice heroes.”
For a time, the 2 Mama Bears have been a part of the MAGA firmament. However in April of final this 12 months, there was a falling out. Reicks informed The Day by day Beast it was about cash. Peterson declined to reply a question.
Reicks continued as a lone Mama Bear. She was invited to handle a number of ReAwaken America gatherings and he or she turned one of many extra standard audio system as she prolonged her considerations past masks to such sizzling points as gender identification. Her celeb was additional boosted in October, when she stood earlier than the Ankeny College Board and registered her objections to an after-classes drag present at the highschool. She dramatized her level by all of the sudden stripping to a one-shoulder black leotard and nude tights, an outfit equivalent to what one of many performers had worn.
“I wish to know, does this outfit make you flip your head?” she requested. “Is that this outfit acceptable for anyone right here to see?”
The following day, a police officer confirmed up at her residence, nevertheless it had nothing to do along with her stunt.
The officer informed Reicks that her cellphone and voice have been linked to plenty of recorded nameless calls to the Iowa Division of Human Companies (DHS) making false accusations of kid sexual abuse in Peterson’s household.
Based on a felony grievance filed with the court docket, one name made a bogus declare that Peterson’s husband had watched his daughter undress. The opposite made an equally bogus allegation that considered one of Peterson’s sons had sexually abused her daughter.
The grievance says that Reicks initially denied making the calls however then admitted she had, insisting that she had solely been conveying what her personal daughter had informed her.
A number of days after visiting Reicks at residence, the officer known as to present her the choice of coming in and surrendering slightly than being picked up on expenses of harassment and making false statements.
Reicks ready for her newest closeup.
“I did my hair and make-up, went in at like two o’clock within the morning, smiled for my mugshot,” she informed The Day by day Beast this week.
“I by no means noticed a mugshot like that.”
She was launched pending a preliminary listening to on Jan. 19. A trial is about for Feb. 23.
“I requested for a trial by jury,” she mentioned.
She mentioned she is assured she will probably be acquitted and can quickly be again to addressing ReAwaken America crowds. She could also be joined by her husband, Jonathan Reicks, who’s a navy medic. She says that he was not comfortable when she got here residence very late on the night time the no-mask-mandate invoice was signed.
“He’s like, ‘The place are you at?’” she remembered. “And I’m like, ‘I used to be simply within the governor’s workplace getting the regulation handed.’ He is like, ‘BS what’s the man’s title?’ And I’m like, ‘No, critically…’ I present him an image of me standing subsequent to Governor Reynolds and he simply seems at me and he simply rolled his eyes and went again to mattress. And we’ve been tremendous ever since.”
Reicks will attend this weekend’s ReAwaken America gathering solely as a spectator.
“Usually, I simply converse on stage,” she informed The Day by day Beast. “I can’t converse at this upcoming one as a result of the trial isn’t completed and I get it. I perceive why and I wouldn’t wish to jeopardize anyone or something.”
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – With four victories after intermission, including a technical fall and major decision, the Hawkeyes extended their winning streak over Iowa State to 20 in a row.
The Hawkeyes took the dual 21-15.
Early on, the matched looked dead even, with the teams trading decisions. But at 157 pounds, Iowa State’s Paniro Johnson picked up six points with an injury default win over Jacori Teemer. Teemer appeared to injure his hamstring, but Iowa head coach Tom Brands did not comment further on his status.
Iowa responded four straight wins from Michael Caliendo, Patrick Kennedy, Angelo Ferrari and Stephen Buchanan to seal the dual. Kennedy’s win came by technical fall, Buchanan’s by major decision. Yonger Bastida defeated Ben Kueter at heavyweight to earn the last points for Iowa State.
With the win, Iowa improves to 4-0. With the loss, ISU drops to 1-2.
No. 2 Iowa 21 – No. 12 Iowa State 15
125 – Adrian Meza (ISU) dec. Kale Petersen (Iowa) , 5-1
133 – Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec. Evan Frost (ISU), 11-7
141 – Zach Redding (ISU) dec. Ryder Block (Iowa), 5-4
149 – Kyle Parco (Iowa) dec. Anthony Echemendia (ISU), 4-3
157 – Paniro Johnson (ISU) inj. default Jacori Teemer (IA), 3:32
165 – Michael Caliendo (Iowa) dec. Connor Euton (ISU), 12-7
174 – Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech. fall Aiden Riggins (ISU), 19-4
184 – Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) dec. Evan Bockman (ISU), 8-2
197 – Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) major dec. #20 Christian Carroll, 10-0
285 – Yonger Bastida (ISU) dec. Ben Kueter (Iowa), 7-2
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The Iowa Hawkeyes were able to cobble together a 29-13 win over the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday afternoon in spite of entering the game with major distractions.
