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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Balancing Freedom And Regulation In The Age Of Social Media
by Ralph Scharnau published with permission Since 2005, the reputable Pew Research Center examined the expansion and effect of social media. The Center notes that in 2018 about 70% of American adults used some kind of social media platforms, dominated … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet Issues, social media
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Corporate Media Not Reporting Accurately On Net Neutrality Repeal
This issue may not be as exciting as the presidential campaigns, but it is an ongoing battle of great importance that we should not ignore. Help keep the fight for net neutrality going. Here’s a note from Fight for the … Continue reading
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Tagged #InternetVoter, #netneutrality, Ajit Pai, FCC, Free and open internet
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Iowa State Fair Political Soapbox Schedule
“Iowa has a great system. It’s where a candidate nobody’s ever heard of is taken seriously.” – Howard Dean The Iowa State Fair Soapbox schedule will be updated online if changes occur. Can’t make the fair this year? The Des … Continue reading
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JD Scholten v Steve King: Is Iowa’s Fourth District More Progressive Than We Think?
J.D. Scholten has received the endorsement of Democracy for America. DFA has 14,944 members in Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District, 30,276 in the state of Iowa, and more than one million members nationwide. It is somewhat surprising that half of DFA’s … Continue reading
Beto Swears, Joins Warren And Buttiegieg In Holding The Media Accountable
One step forward for Democracy. Finally, someone displays the appropriate level of affect when referring to Trump! Beto O’Rourke apparently has had enough of the media’s crap and Trump’s crap and didn’t mind saying so, and that is exactly what … Continue reading
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Tagged #mediareform, 2020 Democratic candidates, Beto O'Rourke, El Paso shooting, Elizabeth Warren, Howard Dean, Pete Buttiegieg
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Local Elected Official Attends Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation has been around for more than a decade. It is an annual convention for progressive activists, originally organized by the Daily Kos community. Previously called YearlyKos, it was later re-named Netroots Nation. The event draws a few thousand … Continue reading
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The Powell Manifesto Realized: The Shocking 1971 Republican Blueprint To Eliminate Liberalism And Establish Corporate Domination Over America’s Pillars Of Democracy
It’s called the Lewis Powell Memo (aka The Powell Manifesto) written in 1971, before he became a Supreme Court Justice and went on to write a 1978 decision that effectively invented a First Amendment “right” for corporations to influence ballot … Continue reading
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Tagged Lewis Powell Memo, Republican fear of liberalism, Republican strategy, The Trump presidency
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Make America Think Again: How To Tame The Lizard Brain
Media Demagogues have Created a Monster: Can We Tame The Lizard Brain to Save Democracy? We’re living in an era where the public discourse is overrun by propaganda, inflammatory misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Armed with a deeper understanding of how … Continue reading
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Tagged #trumpresistance, fake news, media reform, right wing propaganda
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Gillibrand: Will Brave Win?
NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo will host the first 2020 presidential primary debate this week, starting tonight. This is the seventeenth in a series of BFIA’s coverage and commentary of the announcement speeches by the declared Democratic candidates for president … Continue reading
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Why Should Iowans Believe Anything Boris Epshteyn Says?
Contact your local stations if you have seen this propaganda on your station. Join this Facebook group: Hogwash! Fighting the Iowa Rightwing Propaganda Machine Here is the list of Iowa Sinclair-owned stations. KDSM (Des Moines), KFAX (Iowa City/Dubuque), KPTH and … Continue reading
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Tagged #mediareform, corporate media, Iowa Sinclair Broadcasting stations, Iowa television stations, right wing propaganda machine, Trump TV
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