Author Archives: Trish Nelson

This Week On The Fallon Forum: Ed’s Restoring Freedom

Ed’s still on the air and still doing great radio.  Check here for the Fallon Forum weekly broadcast schedule each and every Monday.   Dear Friends, I’m fresh back from speaking at the Restoring Freedoms Conference in Wilkes-Barre, organized by the … Continue reading

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Grassley Defends ALEC

Is our senator working for Iowans or ALEC?  Think Progress reports: On April 4, Coca-Cola announced it was ending financial support for [ALEC] the American Legislative Exchange Council, the right-wing group behind “Stand Your Ground” laws and voter suppression efforts. … Continue reading

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Earth Day – April 22, 2012

     

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Friday Food Talk: Eating Liberally

What is Eating Liberally? An offshoot of Drinking Liberally,  their nifty website includes information on food actions, resources, books and how to host your own Eating Liberally meal and  start your own chapter. “Devoted to nourishing the netroots, literally. Plan … Continue reading

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Today’s Fallon Forum: Ed Agrees With Branstad?

So much to talk about on today’s program: (1) I agree with Branstad??; (2) Kent Sorensen needs to go home; (3) U.S. military gets climate change, sort of; (4) Dems wrong on TIF . . . and Ben Allaway talks … Continue reading

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How To Get Involved With OFA Iowa And Young Americans For Obama

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Progress Iowa Launches Iowa Anti-ALEC Campaign

[Note from BFIA:  This just in from Dave Bradley – ALEC continues to slowly come apart:  http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/17/465775/alec-retreat-non-economic-issues/   There was a brief discussion of ALEC on River-to-River yesterday. Slowly they are being exposed to light and it is killing them.] Progress … Continue reading

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Help Save Iowa’s Public Lands From The “Efficiency” Bill

Action Alert From the Iowa Sierra Club: The Iowa House of Representatives will soon consider House File 2449, referred to as the “efficiency” bill, that directs the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to inventory all of its public lands (Division … Continue reading

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This Week On The Fallon Forum: Fallon v Bradshaw

Dear Friends, Iowa talk-show hosts are a pretty small club. The corporate-owned “public” airwaves carry nationally syndicated crazies who are to the right of Genghis Khan. Local right-wing talkers – Mickelson, Conway and Deace – get paid handsomely to beat … Continue reading

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The Iowa Constitution As A Living Document

MARK S. CADY, the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, wrote the court’s landmark decision in 2009 in Varnum v. Brien, the same-sex marriage case. This is a speech he gave at Drake University in March 8, 2012 as … Continue reading

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