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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Common Sense Ideas About Reducing Gun Violence in the United States
by Ralph Scharnau The gun control debate continues to roil politics in the United States. The divide between those who favor stricter gun laws and those who don’t revolves around the Second Amendment. The Amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, … Continue reading
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Joni Ernst Chooses Gun Rights Over Victim Safety
Progress Iowa Report: Ernst refuses to protect domestic violence survivors Ernst’s VAWA reauthorization attempt allows convicted stalkers to continue gun possession Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa released a report today, detailing the failure of Senator Joni Ernst to protect … Continue reading
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Is Democracy Sustainable When Paid Ads Replace Journalism?
VOX: “President Donald Trump is angry about impeachment and he wants his supporters to be, too — and he’s spending millions of dollars to make that happen.” Action alert from Indivisible. Click here to join Indivisible Iowa. The GOP … Continue reading
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How Corporations Swallowed Family Farms In Iowa
This from The Guardian: How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms. Across the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market. Semi-automated pig … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Impeachment Conversation Tips
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Stacey Abrams Retains Greg Palast Team To Fight Georgia’s Voter Purge In Court
Stacey Abrams Hires Palast Investigations Team for Massive Federal Suit to Restore Voting Rights By Greg Palast Stacey Abrams’ non-profit Fair Fight has retained the Palast Investigations team experts to provide court testimony, based on our six years of investigation, … Continue reading
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Trump’s Blatant Lying A Power Display; Media Continues To Display Cluelessness
Any of this sound familiar? http://www.openculture.com/2017/01/hannah-arendt-explains-how-propaganda-uses-lies-to-erode-all-truth-morality.html “In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and nothing was true… The totalitarian mass … Continue reading
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Six Democratic Candidates To Participate In Storm Lake Forum On Workers Rights
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/21/democratic-presidential-forum-workers-rights-iowa The forum takes place two months before the critical Iowa caucus, on Saturday, December 7 at 2 pm and will feature candidates Joe Biden, Steve Bullock, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders. All the Presidential candidates … Continue reading
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Loebsack’s Broadband Legislation Passes House Committee
Okay, maybe this isn’t a hot issue and it is complicated, but it is also really important and we commend Dave for his hard work and persistence in getting it passed. Loebsack’s Legislation to Improve Broadband Availability Maps Passes House … Continue reading
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Loebsack Cites Urgent Push To Pass Broadband Data Act
“Affordability is not just a rural or urban issue. It is a national issue.” – Rep. Dave Loebsack
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