Monthly Archives: June 2021

Ras Smith Takes Positive Message About Iowa To Council Bluffs

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Trish Nelson

“Iowa is a place where I’m proud to raise my daughters…it’s a place that also showed me what community is.. when I hear our governor telling folks that they don’t belong here that they’re somebody else’s problem…that is not in … Continue reading →

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Climate Reality 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Dr. Jerry Schnoor schools us on climate change if you can handle this much reality. But he also says there is still hope.

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Merrick Garland Announces Plan To Prevent Republican Election Stealing

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Trish Nelson
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Is Missouri The Future? Ending Contraceptives?

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Dave Bradley

As you know when the right comes up with what seems to be some wild out of this world “issue” we on the left often wonder what the ultimate end will be. Much like the long ago (50 years?) Powell … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: July 4th A Week From Today Edition

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Dave Bradley

But first  Melanie Moore of Georgia addresses the right wing’s bogus Critical Race Theory crap (2:20)  The right wing and their media empires have taken a truly bogus issue (critical race theory) and ridden it for all it is worth. … Continue reading →

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Covid: A Study In Evolution

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Dave Bradley

The war with the Covid virus at the present time seems to be at an uneasy standoff, at least in the US. We have come to this standoff because a large percentage of our population has decided to do the … Continue reading →

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Grassley, Ernst Put Party Ahead Of Constituents

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Here we go again!! It should come as little surprise to anyone living in Iowa that Iowa’s senators voted against allowing debate in the US Senate for the “For the People Act” that would level the playing field for all … Continue reading →

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How We Can Stop Enbridge’s Toxic Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Moveon.org petitions – Indigenous leaders and allies organized for more than a decade to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and finally won after the project was cancelled earlier this month. Now, we have a chance to come … Continue reading →

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Bernie Wants To Talk About Billionaires

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Trish Nelson

“I think Americans agree…after years and years of worrying about  billionaires and the rich now it’s time to have a budget that speaks to the needs of working families and the climate crisis that we face.” – Bernie Sanders

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How Can We Activate Democracy’s Immune System?

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Trish Nelson

If we can’t regulate the “news” or even stop trolls and foreign operatives from inciting Americans, how can we activate the “immune system” of democracy? – Thom Hartmann ABOUT THE PROGRAM The Thom Hartmann Program is the leading progressive political … Continue reading →

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