Monthly Archives: September 2023

Abortion Foes Get Powerful New Weapon To Use Against Women

(8:30) It almost seems sometimes like we are living in some dystopian science fiction world where women are more like breeding stock than human. Last week came the announcement that the anti-abortion group has a new weapon in their forced … Continue reading

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It Is Not Congress; It Is The MAGA Republicans

(1:20) Well. At least he knows who should be blamed: Just ran across this post on democraticunderground.com  concerning next week’s impending government shutdown. Remember this is a shutdown that MAGA Republicans just a couple of months ago promised would not … Continue reading

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How The Broadcast Media Aids and Abets the Trump Agenda

Media rant alert! I was going to review the Iowa Press interview with Chuck Grassley, but I was warned off by a friend who watched it before I did and said,  “good gawd – 5 minutes in and it’s one … Continue reading

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Prairie Progressive Fall 2023 Reading List

From the Fall 2023 edition of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is  funded entirely by reader subscription, available in hard copy for $15/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for archived … Continue reading

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How To Help Democrats Stop The Kim Reynolds Agenda

We can all help Iowa House Democrats push back against the Kim Reynolds agenda and Iowa’s dangerous, extremist MAGA R Trifecta.  Leader Konfrst said on this live the fact of the matter is there is not enough money to fund … Continue reading

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Are They All In It Together

Here is the transcript of what is in my opinion the most interesting part of this podcast. Those of you who are old enough to remember, Keith Olbermann was one of the original truth tellers on MSNBC back during the … Continue reading

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The Case For Universal Voting

As former President Barack Obama has said, “It would be transformative if everybody voted – that would counteract money more than anything.” Sharing is caring!

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Pithy Comments From The Week

How many times do you read or hear someone say something that is so witty and to the point but you have no one to share it with at the time. It sure seems like he zingers were coming from … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Happy Constitution Day Edition

5 minutes: MAGA Republicans will once again celebrate by trying to rip it to shreds and then blaming that on the Democrats not stopping them. Happens every year any more. This is also day 3 of Hispanic Heritage month. Questions … Continue reading

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MEMO: Nunn On The Run From Iowans

We got this memo Wednesday from Fairness For Iowa. I suspect this is a subgroup within Progress Iowa. In the following email, Matt Sinovic points out that Iowa’s all Republican (and might I add MAGA) congressional delegation has few public … Continue reading

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