Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Thom Hartmann On Both-Sides-Ism

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Follow Blue Statehouse Alert Live This Legislative Session

Today is the first day of the Iowa legislative session.  It will be more important than ever to stay informed this session. And House Democrats have a plan for that. Iowa House Democrats intend to keep the grassroots informed and … Continue reading →

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President Biden Speech On The One Year Anniversary Of The Insurrection

The president gave a historic, powerful speech yesterday. Video and full text below. You can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t obey the law only when it’s convenient. You can’t be patriotic when you embrace and enable … Continue reading →

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We’re Celebrating America’s President Joe Biden Today

You will find no photos here today of domestic terrorists climbing the walls of congress like spiders, last January 6.  The only thing I will opine about the storm-the-capitol crowd is that they were using The Big Lie as an … Continue reading →

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Is The Primary Goal Of Iowa Press To Project Republicans In A Positive Light?

Iowa Press show instructions this week seemed to be, say something to make it look like Republicans, Kim Reynolds in particular, caused the good things that are happening with welcoming Afghan refugees to Iowa. Henderson: As the U.S. airlift accelerated … Continue reading →

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Framelab Podcast: Why Defund The Police Failed As A Political Frame

George Lakoff is a retired Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is now Director of the Center for the Neural Mind & Society (cnms.berkeley.edu). Click here for a list of books … Continue reading →

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Update: Event Rescheduled/Candlelight Vigil To Be Held Jan. 6

UPDATE:  Original event called off due to – Weather!!! There will be a candlelight vigil , same location, 5pm on Jan 6th, in coordination with hundreds of similar “January 6th Vigils for Democracy” being held around the country. Further details … Continue reading →

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How The Koch Brothers Shut Down The War On Covid

Two parts of the story here (1) a  short video of a public comment made by Senator Joe Bolkcom in 2017 about the Koch Brothers’ ongoing occupation of our own state capitol and (2)  an excerpt from a recent article … Continue reading →

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Iowa Press Fails To Inform Continued…

And another thing.. Monday I posted about last weekend’s edition of Iowa Press. Afterwards, I had to sort through some additional reactions to it. This program has been a staple on Iowa PBS for decades. It needs to modernize itself. … Continue reading →

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Al Franken Speaks With Planned Parenthood CEO

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