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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Iowa Press Fails To Inform
Taped on Friday, December 17. The latest Reporters’ Roundtable edition of Iowa Press would have been essentially useless as far as informing the public about issues had it not been for Kathy Obradovich. While the others wasted their time primarily … Continue reading
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Tagged government transparency, Iowa open meetings and records law, Iowa Press, reporters roundtable
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Bridges In Iowa Crumble While Miller-Meeks Plays Politics
by Thomas Beaumont apnews.com/article/business-iowa-mississippi-river-davenport-mariannette-miller-meeks DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport’s 81-year-old Centennial Bridge across the Mississippi River creaks under the weight of tens of thousands of cars and trucks every day. Rust shows through its chipped silver paint, exposing the steel … Continue reading
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Tagged #Trumpster Miller-Meeks, Centennial bridge, Davenport, Iowa bridges, Iowa bridges in disrepair, Marianette Miller-Meeks
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Whatever Happened To the CRT Nontroversy?
Eric Boehlert at Pressrun.media did some research on the sudden disappearance of CRT coverage in the media and got some interesting results. The “critical race theory” phenom is a clear-cut example of media malpractice that is quite common but in … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate media, GOP Lies, media reform
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Why Iowa Press Should Be Cancelled
Below is a video screen-shot of 10 seconds of the Miller-Meeks appearance on Iowa Press over the weekend. I posted about the program yesterday. You can see the whole program here. She told veteran Iowa journalists Kay Henderson, Erin Murphy, … Continue reading
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Tagged breakthrough covid cases, Covid-19, Iowa Press, Marianette Miller-Meeks
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Miller-Meeks Tries To Defend Mark Meadows
On this episode of Iowa Press we see that any Republican can go on the program and spout non-stop, nonsensical gibberish for 27 minutes without fear of someone calling them out or exposing them. O. K. Henderson tossed in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Marianette Miller-Meeks, MMM
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Messaging Expert Says Dems Need To Sell More Brownies
It’s all true, everything messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio explains in this video. But she basically does exactly what she says Democrats must stop doing, that is, getting too far into the weeds of policy and not talking about the product … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic messaging, Republicanspeak, truth v lies
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J.D. Scholten: Rural Voters Support Democratic Policies
Please check out this super important message from J.D. Scholten and share with the Democratic candidate of your choice. It’s been quite a year, and we’re just getting started. I joined RuralVote.org this past summer as their new Executive Director … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign 2022, Iowa Democrats, J.D. Scholten, Rural Iowa voters
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Fox News, Murdoch, A Cancer On Democracies
Something has to be done about it. “Fox is not a news organization. It is a propaganda outfit owned by a foreign family.”
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Tagged Fox propaganda, media reform, Right wing media, right wing propaganda
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What Should We Do About Rural America?
Good points here. I could go either way on this. But unfortunately, we need some rural votes. Food for thought.
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Tagged Iowa politics, Rural Iowa, rural v urban divide
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What Democracy Stands To Lose In City Council Campaigns
From the January 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
