Chris Jones
@theswinerepublic.bsky.social
Author of the book The Swine Republic, Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality and blogging at https://riverraccoon.substack.com
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Todd Dorman on Substack: "[Chris] Jones knows the sort of reception he’ll get from powerful interests. They’ll burn the crops and blow up the bridges before they let him get elected. “I have no fear of that. Because I have nothing to lose here,” Jones said. #iowa
Jones believes facts can beat ‘cropaganda’
Researcher who has been sounding the alarm on Iowa's dirty water for years is considering a run for secretary of agriculture in 2026
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November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Todd Dorman on Substack: "[Chris] Jones knows the sort of reception he’ll get from powerful interests. They’ll burn the crops and blow up the bridges before they let him get elected. “I have no fear of that. Because I have nothing to lose here,” Jones said. #iowa
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Can we talk about how Iowa reeks like a pig sty? • Chris Jones wants to have that conversation
Can we talk about how Iowa reeks like a pig sty?
Chris Jones wants to have that conversation
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November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Can we talk about how Iowa reeks like a pig sty? • Chris Jones wants to have that conversation
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Well, well, well…❤️
Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message. n.pr/3XLWU62
Democrats plan a new investment in winning rural voters, who've fled the party
Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Well, well, well…❤️
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Help me recruit 100 Iowans to run for State House next year so we go to Des Moines and change the laws to literally clean up our state - @theiowa100.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Help me recruit 100 Iowans to run for State House next year so we go to Des Moines and change the laws to literally clean up our state - @theiowa100.bsky.social
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Iowa
4) “We’re not in a state of crisis. It’s not a water crisis. We’re past that. We’re in a state of failure,” Jones said. “You know, we’re rationing water in our biggest city. We have 6,000 private wells that have been contaminated with nitrate, thousands more with E. coli.”
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Iowa
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1/3 “Perhaps Jones’ biggest break with Iowa political orthodoxy is his opposition to ethanol. Planting a mountain of King Corn for fuel has been bad for our waterways. Big government still is needed to keep the industry afloat..
1/3 “Perhaps Jones’ biggest break with Iowa political orthodoxy is his opposition to ethanol. Planting a mountain of King Corn for fuel has been bad for our waterways. Big government still is needed to keep the industry afloat..
Jones believes facts can beat ‘cropaganda’
Researcher who has been sounding the alarm on Iowa's dirty water for years is considering a run for secretary of agriculture in 2026
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November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
by @tdorman.bsky.social @theswinerepublic.bsky.social
1/3 “Perhaps Jones’ biggest break with Iowa political orthodoxy is his opposition to ethanol. Planting a mountain of King Corn for fuel has been bad for our waterways. Big government still is needed to keep the industry afloat..
1/3 “Perhaps Jones’ biggest break with Iowa political orthodoxy is his opposition to ethanol. Planting a mountain of King Corn for fuel has been bad for our waterways. Big government still is needed to keep the industry afloat..
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Chris Jones, former University of Iowa water quality researcher and farm pollution activist may run for Iowa Sec. of Agriculture. If he does, and looks like he will, it would be most significant race for crucial agriculture post since Jim Hightower ran and won Texas Ag Commissioner race in 1982.
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Chris Jones, former University of Iowa water quality researcher and farm pollution activist may run for Iowa Sec. of Agriculture. If he does, and looks like he will, it would be most significant race for crucial agriculture post since Jim Hightower ran and won Texas Ag Commissioner race in 1982.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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theswinerepublic.
would serve the public interest as
•Iowa Sec of Agriculture
iowademocrats.
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would serve the public interest as
•Iowa Sec of Agriculture
iowademocrats.
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Gov. Reynolds on property taxes, Chris Jones on running for ag sec, and the Epstein Files ... our latest On Iowa Politics podcast is live. Find it where audio streams, on YouTube, or right here: www.thegazette.com/on-iowa-poli...
On Iowa Politics Podcast: Gov. Kim Reynolds talks property taxes
This week on the podcast we discuss Gov. Reynolds talking property taxes, THC drink limits in the government funding bill, a potential Democratic candidate for state ag secretary, and the Iowa delegat...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Gov. Reynolds on property taxes, Chris Jones on running for ag sec, and the Epstein Files ... our latest On Iowa Politics podcast is live. Find it where audio streams, on YouTube, or right here: www.thegazette.com/on-iowa-poli...
Evidently there will be some snowy owls in Iowa this winter. I saw a dead one on the side of the road north of Monticello yesterday and there have been two sightings in Iowa City
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Evidently there will be some snowy owls in Iowa this winter. I saw a dead one on the side of the road north of Monticello yesterday and there have been two sightings in Iowa City
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So it is useful that Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social of Iowa City is exploring a run against Republican Mike Naig for Secretary of Agriculture.
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
So it is useful that Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social of Iowa City is exploring a run against Republican Mike Naig for Secretary of Agriculture.
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1/2 “Agriculture degrades the livability of Iowa. There just cannot be any doubt anymore. Our children and grandchildren see this with more clarity than older generations and many are choosing to leave—for good. My three children are long gone. The tragedy is that..
1/2 “Agriculture degrades the livability of Iowa. There just cannot be any doubt anymore. Our children and grandchildren see this with more clarity than older generations and many are choosing to leave—for good. My three children are long gone. The tragedy is that..
Agriculture degrades the livability of Iowa
But there's hope--it doesn't have to be that way
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November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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1/2 “Agriculture degrades the livability of Iowa. There just cannot be any doubt anymore. Our children and grandchildren see this with more clarity than older generations and many are choosing to leave—for good. My three children are long gone. The tragedy is that..
1/2 “Agriculture degrades the livability of Iowa. There just cannot be any doubt anymore. Our children and grandchildren see this with more clarity than older generations and many are choosing to leave—for good. My three children are long gone. The tragedy is that..
With not a huge amount of effort, Iowa could remain a working landscape while also fostering the well being of people and native plants and animals. Greed and cowardly leaders stand in the way.
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With not a huge amount of effort, Iowa could remain a working landscape while also fostering the well being of people and native plants and animals. Greed and cowardly leaders stand in the way.
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Can we talk about how #Iowa reeks like a pig sty? www.stormlake.com/stories/can-...
Can we talk about how Iowa reeks like a pig sty? - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Iowa has reeked for several weeks as an armada of honey wagons sprayed their brown bounty on black dirt, followed by the white anhydrous ammonia tanks. They’re everywhere as I traveled …
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November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Can we talk about how #Iowa reeks like a pig sty? www.stormlake.com/stories/can-...
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I’ll be speaking at this.
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I’ll be speaking at this.