Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Nobel Nominee Kathy Kelly To Speak In Iowa City

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Peace Activist Kathy Kelly “War Is Never the Answer” Friday, March 18th, 7:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Society 2355 Oakdale Rd, Coralville Kathy Kelly, American peace activist, author, and member of the Veterans For Peace Advisory Board, will speak on “War … Continue reading →

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Miller-Meeks Wants Unneeded KeystoneXL

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Dave Bradley

From Miller-Meeks house.gov account: On March 2nd, Miller-Meeks cosponsored the American Energy Independence from Russia Act, which would require President Biden to make an energy security plan within 30 days and take action to unleash America’s oil and natural gas … Continue reading →

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How The American Rescue Plan Is Helping Iowa

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Trish Nelson

No thanks to Republicans.

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Watch This Week’s Blue Statehouse Alert Live

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Go to Iowa House Democrats FB page and sign up for weekly updates.  

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Media, “Culture Wars” And Rural Voters

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Trish Nelson

The RuralVote.org folks don’t get into the whys, but I think we know why.  Fake news, Fox News, Facebook, conservative talk radio spreading anti-democratic propaganda.  But it’s too late to do much to change the mass media before November. So … Continue reading →

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Crafting A Response To COVID-19 And Its Variants

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau published with permission We are witnessing the onslaught of the COVID-19 virus at various locations around the world. The impact of COVID-19 has been most apparent over the last two years. The COVID-19 virus has truly reached … Continue reading →

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Historian Heather Cox Richardson Interviews President Biden

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Watch this amazing interview. You won’t be sorry. 30 minutes.

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Talking Union At REI

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Trish Nelson

REI workers in NYC voted to unionize on Wednesday. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rei-union-rwdsu-soho/ Talking Union at REI by David Leshtz “For those of you who I have not had the chance to meet, I use he/him pronouns and I’m speaking to you today … Continue reading →

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DeJear Gains 10,000 Twitter Followers After Reynolds Speech

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Trish Nelson

What the hell was she even talking about?  The speech was total gibberish. It was not a response to what Biden actually said or any other real thing.  Yikes. The good news is Reynolds’ opponent in the governor’s race Democrat … Continue reading →

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Watch President Biden’s SOTU Address

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Trish Nelson
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