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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Dems Offer Compromise On School Fun: The Courtney Report
note: this is an edited version of the weekly newsletter. For the full newsletter please go here DEMOCRATS OFFER COMPROMISE TO END SCHOOL FUNDING GRIDLOCK In an effort to break a lengthy logjam on school funding at the Statehouse this … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa legislature 2015, Veterans
Tagged liheap, organ donation, school funding, school start
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A Little Quiz About Religious Liberty
Note: a very appropriate quiz for Easter considering the news of the week. by Meteor Blades reprinted from dailykos Seems like Indiana and Arkansas legislators have made now a good time to reprise this little quiz on religious freedom. Written … Continue reading
Posted in church and state, Republican hypocrisy, Republicn Policy, separation of church and state
Tagged religious liberty
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Sunday Funday: The High Holy Days
The high holy days of basketball come to an end this week with college champions being crowned for the men on Monday and for the women on Tuesday. I think there are some other religious holidays this week also. Lots … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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Kim Reynolds Supports TPP: That Should Scare You
The following is a letter to the editor from Don Paulson. Mr. Paulson is chair of the Muscatine Democratic Party I get it now! Kim Reynolds was pulling an early April Fool’s Day joke with her 3/31/15 column urging passage … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Guest Posts, Letters, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Tagged Kim Reynolds, NAFTA
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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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