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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Blue Statehouse Alert Live: Reproductive Health
Click here to sign up for Blue Statehouse alerts from Iowa House Democrats. “They are after infertility treatments. They are after birth control. They have been after not allowing a woman to make her own choices about reproduction.” – Rep. … Continue reading
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Hart Asks For Fair Process To Count All Legal Votes
Rita Hart Urges All Legal Votes to be Counted in IA-02 Race, Asks for Fair Process to Count All Legal Votes In Response to Committee Questions Hart renews call for at least 22 wrongfully excluded voters to have their voices … Continue reading
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Tagged #counteveryvote, IA-02 Recount 2021, Rita Hart for Congress
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Iowa Republicans Want No Background Checks For Abusers
Action alert from Iowa Senate Democrats: Should domestic abusers be able to buy guns without a background check in Iowa? That’s been approved by the Iowa House and will be up for a vote in the Iowa Senate. The Democratic … Continue reading
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Tagged background checks, common sense gun laws, domestic violence, gun culture, Iowa gun laws, Iowa Republicans
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The King is Dead
I wrote this article for the March 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Dittoheads, fairness doctrine, King of talk radio, Powell Memo of 1971, right wing propaganda, Rush Limbaugh
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How To Stop Being A Business Hostile Republican
Follow the Iowa Senate Democrats on Facebook Janet Peterson: “When radical Republican lawmakers push bathroom bills, anti-LGBTQ+ bills and voter suppression bills they make it harder for Iowa to win businesses and workers. When radical Republicans push bills to get … Continue reading
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Iowa Mobile Home Residents Still Fighting For Protections
Published with permission from the March 2021 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The Prairie Progressive is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $12/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Housing, Havenpark, manufactured housing, mobile home communities
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FCC Deadlock: We Need Another Commissioner
Action alert from FreePress: In the waning days of the last administration, the Trump White House and Republican-controlled Senate gave us one final parting gift: a deadlocked FCC. That deadlock has put some of our most important work on hold: … Continue reading
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The Hidden History Of Guns And The Second Amendment
Thom Hartmann’s hidden history series is available on Amazon. Other books in Hartmann’s hidden history series include: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming our Democracy from the Ruling Class; Guns and the Second Amendment; Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed … Continue reading
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President Biden’s Address To The Nation On The Anniversary Of COVID-19
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The Urgent Need For Government Relief Spending
by Ralph Scharnau Biden and his fellow Democrats now control the legislative agenda. The issues include the global pandemic virus, the climate crisis, the sluggish economy, the struggling wage earners, and gender/racial/ethnic discrimination. The Biden administration has launched an aggressive … Continue reading
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Tagged American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Covid relief, Good government, Paris Climate Agreement
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