Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

America Needs Paper Ballots To Ensure Safe Elections

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Verified Voting is working hard to safeguard America’s elections.  Follow their work on Twitter @VerifiedVoting or on Facebook to catch more news about Verified Voting. Verified Voting made headlines this week, weighing in on federal legislation (like the Secure Elections … Continue reading →

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Iowa Republicans Want To Make You A Criminal For Applying For Worker’s Comp.

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Forwarding this action alert: F 2305, the Worker’s Compensation Crimes bill,  is a typical modern-day Republican attempt to rob the middle class by scaring workers who have worker’s comp claims.  It would create a class D felony for worker’s comp … Continue reading →

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Election Prospects for Republicans and Democrats in the November 2018 Elections

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau The upcoming 2018 United States elections will mainly occur on November 6. These midterm elections include races at the local, state, and federal levels. Nationwide all House seats and a third of those in the Senate will … Continue reading →

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Computer Scientist Barbara Simons Proves How Easy It Is To Hack Elections—And How It Can Be Stopped

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Editor’s note: I stumbled on this diary on dailykos.com the other day. Dailykos has a policy of allowing full reprints of their articles provided they are given full acknowledgment. This diary is a good summation of the horrible mess that … Continue reading →

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America’s War On Kids

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Dave Bradley

video 4 minutes, not safe for work Seems like there has always been a war on kids in this country. However, since Nixon’s brilliant strategy of getting back at the hippies and blacks for their part in the civil rights … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: High Holy Days Of Basketball Are Upon Us

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Readers of this column know that there are some things that your friendly quizmaster holds sacred. Basketball tournament time is time to shut down and bathe in the glow of some great games, some upsets and the buzzer beaters. We … Continue reading →

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MEMO: Republicans Wage War on Women’s Health Care

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Editor’s note: This extremely important analysis of the Republican war on women’s health care arrived in email on International Women’s Day. This should be a major consideration when you vote this fall: To: Interested Parties From: Matt Sinovic, Progress Iowa … Continue reading →

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Backfill Cut Is BS

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Editor’s note: This ‘on the money’ rant from a friend landed in my mailbox on Friday morning. It is quite self explanatory You can email your legislator and urge them to vote NO on SF 2081- backfill elimination bill. Backfill? … Continue reading →

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Republican “Dirty Dozen” Bills Pending in Iowa Legislature

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Action Alert from Senator Rob Hogg – If you want to speak up about any of these bills, you can find contact information for House members, including committee membership, at http://www.legis.iowa.gov. We are dealing with lots of bad bills coming … Continue reading →

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Jim Jefferies On Guns

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Trish Nelson

ICYMI, Jim Jefferies offers this hilarious, accurate take on our continuing fake national conversation about guns and the second amendment.  Must see video. Part 2

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