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Dismantling Healthcare In The US
As I wrote last week we have been deeply involved in the health care system as an elderly relative seems to be entering the latter stages of life. What a goddamned mess. It is so hard to believe that Americans … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Health Care & Medicare, Kim Reynolds, Medicare
Tagged medicaid privatization
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Here Come The Democrats!
Kirk Nelson from Altoona shared these convention pics with Blog for Iowa. Kirk shared that for him, the convention was characterized by the presence of so many smart, capable young people determined to make their country great again. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Iowa Democratic Convention 2018, Iowa Democrats
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Krugman: Big Business Reaps Trump’s Whirlwind
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has a great article Thursday concerning business’s role in the Republican Party that has gone awry. Joining the Republicans in cynically using racism, xenophobia, misogyny and division of the country in order to win … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Racism in America, Republican Policy
Tagged business, Paul Krugman, tariffs
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Sunday Funday: Dear Leader Leaves Country Next Week Edition
In case you hadn’t heard Dear Leader will be leaving the country next week. How fast and how high can we build walls? Just kidding, folks. Can’t think of a single reason why we would want to get rid of … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Abby Finkenauer – What IA 01 Needs
video 1.5 minutes One of the most exciting candidates to come along in Iowa in a long time is the Democratic candidate in Iowa’s first congressional district. Abby Finkenauer is exciting not only because of her youth, but also because … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa
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Health Care, Health Care, Health Care!
We spent most of the holiday in the emergency room with an elderly relative. For those who have been in a similar situation you know that you will have a lot of time on your hands while waiting for test … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa legislature 2018, Kim Reynolds, Medicare
Tagged Iowa medicaid privatization
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A Blog For Iowa Independence Day Post
Independence Day is an American holiday if there is one. A group of military veterans discussed participation in a local Independence Day parade via email. A member made this post: I will not participate in the July 4th parade. This … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, politics, Progressive Community, progressive values
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Grassley’s Stolen SCOTUS Attacks Working Families
Editor’s note: The following are two press releases concerning Senator Grassley and his unprecedented and still extremely controversial hijacking of the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. http://www.WhyCourtsMatterIowa.org For Immediate Release: June 27, 2018 Contact: wcmia@whycourtsmatteriowa.org Des Moines, Iowa — Today the … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Charles Grassley, Iowa Federation of Labor, Labor, Progress Iowa, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged Janus v. AFSCME
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Sunday Funday: July 4th And Other Events Edition
Hard to believe it is only just July now since it has been July hot for over a month now. The Fourth is smack in the middle of the week this year which with ruins long weekends or makes them … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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An important message from a life-long Republican who won’t be voting for Steve King
Email from the JD Scholten campaign June 27th: You hear from us so frequently, we thought we’d do something different this time and share an op-ed that appeared in yesterday’s (June 26th’s) Forest City Summit. This excellent piece was written by a … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Steve King
Tagged Forest City Summit, JD Scholten
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