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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
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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Sunday Funday: Depressing Thanksgiving Edition
The Republican Party has already thrown a scare into most Americans with its new leadership. With Muslims facing registration, college kids facing a lifetime of debt for getting an education, women facing greater restrictions on medical care, the elderly facing … Continue reading
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The Planet Lost Big Time November 8th
America lost so much in this election. The world lost so much in this election. Perhaps no entity lost more in this election than the planet and its systems for sustaining life. Humanity was finally, slowly coming to grips with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate science, earth, Iowa climate change
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Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Transition Lies
One Of The New Democratic Leadership Team Thank goodness someone’s calling them out, but will America listen? Will the media report it?
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Elizabeth Warren
Tagged a bunch of GOP scoundrels, transition
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Government Of The Corporation, By The Corporation, For The Corporation
Looks like it is past time for Abe Lincoln to rewrite that little speech he gave at Gettysburg 153 years ago today. The reality now is that the country now more than ever in the hands of the wealthy and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, ALEC, Branstad, Koch Brothers
Tagged ALEC meeting in Washington DC, Bill Dix, Linda Upmeyer, think tanks
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Thankfully, Dave Loebsack Won
If there is one silver lining in Iowa it is that Dave Loebsack survived the the tsunami. Dave has been a real voice of reason throughout his congressional stint. Loebsack’s leadership and reason will be extremely important as the next … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, David Loebsack
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Beginning
Here is a message from Matt Sinovic, Director of Progress Iowa: Elections aren’t the end. They are just the beginning. Yesterday President Obama told the country that “no matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning.” Our state, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Progress Iowa
Tagged beginning, stand up
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