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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
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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Iowa High School Democrats
One of the issues discussed at an Aug. 17 meeting in Shueyville, with representatives of the Iowa House Democrats, was registering high school students to vote. There are processes and conflicts in doing so within some school districts. To hear … Continue reading
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People Over Politics Comes To House District 91
On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Iowa House Democrats People Over Politics tour of conservative districts came to House District 91. About 20 people, all residents of the district, attended the town hall-style meeting at the Shueyville Community Center. About all … Continue reading
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No Off-Years
The Johnson County Democrats created a political campaign called “No Off-Years.” In a recent email, State Senator Zach Wahls explained: I’m reaching out to invite you to join our “No Off-Years” campaign – a movement that goes beyond the elections … Continue reading
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Book Review: Presidents of War
The Mason City and Urbandale school districts have both been in the news because of their efforts to comply with the new Iowa law which restricts what school children can read in class or in the school library. While this … Continue reading
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