Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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About Dave Bradley

retired in West Liberty

Campaigning Differences Very Noticeable

We are now officially on the precipice of the campaign season, as if such existed anymore. Since the days of Ronald Reagan, republicans have turned campaigning for office into a 24 hour a day, seven day a week endeavor. There … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Victims Of Gun Violence Scarred For Life

Cooper Roberts, 8 year old victim of the July 4th Highland Park shooting, has a long haul ahead of him (35 seconds) It has been what? around 50 days since the mass shooting by a teenager during a July 4th … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Back To School Edition

But first: NSFW (not safe for work) Randy Rainbow’s newest (4 minutes): First let me start off by apologizing for not including the answer to question (R) in last week’s quiz. The previous quiz has been properly updated. The correct … Continue reading →

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August 14th: A Day That Highlights Contrasts

(From the explanation of this YouTube video): Conrad Schumann´s “Jump to Freedom”, 1961 (1 minute) 291,109 views  Oct 11, 2016  The 19-year-old, East German police officer Conrad Schumann flees over the barbed wire to West Berlin on 15 August 1961. … Continue reading →

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Has Uncle Chuckles Grassley Gone Round The Bend?

His misleads and lies are getting dangerous. (10 minutes, but Grassley in the first minute) This recent video showing Grassley asking(?) (implying) that since the IRS finally got some operating money they (the IRS) will be turning into a government … Continue reading →

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Republicans Want To End Social Security

Now when we need it the most Here is something Chuck Grassley, Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson, Zach Nunn or Randy Feenstra won’t tell you: If the radical Republicans take over congress and then win it all in 2024 Social Security will … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Train Wreck Edition

It is Iowa State Fair time once again. Iowa’s fair is what most people conjure up in their minds when they think of state fairs. As a matter of fact the Iowa state fair was the model for the movie … Continue reading →

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Gun Violence In America

Guns in America: 16 Charts You Need to See I came across this article from the Reader’s Digest the other day. It is a fairly quick read chock full of statistics that make it very clear just how pervasive guns … Continue reading →

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Trust

Real issues seem to have little effect on the voting public these days. Democrats are currently governing extremely well, about as well as America has had in its history, despite being shackled by a radical right Republican Party that is … Continue reading →

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Republican Plans For Social Security

The Lincoln Project catches Ron Johnson of Wisconsin saying the Republican plan for Social Security and Medicare out loud. This is not a secret. This is the plan that the radical right is advancing under the leadership of Senator Rick … Continue reading →

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