Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Elizabeth Warren First Democrat To Stand Up To Right Wing Media

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Elizabeth Warren so far is the only Democratic presidential candidate I know of who has refused to do a town hall event on Fox “News.” Other candidates are still offering the same old lame, cliche excuses, basically perpetuating the problem … Continue reading →

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Iowa Drops In “Best State” Poll

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Well, that didn’t last long – from 2018: (1.5 minutes) Healthcare Education Economy Opportunity Infrastructure Crime & Correction  Fiscal Stability Quality of Life Iowa 2019. (#14)  20                      9     … Continue reading →

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Julian Castro: Community At The Core

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Dave Bradley

  NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo will host the first 2020 presidential primary debate in June of 2019. This is the seventh in a series of BFIA’s coverage and commentary of the announcement speeches by the declared Democratic candidates for … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Uterine Support System Edition

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Sam Bee teaches sex education to senators: (10 minutes) Women will now be reclassified (hat tip to Mike Lukovich for this term) as “Uterine Support Systems.”  It is certainly too bad that humor can’t get through to the Trumpist Party … Continue reading →

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Farmer Off The Trump Train

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Dave Bradley

You may have seen this video from CNN earlier this week.  CNN’s Kate Bolduan interviews Ohio farmer Christopher Gibbs. Gibbs is having a very hard time understanding the sense of Trump’s tariff policies, as I am sure many farmers are. … Continue reading →

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Rita Hart Running In Ia-02

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Some exciting news in the old email bag Tuesday – former state senator and lieutenant governor candidate in the Fred Hubbell campaign last fall – Rita Hart – has announced that she will be a candidate to replace the retiring … Continue reading →

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Kamala Harris Campaign Seeks Iowa Interns

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Trish Nelson

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/kamala-harris-campaign-launches-paid-internships-in-iowa-20190510 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is launching a program in Iowa that pays interns $15 an hour to become involved in the campaign and recruit and train supporters. According to the campaign, the “organizing fellows” will be deployed across … Continue reading →

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Could Kamala Harris Be America’s Promise?

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Trish Nelson

NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo will host the first 2020 presidential primary debate in June of 2019. This is the sixth in a series of BFIA’s coverage and commentary of the announcement speeches by the declared Democratic candidates for president … Continue reading →

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Did Trump Traffic Cocaine?

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Trish Nelson

ICYMI:  This has been out there for awhile in the whisper stream (Twitter) but no real coverage on MSM.  Dear Leader during the eighties seems to have been “deeply entangled with an international cocaine trafficker,”  according to David Cay Johnston, … Continue reading →

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Corporate Anti-Science Tactics Similar To Political Propaganda

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Some corporations manipulate science to hide the truth about faulty or dangerous products.  No different than political propaganda, they rely on the similar tactics. The Union of Concerned Scientists has identified these tactics and given them a name, the “Disinformation … Continue reading →

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