Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Obama Town Hall: Use This Opportunity To Create Change

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Trish Nelson
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A Fractured People

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Reprinted with permission from the May 2020 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is  funded entirely by reader subscription,  available only in hard copy for $12/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. … Continue reading →

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Statement By Our Last Real President Barack Obama

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Trish Nelson

npr.org/2020/05/29/865295468/obama-on-george-floyds-death-and-the-maddening-normalcy-of-racism I want to share parts of the conversations I’ve had with friends over the past couple days about the footage of George Floyd dying face down on the street under the knee of a police officer in Minnesota. The … Continue reading →

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Fairs? Fourth of July? What’s Going On?

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Summers have a schedule. The time out of school for kids have time posts that mark the passage of the time until school starts rolling again. Normally we would have just passed time post #1 which is Memorial Day. In … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Don’t Forget To Vote Edition!

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Dave Bradley

A gentle reminder that Iowa’s primary vote officially takes place this Tuesday, June 2nd. Or perhaps it would be best said that Tuesday is your last chance to vote, since absentee balloting has been available for the past month. You … Continue reading →

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Legislature Back Wednesday

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Pennsylvania legislator lets loose with a very deserved rant concerning the fact that Republicans in the legislators were positive for corona virus while meeting with Democrats who were never told about the Republicans being positive (12 minutes) This situation is … Continue reading →

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Pelosi Heads Off Distraction

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Video 5 minutes: Egberto Willis’s commentary is right on. Pelosi’s comment that “As far as these platforms are concerned they want 2 things from the federal government – no regulation and no taxes” (at 1:38) perfectly describes the social media … Continue reading →

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Corporate DC Lobbyists Dictate Senator Joni Ernst’s Every Move 

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Trish Nelson

As Over 14,500 Iowans File New Jobless Claims, Corporate DC Lobbyists Dictate Senator Joni Ernst’s Every Move DES MOINES, IA — More than 200 trade groups represented by D.C. lobbyists sent a letter to Congress yesterday, revealing the marching orders … Continue reading →

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Getting Real About Trump

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Discover a whole new level of truthiness. Follow these people on Twitter and elsewhere. Noel Casler, John Melendez, Sarah Kendzior,  Brett and Ben Meiselas of @meidastouch “Once Pompeo and Barr get ahold of this place, we ain’t gettin’ it back.” … Continue reading →

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Iowans Forced To Collect Own Covid-19 Data

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Early on in the pandemic, whenever I watched a Reynolds press conference I was struck by her attitude of arrogance, even contempt, for the press in the room and by association, all Iowans. She looked bored and put out by … Continue reading →

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