Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Progress Iowa Conducts Study Of Local Media

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Kudos to  Progress Iowa for focusing on our problematic media. These are important findings. Once again, research confirming the obvious. Latino, Native, Asian and African American Iowans Have Been Left Off Iowa Public Television’s ‘Iowa Press’ in 2019 With caucus … Continue reading →

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Carl Sagan On The Dumbing Down Of America

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Trish Nelson

We are here. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media…  – Carl Sagan

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Iowa GOP’s Secret Flood Recovery Plan

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Senate Democrats: “When will the state of Iowa respond to the historic flooding in western Iowa? So far, Republicans have rejected every proposal and offered none of their own.”

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Join The Fox Boycott

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Tell Advertisers Drop Fox https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-advertisers-drop Background Right now, companies that do business with Fox News are financially supporting bigotry, dangerous lies, and harmful conspiracy theories. Since the network is a propaganda operation, these companies are also financially supporting and enabling … Continue reading →

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Senator Elizabeth Warren On Iowa Press

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Trish Nelson

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Sunday Funday: Incompetence Edition

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Have you ever seen a group so incompetent at governing as this current crop of Republicans? From Dear Leader who thinks windmill noise causes cancer on down to our Dear Governor who just can’t decide so she defers to the … Continue reading →

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Thank You Once Again, Congressman Loebsack!

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Dave Bradley

From Candace Clement at freepress.net Another victory for Net Neutrality! The Save the Internet Act passed its second major hurdle in Congress and could be headed to a full floor vote as early as next week. We’ve got momentum and … Continue reading →

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Forums As The End Of The Session Approaches Plus Issues

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Voter Suppression, Huge Judicial Appointment Process changes still in the mix. Once again we access infonetone.org    for the weekly list of forums. As usual the list is by date and time. When you find a forum you wish to … Continue reading →

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Loebsack Co-sponsors Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Loebsack Statement on House Passage of the Violence Against Women Act of 2019 Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the House passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act of 2019 (VAWA). The … Continue reading →

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Protecting Our Columns Of Democracy

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Nicholas Johnson is a hero of everyone here at BFIA.  Over the weekend we attended a reading of his new book at Prairie Lights book store in Iowa City.  Scroll down to the video below to view the entire reading … Continue reading →

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