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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Watch Trump Supporters Forced To Look At January 6 Testimony
Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show shows Trump supporters video of testimony by Bill Barr that the stolen election lie was a bunch of BS. We’ve all seen Trump supporters spouting their conspiracy theories but this Daily Show segment is … Continue reading
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Tagged right wing conspiracy theories, The Daily Show
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A Case Of Judicial Gaslighting?
From the Summer 2022 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $15/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Supreme Court, The Prairie Progressive
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Iowa Democrats Make The Case For First
I’m not a caucus naysayer. I’ve gone to caucuses most of my adult life. I want Iowa to continue to be first in the nation. I think we do a great job. In 2020 the Trumpsters jammed the reporting phone … Continue reading
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Tagged #firstinthenation, First Stop Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Iowa Democratic Party
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Mike Franken Schools Grassley on Leadership on Iowa Press
There is no doubt Iowa needs Mike Franken to replace Chuck Grassley. On this weekend’s edition of Iowa Press Franken calmly and surely and without partisan talking points, showed viewers, in a way that the Iowa press has not, that … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Michael Franken, Grassley challenger 2022, Iowa Democrats 2022, Iowa Press, January 6
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Will Our Democracy Survive?
The Day Democracy Died: Listening to Washington and McLean by Nicholas Johnson published with permission George Washington warned his “Friends and Fellow-Citizens” there could be days like this in his farewell address of September 19, 1796. Political parties could become … Continue reading
How We Got Here
Check out this interview with Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network: Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right. She explains in fascinating yet shocking detail exactly how we got here and why the right’s use of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Council for National Policy, Radical right, Right wing media
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Wanted: Democratic Candidates in Seven Iowa Senate Districts
Important message from Senator Rob Hogg: Help win back the Iowa Senate After the primary, here is the lineup of Iowa Senate Democratic candidates who need your support. Dear Iowans: Now that the primary is over, it is time to … Continue reading
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Watch Juneteenth: The Movement on Iowa PBS
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
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Deidre DeJear Delivers On Iowa Press
After the usual rather hostile political questions (read the full transcript here), someone finally asked a policy question. AP reporter David Pitt: “I’m wondering what you do as Governor if the Iowa Supreme Court decides to overturn the previous ruling … Continue reading
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Tagged Deidre DeJear, Iowa Democrats 2022, Iowa governor's race 2022, Iowa media, Iowa Press
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Iowans For Responsible Gun Laws To Launch Thursday
Iowans For Responsible Gun Laws to launch Thursday No matter our race, background or neighborhood, Iowans know that the majority of us favor commonsense gun safety laws. We know that the lives lost to gun violence are worthy of leaders … Continue reading
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