Category Archives: ALEC

It’s April 16th. Has A Medical Marijuana Bill Passed Yet?

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Two weeks ago I was treated to a short presentation by Shelly Van Winkle at the legislative forum in Muscatine. Ms. Van Winkle (is there any title that indicates that a person is an RN?) is a registered nurse and … Continue reading →

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Legislative Forums: Republicans Misdirect, Obfuscate

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Not many folks take advantage of the legislative forums that are held throughout the state during the legislative session. Usually these are held on Saturdays in cities and towns around the state. Members of the legislature for the area come … Continue reading →

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Republicans Prep For 2016: Suppressing The Vote

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Dave Bradley

video 10 minutes 30 seconds Republicans have known for a long, long time that they win when they suppress the vote. Below is a video in one of the seminal moments in the history voter suppression. Paul Weyrich reminding the … Continue reading →

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Iowa Senate Rejects Branstad Plan On Medicaid

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Dave Bradley

For what it is worth at this juncture let’s have a big hand for the Iowa Senate which passed SF 2125 Thursday that called for the termination of contracts for the managed care of Iowa’s Medicaid program. This is better … Continue reading →

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You Have To Break Their Legs

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Before You Can Sell Them Crutches Heard that line on the Stephanie Miller Show (you can listen online at free speech.org from 8 – 11AM Monday to Friday) the other day. As you can guess this line was spoken in … Continue reading →

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Say Hello To Iowa’s Right-Wing Stink Tank

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Monday, in honor of the opening day of the 2016 Iowa legislative session,  BFIA posted about the State Policy Network, a web of so-called think tanks, apparently founded by ALEC, that push a right-wing agenda in every state across the … Continue reading →

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Corruption In The Iowa Legislature?

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Trish Nelson

In honor of the opening day of the 2016 Iowa legislative session, we invite you to partake of some background information that will help make sense of those seemingly crazy ideas of Governor Branstad and the Iowa GOP legislators, like … Continue reading →

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New Legislative Session Starts Next Week

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Dave Bradley

One of the great pleasures of my young life was to read the incredibly droll and wry way that young Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul would approach the opening of the Iowa legislature every year. Kaul would then follow … Continue reading →

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ALEC Meets; Who Knew?

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Corporate funded creator of state and local legislation goes largely unreported and ignored. Last weekend ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) held its annual pre legislative session meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona last week. ALEC is funded by corporations and billionaires … Continue reading →

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Full Video: University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld’s Public Forum And Q & A

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Trish Nelson

“Why did the board of regents install an overpaid puppet? What is their agenda? Where is the protest?”     In order to understand what has just happened,one has only to look at Republican governors across the country enacting the … Continue reading →

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