Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Maybe WE CAN Do Something About Guns

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Mark Joseph Stern writing on slate.com:   “Imagine this: You’re in a church, or a school, or a concert, or a movie theater, and you hear gunshots. The next thing you know, you wake up in a hospital bed. You learn … Continue reading →

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Third District Candidate Austin Frerick Calls On Greenfield And Young To Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Trish Nelson

And now a word from Austin Frerick, candidate for U.S. Congress in Iowa’s third district.  Sign up for Austin’s Rurally Good Newsletter here.  Unlike many campaign mailings, Austin’s communications are not silly, patronizing, political red meat presented as a pretext … Continue reading →

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Fake News Machine Ready To Defend Trump White House Against Mueller

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Trish Nelson

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/08/fake-news-machine-defend-trump-white-house-against-robert-mueller/ Follow the Data One year after the election, a few data points on the barrage of propaganda and disinformation utilized in the 2016 campaign is finally becoming available. According to an Oxford University study of Twitter traffic during the … Continue reading →

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Francis Thicke Warns of Corporate Takeover of Organic Farming

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Trish Nelson

keepthesoilinorganic/ We all suffered a terrible defeat for organic farming at the Jacksonville National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting last week when hydroponics was welcomed into organic certification. At the end of the meeting, Francis Thicke gave his farewell address. … Continue reading →

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Patriotism, Trump, And The Constitution

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau The issue of patriotism has once again surfaced. Patriotism remains a loaded concept with differing ethnic, cultural, racial, gender, political, and historical meanings. Underlying the divisions, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution remain the most … Continue reading →

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Pork and Politics In Iowa 2017

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. – JFAN Johnson County Supervisor Mike Carberry on organizing for better legislation and supporting public officials with backbone at the October 19, 2017 JFAN Annual Meeting, “Breaking the Grip of Corporate Agriculture on Rural … Continue reading →

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REPORT: Iowa’s Student Loan Debt Reaches More Than $13 Billion

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Dave Bradley

From our friends at ProgressIowa comes yet another disturbing report on how Iowa’s current Republican administration has taken Iowa from being a great place to live and raise kids to a place built for the wealthy and well connected. “Governor … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: The Resistance One Year Out

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Sad to have to remember that Wednesday is the first anniversary of the birth of something most of us could never imagine happening. On November 8th of last year, despite a drubbing in the popular vote, America was saddled with … Continue reading →

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To Do List This Week: Vote, Sign Up For Healthcare, Call Congress

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Back when I was in school  – when we walked miles there and miles back – one thing that was emphasized was that even as an average citizen you were expected to participate in the running of your government. Next … Continue reading →

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About Those Tax Cuts And An Appeal From Rob Hogg

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Here and below we have a couple of short ( 3 minute and 4 minute) videos with Robert Reich explaining just how the proposed tax cuts will only do just what we would expect Republican tax proposals to do – … Continue reading →

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