Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Beating Trump And Saving Democracy

Action alert from Indivisible In just the past few weeks, we’ve seen some major strides on our top democracy reform priorities. From the For the People Act and the D.C. statehood bill passing in the House to continued momentum on … Continue reading →

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Senator Zach Wahls Schools GOP On Bipartisanship

Watch the video or read the text below. Zach Wahls, Senate Democratic Leader, addresses the Republican rejection of bipartisan policing reform in Iowa: Mr. President, colleagues of the Senate. We’ve been having this debate for a while here today, but … Continue reading →

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Time To End 100 Years of Meatpacking Worker Abuse

Published with permission from the Summer 2021 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is  funded entirely by reader subscription,  available only in hard copy for $12/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. … Continue reading →

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Right Wing Group May Not Get Away With Suppressing Iowa Votes

Alert from Progress Iowa FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2021 LEAKED VIDEO: RIGHT-WING GROUP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR WRITING IOWA’S VOTER SUPPRESSION LAW Progress Iowa demands public release of all communication between Republican legislators, Governor Reynolds, and the Heritage Foundation as … Continue reading →

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Iowa House Democrats Live

Iowa House Democrats live Tuesday on Blue Statehouse Alert Facebook live event

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What Is The Democrats’ Killer App?

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How To De-Fund Fox News

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How Australia Is Trying To Solve The Murdoch Media Problem

Australia is trying to do something about the problem of right wing propaganda in their country where Rupert Murdoch owns a 59% share of the metropolitan and national print media markets. Australia has one of the highest levels of media … Continue reading →

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Frank Luntz Reveals How To Manipulate Public Opinion

“People say that all social media did is give people the mouthpiece to voice what they’ve been thinking for decades. I don’t think they were thinking it. I think we put it into their heads.” – Frank Luntz In case … Continue reading →

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Virtual Event: Amy Klobuchar And Art Cullen Discuss The Problem Of Monopolies

https://www.facebook.com/events/1419714625050348 THURSDAY, May 6, at 7:00pm Please join us for a special Prairie Lights Virtual event on Zoom for Amy Klobuchar in conversation with Art Cullen To join this virtual event go to the Facebook event page and register. Klobuchar … Continue reading →

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