In Iowa, a judge has closed the courtroom door on Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer, dismissing a legal challenge rooted in a 2024 poll whose findings the former president found unacceptable. The ruling places a quiet but firm boundary between political grievance and legal remedy, affirming that unfavorable data, however disputed, does not constitute actionable harm. Courts have long guarded the space where opinion, prediction, and editorial judgment live — and this decision reminds us that the contest over truth in a democracy is meant to be wag