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The Bush Push to Escalate

The Bush Push to Escalate By Ed Flaherty The Bush push to escalate is the talk of the moment. Look, the electorate said the US policy in Iraq is wrong!!  The war needs to be stopped, and it won't stop … Continue reading

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Keep Calling on Congress to Invest in Renewable Energy

Keep Calling on Congress to Invest in Renewable Energy By Environment Iowa In less than two weeks, the 110th Congress will decide if they want to lead America toward a cleaner new energy future by investing in renewable energy or … Continue reading

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Update from Ed Fallon

Update from Ed Fallon By Ed FallonFor those of you who have been asking, “So, Ed.  What are you going to do next?” . . . drum roll please!Out of the ashes of my gubernatorial campaign a phoenix arises.  We’re … Continue reading

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Radio for People Coalition Comes to Iowa

Radio for People Coalition Comes to IowaBy Dave Bradley and Trish Nelson This group recently had a conference call today to discuss how to expand radio frequencies and . I look hearing from Trish and Dave as to how this … Continue reading

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Iowa General Assembly Urged to Upgrade Election Procedures

Iowa General Assembly Urged to Upgrade Election Procedures By Sean Flaherty, Iowans for Voting Integrity   In the wake of last week’s revelation about failures in the national testing of electronic voting machines, a citizens’ advocacy group is urging the … Continue reading

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Loebsack Is In!

Loebsack Is In! By Trish Nelson Activists with Johnson County Democracy for America travelled to Washington, DC this week to celebrate electing Democrat Dave Loebsack to Congress to represent Iowa's second District.    Loebsack, formerly a professor at Cornell College,  defeated 30-year Republican … Continue reading

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Leadership or Reflection?

Leadership or Reflection? By Mark Nolte I’ll admit, as we come to the end of the sixth year of our country being led by President Bush, I still wake up every morning and say… “Really?  How could this happen?” Since … Continue reading

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Prairie Progressive’s 2006 Honor Roll

  Prairie Progressive's 2006 Honor Roll By Prairie Dog Viivi Shirley, mayor of Perry, serves a mostly rural population of 8,000, more than a quarter or which is Latino. Somehow the fear of immigrants has passed her by: “I don’t … Continue reading

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Iowa Blog Round Up

Iowa Blog Round Up By Sam GarchikGOP leader Chris Rants is now contributing to Krusty Konservative. I await his commentary on GOP positions in Des Moines.For those thinking the ruling in Davenport outlawing traffic cameras is the final nail in … Continue reading

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Reclaim Democracy: January 9th ICCI Rally at the State Capital

Reclaim Democracy: January 9th ICCI Rally at the State Capital By ICCI Reclaim Democracy!Join us for CCI's Rally and Lobby DayTuesday, January 9, 200710 am – 4 pmFirst Floor Rotunda of the State Capitol in Des MoinesThis session powerful special-interest … Continue reading

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