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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Iowa's Summer Politics Kickoff
The Associated Press released a summary of the Iowa primary races over the Memorial Day weekend and tomorrow the voting will end, framing the summer and fall campaign. Going into election day, here is what to watch for: The front … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign
Tagged Iowa politics
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Obstruction Of Climate Change Mitigation in Coal Country
Leadership on what matters most for our future will come from outside the United States. It’s not that Americans are bad people— for the most part, we aren’t. However, many of us have mistaken the advancement of bad ideas as … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, National News
Tagged climate change, energy
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Iowa Media Is Biased – No Kidding
Iowa’s first in the nation caucuses have resulted in a type of local media bias that favors Republicans. This became increasingly evident during the 2012 presidential election campaign, when President Obama was without serious opposition among Democrats, and a field … Continue reading
Iowa Hosts Physicians For Social Responsibility
CEDAR RAPIDS– Iowa played host to the national organization Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) from May 6 through 10 at the Hotel at Kirkwood. Iowa held center stage for meetings convened by national and international leaders of the 52 year … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Sustainability
Tagged climate change, environment, Kirkwood Community College, nuclear abolition, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Rep. Sally Stutsman, Sen. Rob Hogg, Senator Tom Harkin
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Sine Die? Not So Fast!
DES MOINES— Governor Branstad’s office released an end of session message for the 85th Iowa General Assembly at 8:41 a.m. yesterday, saying, “despite the partisan tone of the session, we are pleased there was agreement on the majority of our … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Iowa Legislature
Tagged Bruce Braley, Iowa legislative session 2014, Iowa Legislature, joni ernst, Linda Upmeyer, mike gronstal, terry branstad
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To Amend In Iowa Get Moving
IOWA CITY— We can thank Move to Amend for the sentences “corporations are not people,” and “money is not free speech.” Now what? David Cobb, one of the founders of the organization, didn’t have an answer at the Iowa City … Continue reading
Happy 10th Birthday Blog For Iowa
Why Philadelphia Made Me a Deaniac The 2000 election was supposed to have elected Al Gore as the first environmentalist president. He was a shoe-in after a popular Bill Clinton, or so some of us thought. What happened after the … Continue reading
Eastern Iowa Sustainability Lectures
Paul Deaton of Blog for Iowa will give a series of four public lectures about personal finance, the environment and nuclear abolition between April 19 and 24. If you are nearby, please consider attending one of these events: April 19, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Sustainability
Tagged Climate Action Across America, economic sustainability, environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project
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Miller-Meeks Involved In Settlement Scandal
It appears that 2nd Congressional District Republican primary challenger Mariannette Miller-Meeks is involved in the developing secret settlement scandal in the Branstad administration. As a department head, she was a participant, and signed off on settlement statements like the one … Continue reading
Posted in David Loebsack
Tagged Iowa district 2, Iowa politics, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Rep. Dave Loebsack, Settlement Scandal
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Iowa Republicans Hide Extremism
Labor Day is the official kickoff of the fall election campaign, but there seems to be a lot of campaign stuff going on now. The biggest news was the video of Rep. Bruce Braley commenting about the kind of chair … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Bruce Braley, Progressive Community
Tagged abortion rights in Iowa, Bruce Braley, gun culture, Iowa legislative session 2014, marriage equality
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