Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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Corporate America Invented Christian America

Historian Kevin Kruse explains how Corporate America created what we call “Christian America.” (26 minutes): So many of us want to know how our current alignments got to be the way they are. Some are somewhat easily explainable even if … Continue reading →

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Ernst Ignores Moms Against the Camps

From dailykos.com by Gabe Ortiz: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst initially refused to speak with more than 50 concerned Iowa mothers who converged on her Des Moines office this week to call on her to do something about the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of … Continue reading →

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Reminder: ProgressIowa Corn Feed Next Sunday

Reposted from last week. Being lazy on the holiday weekend Coming off some great performances by nearly everyone at the debates last week we want to remind you that Progress Iowa will have their annual get together know as the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: “Drunken History?” Edition

Dear Leader vs. history (excerpt from July 4th, 2019 speech at the National Mall): “In June of 1775 the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around Boston and New York, and named after the … Continue reading →

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Lights For Liberty Protests July 12

    At hundreds of locations around the country Friday night July 12th there will be vigils to protest the inhumane incarceration of immigrants at the border. We have all seen the incredible photos and videos of children in cages … Continue reading →

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Great Ideas For All VS. A Party Of A Few

Among the many truisms about America that we learn growing up is the concept that elections are usually fought on the plain of ideas. That is that the candidate or party with the better ideas for making citizen’s lives better … Continue reading →

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John Hickenlooper: Western Values And Democratic Values

“It is time to end this American crisis of division” John Hickenlooper declares in his campaign announcement for the presidency. This is the central theme of Hickenlooper’s campaign. He makes no bones that he blames Trump for the division the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: July Fourth Edition!

First off to all our readers in Canada – Happy Canada Day tomorrow! For all you firecracker fiends – please be careful and if you don’t have to, don’t blow those things off. Think of the veterans who are traumatized … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Progress Iowa Corn Feed In Two Weeks

Coming off some great performances by nearly everyone at the debates this week we want to remind you that Progress Iowa will have their annual get together know as the corn feed. In a major change this year the gathering … Continue reading →

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The Right Must Control Your Life

Thursday the Supreme Court on a partisan basis enshrined political gerrymandering as the law of the land. Now with gerrymandering officially finally enshrined as law of the land Republicans in particular can go about their current practice of drawing district … Continue reading →

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