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Joint Effort to Memorialize Iowa COVID-19 Victims

Progress Iowa <press@progressiowa.org> Thu 3/11/2021 10:59 AM For Immediate Release: March 11, 2021 Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, ivy@progressiowa.org   Elected Officials, Community and Labor Organizations, Faith Leaders Join Effort to Memorialize Iowa COVID-19 Victims Des Moines, Iowa – More than three … Continue reading

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It Has Been A Year Already?

Biden Working Incredibly Hard And Productively To Pull Us Out Of The Pandemic Republicans Try To Halt Progress And Steal Credit My friends will grind their teeth a little as I quickly(?) tell my tale of realizing that a year … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Women’s History Month Edition

Look who is a Barbie Doll – giving young women someone to emulate: Barbie® recognizes all female role models. The Inspiring Women™ Series pays tribute to incredible heroines of their time; courageous women who took risks, changed rules and paved … Continue reading

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Coming to a Frontline Worker Near You:

Caps on the Value of Their Lives “These are the frontline workers who keep America moving – who keep Iowa productive.” – New Accountable Iowa Video.  Imagine for a moment this terrible nightmare: A police officer is directing traffic at … Continue reading

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Stealth Civil War Already In Progress

While many might look at the Governor Greg Abbott’s action in Texas ending the mandate for folks to wear masks and the accompanying order that all businesses can reopen 100% as orders that affect Abbott’s Texas only, some of us … Continue reading

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“DePlatformed?” Us Too!

As if I needed yet another chuckle over how badly conservatives are treated in this country, I almost drove off the road laughing when I heard the news on public radio Friday and some Republican Iowa legislators were whining about … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Biden On Fire Edition

President Biden remembers 500,000 dead of Covid-19 (3 minutes): What can you say? One month in and the far right wing Republicans are already declaring that Biden has failed his first hundred days in the first thirty. That’s because they … Continue reading

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What Could Possibly Be Next?

In my formative years I was an avid reader of the Des Moines Register’s Donald Kaul. His column ran on the editorial page of the paper three times a week. When football was no longer being played and the corn … Continue reading

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Legislative Forums – Today And Next Month

After last week’s show of power by Iowa’s Republican legislators there are probably lots of citizens who are feeling they have something to say to their legislator.  These are zoom meetings. Click on the link and it will take you … Continue reading

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Just A Reminder:

If we have learned nothing in the past year, in order to have a functioning economy it surely doesn’t hurt to have a public health care system that works, with competent leadership that will act in the interest of all.  … Continue reading

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