Author Archives: Trish Nelson

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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Iowa’s Medical Cannabis Program “Worst in Nation”

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Trump Gets Crazy Policy Ideas From Sean Hannity, Fox News

Media Matters has this: The House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, which enters a new phase with public hearings before the Intelligence Committee, is primarily a story about his corrupt abuses of power in seeking to coerce a foreign … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Birthday Bash: Memorial For Peace Activist John Schumacher

John Schumacher, longtime WFPI (Workers for Peace-Iowa) member suffered a heart attack and passed away in late October, 2019. He was a great historian of the Peace movement, knew of all the local events, knew many of its people, and … Continue reading →

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Media Still Coddling Trump

Thom Hartmann makes the case that the American media, including the so-called “liberal” media, still treat Trump corruption with kid gloves.

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How To Save Democracy: Year-Round Door Knocking

To find a local Indivisible group near you, click here and input your zip code!   A message from Indivisible: Election night 2018 was rough. As we watched the Blue Wave sweep across the country, it became clear that it had … Continue reading →

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