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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
It’s Official: Republicans Totally Bankrupt On Ideas
The fiasco in Indiana exposes the Republican Tea Party for what it has become – a party totally devoid of any ideas on issues, totally indifferent to the citizens of this country and totally committed to only one goal – … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, ALEC, Branstad, civil rights, Corporate Greed, economic inequality, Environment, Hunger In America, Internet Issues, Iowa legislature 2015, Republican hypocrisy, Republicn Policy, tea party
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Governor Endangers Vulnerable Iowans, School Funding, Workforce Development, Legislative News
ed. note: This is an edited version of the Courtney newsletter. For the whole newsletter, please go here. SENATE: GOVERNOR’S PLAN MAY ENDANGER VULNERABLE IOWANS In January, Governor Branstad surprised Iowans by proposing to privatize almost all of Iowa’s Medicaid … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Budget, Courtney, Courtney Report, Economy, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, Jobs, medicaid expansion, middle-class, poverty
Tagged medicaid, school funding
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Sunday Funday: Is School More Important Than The Fair Edition
Back in the day there was a young man who wrote for the Des Moines Register by the name of Donald Kaul under the banner Over The Coffee. One of Kaul’s great delights or perhaps painful duties was to inform … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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2016 Race Opens – Iowans It’s Time To Cut Your Grassley
Ted Cruz became the first “official” candidate of the 2016 campaign last week with his very uninspiring speech in front of a coerced audience in the very reddest part of red America. Even with all that, Cruz’s speech had the … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Charles Grassley, Corporate Greed, Economy, Health Care & Medicare, Jobs, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy, SNAP, Social Security, unemployment insurance
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School Funding, Payroll Debit Cards, Texting: The Courtney Report
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of the weekly newsletter from Senator Courtney. For the full newsletter, please go to his website CALL THE GOVERNOR: IOWA STUDENTS ARE WORTH MORE If the future of Iowa children, job creation and economic … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Courtney, Courtney Report, Economy, Education, Iowa legislature 2015, Jobs
Tagged payroll debit cards, texting
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Simply Stated: A Party Is Its Budget
Surely this is not the first time you have heard this: budgets are moral documents. They also are the means by which political parties translate all their rhetoric and advertisements into actual policy. When you hear Republicans claim that they … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Budget, Economy, Hunger In America, progressive values
Tagged congressional progressive caucus
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Sunday Funday: The High Holy Days Of Basketball Edition
It only comes but once a year, so let’s all try to wring every ounce of joy out of this holiday season. May the gods and goddesses of the scoring table smile kindly on your team. Were you paying attention … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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Iowa’s Problem Of Priorities
Once again the folks at Iowa Fiscal Partnership provide solid analysis on why Iowa is having trouble funding even its most basic services at a time when politicians of all stripes claim the economic outlook in this state is good. … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economy, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, Iowa Policy Project
Tagged California economy, Minnesota economy
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Debt Ceiling To Be Reached Monday
Amazingly, there has been little fanfare on this round of debt ceiling limit. While Republicans claimed we would never go through this again, we are about to go through it again. There has been little fanfare most likely because the … Continue reading
Posted in debt ceiling, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy, Steve King
Tagged crisis to crisis governing
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