The chief distraction at hand was the status of Iowa’s quarterback situation, as the Hawkeyes were forced to roll with Jackson Stratton thanks to Cade McNamara and Brendan Sullivan both being sidelined.
McNamara’s status was particularly murky, as the initial consensus was that he would regain his starting job once it was revealed that Sullivan would be out for the season with an ankle injury.
However, confusion over McNamara’s availability made things, as head coach Kirk Ferentz would say, “cloudy,” and he ended up not being medically cleared to play due to a concussion he suffered back on Oct. 26.
Either way, Iowa emerged victorious in spite of Stratton going 10-of-14 for 76 yards. Kaleb Johnson carried the day, as per usual, racking up 164 yards and a touchdown on 35 carries. Kamari Moulton also rattled off 114 yards, with 68 of those yards coming on a touchdown scamper.
But even with the running game operating smoothly (for the most part), you just felt like the Hawkeyes were lacking.
Maryland is not a good football team, so beating the Terrapins is not really a good barometer to determine how well Iowa played.
Because I’ll be honest: if the Hawkeyes faced an even decent ballclub on Saturday, they may very well have lost with all of the opportunities they blew.
Iowa had to settle for five field goals, and Moulton fumbled inside the red zone early in the first quarter. This should have been a much wider margin of victory than 16 points.
Yes, the defense held serve, but, again, it’s Maryland we’re talking about here.
The 2024 season has been a cluster of inconsistency for the Hawkeyes. They entered the season full of promise, but it has not materialized like they hoped.
It has reached a point where it has almost feels like Iowa needs to put this thing out of its misery. The Hawkeyes have no quarterback. They have no weapons in the passing game. Their defense isn’t quite as stingy as it was last season.
Iowa is 7-4, but it has been unable to put together a stretch of consistently sound football all year long. Fans are frustrated, and just getting a run-of-the-mill bowl game is not going to satisfy them.
Things need to change at Iowa City, because what the Hawkeyes are doing now isn’t working. The offense needs an overhaul. No more skirting the issue under center and with wide receivers.
The problem is this isn’t the NFL. You can’t just sign a bunch of free agents, make trades and draft players overnight. It’s going to involve a stark change in recruiting, and Iowa is somehow going to have to land a couple of big names via the transfer portal.
I don’t want to rain on the parade. The Hawkeyes won, and that’s great. Be proud of the kids for playing their guts out in the face of all of the adversity.
But man, it has certainly been a pedestrian season.
Iowa will close things out against Nebraska next week.
Iowa wrestling coach Clarissa Chun breaks down pair of dual wins
Iowa wrestling’s Clarissa Chun holds press conference after pair of dual wins over William Jewell and Cornell College
The rich continue to get richer.
The Iowa women’s wrestling program added to an already loaded roster late Friday night with the commitment of Isabella Marie Gonzalez. She is the No. 3 pound-for-pound recruit in girls high school wrestling regardless of age and the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2025.
Gonzalez, who is ranked No. 1 nationally at 120 pounds at the high school level by USAWrestling, has the makings of a star. She was the U17 World Team representative (finishing fifth) for the United States at 53 kilograms this summer. She was also a U17 Pan-American Games champion in 2023, fitting the mold of what coach Clarissa Chun looks for in international success.
From the state of California, she is a two-time state champion, a multi-time Fargo medalist and a Super 32 champion.
“I am excited to announce my official commitment to the University of Iowa,” Gonzalez wrote in an Instagram post. “Thank you to everyone who has continued to support me through my journey. Go Hawkeyes!”
This is the first commit of the 2025 class for the Hawkeyes, who brought in seven freshmen and 11 total new faces in 2024. Given the proposed roster limits of 30 coming next season, the number of newcomers isn’t likely to match or exceed the 2024 number.
Regardless, this is a high-profile addition for the Hawkeyes in a weight that needed some additional talent. The lone question is whether that will be at 117 or 124 pounds for the Hawkeyes. Her addition to depth behind Brianna Gonzalez at 117 or potentially competing for a spot right away at 124 pounds will be a welcome addition either way.
Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.
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