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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Iowa Women’s Basketball Celebration April 14, 2023
It was a magical season with a team that played with joy in every game. They almost climbed the pinnacle, but fell a little short. But as they climbed that mountain many of us were with them every step of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged basketball, Iowa Women' Basketball, National runners-up, University of Iowa
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Sunday Funday: Bribery In The Courts Edition
As if having a criminal at the head of their party isn’t enough, Republicans are now leading the US into more uncharted territory in the area of Supreme Court corruption. The Roberts Court has appeared to be steeped in corruption … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Humor
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Following my previous position how the far right Republicans use big money, media and systemic loopholes to get and keep power I found Thom Hartmann’s daily rant for Thursday to fit right into the theme. Hartmann points out that the … Continue reading
Posted in bobby kaufmann
Tagged Democratic caucuses, Iowa Caucuses, No Labels, Republican chicanery, thom hartmann
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Are The Walls Closing In?
Somehow you can just feel it. I don’t want to get too optimistic, but as we see the extreme radical right continuing to overstep the bounds of democracy we are also seeing a backlash especially among the young folks who … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, economic inequality, Economy, gun control, Republican Policy
Tagged autocracy, Elections
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Reminder That Republicans Will Wreck The Economy In June
June is not that far away. Last I recall Republicans are refusing to do anything about the the debt ceiling. I believe Treasury Secretary can continue to shuffle bills around, but at some point very soon she nor anyone else … Continue reading
Posted in debt ceiling
Tagged default, Great Depression, Republicans and the debt ceiling
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Sunday Funday: Easter Bribery Edition
Well, I was all set to write some light hearted stuff about Easter, but the story of Clarence Thomas and all the huge bribes he has taken while being a Justice on the Supreme Court broke. I can imagine that … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, Humor
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Long Term Prospects
Wisconsin had an election to chose a member of their Supreme Court. Since it was a statewide election Republicans could not gerrymander districts such that even if they lost the vote they could still win the election by districts. In … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged democracy, Gen Z, gun violence, Millenials, Protasiewicz, Wisconsin Supreme Court election
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Reynolds on Trump: Wrong
50 seconds: The short clip above is our extreme right highly partisan governor weighing in on the arraignment of a former president. The Governor makes a claim a couple of times that America has a two-tiered justice system. I, for … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2024 election, Kim Reynolds
Tagged equal justice, Nixon
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Sunday Funday: April Fool Edition
BBC: 1957 Spaghetti Harvest (3 minutes). Perhaps one of the best April fools joke ever: Well, anybody get pranked yesterday? Wherever did this custom come from? Snopes.com takes a look at how the day came to be. They have many … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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“What Happened To Iowa Nice?” Another View
A few weeks ago I wrote a post concerning “Iowa Nice.” That is the perception that Iowans are by their nature nice people. That is a perception that is getting an update as the nation is astonished by … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa legislature 2023, Kim Reynolds
Tagged extreme policies in Iowa, Iowa nice, tax cuts
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