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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Disinformation Poisoning Minds: What We Can Do About It
From our inbox. Action alert from Indivisible – Sign up for this upcoming training series on the power of persuasion. Our Powering Progress campaign is teaming up with the Indivisible Truth Brigade to bring you the best strategies for fighting … Continue reading
Citizens File Ethics Complaint
From our inbox: Petition alert from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI): [Wednesday] we filed an ethics complaint against Representative Dean Fisher (R-District 53) with the Chief Clerk of the Iowa House. We believe Fisher is acting unethical with respect … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizen action Iowa, Iowa Republicans, School vouchers Iowa
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The Media Is Not Neutral Or Liberal
Continuing to shine the spotlight on the conservative corporate media, Thom Hartmann predicts we’re “about to shift into another 40-year progressive cycle.” This is a clip from S12 E23 of Economic Update: Is The US Facing Another Civil War? Watch … Continue reading
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So You Think You Want To Be A Teacher
Republicans would rather give teachers guns and have them engage with active shooters than concede the need to do something about America’s gun proliferation problem and the natural and logical consequences of that which is, random gun violence. The problem … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa gun laws, Iowa legislative session 2024, Perry school shooting
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Bohannan Calls Out Miller-Meeks For Opposing IVF
Christina Bohannan is a Democrat running for congress in IA-01 to unseat MAGA-Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks who among other things, co-sponsored legislation imposing restrictions on IVF [in vitro fertilization]. Bohannan released a statement yesterday calling out MMM and sharing her personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Christina Bohannan for Congress, Christina Bohannan IA-01, Iowa Democrats, IVF
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The Conservative Moral Hierarchy
George Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people’s lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena. The conservative moral hierarchy described below explains everything you need … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative values, disinformation, George Lakoff, progressive values, propaganda
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Best Political Commentary For The Weekend
This could be fun if Keith Olbermann is right. Just listen to the first five minutes. Chuck Grassley gets a mention. Happy Friday!
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Tagged Hunter Biden, Smirnov
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HCR: Biden’s Extraordinarily Successful Presidency vs. A Complete Mess On The Republican Side
Check out Heather Cox Richardson’s February 20 podcast. Yesterday on the topic of some people making an argument about a challenger to President Joe Biden she had this to say: “Just speaking as a political historian one of the things … Continue reading
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Tagged #mediareform, GOP dysfunction
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George Soros Is Buying Radio Stations
As far as I can tell there are no Audacy stations in Iowa but still this could be good news for the national media ecosystem. http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/george-soros-fund-poised-to-take-control-of-nation-s-second-largest-chain-of-radio-stations George Soros is poised to take a massive stake in the nation’s second-largest radio … Continue reading
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It’s Not About Trump – It’s The Enablers
Al Franken has a great, funny podcast which he disparages each time in the intro, “We got a great one for you today – for a change.” Truth is, it’s always interesting and funny. It is also worthwhile to listen … Continue reading
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