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Iowa’s Medicaid MCOs Get Another Big Raise
The Medicaid mess that Terry Branstad created and then walked away from just got much, much worse for the end user in Iowa Friday. That end user is of course the 680,000 Iowans who rely on Medicaid for their … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Iowa Democrats, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Fred Hubbell, medicaid privatization, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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New Ads For Candidates Axne And Finkenauer
Cindy Axne first: Donation page for Cindy Axne is here. Abby Finkenauer: Donation page For Abby Finkenauer is here. Both of these races look to be tight but winnable. In the first district Progress Iowa’s Matt Sinovic notes that Republican … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa
Tagged Abby Finkenauer, Cardboard Rod Blum, Cindy Axne
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Robb Hogg Weekend Events
Help State Legislative Candidates Events This Weekend With Christian Andrews, Marie Gleason, Dave Dawson, Vicky Brenner, Tracy Freese and Brenda Brink Plus the complete list of Democratic candidates seeking to flip seats or hold open seats Dear Friends: I have … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Rob Hogg
Tagged Iowa legislature 2019
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Newspapers Are Working – So Subscribe
Despite significant decreases in staff and other expenses, many newspapers crank out stories relevant to our daily lives. For example, Jason Clayworth and Brianne Pfannenstiel published a full-page article about Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell’s tenure at Younkers in the … Continue reading
King On The “15 Worst For Women” List; Scholten Contrasts With His Team
Why does Iowa spend millions of tax dollars, huge amounts of time and the talent of some talented and artistic people in order to present a picture to the rest of the country that Iowa is indeed a welcoming and … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Steve King
Tagged diversity, JD Scholten, Misogyny
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Sunday Funday: Back To School Edition
Now that the state fair is over Iowa’s school children can get back to school. They will be joining other kids across the country most of whom have long since returned to school. August is supposed to be a quiet … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Just the Facts – TrumpTax Hurts Iowa
The following email was sent out Thursday following another campaign swing into Iowa by VP Mike Pence. Interestingly, this dovetails nicely with my previous post concerning what the Trump/Pence administration is doing to children. In this email, Progress Iowa leader … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Economy, Income inequality
Tagged Mike Pence, Trump tax cuts
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The Children Are The Future
video 1.5 minutes NPR’s Weekend Edition last Saturday included a story on the seperation of a Guatemalan mother and her 3 year old son. Through an interpreter the NPR host, Scott Simon, conducted the interview. Near the end of the interview … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Children, Climate Action, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environment, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Obamacare, Social Security
Tagged Betsy DeVos, DACA, Jeff Kaufmann
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Special Campaign Update: Let’s Flip The Iowa Senate
Here are details on how you can help flip the Iowa Senate by supporting 11 candidates – if 8 of them win, we can flip the Iowa Senate Dear Friends: We have eleven candidates who are key to flipping the Iowa Senate, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Rob Hogg
Tagged Amber Gustafson, Dave Dawson, Iowa state senate election, Jackie Smith, John O'Brien, Marie Gleason, Mary Stewart, Patti Robinson, Sara Ramsey, Taylor Van De Krol, Tracy Freese, Vicky Brenner
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Sunday Funday: Living On McDonald’s Salary Edition
Found this little slice of American life on Twitter this week. You can see for yourself just how simple it is to live on next to nothing. Perhaps congress members and state legislators, governors and presidents should try it. Heating $0? … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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