Monthly Archives: March 2018

Computer Scientist Barbara Simons Proves How Easy It Is To Hack Elections—And How It Can Be Stopped

Editor’s note: I stumbled on this diary on dailykos.com the other day. Dailykos has a policy of allowing full reprints of their articles provided they are given full acknowledgment. This diary is a good summation of the horrible mess that … Continue reading

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America’s War On Kids

video 4 minutes, not safe for work Seems like there has always been a war on kids in this country. However, since Nixon’s brilliant strategy of getting back at the hippies and blacks for their part in the civil rights … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: High Holy Days Of Basketball Are Upon Us

Readers of this column know that there are some things that your friendly quizmaster holds sacred. Basketball tournament time is time to shut down and bathe in the glow of some great games, some upsets and the buzzer beaters. We … Continue reading

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MEMO: Republicans Wage War on Women’s Health Care

Editor’s note: This extremely important analysis of the Republican war on women’s health care arrived in email on International Women’s Day. This should be a major consideration when you vote this fall: To: Interested Parties From: Matt Sinovic, Progress Iowa … Continue reading

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Backfill Cut Is BS

Editor’s note: This ‘on the money’ rant from a friend landed in my mailbox on Friday morning. It is quite self explanatory You can email your legislator and urge them to vote NO on SF 2081- backfill elimination bill. Backfill? … Continue reading

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Republican “Dirty Dozen” Bills Pending in Iowa Legislature

Action Alert from Senator Rob Hogg – If you want to speak up about any of these bills, you can find contact information for House members, including committee membership, at http://www.legis.iowa.gov. We are dealing with lots of bad bills coming … Continue reading

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Jim Jefferies On Guns

ICYMI, Jim Jefferies offers this hilarious, accurate take on our continuing fake national conversation about guns and the second amendment.  Must see video. Part 2

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Loebsack Rural Wireless Access Act Passes House

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the House passed his legislation, the Rural Wireless Access Act. This bipartisan bill was incorporated into the larger Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Reauthorization Act, which passed the House … Continue reading

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How Sinclair Is Using Local News To Terrorize America

These are your local Sinclair stations in Iowa –  KGAN/KFXA Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Dubuque-Iowa City, KDSM-TV Des Moines,  KPTH Sioux City and KTVO Ottumwa-Kirksville, MO.   Find out more about Iowa and Sinclair here  here  here. mediamatters.org/ Local news giant Sinclair Broadcast Group … Continue reading

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Answering 538′s Gerrymandering Question

Follow this blog!  You won’t find it on Facebook or Twitter and as far as we can tell, you can’t subscribe to it. You have to actually go there. ### iowahighwayends.net/blog/ Political/statistical analysis website 538 says fixing gerrymandering is hard. … Continue reading

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