Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Adam Schiff Talks To Al Franken About Impeachment #2

The Al Franken podcast is awesome and of course funny.

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DNC Offering Free Grassroots Campaigning Training

Year round organizing is vital to sustaining democracy. Check out this free training opportunity for all levels of involvement. The DNC Best Practices Institute is excited to announce the launch of our 2021 Train the Trainer (T3) Webinar Training Program! … Continue reading

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In New Filing, Hart Highlights Miller-Meeks’s Acknowledgment That 22 Ballots Are Left to Be Counted

February 3, 2021 22 Legally-cast, Uncounted — and Uncontested — Ballots Will Put Hart Ahead by Nine Votes WHEATLAND, IOWA — Rita Hart has filed a new response with the U.S. House outlining Mariannette Miller-Meeks’s failure to demonstrate entitlement to … Continue reading

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Was Trump Criminal Or Russian Asset Or Both?

Thom Hartmann deep dives Craig Unger’s book American Kompromat: How the KGB cultivated Donald Trump, and related tales of sex, greed, power, and treachery, is being recommended by former CIA operative Robert Baer as: “a bombshell” and by Garry Kasparov … Continue reading

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New Podcast By Three Rural White Guys

Three Rural (Iowa) White Guys – that is, progressive rural white guys have a brand new weekly podcast and they also have a blog and a Facebook page.  It is their intention and hope to bridge the great rural-urban divide.  … Continue reading

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ALEC Bill SF 159 Steppingstone To Larger Voucher Programs

Leland Michael Here is what everyone needs to understand about the Voucher bill that was passed by the Iowa Senate on Thursday and is heading to the House this week: Republicans in Iowa and many states have been advocating for … Continue reading

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Join The Factory Farm Moratorium Movement

Action alert from Four years ago a moratorium on factory farms was not on the political agenda in Iowa. It is because of everyday people taking action we’ve seen growing support at the Statehouse each year since. While we understand … Continue reading

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Iowa Republicans To Defund The Public Schools

Action alert from Progress Iowa – Public education funding is at risk. Will you help us tell Iowa senators that public tax dollars should stay in public schools? SF 159, the legislation for school vouchers, has been rushed through committees … Continue reading

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Iowa’s Tom Miller Only Democratic AG To Stand With Big Oil

Contact Ed Fallon at (515) 238-6404 or ed@boldiowa.com — http://www.boldiowa.com Des Moines, Iowa — In a ruling issued today by the US Court of Appeals, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a partial victory after a long court battle against the … Continue reading

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Demand US Companies Cut All Ties With Fox News

Fox News is the gateway to right-wing extremism. With thousands of Americans dying every day from the COVID-19 pandemic and the violent right-wing attack on the U.S. Congress on January 6, 2021, Fox News’ dangerous disinformation increasingly poses a direct … Continue reading

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