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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
EXTRA! Finkenauer Announces For U.S. Senate
Abby Finkenauer for U.S. Senate announcement video Abby Finkenauer Announces Campaign for U.S. Senate: Finkenauer Promises to Take Blue-Collar Values to Washington To Fight For Iowa Families Cedar Rapids, Iowa (July 22, 2021) — Today, Abby Finkenauer, the daughter of … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign
Tagged #iasen, 2022 Election campaign, Abby Finkenauer
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Miller-Meeks: Divisive Blabbermouth
Mariannette Miller-Meeks ran a successful fourth campaign for congress and now represents Iowa’s Second Congressional District. People argue with that statement, saying they stopped counting the votes, yet it is accurate. Her first three campaigns (2008, 2010 and 2014) were … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged #IA02, #iapolitics, Jim Leach, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Miller-Meeks, politics, Rep. Dave Loebsack, republican values
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Iowa’s 2022 Campaigns Haven’t Truly Started
The deputy chief of staff to Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks was recently bragging on Twitter, “When you got $1.17 million in the bank and no democrat opponent.” With it he posted an image of an apparently happy, but not smiling congresswoman. … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign
Tagged 2022 Election campaign, Iowa politics, Iowa redistricting, redistricting
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Shrinking The Tax Gap
Last Wednesday, I participated in an online briefing with former IRS Commissioners Fred Goldberg Jr. and Charles Rossotti on modernizing the IRS and shrinking the tax gap. Goldberg was appointed as IRS Commissioner by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 … Continue reading
Posted in Income inequality, tax cuts for the wealthy
Tagged Ashley Hinson, income inequality, Iowa politics, Shrink the Tax Gap, taxes
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Summer Community Parades Are Back Despite Pandemic
Most people along the parade route reacted positively to the Johnson County Democrats entry in the Solon Beef Days Parade on July 17. All over the state, parades have re-emerged as a social activity after missing last summer because of … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged community, community action, coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Covid-19 Vaccines, Iowa politics, parades, politics, Vaccine hesitancy
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The False Hope Of Biomass
“Earlier this year, the European Union was celebrated in headlines across the world when renewable energy surpassed the use of fossil fuels on the continent for the first time in history,” wrote Majlie de Puy Kamp for CNN. The European … Continue reading
Is Jessica Reznicek A Terrorist?
Jessica Reznicek, a 39-year-old environmental activist and Catholic Worker from Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced in federal court June 30 to eight years in prison for her efforts to sabotage construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. In November 2016, Reznicek … Continue reading
Iowa Officials Call For Clean Transportation Investment
Des Moines, Iowa – On Thursday, July 15, at 10 a.m. CDT, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, State Representative Marti Anderson and Des Moines City Council member Josh Mandelbaum will join climate and public health advocates for a virtual press … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, electric vehicles, environment, infrastructure investment, Josh Mandelbaum, Marti Anderson, Tom Miller, transportation
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Conversations With Deidre DeJear
On Monday, July 12, Deidre DeJear of Des Moines announced a series of “Conversation Tour Events” as she explores a run for Iowa governor in 2022. The following is from DeJear’s campaign website: As a small business owner and entrepreneur, … Continue reading
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Tagged Deidre DeJear, Iowa governor, Iowa governor's race, Iowa politics
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Earthrise Studio Is Here
I met Finn Harries at the May 2015 Climate Reality Leadership Corps training in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He and his identical twin brother Jack had turned their attention, and that of their large YouTube following, to work on the climate … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Act On Climate, Climate Action, climate change, Climate Reality Leadership Training, Earthrise Studio, environment
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