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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Thanksgiving Tales 1: Working In America
As in the past three years, Walmart workers and sympathizers are once again picketing stores across the country for better wages and working conditions. The crushing of unions across the country and especially at Walmart has led to the deplorable … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, Economy, union busting, Walmart
Tagged wealth disparity, workers
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Random Thoughts Before A Holiday
* The President takes as bold of an action as he possibly can and the Speaker of the House claims this ends any co-operation that was going to happen between congress and the President. Maybe Boehner missed it, but there … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Harkin, Immigration, John Boehner, Koch Brothers, Media Bias
Tagged fake cooperation, US Post Office
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Sunday Funday: Buffalo Still Exists Edition
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING! Or so it must have seemed in Buffalo, New York and environs last week. Epochal snowfall. Even Noah himself would have had trouble in this one. Once more a weather event points … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
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REPORT: Executive Action on Immigration Will Boost Iowa’s Economy
For Immediate Release: November 20th, 2014 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0530 http://www.progressiowa.org REPORT: Executive Action on Immigration Will Boost Iowa’s Economy Des Moines, Iowa — President Obama’s announced executive action on immigration will boost the Iowa economy, according to a … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Posts, Immigration, Progress Iowa
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A Good Thanksgiving For The 1%
We look forward to the Thanksgiving holiday with a true frustration. Television news will focus on such important news stories as who will be open all day Thanksgiving so we can get that holiday shopping started early or the folks … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Corporate Greed, economic inequality, Economy, Food Insecurity, Media Bias, SNAP, tea party, unemployment insurance
Tagged Thanksgiving
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Let’s Stop The Bakken Oil Pipeline
There is more than one pipeline that oil companies want to build in the US. While the Keystone Pipeline gets most of the notice, another environmentally unsound pipeline is looking to dissect Iowa and spoil some of the world’s best … Continue reading
Posted in ICCI
Tagged Bakken, Bakken Oil Pipeline, community action
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Sunday Funday – Sit In At Walmart Edition
Thursday night some truly surprising news came out of Los Angeles – an old fashioned labor sit-in protest by employees was held at one of the LA area Walmarts. Reports that came out were a bit confusing to me and … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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America Needs You, Harry Truman
Sometimes it doesn’t hurt to look to the past for guidance. Take a lesson from 2014 and prepare for 2016. Harry Truman went into the 1948 election in about the worst position he could possibly be in. Republicans and Dixiecrats … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged Harry Truman
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Time To Find Out Republican Policies, America!
From Bernie Sanders: Here’s the interesting point. You talk about Republican principles. The Republicans forgot to tell the American people what their principles are, so let me make a prediction. Let me make a prediction, and a year from now … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Affordable Care Act, Joni Ernst, Medicare, Republicn Policy, Social Security
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What Can We Expect?
Robert Reich posted this on Facebook Wednesday: I’m less worried Republicans will roll back the Affordable Care Act or reduce taxes on the wealthy over the next two years – the President’s veto pen will prevent that – than I … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Social Security, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Tagged chained CPI, Dodd-Franks, Robert Reich
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