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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
Posted in Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged abortion, detecting mifepristone, detecting mifeprostol, dystopia, outlawing birth control
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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
Posted in #nevertrump, 2024 election, Republican hypocrisy, Republican mythology, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged government shutdown, MAGA republicans, President Biden, thom hartmann
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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
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
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged The Prairie Progressive
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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
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Iowa House Democrats 2023, Iowa public schools, Iowa Republican trifecta, Iowa school closings, Pipeline to nowhere
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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
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Keith Olbermann, Kristen Welker, Meet The Press
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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!
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged automatic voter registration, GOP vote suppression, mandatory voting, universal voting
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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
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Andy Borowitz, Heather Cox Richardso, President Biden, the Onion, thom hartmann
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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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Humor
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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
Posted in 2024 election, Charles Grassley, Joni Ernst
Tagged Ashley Hinson, Miller-Meeks, public meetings, Randy Feenstra, town halls, Zach Nunn
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