Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Another Iowa Special Election April 29

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Trish Nelson

  Angel Ramirez | Democrat for Iowa House District 78 | Special Election April 29 Check out Angel’s FB page: From Rob Hogg’s FB page: I hope you will follow and support Angel Ramirez for Iowa House District 78 in … Continue reading →

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Dear Iowa Press No Follow-Ups = No Democracy

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Trish Nelson

In today’s post I am not trying to pick on the Daily Iowan in particular. They are an award winning college newspaper. They frequently do a good job, sometimes better than other publications. But an interview with Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks … Continue reading →

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After Successful #HANDSOFF Protests What’s The Plan?

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Trish Nelson

You won’t want to miss the Thursday, April 10 weekly check-in call with Indivisible founders Ezra Klein and Leah Greenberg. Excellent strategy information here including what happens next. Questions answered. Doubts and fears addressed. Wrong media narratives exposed. Master re-framers, … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace Will Appeal

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Viewer supported news from democracynow.org  – Donate to Democracy Now! A jury in North Dakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based … Continue reading →

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Tim Walz Gets Around

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Trish Nelson

He’s not just in Iowa anymore.. and he’s killing it everywhere he goes. Here are links to Tim Walz in Iowa and Tim in Texas with Beto O’Rourke.  

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Scenes From Iowa City #Handsoff Protest

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Trish Nelson

I’m sure you’ve seen the local news coverage, social media posts about the massively successful April 5 #handsoff protests around Iowa, the country and even other countries. Here is a look at the crowd in Iowa City. First video is … Continue reading →

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On Tyranny Lesson 20: Be As Courageous As You Can

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #20 of twenty. This will be the final post of the series posted here every Monday for the last twenty weeks.  You can find them all on YouTube.  They are all … Continue reading →

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No One Else

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Here is a letter our friend Laura posted on Facebook. She gave permission to share in order to help others.  She is a lawyer and a dog trainer and an all around good human being.  This is one of the … Continue reading →

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Cory Booker Joins Rachel Maddow After Record Breaking Filibuster

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Trish Nelson

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Hands Off! Mass Call For Mobilizing Against Trump Power Grab

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Trish Nelson

  Check out our updated list of Iowa events for Saturday, April 5th national call to action. ICYMI – this live mass call for mobilization happened on Tuesday, April 1, to make sense of the Trump administration’s unprecedented power grab, … Continue reading →

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