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Category Archives: ALEC
The Corporate Bill Mill: Which Iowa Legislators Have ALEC Ties?
“Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called “model bills” reach into almost every area of American life and often … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Corporate Greed, Iowa Legislature
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Occupy Wall Street: Is It A Movement?
These are heady days for those who are invested in any way in Occupy Wall Street. This action seems to be growing at its original site on Wall Street and there are sympathy actions happening around the country. Right now … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Clean Elections, Economy, Jobs
Tagged ALEC, Brandeis quote, Ohio, OWS. Occupy Wall Street, SB5, voter suppression, Wisconsin
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2012 Election Ready To Be Stolen?
Very disturbing report came out this morning (Wednesday as I write) about how a government agency easily hacked into a real-life Diebold electronic voting machine. The scary part is that with a very limited amount of time and with a … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Verified Voting
Tagged Diebold, election, electoral college, hacking voting machines, voting machines
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Last Chance For Teapublican Party Of Iowa And Other Observations
War on Middle Class Well Funded Don’t say George W. didn’t fund at least one of his wars. Sure he didn’t fund the war in Iraq nor the War on Afghanistan. But, boy oh boy did he ever fund the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Death Penalty, Environment, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged class war, climate change, death penalty, joe walsh, obamacare, Rick Perry, ron paul, swati dandekar
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ALEC Readies Want List For Next Year
The American Legislative Exchange Council met in New Orleans in early August. Since ALEC wants to operate behind the scenes (or under a rock as I prefer) we have only bits and blotches of what happened there. What we do … Continue reading
The GOP War On Voting
Rollingstone.com by Ari Berman In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year. As the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election, Republican officials have launched an unprecedented, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC
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Expose ALEC’s Role In Iowa
Expose ALEC's Role In Iowa ALEC is the hot topic right now as it should be, and Dave Bradley has been pounding the drum about ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) on BFIA for months. His articles are as articulate on … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Calls to Action, Main Page
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The Unelected That Run The GOP
by Dave Bradley One of the things that galls me most about Republicans is that at the top of their party is unelected individuals and groups who set the tone, make the policies and create the environment for politics not … Continue reading
Shock Doctrine, ALEC and Iowa
McTaxcuts – Shock Doctrine, ALEC and Iowa by Dave Bradley “Should this bill get passed, cities and counties could lose up to 40% of their revenue. I asked our local city manager what that would mean. He told me that … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Main Page
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