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retired in West Liberty

Sunday Funday: Raiding Rudy Edition

this week’s cartoons from democraticunderground.com   Somewhere along all the stories that are floating around about Rudy Giuliani’s apartment being raided by the FBI, I thought I heard that Giuliani supposedly said “well, if they will come after me, then they … Continue reading

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STATEMENT: Public tax dollars belong in public schools

For Immediate Release: April 28, 2021 Media Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, ivy@progressiowa.org STATEMENT: Public tax dollars belong in public schools Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa executive director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement in response to the Iowa Senate passing … Continue reading

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Reynolds Just Doesn’t Know How To Manage A Crisis

Thursday night Kim Reynolds made a big splash by going on Fox News cable show and declaring that she, as Iowa’s governor, had sent money earmarked for corona virus testing in Iowa’s schools back to the federal government because as … Continue reading

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What Does It Cost?

  Republicans have once again been reborn as deficit hawks. It happens every time a Democrat is elected president. Republicans are hoping with a 50/50 senate they can stop some if not all of President Biden’s investment in America infrastructure … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Think Big Edition

40 seconds: Why bring a stick when there is a log to bring? America has plenty of problems, but they can be solved. We have shown before in the 1930s to the late 1960s that America did have the stuff … Continue reading

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Reynolds: Why? Answer: You

Wednesday evening I heard on the radio that our Great Leader, Governor Kim Reynolds was concerned that Iowans were getting the Covid-19 vaccines at a slower pace than they were in previous weeks. Stories in the Des Moines Register and … Continue reading

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Disinformation!

Former Senator Al Franken hits one of the major problems in America today. Simply stated it is disinformation. Half of America allows themselves to be fed a steady diet of lies, omissions, hate and perversions of the truth. Here in … Continue reading

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Samantha Bee Takes On Anti-Asian Hate

Hopefully loading 3 short YouTube videos won’t bog the system down too much. With that we present Samatha Bee’s Full Frontal from last Wednesday in 3 parts. 4 minutes, 4 minutes and 5 minutes respectively:   Thanks to the attraction … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Earth Day Next Thursday Edition

About the cutest smile I have ever seen: You can’t see the forest for the trees and you can’t see the climate for the weather. It is cool in Iowa for April, so I guess we can bury our heads … Continue reading

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We Must Expand The Supreme Court

from freespeechforpeople.org The Supreme Court is facing a crisis of confidence. Contrary to the founding principles of our democracy, the Supreme Court has greenlighted partisan gerrymandering, gutted the Voting Rights Act, and allowed unlimited sums of money from corporations and … Continue reading

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