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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Odd Accident Illustrates Need For Universal Health Care
An odd accident happened in Council Bluffs last week. As Jeremy Clingenpeel and his son were practicing with their bow and arrows for the upcoming bow hunting season an unfortunate accident happened that left the father, Jeremy, with an arrow … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare
Tagged accident, universal health care
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Biden And The Train Strike: A Perspective
Like many I have become a huge fan of Heather Cox Richardson. Her daily email “Letter From An American” offers us a look at what is happening today with a historical perspective that lets us know that things don’t happen … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged Heather Cox Richardson, President Biden, railroad strike
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Sunday Funday: Hispanic Heritage Month Edition
An oldie but a goodie: (1:32) It seems like it was hardly an accident of timing when the despicable Florida governor and radical right winger Ron DeSantis used fraud to load up a plane full of Hispanic citizens and sent … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Humor
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Weed In Iowa? The Majority Says ‘Yes!’
I read this article on Iowa Starting Line this week and was kind of fascinated about how out of step Chuck Grassley is with Iowans. While marijuana is but one issue, it is rather typical of Grassley being about 50 … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley
Tagged Admiral Michael Franken, Iowa House Democrats 2022, marijuana, Reefer Madness
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Reynolds Costs Iowa Big Bucks
Maybe it is because I am getting into my cantankerous time of life. Maybe I am just getting really cynical after being lied to by people trying to make my money theirs. But when I hear Kim Reynolds on TV … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Diedre DeJear, privatized medicaid, privatized schools
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Why Teachers Are Important
From Robert Reich a great tribute to a teacher. A video (3 minutes) that points out what the radical right is doing to our schools. The radical right Republicans have been using teachers as one of their go-to whipping boys … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Children, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Deidre DeJear, teachers
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Sunday Funday: The Queen Is Dead Edition
Meeting the Queen – a good laugh (3 minutes): Since there has already been billions of words uttered on the death of the Queen and the new King, I will not bore you with more. Just one observation: in this … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Humor
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Will Republicans Accept Their Losses This Fall?
Just doing a little musing. We still have a former president and I hope future inmate running around all over the country trying to get his picks elected to congress. In elections, his main claim is that elections are rigged. … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2022 Election campaign, Economy, Republican hypocrisy, Republican mythology, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged Issues
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Tomorrow Is 9/11
Richard Clarke talks about Bush Administration failure (3 minutes) Tomorrow will be the 21st anniversary of the attack on America that took place in 2001. There will be the usual remembrances that will pour out the deep sense of sadness … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2022 Election campaign, Economy, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged FBI investigation, Top Secret document stolen, Top Secret documents
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If You Are Voting Absentee, Request A Ballot NOW!
In case you have not been paying attention, Republicans in the Iowa Legislature changed the voting process for this year. Absentee voting has been drastically shortened from a former beginning in late September to the new start date of October … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign
Tagged absentee voting
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