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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Turn Up The Heat On The IUB And CO2 Pipelines
Action alert from Citizens for Community Improvement Help crank up the heat on the IUB and CO2 pipelines Have you filed an objection? On July 12, over 60 farmers, landowners, and climate fighters came together in Des Moines to tell … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Rastetter, CO2 pipelines, Eminent Domain, IUB
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Support Your Local Democrat
Reminder from State Rep. Lindsay James that under this year’s #IAGOP tax plan, it will take the average Iowan a CENTURY to receive the same tax benefits that the ultra-rich will receive in a single year. Get involved. Volunteer for … Continue reading
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Tagged #IAGOP tax plan, Iowa Democrats 2022, Iowa House Democrats
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Jennifer Konfrst: Iowans Are Overwhelmingly Pro-Choice
Jennifer Konfrst is amazing and I am glad she is on our side. On last week’s Iowa Press Konfrst was more than ready for the panel’s usual GOP-friendly questions. So if you’re someone who has stopped watching Iowa Press because … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Democrats 2022, Iowa House Democrats 2022, Iowa is a purple state, Jennifer Konfrst minority leader
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Watch Trump Supporters Forced To Look At January 6 Testimony
Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show shows Trump supporters video of testimony by Bill Barr that the stolen election lie was a bunch of BS. We’ve all seen Trump supporters spouting their conspiracy theories but this Daily Show segment is … Continue reading
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Tagged right wing conspiracy theories, The Daily Show
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A Case Of Judicial Gaslighting?
From the Summer 2022 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $15/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Supreme Court, The Prairie Progressive
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Iowa Democrats Make The Case For First
I’m not a caucus naysayer. I’ve gone to caucuses most of my adult life. I want Iowa to continue to be first in the nation. I think we do a great job. In 2020 the Trumpsters jammed the reporting phone … Continue reading
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Tagged #firstinthenation, First Stop Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Iowa Democratic Party
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Mike Franken Schools Grassley on Leadership on Iowa Press
There is no doubt Iowa needs Mike Franken to replace Chuck Grassley. On this weekend’s edition of Iowa Press Franken calmly and surely and without partisan talking points, showed viewers, in a way that the Iowa press has not, that … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Michael Franken, Grassley challenger 2022, Iowa Democrats 2022, Iowa Press, January 6
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Will Our Democracy Survive?
The Day Democracy Died: Listening to Washington and McLean by Nicholas Johnson published with permission George Washington warned his “Friends and Fellow-Citizens” there could be days like this in his farewell address of September 19, 1796. Political parties could become … Continue reading
How We Got Here
Check out this interview with Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network: Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right. She explains in fascinating yet shocking detail exactly how we got here and why the right’s use of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Council for National Policy, Radical right, Right wing media
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Wanted: Democratic Candidates in Seven Iowa Senate Districts
Important message from Senator Rob Hogg: Help win back the Iowa Senate After the primary, here is the lineup of Iowa Senate Democratic candidates who need your support. Dear Iowans: Now that the primary is over, it is time to … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Mike Franken, Deidre DeJear, Democratic candidates 2022, Iowa Senate
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