Monthly Archives: April 2025

Dear Iowa Press No Follow-Ups = No Democracy

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Trish Nelson

In today’s post I am not trying to pick on the Daily Iowan in particular. They are an award winning college newspaper. They frequently do a good job, sometimes better than other publications. But an interview with Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks … Continue reading →

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Miss Me Yet?

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Dave Bradley

Did not ruin the economy in 3 months Did not throw thousands of government workers out of a job for no reason. Strengthened our health care in this country. Treated our friends as friends; Treated our enemies as enemies. Could … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: The American Public Awakens Edition

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Dave Bradley

Were you there? (18:45) Stinky Pants seems to be uniting the country! Yep, most of us can no longer stand to hear of him anymore. As he threatens to tip the balance of our economy into the disaster zone, many … Continue reading →

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Public Forum April 22 In Davenport

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Dave Bradley

Ernst / Miller-Meeks Invited To Speak (Ed. note: Got this in email Wednesday from the Muscatine County Democrats. It appears that they will have a public forum and have invited Senator Ernst and congress member Miller-Meeks to appear, but I … Continue reading →

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Market Manipulation? Time To Impeach

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Dave Bradley

“He made $2 billion today and he made $945 million” View post on imgur.com Wednesday’s play by Stinky Pants behind the scenes was a combination of a person getting pantsed in public and at the same time a person manipulating … Continue reading →

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After Successful #HANDSOFF Protests What’s The Plan?

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Trish Nelson

You won’t want to miss the Thursday, April 10 weekly check-in call with Indivisible founders Ezra Klein and Leah Greenberg. Excellent strategy information here including what happens next. Questions answered. Doubts and fears addressed. Wrong media narratives exposed. Master re-framers, … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace Will Appeal

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Viewer supported news from democracynow.org  – Donate to Democracy Now! A jury in North Dakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based … Continue reading →

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Tim Walz Gets Around

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Trish Nelson

He’s not just in Iowa anymore.. and he’s killing it everywhere he goes. Here are links to Tim Walz in Iowa and Tim in Texas with Beto O’Rourke.  

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Scenes From Iowa City #Handsoff Protest

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Trish Nelson

I’m sure you’ve seen the local news coverage, social media posts about the massively successful April 5 #handsoff protests around Iowa, the country and even other countries. Here is a look at the crowd in Iowa City. First video is … Continue reading →

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On Tyranny Lesson 20: Be As Courageous As You Can

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #20 of twenty. This will be the final post of the series posted here every Monday for the last twenty weeks.  You can find them all on YouTube.  They are all … Continue reading →

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