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IPP Sponsors Two Events Exposing ALEC

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dave Bradley

With all the damage ALEC is wreaking in Iowa these days it may be a very good time to make sure that everybody understands just what ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council). As so often happens in Iowa during a time … Continue reading →

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The Money, The Money, The Money

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Last week brought the not too stunning revelation that the Iowa legislature seems to be under the direction of Americans For Prosperity, a Koch brothers front group. Following the money, one of the most valuable lessons ever to learn in … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note On Regulations

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Dave Bradley

consumer financial protections 7 minutes Semantics is the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. Republicans have spent decades redefining words or phrases to give them a meaning that often bring negative connotations or scenarios to certain words. In … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Thank Goodness For Comedians Edition

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Right now if I couldn’t laugh about so much of the strange, bizarre and scary stuff going on down the block, in Des Moines and of course in Washington right now I think the pressure would build up to the … Continue reading →

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Will Mexico Stop Buying US Corn?

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dave Bradley

A quiet shot across the unbuilt wall was fired Monday from Mexico City when Senator Armando Rios Piter said he would introduce a bill that would end the purchase of corn from the US. This is in response to some … Continue reading →

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SCREWED

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dave Bradley

I write this just after learning that the Iowa legislature has set the state back about a century as they strip public unions of almost all rights they have in the workplace. Republicans have their usual BS reasons why it … Continue reading →

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Grassley And Ernst Schedule Town Halls Next Week

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Certainly You have some questions for them Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst have town halls scheduled in Iowa next week. This may be one of the best ways to get questions directly to one of 100 people that … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Legislative Forums

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dave Bradley

The vote by the Iowa House and Senate has been taken, and the Governor has signed it. We can’t let up on these elected representative. They need to hear from you how you feel about their vote on this issue, … Continue reading →

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Busting Iowa’s Public Unions

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Dave Bradley

(2 minutes) Looks like Republicans will finally achieve one of Terry Branstad’s dreams: public unions are on the verge of being effectively destroyed in Iowa. The Iowa Policy Project did an analysis of the effects of the republican attacks on … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Who Knew? Edition

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Dave Bradley

What the heck? An administration spokesperson can’t use their position to hawk goods for the bosses daughter? Who knew? The White House’s chief strategist seems to be trying to push the Pope out of his job? That does not make … Continue reading →

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