Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Iowa Policy Project Analyzes Senate Budget Bill

As I have said so many times before, when it comes to thorough analysis on things fiscal in Iowa, no one comes close to the Iowa Policy Project and its partner Iowa Fiscal Partnership.   So when the Iowa state senate began … Continue reading →

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Is Iowa Owned By The Koch Brothers?

Out of the blue republicans in the Iowa senate once again struck a blow against democracy by rushing a budget bill through sub-committee and committee that will be disastrous for Iowa. In a state that can’t even pay its current … Continue reading →

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Controlled Experiment Shows Good Guy With Gun Doesn’t Fare Well

From the blurb on youtube.com for this video: Published on Apr 21, 2010 The controlled study documented in these videos show that concealed carry permit holders are fooling themselves if they think they will be able to react effectively to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Eric Greitens Blames George Soros Edition

8.5 minutes of a great president and some admirers “Party of Responsibility” leader in Missouri, Gov. Eric Greitens has a bit of a different take on how one should take responsibility for one’s actions. Greitens was outed by the ex-husband … Continue reading →

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Americans Can’t Afford Republicans Anymore

Of all the myths surrounding politics, one of that is totally false and yet one of the hardest to kill is that Republican economies are good for the economy.  Like many myths of the realm, it was probably created by … Continue reading →

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Working People’s Day of Action – Cedar Rapids

Join thousands of working people and our allies nationwide as we stand up for the freedom to join together in strong unions and fight for decent and equitable pay, affordable health care, quality schools, vibrant communities and a secure future … Continue reading →

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