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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Iowa’s Loss: Fred Hubbell Is A Class Act
Thoughts on the Governor’s race from Kevin McCarthy, former state rep., Iowa house majority and minority leader, political director at Hubbell for Governor. Posted with permission. It was a Record setting night in Polk County (thanks to many, many good people…the … Continue reading
Mueller Protection Rapid Response Rallies In Ames, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Decorah, Des Moines, Dubuque, Indianola, Iowa City, Red Oak
Urgent Action Alert From MoveOn.org/TrumpIsNotAboveTheLaw Nobody is Above the Law Rallys Thursday Donald Trump just crossed a red line, violating the independence of the investigation pursuing criminal charges in the Trump-Russia scandal and cover-up. Trump putting himself above the law is … Continue reading
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Jim Hightower: Republicans Have Made It Harder To Vote
At the time of posting, the mid-term election returns are not yet in. Here is an excerpt from an article from The Hightower Lowdown. “Election meddling was rampant in 2016, and his [Trump’s] campaign’s blatant collusion in it corrupted America’s … Continue reading
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Get Off Of The Internet And Go Vote!
Iowa has Election Day registration. You will need a photo ID and proof of residency. For more info. about voting go to IowaSOS.gov. Click here to find your polling location. Click here to find your county auditor.
How You Can Help J.D. Scholten Defeat Steve King Today
Urgent action requested from the J.D. Scholten campaign If we want to win this race, if we want to replace a Congressman that continually embarrasses us with one that we can be proud of, we need your help. We don’t … Continue reading
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Republican Proposal To Ration Health Care
from the Iowa Senate Democrats – In the final days of the 2018 campaign, a Northwest Iowa State Senator may have mistakenly released the Republican Party of Iowa’s secret plan to “fix” the Medicaid privatization mess. During a forum last … Continue reading
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Will IA-04 Be The Political Shot Heard Round The World?
And now a word from Ed Fallon Dear Friends, I’m encouraged that, more than ever, people are taking seriously the importance of voting. To those who still feel it doesn’t matter, let me share this story: When I was a … Continue reading
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Trump Stoking Cold Civil War
Steve Schmidt: “Forty percent of the country has opted into an alternate reality. We have to wake up and understand the danger this means to all of us… [The synagogue shooter] was radicalized by Fox News, by talk radio, and … Continue reading
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American Employers Exploit Undocumented Workers For Profit
Contributed by Joel Wells American employers face almost no risk when hiring undocumented workers and pocket higher profits when they do. This affects the economy of every state in the nation, including Iowa. According to the Pew Research Center report … Continue reading
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Zach Wahls On Midwestern Values, Family, Community
Reprinted with permission from the Fall 2018 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. Our Midwestern values instill in us what family and community is all about. Growing up with lesbian parents during the 1990s and early 2000s, … Continue reading
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