Monthly Archives: September 2023

Bohannan Hits Opponent On Anti-Abortion Stand

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Dave Bradley

When abortion is not available or severely restricted as Iowa wants to do (3 minutes) Email from the Christina Bohannan campaign: I wanted to make sure you saw this New York Times article about my race in case you missed … Continue reading →

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Urgent Climate Action Alert

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Rob Hogg: Please contact your US Representative and US Senators this week to urge them to do more (not less) to cut climate pollution (if you have not yet done so this month). It’s urgent. This is … Continue reading →

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C02 Pipelines And Iowa

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Trish Nelson

I’m encouraged to see more and more progressives on Substack, YouTube, podcasting, running for office, writing letters to the editor and finding new ways to be heard.  Let’s support progressive voices by following, liking, sharing, re-posting, donating and volunteering for … Continue reading →

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Progressive Views Showing Up In Rural Iowa Newspapers

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Trish Nelson

These four excellent letters with progressive views were published in the Tipton Conservative paper this week.  Support your local newspaper and consider writing a letter to the editor. If you would like to subscribe to the Tipton Conservative, click here. … Continue reading →

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Republicans Enjoy Cozy Chat With Panel On Iowa Press

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Jeff Kauffman, chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, and Steve Scheffler, Republican National Committee member and president of the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition (IFFC) were guests on the program last week. As difficult as it may be, please … Continue reading →

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Who Wears A Suit To A Football Game?

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Indeed. Check back tomorrow for my review of the latest episode of Iowa Press whereby the panel in all their wisdom thoroughly grilled Republican Party Members.  Actually no, that would be click bait. Truth is as usual, no Republican was … Continue reading →

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Same Old Crap!

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Dave Bradley

(3:22)  It’s the same old song  With a different feeling {now my words} cause it’s been so long Seems like almost daily that criminal Trump or one of the mini-Trumps like Ramaswamy or Pence or DeSantis goes on some rant … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Fall Finally Fell Edition

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Dave Bradley

  Have we posted this one If I did I apologize, but it is a must see (4 minutes): Sure is nice to have that cooler weather back. With the heat over Labor Day we almost began to wonder if … Continue reading →

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EVs And Jobs

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Dave Bradley

This video is a year old but still very timely (13:15): Every day as we eat breakfast we listen to our local NPR station. Every half hour there is a short summary of Iowa news. Pretty much every day in … Continue reading →

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Reality TV For The Fall

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Was listening to a segment on what the new TV season will offer for this fall over the weekend. The tie in for the segment was Labor Day weekend and the ongoing strikes by the writers and actors groups. This … Continue reading →

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