Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Help Sarah Trone Garriott Defeat Extremist Jake Chapman

Please support Sarah Trone Garriott to defeat right wing extremist/Kim Reynolds crony, Jake Chapman in Iowa Senate District 14.  SD 14 covers the southeast portion of Dallas County.   Check out Sarah’s website here.   From our inbox yesterday – They … Continue reading →

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Paul Krugman With Al Franken

Krugman does the best job I’ve heard of succinctly explaining the student debt crisis and why student loan forgiveness is the right thing to do. That and more in this well worth your time podcast.

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Sheldon Whitehouse Exposes Right Wing Court Capture In Series Of Speeches

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, explains to America how dark right wing money packed the court in a series of floor speeches titled “The Scheme,” exposing the machinations by right-wing donor interests to capture … Continue reading →

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Vote For Tom Miller The People’s AG

It was a disgraceful and disrespectful performance by Brenna Bird on Iowa Press. The Iowa MAGAs should be pleased! According to Steve King’s former chief of staff Brenna Bird who is running for Attorney General, when Kim Reynolds says on … Continue reading →

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Biden: Democrats Offer A Vision For A Better America

Democrats, here’s what you’ve been waiting for, your midterms messaging marching orders to be repeated early and often everywhere you are.  Please view the video, then you know what to do. Biden:  “It’s in our hands if we just get … Continue reading →

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Can Citizens Stop A CAFO?

From our inbox here is an update from CCI Issue Update Neighbors band together to oppose hog confinement – get an early win. A group of neighbors in rural Howard County banded together to share their concerns and express opposition … Continue reading →

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Iowa Workers Deserve Labor Union Appreciation Month

Contact: focusonruralamerica@gmail.com STATEMENT: Iowa Workers Deserve Labor Union Appreciation Month Des Moines, Iowa — Focus on Rural America cofounder and former Lt. Gov. Patty Judge issued the following statement calling for Iowa leaders to proclaim September as Labor Union Appreciation … Continue reading →

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Libraries Are Essential To Democracy

Nicholas Johnson was a Presidential Advisor, White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services, 1979.  Follow Nicholas Johnson on Facebook, Twitter  and his blog fromdc2iowa.blogspot.com/ Live Through All Time Or Die by Nicholas Johnson  At least some Americans may be … Continue reading →

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If America Has Been Poisoned What Is The Antidote?

The Powell memo, Ronald Reagan, money is speech, corporations are people, union busting, racism, Willie Horton, Rush Limbaugh, guns, white supremacists, voting, etc.  Antidote at 9:55.

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Barbara Ehrenreich’s Legacy

Barbara Ehrenreich died last week at the age of 81. She was the author of more than 20 books, including her best-known, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.”  I read Nickel and Dimed years ago and found … Continue reading →

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