Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Austin Frerick: “People Don’t Trust Politicians Anymore”

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Even Ed had to work hard to keep up with Austin Frerick’s agile mind, impressive knowledge and quick retorts. Austin is a candidate for U.S. congress from Iowa’s third district. https://www.austinfrerick.com/ Follow Austin’s campaign on Facebook and Twitter. [*BFIA Editor’s … Continue reading →

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Live Interview with Ari Berman on Wisconsin Voter Suppression in 2016 Election

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Iowa native Ari Berman took a trip to Wisconsin to study the impact of Wisconsin’s voter ID law on the 2016 election and had this to report: “Tens of thousands of people were prevented from voting because of voter ID … Continue reading →

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How You Can Help Oust Trump-Supporting Do-Nothing Congressman Steve King

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Action Alert from J.D. Scholten, candidate for congress in Iowa’s fourth district What to do next when you’ve already visited nearly every one of the 39 counties in the district? Launch a 39 county tour to see them all again! … Continue reading →

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Iowa Lawmakers Propose Public Option

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Trish Nelson

State Lawmakers Propose Healthy Iowans for a Public Option Des Moines, Iowa – State Senator Matt McCoy, D-Des Moines, and State Representative John Forbes, D-Urbandale, said today they will propose a bill next session to make health care more accessible … Continue reading →

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Constitutionality of Iowa’s “Ag-gag” Law Challenged

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Trish Nelson

“’An especially grievous harm to our democracy occurs when the government uses the power of the criminal laws to target unpopular speech to protect those with power—which is exactly what this law is about. Ag gag clearly is a violation … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Big 3 Republicans Flounder As Leaders

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Grassley Obstructing Justice Once More. Remember back to February of 2016 when Justice Scalia died? Remember that Chuck Grassley’s response to Scalia’s death was an almost immediate announcement that he was going to obstruct the constitutional proscribed process of filling … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Really Scary Edition!

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Dave Bradley

You don’t have to imagine that life on earth is at a critical juncture. We are at a time when decisions that we make will have a huge effect on the ability of life to continue to exist as we … Continue reading →

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Progress Iowa: Iowa Workers Overwhelmingly Recertify!

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dave Bradley

http://www.ProgressIowa.org For Immediate Release: October 25, 2017 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0530 Iowa Workers Overwhelmingly Support Unions In Recertification Vote Des Moines — Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement today after Iowa’s public workers voted to recertify unions across … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Republicans In Congress Vote To Cut Medicare & Medicaid

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Iowa’s Republican members of congress have once again leveled a boot into the ass of elderly, poor and disabled Iowans. Thursday the US House held a vote on the 2018 budget resolution. A major feature of that budget is the … Continue reading →

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Austin Frerick’s Rurally Good Deal for Iowa

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Trish Nelson

IA-3 Congressional Candidate Austin Frerick Releases the Rurally Good Deal To Revitalize Rural Communities “Incremental change isn’t enough,” Frerick says. “This is a new deal-style project to get rural Iowa thriving again.” austinfrerick.com WINTERSET – Iowa Third District congressional candidate Austin Frerick today announced … Continue reading →

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