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Category Archives: 2020 election campaign
Recent Videos From Robert Reich: Oligarchy Versus The Rest Of Us
Corporate lies. A couple of things that Reich doesn’t mention in here are: Labor union are the most effective deterrent to an accretion of power in an executive in a democracy. Labor voting for the party of money and business … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Labor
Tagged oligarchy, Right vs. left, Robert Reich, unions
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Frustrated Rant
This week comes to an end with our current president once again – ONCE AGAIN mind you – being accused of some sort of major breach of security. Does it rise to the level of treason? So far we … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Environment, gun control, gun safety, Joni Ernst
Tagged NRA
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Two Stories Of Note From Progress Iowa
We would like to tip our hats to the folks over at Progress Iowa for bringing these stories to our attention. This is what watchdog groups are supposed to do. As many may recall our current governor accepted airplane rides … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Kim Reynolds, Medicare, Progress Iowa
Tagged drug prices, insulin, negotiating medicare drugs
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Argentina And China Make Deal On Soymeal
It seems like every week farmers suffer another kick in the ass as an outgrowth of the current president’s ill advised and poorly conceived trade war with China. This week brought the news that China and Argentina agreed to a … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Trade
Tagged Argentina, China, Iowa farmers, trade war with china, trade wars
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Joni Says: Don’t Tell Them That SS Cuts Are Coming
This should come as little surprise to anyone who follows Iowa’s junior senator. Since Ernst is someone who has been bankrolled by the Koch brothers and the NRA, it is hardly surprising that she is more than willing to make … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Joni Ernst, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged meeting behind closed doors, social security cuts, Theresa Greenfield
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Trumps Tariffs, Iowa Farmers And The Amazon Rain Forest Fires
Elections really do have consequences! Do you think any of this would have happened had Hillary Clinton, the highest vote getter, become president? Ohio farmer Christopher Gibbs discusses the effects of Trump trade policies on the Chris Hayes Show of … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Trump
Tagged Amazon rain forest, Amazon rain forest fires, Brazil, China, farmers, Iowa farmers, tariffs, trade war
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Inequality Media
Most folks remember Robert Reich as the diminutive Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Reich did not curl up and blow away after his tenure with Clinton. He moved on to the University of California in Berkeley as … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign
Tagged inequality in the US, Inequality media, Robert Reich
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A Clear And Present Danger To The Republic
Ran across this article about our current president on a website called The National Memo. The writer, Joe Conason is the editor in chief of the National Memo. Conason has been around for quite a while and is well respected … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign
Tagged alienating allies., Denmark, incongruous behavior, Russians
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Administration Quietly Attacks Social Security
As readers of this column know I have been doing what I can to try to let people know that the Trumpublican Party is doing all they can to severely cut SS benefits and if possible hand the money … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Social Security
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U.S. Farmers Suffer ‘Body Blow’ As China Slams Door On Farm Purchases
From Reuters, August 5th: “Chinese companies have stopped buying U.S. agricultural products, China’s Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday, a blow to U.S. farmers who have already seen their exports slashed by the more than year-old trade war. << snip >> … Continue reading
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