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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Grassley Playing Politics With Federal Judge Confirmations
Action Alert from Credo and Daily Kos In 2014, Republicans in the Senate blocked confirmation votes on 22 judicial nominations that they later voted unanimously to confirm, wasting days of legislative time. This year alone, the Senate has confirmed just … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley
Tagged Chuck Grassley, GOP obstructionism, Grassley obstruction
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Why Citizen Journalism Is Our Last Best Hope
“News journalism is no longer capable of being a watch dog for Democracy.” – Helen Thomas “Info-tainment gibberish specialists have replaced serious journalists. Citizen journalism is our last, best hope.” – Mike Papantonio Watch this. Learn something.
Posted in Corporate Greed, Media Reform
Tagged citizen journalism, corporate media, media reform
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Bernie Sanders Tells Red Oak “It Is Your Kids They Will Send To War”
Here at Blog for Iowa, we are sort of split between Hillary and Bernie. I am caucusing for Hillary. But just because Hillary is my first choice doesn’t mean I have to talk trash about Bernie Sanders, and if you … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged Bernie Sanders in Iowa, Iowa caucuses 2016, Red Oak Iowa
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What Is The Ted Cruz Campaign Strategy: Second Reagan Revolution..or Second Coming Of Christ?
Why are we worried about Trump when we’ve got Ted Cruz? And for that matter, why are we worrying about Hillary and Bernie’s campaign staff foibles? We have way bigger problems. Here are some scary or fun (depending on whether … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, GOP
Tagged evil GOP, Iowa caucuses 2016, Ted Cruz
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Merry Christmas Progressives, Nation Is Turning Left
The nation may be moving to the left, but we need more people to vote because the money and the rules currently favor the right. How did this happen? See the entire must-read article at Nationofchange.org. by Dave Johnson It … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged Iowa caucuses 2016, progressive left
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SILT: How Budget Bill Benefits Iowa Landowners
Update from Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT): The spending bill just signed by President Obama contains a huge benefit for Iowa landowners who want to protect their land to grow healthy food for good. It also creates a permanent IRA … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Farming
Tagged 2016 budget bill and Iowa, Iowa farm crisis, Iowa land conservation, Sustainable Iowa Land Trust
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GUI Exposes Corporate Control Of Our Political System
Governing Under the Influence is a a Project of American Friends Service Committee 4211 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312 http://gui.afsc.org/ It’s been an exciting month of December for us with AFSC’s Governing Under the Influence project to expose corporate … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Iowa Caucuses
Tagged For-profit prisons, Governing Under the Influence, GUI, Iowa caucuses 2016
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Death Of A Legend
Reprinted with permission from the January 2016 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter, available only in hard copy for $12/yr.!! Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. If that ____-sucking mother-_____ tries to bust … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Branstad, Iowa medicaid privatization, Mark Smith, prairie progressive
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Will The Texas Rich Get Richer And Iowans Get The Shaft?
This article by Elaine Tweedy Foley was published on the Opinion page of the Daily Gate City, serving the Keokuk area since 1847. dailygate.com/opinion/ “I don’t have millions of dollars to print half-truths in Iowa newspapers. But to the Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Corporate Greed
Tagged #nobakken, Bakken pipeline, Bakken pipeline Iowa route, Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, Dakota Access Pipeline
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Help Defend The Free And Open Internet
Freepress.net Things are looking good. Thanks to the tens of thousands of Net Neutrality supporters (like you) who contacted their members of Congress, it looks like anti-Net Neutrality measures are no longer in the must-pass spending bill. The final vote … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Issues
Tagged #InternetVoter, Internet Issues, net neutrality
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