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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
ALEC Convention Ends; As Usual No Reports
Rest assured that most of us are screwed. ALEC ended what should be by any measure an illegal gathering of businesses and state legislators in Washington DC Friday. Even though this is a meeting where legislators are conducting business of … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Iowa legislature 2017, Koch Brothers, money out of politics, Republicn Policy, union busting, voter suppression
Tagged ALEC owned legislature
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Sunday Funday: Post-Truth Edition
Looks like the words of the year from the big dictionary companies (Oxford English, Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com) will be post-truth for the OED, fascism for Merriam-Webster and xenophobia for Dictionary.com. Not sure about you, but I see a trend here … Continue reading
The ACA, Medicare And Morality
Paul Ryan has made little secret of the fact that he is gunning for the three big Democratic achievements that keep many people alive in this country. The biggest and perhaps easiest target is the Affordable Care Act. Since it … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Social Security, voter suppression
Tagged morality, Wall Street
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Tess Rafferty: Aftermath Of 2016
From the youtube posting of this video: Tess Rafferty wrote this piece on November 10th, 2016, 48 hours after the election. I (Steve Cohen) suggested we put the post on film. Together with Aaron Barrocas we created this video. Since … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Trump
Tagged Tess Rafferty
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Some Electoral Math
I am no mathematician and hold no claims to be. This last election results sure raise a lot of questions that real math wizards and analysts of electoral politics everywhere are going to be pouring over for a long time. … Continue reading
Sunday Funday: Prez Elect Writes A Speech Edition
Van Jones speaks at a broadcasters meeting Tuesday in Canada. He lays out what happened in our election and warns it cold happen in Canada: We hear that the guy who came in second in the vote for president is … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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Iowans And The Potential Dismantling Of Social Security And Medicare
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got Til it’s gone. They take paradise and put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Hard to believe that anyone over 60 would have voted … Continue reading
Posted in Big Government, Corporate Greed, Republican hypocrisy, Republicn Policy, Trump
Tagged diluting the workforce, Iowa elderly, Paul Ryan, privatizing Medicare, privatizing Social Security
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Reminder: ALEC Will Give Legislators Marching Orders Next Wednesday
Georgia reporter can’t get in to ALEC meeting: (6 minutes) The annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council will be meeting in Washington, DC starting Wednesday through Friday of this week. If you don’t know what ALEC is, my … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Branstad, Koch Brothers
Tagged Bill Dix, Georgia reports on ALEC, Kansas, Linds Upmeyer, model legislation, open meetings laws, secrecy, Wisconsin
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Democrats Need Media
If you listened to Stephanie Miller Thursday you couldn’t help but hear the message over and over and over: Democrats need media. After an election that saw the Republican candidate receive billions of dollars worth of free and very friendly … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Media Reform
Tagged KICI, media, MSNBC, NPR, Radio, Stephanie Miller
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