Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

JD Scholten v Steve King: Is Iowa’s Fourth District More Progressive Than We Think?

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Trish Nelson

J.D. Scholten has received the endorsement of Democracy for America.  DFA has 14,944 members in Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District, 30,276 in the state of Iowa, and more than one million members nationwide.  It is somewhat surprising that half of DFA’s … Continue reading →

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Beto Swears, Joins Warren And Buttiegieg In Holding The Media Accountable

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Trish Nelson

One step forward for Democracy. Finally, someone displays the appropriate level of affect when referring to Trump!  Beto O’Rourke apparently has had enough of  the media’s crap and Trump’s crap and didn’t mind saying so, and that is exactly what … Continue reading →

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Local Elected Official Attends Netroots Nation

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Netroots Nation has been around for more than a decade. It is an annual convention for progressive activists, originally organized by the Daily Kos community. Previously called YearlyKos, it was later re-named Netroots Nation.  The event draws a few thousand … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funnies And A Couple Of Comments

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Dave Bradley

    John Fugelsang has an interesting view on the next election. He would like to see Trump win if only to face the consequences of his reckless economic policies. Much like George W’s policies, Trump has blown a huge … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Background Noise Edition

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Dave Bradley

video 2 minutes: There will be some background noise during the presidential election next year and most likely also in the House and Senate races also. Behind all the drama of the election will be an underlying problem for the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Catch-22 Edition

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Dave Bradley

So let me see if I got this straight: Dear Leader can’t be indicted for crimes he committed while running for president.  The reason he is president is because of the crimes he committed while running and for which he … Continue reading →

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Playing The Oldies

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Dave Bradley

“Go back to where you came from!” When I heard that tweet from Dear Leader I remembered the first time I heard it and understood what it meant. I was around 12. There was no mistaking it was a racist … Continue reading →

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Ernst Ignores Moms Against the Camps

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Dave Bradley

From dailykos.com by Gabe Ortiz: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst initially refused to speak with more than 50 concerned Iowa mothers who converged on her Des Moines office this week to call on her to do something about the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of … Continue reading →

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Reminder: ProgressIowa Corn Feed Next Sunday

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Reposted from last week. Being lazy on the holiday weekend Coming off some great performances by nearly everyone at the debates last week we want to remind you that Progress Iowa will have their annual get together know as the … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Progress Iowa Corn Feed In Two Weeks

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Coming off some great performances by nearly everyone at the debates this week we want to remind you that Progress Iowa will have their annual get together know as the corn feed. In a major change this year the gathering … Continue reading →

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