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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Loebsack: Iowa Red Cross Volunteers Need Our Financial Support
Message from Iowa’s only Democratic representative in congress, Dave Loebsack: This weekend, Hurricane Harvey devastated Texans with flooding, high winds, and heavy rains. As many as 30,000 may be forced into shelters and 450,000 are likely to seek some form … Continue reading
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Tagged Hurricane Harvey, Iowa Red Cross volunteers, Iowans helping Harvey victims, Rep. Dave Loebsack
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Democrats Taking on Monopolies “A Huge Deal”
Thom Hartmann is the nation’s #1 rated progressive talk radio host. The YouTube video below is an interesting segment of a recent program. You wouldn’t miss much if you skip ahead to about 4:30 and catch the extremely important last … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa
Tagged corporate monopolies, Democrats' "A Better Deal", vulture capitalists
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Jen Senko: How Right Wing Media Has Divided The Country And What We Must Do
See my post earlier this week Movie Review: The Brainwashing of My Dad, the documentary by Jen Senko about losing her father to right wing media. Also on Blog for Iowa see the list of the thirteen Iowa commercial radio … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Media Bias
Tagged Fox News, Jen Senko, Lewis Powell Memo, Putting the GOP on TV, right wing propaganda machine, The Brainwashing of My Dad
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How To Fight Sinclair Broadcasting In Iowa
Sinclair is about to become the TV version of right-wing radio. How do we fight back? 1 – Everyone should go to freepress.net, sign up for emails and complete the contact form to the FCC opposing the Sinclair-Tribune merger. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Media Bias, Media Reform
Tagged Iowa right-wing propaganda machine, Sinclair Broaadcasting Iowa
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Climate Action Events In Cedar Falls, Webster City, Des Moines, Iowa City
Climate action alert from CCI: We’re excited to launch CCI’s clean energy and climate justice organizing work and we’re coming to a town near you! This week we’re hitting the road to share what we’ve been learning about the clean energy landscape in Iowa and hear why you care about this … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens for Community Improvement, Clean energy, Climate events in Iowa
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Is The American Farm Bureau Just Another Corporate Entity?
This 60 Minutes expose of the American Farm Bureau from April, 2000 raises the idea that the Farm Bureau may care more about its Wall Street investments than it does about farmers. We wonder what if anything has changed since … Continue reading
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Tagged American Farm Bureau, corporate farming, Iowa Farm Bureau
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Movie Review: The Brainwashing of My Dad
This is not only a must-see documentary, it is an engaging, tender personal story, told by a daughter, Jen Senko, who lost her dad to the right-wing media. It is a fascinating yet sad and all too common tale about … Continue reading
Austin Frerick Joins Iowa 3rd District Congressional Race
Follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter. Scroll down for video of Austin’s speech at the Democratic WingDing last weekend. http://www.austinfrerick.com Former U.S. Treasury economist Austin Frerick is calling for breaking up monopolies. He will seek the Democratic nomination for … Continue reading
Loebsack: Censure Trump
A word from Iowa’s only Democratic congressman, Dave Loebsack. I’ve been both heartbroken and angered in the days since watching the horrific acts of violence and hatred from the radical racist fringe that took place in Charlottesville – and astonished … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, David Loebsack
Tagged Charlottesville, Rep. Dave Loebsack
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Leann Jacobsen Joins Race To Oust Steve King
Leann Jacobsen is asking you to join her campaign to take out Steve King in northwest Iowa CD 4. “Steve King is just another politician doing the bidding of special interests.” Visit her website. https://www.leannjacobsen.com/
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