Category Archives: 2016 Election Campaign

Democracy For America Will Make Presidential Primary Endorsement

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Democracy for America has a HUGE announcement. Starting today, you — and other DFA members nationwide — have the opportunity to decide if our people-powered organization will make an endorsement in the Democratic Party presidential primary race. This endorsement decision … Continue reading →

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GOP Or Democracy On The Eve Of Destruction?

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Trish Nelson

billmoyers.com/2015/12/03/the-gop-on-the-eve-of-destruction/ by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship The Republicans seem to have made up their minds: they will divide, degrade and secede from the Union. They will do so with bullying, lies and manipulation, a willingness to say anything, no … Continue reading →

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Come To The Iowa Presidential Tech Town Hall In Cedar Rapids

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Free Press Action Fund On Monday our friends at Engine are holding a big tech event featuring local entrepreneurs plus presidential candidates Carly Fiorina and Gov. Martin O’Malley — can you be there? The Iowa Presidential Tech Town Hall will … Continue reading →

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Bird-dogging 101: How To Get Candidates On The Record

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Learn to Get Candidates on the Record in Des Moines Are you sick of elections that seem more like reality shows than the workings of democracy? Learn how to cut through the noise and raise the level of discourse this … Continue reading →

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Willie Nelson For Hillary And Bernie

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Media’s lame attempt to create drama fails because Willie understands that the greatest threat to Democracy is Republicans.  

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Failures Of Unrestrained Capitalism Fueling Sanders Campaign

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Farron Cousins makes the case that Bernie’s popularity with young people is because they’ve seen the worst of unrestrained American capitalism.  

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Misogyny And Hillary-Hate, The GOP’s Best Weapons

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Trish Nelson

I agree with this author’s premise that some, not all,  on the political left as well as on the right, hate Hillary Clinton because of underlying misogyny. Many (on the right) hate President Obama because of underlying racism.   Electing our … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts At Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Letting the old mind idle for the holiday: Terry Branstad panders once again Let’s face it Iowans, this guy is a far right winger; he just sounds better than most when he does things like this: After joining in the … Continue reading →

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Grassley: Blocking Foreign Service Nominees In Time Of Crisis

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Dave Bradley

As the Republican Party once again reacts to terrorist bombings with loud proclamations of love of country and calls to do nearly anything to protest the citizens when we turn the rock over we see what Republicans are really doing … Continue reading →

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Terrorists Are The Best Friends The Right Wing Ever Had

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Trish Nelson

otherwords.org Bombs Won’t Cut It By Donald Kaul When Paris suffered attacks that killed 17 last January — at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket — it responded with great class. Parisians filled the streets, locked arm-in-arm … Continue reading →

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