Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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retired in West Liberty

Share Your Medicaid Story – The Courtney Report

This week we pull out one very important story from the Courtney Report. If you are involved with Medicaid in Iowa or know anyone who is, please share your story so that the the profitized system can be held accountable: … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Happy 240th Birthday Edition

For a country that is 240 we don’t look too bad. It’s all that exercising of democracy that keeps us young, I tell ya. That staying away from that junk food like the anti-science wants us to eat. No, no, … Continue reading →

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Where Is The Outrage, Steve King?

Interesting to note last week that Steve King made a big splash with an amendment to stop any funding for the Treasury that would be used to redesign the $20 bill. King claimed his amendment was concerned only with the … Continue reading →

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In Iowa, Is The Debt To Society Ever Paid?

Iowa Supreme Court Says No. The Iowa Supreme Court Thursday offered a fine example of the consequences that elections have over the long haul when they handed down their decision on convicted felons losing their voting rights.. Consider this a … Continue reading →

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Judge, Grassley Virtually Tied? Wow.

Email posted to us from the Patty Judge campaign Thursday afternoon carried some great news: Wow! Earlier this month: A PPP poll showed us just 7 points behind Chuck Grassley — a popular incumbent. And another PPP poll showed Grassley’s … Continue reading →

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King: Beyond The Pale

Once again Iowa’s answer to Louie Gohmert made the news last week. Steve King introduced an amendment into the US House to block the Treasury department from spending any money to change the current $20 bill to put Harriet Tubman … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Stonewall Is A National Monument Edition

The popping of heads heard across the land was not for Brexit. Nope, that is a simple problem compared to what else happened Friday. The Kenyan, Muslim, fascist, communist dictator made the Stonewall Inn a national monument! CAN YOU IMAGINE … Continue reading →

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Clinton Hits The Right Notes On Brexit

The Brexit vote in Britain Thursday set in motion what may be a rocky journey for the world as a new economic and to some degree political structures are formed. This early on speculation is rampant on what is to … Continue reading →

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Guns: Nothing Changes

fickle finger of fate #1 Sept. 18, 1968 hat tip to nolabear on democraticunderground The names were different but the effect was the same. Forty-eight years later and at a rate of 30,000+ gun deaths a year equaling nearly one … Continue reading →

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Privatization

Iowa’s recent very unpopular and poorly thought out experience with the privatization of the administration of Medicaid in Iowa makes one wonder what are the roots of privatization in this country and how pervasive is privatization. Much like guns or … Continue reading →

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