Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Anti-Trump/Reynolds Billboard Censored

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Billboard “too controversial.”  This is the way of media. Conservative voices get all the exposure they want unquestioned.  Other voices get censored and banned, stifled.  Like there aren’t plenty of controversial billboards out there. As someone commented on a FB … Continue reading →

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Video: Scott County Legislative Forum

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Thanks to Molly Regan, 1st Vice Chair, Scott County Democrats, for sending these videos along for posting.  Parts 2-4 are available at Scott County Democrats YouTube channel. Everyone should be getting video at your forums whenever possible.  

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Lobbyists: Time To Shine A Light On Them

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Many years ago I made a proposal that any and all meetings between lobbyists and members of government at any level be held in the open and if possible recorded. If governmental people must wear a recorder 24X7 so be … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Karmic Edition

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Dave Bradley

At the outset let me explain that this week’s quiz will be less devoted to current events than normal. Your humble quiz master’s universe has been disturbed by a force that occurs once a year and he must attend to … Continue reading →

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Reminder: March For Our Lives Next Saturday!

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Make your position known! We will not stand for the wholesale slaughter of our children or fellow citizens as gun makers profit from their deaths. It is time to let politicians who are in the pocket of the gun lobby … Continue reading →

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The Quiet Room 

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Dave Bradley

A story of a child’s gun death in America “At the end of an inconspicuous hallway and strategically placed far from the controlled chaos of the trauma room lies a dimly lit waiting area that we in the medical field … Continue reading →

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Vulture Capitalists Swallow A Couple Of Companies

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Rumors of the demise of Toys ’R’ Us have been circulating for six months or more since they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Almost as if a songbook was sent out for news readers across the land there was a … Continue reading →

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Iraq Peace Vigil, Fifteen Years Later

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Action alert by Ed Flaherty – Please join Veterans For Peace and PEACE Iowa at the Clinton St/Iowa Ave entrance to the Pentacrest in Iowa City at 5:30 – 6:00 PM on Monday, March 19th for a 15-Year Peace Vigil. … Continue reading →

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Ankeny Legislative Forum: Constituents Laugh Out Loud At Legislators

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Trish Nelson
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Action Alert: GOP Will Bring Up 6 Week Abortion Ban Thursday

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from the Iowa Statehouse Progressive Network GOP To Bring Up 6 Week Abortion Ban Thursday @ 2 pm Yesterday, Republicans said their dangerous bill to ban abortion after 6 weeks was dead. Today, they found a new way … Continue reading →

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