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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
The Quiet Room
A story of a child’s gun death in America “At the end of an inconspicuous hallway and strategically placed far from the controlled chaos of the trauma room lies a dimly lit waiting area that we in the medical field … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, Republican Policy
Tagged Gun lobby, NRA
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Vulture Capitalists Swallow A Couple Of Companies
Rumors of the demise of Toys ’R’ Us have been circulating for six months or more since they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Almost as if a songbook was sent out for news readers across the land there was a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Mitt Romney, Republican Policy
Tagged capitalism, Toys 'R' Us, vulture capitalism
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Computer Scientist Barbara Simons Proves How Easy It Is To Hack Elections—And How It Can Be Stopped
Editor’s note: I stumbled on this diary on dailykos.com the other day. Dailykos has a policy of allowing full reprints of their articles provided they are given full acknowledgment. This diary is a good summation of the horrible mess that … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Vote Fraud, voter suppression, voting rights
Tagged verified voting
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America’s War On Kids
video 4 minutes, not safe for work Seems like there has always been a war on kids in this country. However, since Nixon’s brilliant strategy of getting back at the hippies and blacks for their part in the civil rights … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety
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Sunday Funday: High Holy Days Of Basketball Are Upon Us
Readers of this column know that there are some things that your friendly quizmaster holds sacred. Basketball tournament time is time to shut down and bathe in the glow of some great games, some upsets and the buzzer beaters. We … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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MEMO: Republicans Wage War on Women’s Health Care
Editor’s note: This extremely important analysis of the Republican war on women’s health care arrived in email on International Women’s Day. This should be a major consideration when you vote this fall: To: Interested Parties From: Matt Sinovic, Progress Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, womens rights
Tagged war on women's health care, Women's health care
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Backfill Cut Is BS
Editor’s note: This ‘on the money’ rant from a friend landed in my mailbox on Friday morning. It is quite self explanatory You can email your legislator and urge them to vote NO on SF 2081- backfill elimination bill. Backfill? … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Budget, economic inequality, Economy, Iowa legislature 2018, tax cuts for the wealthy
Tagged property taxes, reneging the backfill
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Teacher At MSD Teaches Students To Challenge Special Interests
Much of the nation has been overwhelmed by the composure and courage of the students from Marjory Steadman Douglas High School. The courage they have shown in the face of the usual intimidating practices of NRA politicians and … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety
Tagged critical thinking, MSD High School, MSD massacre, teachers
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Sunday Funday: Heckling Steve Mnuchin Edition
Steve Mnuchin, overlord of Dear Leader’s economy was heckled at UCLA last week. He asked that the video of the heckling not be made public. So we at blogforiowa.com feel that we should do our part to deny his request. Therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
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History And The Current American Oligarchy
One of the major problems of our over saturation of news and not so much news sources is that often much of what we are fed daily is a current update as if this is all happening in a vacuum … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa
Tagged history, history repeats, oligarchy
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