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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Book Review: Democracy Awakening
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson is a must read for anyone following the contemporary discussion of conflict between the liberal consensus and movement conservatism. If you don’t know what those two things are, … Continue reading
Posted in book review
Tagged book review, Heather Cox Richardson, Liberal Consensus, Movement Conservatism
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32 Officials Call On Miller-Meeks To Avoid Shutdown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 29, 2023 Contact: Adam Zabner adam@zabnerforiowa.com 32 District One Elected Officials Call on Rep Miller-Meeks to Avoid a Shutdown First District – As Iowans face the prospect of a government shutdown, 32 elected officials from Iowa’s First … Continue reading
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Interchange Yet No Bridge
It has been no secret the interchange between Interstates 80 and 380 near Coralville needed improvement. It has long been one of the most crash-prone places in the state of Iowa. Commenced in 2018, the infrastructure project to reconstruct it … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged infrastructure, Iowa, Iowa politics, politics
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Remove Trump From Iowa Ballots
Some days I wish the 45th President would settle into retirement and fade away. That doesn’t seem likely. There is, however, a strong case that Trump is disqualified from being on the ballot because of his engagement in the insurrection … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election
Tagged 14th amendment, call to action, Iowa Secretary of State, Paul Pate, Trump
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Iowa House Democrats Info Center
After the Aug. 17, 2023 town hall meeting in Shueyville, State Representative Amy Nielsen provided the following information to help stay current with what the Iowa House Democrats are doing: Official Legislative Website and Subscribe to Newsletter: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/ Website: https://iowahouse.org/ … Continue reading
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Live Blogging The End Times
The climate crisis remains with us. A series of news articles reported stresses on Earth to which climate change contributed or caused: Canadian wildfires, heated ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida, the failure of a generation of Emperor Penguin … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged climate change, environment, The Climate Reality Project
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What Should We Fear?
The United States is a country where we constantly balance security and liberty. During my youth, we were taught to believe that a large nuclear weapons arsenal, with a triad of land-based missiles, aircraft-dropped gravity bombs, and submarines would deter … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration
Tagged Immigration, Iowa politics, Kim Reynolds, National security, Texas border
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History Of A Wing Nut
Can Democrat Christina Bohannan beat Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks during the second contest between them in 2024? One can only hope… and do everything possible to see that she does. Going into her sixth campaign for the Congress, Miller-Meeks has become … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election
Tagged 2024 election, dave loebsack, energy, Iowa politics, Miller-Meeks
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The Trouble With Issues
Like many of our readers, I traveled to Des Moines and Washington, D.C. to advocate for issues. I remember visiting Congressman Dave Loebsack in Washington, shortly after his 2006 election to the Congress with a list of a dozen issues … Continue reading
The Trouble With Political Door Knocking
The numbers vary among different legislators and political activists, yet somewhere between 65,000 and 90,000 registered Iowa Democrats did not vote in 2022. It seems like an easy problem to solve. Reach out to those voters, the ones that still … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election
Tagged activists, campaign activity, Campaigning, Get active, Iowa politics
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