Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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retired in West Liberty

On The First Anniversary Of The Death Of The Republic

While America’s vaunted media was chasing the very latest on Sean “Diddy Diddy” Combs, a few, including Heather Cox Richardson, noted that that day was the first anniversary of the day on which the Supreme Court said “Yep, there is … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Viewing The Future Edition

This Land is Your Land! – Woody Guthrie! – love the “this machine kills fascists” decal (4 minutes) I guess I could understand it if the billionaires were desperately in need of tax cuts in order to eat. But I … Continue reading

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“What To A Slave Is Your Fourth Of July?”

  I try to remember to post this every year in some form to remind us that the history that most of us were taught had a few holes in it. For most of us the horrible history of slavery … Continue reading

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MAGAs Pass Their Cruel Bill

Heather Cox Richardson assesses one of the worst laws ever enacted – (42 minutes) This is really worth listening to in order to get the full picture of the cruelty of what they did. Which of Iowa’s members of congress … Continue reading

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Grilled Kennedy For The Fourth

Very non-nutritious and not safe for America’s health. By the way, MAHA means ‘Make America Healthy Again’ in MAGA speak: Putting him on the grill: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03): (5 minutes) Watch as he slowly twists and turns: Congresswoman Kim … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Canada Day And The Fourth Edition

I will try to keep it light this week even though it is nearly impossible not to get too serious with what all is going on. The FIWH is almost totally unchecked.  (3:30) A light display from Texas two years … Continue reading

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Where We Are At July 4th, 2025

From Paul Krugman’s newsletter of June 27th: Who Trump’s OBBBA will hurt badly Basically, we’re talking about undoing all the progress America has made in expanding health insurance. And as I said, many independent analysts believe it could be substantially … Continue reading

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Those Who Will Work For Us

16 minutes – I lifted this video from JD Scholten’s weekly newsletter “You’re Probably Getting Screwed.” Hope you felt a tremor this week. The once solid ground of old style Democrats were shaken by the upset victory in New York … Continue reading

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Politics Girl Tells It Like It Is!

5 minutes: It is a shame that the Democrats don’t have someone like Politics Girl delivering a message daily packed either the lies, incompetence and misdirection that the felon in the White House manages to inflict on us daily. Such … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Welcome Back Christina! Edition

Very excited to hear of the candidacy of Christina Bohannan in Iowa’s first district once again. Also good that she is starting early because her opponent has made a lot of moves, told a lot of lies and made a … Continue reading

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