Author Archives: Dave Bradley

About Dave Bradley

retired in West Liberty

“Legitimate Political Discourse”

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Dave Bradley

I frequently check in on Robert Reich’s Inequality Media. His videos are dedicated to how working folks and the poor are getting screwed in this country. This week his focus was a bit different. He focused on the absolutely insane … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 election campaign, 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley, Joni Ernst, Kim Reynolds | Tagged Feenstra, Hinson, Miller-Meeks, Robert Reich | Comments Off

High Five: Progress Iowa’s Daily Take On Iowa News

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Progress Iowa adds a daily email take on what is happening in Iowa – and especially the legislature. This issue is from Friday. Much better than reading the mainstream media whose mission seems to be not pissing off Republicans. Thank … Continue reading →

Posted in iowa legislature 2022, Progress Iowa | Tagged Ashley Hinson, Big Brother, Democratic sensible tax proposal, healthcare, high five, pandemic over, privacy, spying on children | Comments Off

Sunday Funday: Covid Kim Stops The Pandemic Edition

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Covid Kim is magic in the way that many 4 year olds are magic. If you have a problem, you can ignore it and it will go away. This is a formula that has been tried with varying degrees of … Continue reading →

Posted in #nevertrump, Covid-19, Humor | Comments Off

O Woe Is Iowa As The Legislature Revs Up

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Trying to focus in on an idea to pontificate about for the week and the only thing that keeps going through my mind is that the legislature has been let loose in Iowa again. Best I can figure, they are … Continue reading →

Posted in iowa legislature 2022 | Tagged banning books, critical rac theory, critical thinking, flat tax, spying on teachers, teachers leaving in Iowa | Comments Off

Analysis Of Iowa Tax Proposals From Common Good Iowa

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Many of you may remember that the old think tank of iowpolicyproject.org updated itself into commongoodiowa.org. As before, they are the gold standard in Iowa for budget and tax policy analysis. With the legislature going full throttle and our news … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, iowa legislature 2022, tax cuts for the wealthy | Tagged commongoodiowa.org, flat tax, iowa legislature 2022, Iowa taxes, tax cuts | Comments Off

Inequality Media: Worker Exploitation

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Few people can explain economic issues and how they affect workers much better than Professor Robert Reich. Here he explains how employers exploit workers. I would imagine most workers reading this have experienced at least one of these situations. (6 … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Jobs | Tagged exploitation, Robert Reich, worker exploitation | Comments Off

Sunday Funday: Can We Acknowledge Black History Month? Edition

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Republicans refuse to debate (6 minutes): Well next month (or the day after tomorrow if you will) has been celebrated as Black History Month in the US for decades. But this year white politicos of the Republican persuasion have decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid-19, Humor | Comments Off

What Biden Has Done Megathread

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Dave Bradley

We wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to see this. The “mainstream media” seldom misses a chance to blame President Biden for anything and everything that is perceived as a wrong in this world – and … Continue reading →

Posted in Biden-Harris, media, Media Bias | Tagged Biden one year, one year accomplishments, partial list | Comments Off

Want To End Divisive Politics? Vote Miller-Meeks Out.

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Shortly after the new year, like many others in the old second soon to be first congressional district we got a flyer from the current congress member for this area, Marionette Miller-Meeks. The first thing that caught my eye was … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Covid-19, David Loebsack | Tagged Christina Bohannan, Jim Leach, Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Comments Off

Gun Deaths In US Remain High

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Just took a check on the gun violence archive website to see if gun violence has been cooled a bit by the pandemic. The answer is not at all. Only 20 days into the new year and nearly 2300 Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in gun control | Comments Off