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Category Archives: Barack Obama
Hope
Perhaps one of the most lasting icons of the 2008 presidential election was the poster down by Shepard Fairey of Barack Obama looking out with the word “HOPE” at the bottom of the poster. Everyone in the US and possibly … Continue reading →
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Barack Obama, Joe Biden
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Tagged hope
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Fumbling The Corona Virus Crisis In A Big Way
Reynolds Gives Heartless Response To Coronavirus For Immediate Release: March 2, 2020 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0133 STATEMENT: Reynolds Gives Heartless Response To Coronavirus Governor calls for sick workers to stay home while Iowa law does not require paid sick … Continue reading →
Posted in #trumpresistance, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Blog for Iowa, Kim Reynolds, Medicare, Social Security, Trump
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Tagged corona virus, cutting entitlements, medicaid
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ICYMI: An Amazing Speech By Obama
For those who may have missed this. President Barack Obama gave an amazing speech Friday at the University of Illinois. Obama appears about 5 minutes into the video. The speech is about an hour.
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Thanksgiving Memories
It is hard to ignore the elephant in the room. In two months America will be on a new adventure reversing what was mostly a forward journey into the future. While the ship of state would sometimes shudder and lurch … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Economy, Jobs, Medicare, Republicn Policy
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Tagged corporate media, economic depression, hope, kennedy, Kennedy assassination, presidency
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Grassley Town Hall: Don’t Ask, Don’t Answer
We attended Senator Grassley’s town hall in Muscatine Thursday afternoon. It was hardly a great study in give and take. Questions were asked. Answers were given. Seldom did the answers really deal with the questions asked. The room was packed … Continue reading →
Justice Scalia Found Dead In Texas
As many have already heard, Justice Antonin Scalia died at a Texas ranch today. Our humblest condolences to his family and friends. The nation goes on. Thanks to the work of our far sighted founders, our government is a government … Continue reading →
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Tagged Scalia, Scalia death, Scotus
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Why We Need a Small-d Democratic Revolution
Action Alert from Common Cause Yesterday, President Obama made good on his promise to use his bully pulpit to push for real democracy reform. And the agenda he laid out proves he’s listening to the huge majority of voters who … Continue reading →
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Barack Obama
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Tagged automatic voter registration, Citizens United, gerrymandering, president obama
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Random Thoughts At Thanksgiving
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 →
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Branstad, Charles Grassley, Humor, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy, separation of church and state
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Tagged Charlie Pierce, Family Leader, racism
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Proposed Amendments To The Continuing Resolution
Teabaggers dreams were quashed Wednesday afternoon when the US House passed the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government for another 2 months. The bill was described as a “clean” bill – that is it had no amendments. That was … Continue reading →
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Barack Obama, Budget, Corporate Greed, economic inequality, Economy, Income inequality, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy
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Tagged CFPB, continuing resolution, FDA, Public Citizen, SEC
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PSA From Progress Iowa For Independence Day
How-To: Talk to your Conservative Uncle at 4th of July! By Progress Iowa Discuss confidently with your Conservative Uncle as he goes through the 5 stages of SCOTUS Grief As you spend time with friends and family this holiday weekend, … Continue reading →
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, GLBT, Humor, marriage equality, Progress Iowa, Republicn Policy, SCOTUS
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