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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Sunday Funday – Presidenting Is Hard Edition
Black History Month and President’s Day reminds me of the short article in The Onion after Barack Obama’s first election: Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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CBD Oil In Iowa – When?
Last year Iowa seemed to take a major step into the 20th century when parents and friends of child epileptic patients made an almost irrefutable case for medical cannabis in Iowa. Governor Branstad backed it as did most of the … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa legislature 2015, medical marijuana, Republicn Policy
Tagged CBD oil, tom sands
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Prepping For An Alec Agenda In Iowa
Pretty much every Saturday during the Iowa legislative session elected members of both houses convene at venues throughout the state and take comments and questions from the public. If you happen to have both Republican (Tea Party) and Democrats representing … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, ALEC, Budget, Education, Iowa legislature 2015, Republicn Policy, tea party, union busting
Tagged Rep. Tom Sands
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Local Schools, Middle Class, Health Care: The Courtney Report
Ed. note: this is an excerpt from the newsletter from state Senator Tom Courtney. To read the full newsletter, please go to http://www.senate.iowa.gov/senator/courtney/newsletter/ WE CAN TAKE A STEP FORWARD FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS This week, Iowa Senate Democrats announced a plan … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney, Courtney Report, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, middle-class
Tagged Iowa schools. art education
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Sunday Funday: Bridge To The Future Edition
Since the legislature is in session we have heard almost daily about raising the gas tax to fix Iowa’s roads and bridges. At that same time we have heard the fear mongering engineers and realists try to scare us with … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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Great Prognostications In American Conservative History
I saw this on democraticunderground.com and it really caught my attention. A tip of the hat to poster MrScorpio. This is just a short list highlighting some of the more egregious predictions. No doubt most of us could easily put … Continue reading
Posted in middle-class
Tagged bill maher, conservatives, predictions, prognostications, reactionaries, socialism
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Boehner, SCOTUS and the ACA
My apologies if this is similar to yesterday’s post. The potential destruction of the ACA by an unelected body is an issue of monumental consequence. There is about a month before the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will be hearing arguments concerning … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, John Boehner, Joni Ernst, Obamacare, SCOTUS
Tagged King v. Burwell, repeal and replace
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Wage Theft And Money For Schools: The Courtney Report
Once again we will take excerpts from Senator Courtney’s newsletter. WHAT DO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS NEED? Iowa’s future depends on high-quality local schools. That’s why I’m working hard to ensure that every Iowa child gets the best education possible and … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, Iowa Policy Project, Jobs
Tagged wage theft in Iowa
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Sunday Funday: Forever February
February – what can I say that hasn’t been said? To paraphrase Lewis Black February has the fewest days but is still by far the longest month. The Super Bowl pre game started last Monday and post Super Bowl analysis … Continue reading
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TPP – Still Secret And Still Coming
When the Tea Party took over the US congress last election, their immediate hit lis was short: Kill Dodd-Frank Install the Keystone pipeline Screw up Social Security and Medicare keep up their Don Quixote attacks to kill the ACA fast … Continue reading
Posted in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
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