Category Archives: 2016 Election Campaign

*Release* Iowans to Hold Sen. Grassley Accountable During Recess‏

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Dave Bradley

For Immediate Release: April 30, 2016 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0530 Iowans to Hold Sen. Grassley Accountable During Recess Sen. Grassley to be followed by demonstrations, questions, and a mobile billboard criss-crossing the state IOWA — Iowans will gather across … Continue reading →

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Early Voting For Primaries Started April 28th

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Dave Bradley

We are reminded by the Robb Hogg campaign that early voting for the June 7th primary began last Thursday. The biggest and most important choice this year is picking out a candidate to oppose the quite vulnerable Senator Grassley. Depending … Continue reading →

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Grassley Events In Iowa Week Of May 1 – 7

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Senator Grassley will be making public appearances in three counties along the Iowa Missouri border next week. If you can, get out and let him know that obstructing the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland goes against Iowans sense … Continue reading →

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And Now, The Media Must Create A Horse Race!

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Well, it looks to be all over but the shouting. Unless Calgary Ted Cruz actually has some real clout with a god that can actually do something, we can expect to see Donald Trump add Republican Presidential Nominee to his … Continue reading →

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Get Your Woman Card.

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Elections have been known to turn on the slip of a tongue. Few presidential candidates have had a tongue as slippery as Donald Trump. He may have already sewn up the championship for loosest tongue ever long ago. But Trump’s … Continue reading →

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Fallon Forum: Keep Fighting Bakken Pipeline

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Trish Nelson

fallonforum.com Dear Friends, In the past three weeks, unlikely coalitions have stopped two pipelines: Palmetto in Georgia and Kinder Morgan in New England. These victories are very encouraging to those of us fighting to stop Bakken, and we need to … Continue reading →

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Bill Stowe, An Iowa Hero

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Trish Nelson

“We are in a water crisis in this state… We have sold our souls to the devil..”  

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Disenfranchised Voters During Primaries Bode Trouble For The GE

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Dave Bradley

In what is supposed to be a democracy – heck, this is supposed to be THE democracy – we are once again witnessing troubling signs that the very essence of that democracy, the vote, is rotten. Throughout the primary and … Continue reading →

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Grassley Challenger Rob Hogg On America’s Climate Century

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Trish Nelson

 

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Earth Day 2016

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Paul Deaton

My participation in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 evolved in a convergence of social vectors. Among them was this Apollo 8 photograph of Earth above a lunar landscape by astronaut William Anders. After viewing the photograph I … Continue reading →

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