Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Why Do Republicans Think Women Are Their Property?

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Our backward MAGA representatives in congress and Iowa Republicans are willing to turn the United States of America into a third world country where women and girls can be forced to bear children against their will. Watch what happens in … Continue reading →

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Watch Live Debate On Public School Funding

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Iowa House Democrats’ Monday update: FUNDING FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: DEBATE TUESDAY MORNING (2/7) Iowa Democrats believe in strong public schools for every kid. This session, Democratic lawmakers are proposing a new $267 million investment in public … Continue reading →

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Senator Zach Wahls On Iowa Press

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Trish Nelson

“One of the things that stood out to us was essentially a consolidation of power within the new attorney general’s office that would allow the attorney general to overrule local county.. attorneys and insert herself directly into those cases.”  This … Continue reading →

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Konfrst: “They Just Can’t Stop Punching Down”

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Watch this week’s very informative and hopeful! Blue Statehouse Alert Live below or on the Iowa House Democrats’ Facebook page.  Dems are strategizing and getting their act together. Listen to the Live and find out how. “Days like today, I’m … Continue reading →

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Another Great Al Franken Podcast

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Sometimes you just gotta laugh. This is a pretty funny Al Franken episode and it’s always great to listen to Joyce Vance and Barbara McQuade who are two of the best legal analysts in the business. They are always up … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Action Against CO2 Pipeline In Eastern Iowa

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from CCI: Feb. 11 – No Wolf CO2 pipeline in eastern Iowa! While we feel the impacts of climate change ramping up in Iowa, large corporations that have significantly polluted our air, land, and water are scrambling to … Continue reading →

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The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Last Great Thing About Iowa

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Trish Nelson

RAGBRAI – It’s not about the bikes. This is the fiftieth anniversary of RAGBRAI.  I have been contemplating lately that RAGBRAI is one of the few remaining great things about Iowa.  We used to have small family farms; we used … Continue reading →

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Iowa School Vouchers Redux

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Seems like every place I go these days when I run into fellow Iowan, all they want to talk about is why is Iowa trying to wreck its public schools? Why is Corporate Kim taking money from public schools which … Continue reading →

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Iowa Democratic Leaders Weekly Live Press Conference

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Weekly live press conference with House Democratic Leader Rep. Jennifer Konfrst and Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls. Follow Iowa House Dems on Facebook Follow Iowa Senate Dems on Facebook

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We Have More Guns Than People

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Trish Nelson

The latest Podcast by George offers a sobering conversation about America’s continuing sick obsession with guns.  To follow Podcast- By George see links below. “Why don’t we do something? Joe Gorton with Brady United talks abut gun-toting America on Podcast- … Continue reading →

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