Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Don’t Be A Bystander: Printable Shareable Resources From Tim Snyder

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Happy Monday, lovers of democracy, fighters for freedom. Sharing this urgent message and free, shareable,  anti-authoritarian resources from Timothy Snyder with permission –  Dear Friends, I get asked all the time about posters and cards of the lessons On Tyranny … Continue reading →

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More Maddow, Please

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Trish Nelson

As you know, Rachel Maddow was on a self-chosen one night a week schedule on MSNBC for some time and her replacement was Alex Wagner the other four nights. After Donald Trump won the election, she helped out the network … Continue reading →

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Joni Manages To Make It Even Worse

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Dear Senator, we are happy to provide the whole conversation to the public who has likely seen your best stuff but most people probably haven’t watched the just-as-bad stuff that you are trying to pretend will exonerate you somehow from … Continue reading →

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We Should Have Known

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Trish Nelson

*UPDATED*  After every mass shooting, a reporter interviews friends, family and neighbors of the perpetrator who invariably say, “we didn’t see the signs.”  Then upon further examination, it turns out that there were all kinds of signs, but no one … Continue reading →

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JD Scholten Running For U.S. Senate Against Joni Ernst

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Trish Nelson

J.D. Scholten came close to defeating Steve King in the 2018 election for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. Scholten lost by only 3.3 percentage points or approximately 10,000 votes. This was King’s closest general election challenge in his nine terms representing … Continue reading →

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Senate Democratic Leader Janice Weiner On Iowa Press

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Trish Nelson

As of this posting, the transcript was not available on the Iowa Press page.  Here is a snippet from the conversation. Video below. Erin Murphy: The governor was sitting in that chair last week and she told us that she … Continue reading →

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How Volunteers Are Defending Iowa Lakes

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Driftless Water Defenders asked for volunteers to visit one of Iowa’s endangered lakes over Memorial Day weekend and make a video about their personal relationship to the lake in order to highlight the loss of Iowa’s public waters to … Continue reading →

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Ashley Hinson Booed At Elkader Town Hall

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Elkader is: 78 miles from Cedar Rapids 74 miles from Waterloo 57 miles from Dubuque 42 miles from Decorah 140 miles from Grinnell 114 miles from Tama-Toledo The lying was so egregious it almost made me swoon.  The crowd was … Continue reading →

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Bad Bills That Failed In The Iowa Legislature

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Trish Nelson

The fact that these terrible bills did not pass is a victory. We have to count it as a win and be glad about it.  Things are already bad but these failed bills, had they passed, would have made things … Continue reading →

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Meet The Iowa Democrat Challenging Senator Joni Ernst

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Trish Nelson

In case you missed it, Nathan Sage was interviewed on The Weekend Show with Jonathan Capehart in April. Watch the video then click here to volunteer or donate to his campaign to defeat Joni Ernst.  

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