Category Archives: 2018 Election Campaign

People Might Expect Education And Health Care For Their Children?

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry or both: (17 minutes) Let me think. One of the purposes of rebelling against Britain was so that we could band together and decide to do things for the common good.  Giving … Continue reading

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From A Diedre DeJear Email

With all the other races in Iowa and across the country some races get a bit dwarfed. Let’s not forget Diedre DeJear folks. Ms. DeJear is in a quest to restore the Iowa Secretary of State’s office to an office … Continue reading

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Getting Involved In The Campaigns From Rob Hogg

Upcoming Events including the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding and events with Molly Donahue, Tracy Ehlert and Art Staed Canvassing for Abby Finkenauer this Saturday in Cedar Rapids Dear Friends: This is just a reminder that I hope you can join … Continue reading

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Observations On A Nice Summer Day

World-wide Weather: After a scorching June, July is exiting in graceful fashion. But let’s be honest, the trend around the world is not good. More heat creating more unstable and more extreme weather. This week’s spotlight where unheard of weather … Continue reading

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Grassley: Trump “Honorable”

Malcolm Nance and Stephanie Miller discuss Trump administration. )17 minutes) Yep, that’s a real quote. From the QC Times Thursday morning:    In the meantime, Grassley’s office issued a statement that the Judiciary Committee chairman “has seen no evidence to … Continue reading

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Cindy Axne: Coming On Strong

There were some surprising fund raising numbers for Iowa’s congressional candidate released early in the week.  Perhaps one of the biggest surprises was Cindy Axne in Iowa’s 3rd district outraising incumbent David Young by over $100,000. Perhaps even as surprising … Continue reading

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Is It “Meddling”?

“Meddling” is such a namby-pamby word. It conjures up visions of nosy old ladies with metal framed glasses at the end of their noses looking cross wise at someone. The old lady is about to tell the person what they … Continue reading

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From The JD Scholten Campaign

Steve King made national headlines yet again today. Take a look at the Huffington Post’s front page: When a HuffPost reporter on Capitol Hill Tuesday asked King about his retweet of a neo-Nazi, the congressman said all of his tweets … Continue reading

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When We All Vote

Your vote is your voice. Have that conversation with your friends, family and neighbors. When We All Vote, we all do better. Register and volunteer at http://whenweallvote.org.

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Building A Blue Wave

People are excited by the prospect of flipping the Iowa House and governorship in November. I share the excitement, and note such voters are engaged in politics more than most who will show up at the polls. I’ll be convinced … Continue reading

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