Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Occupy the World Food Prize 2017

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Trish Nelson

 

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Impending Environmental Crisis in Iowa

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Trish Nelson

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How to Support Immigrants In Your Community

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Trish Nelson

This was passed along to us from Anne Spencer at strongwomenjoco@gmail.com, a group of activists in Iowa City.   At our Immigration Issues event on Wednesday 10/18/17, attendees heard from a very knowledgeable and active panel of strong women who are … Continue reading →

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FCC Asks for More Public Comments on Sinclair-Tribune Merger

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Everyone should go to freepress.net, sign up for emails and complete the contact form to the FCC opposing the Sinclair-Tribune merger. They have filed a Petition to Deny the merger with the FCC. You can still send a comment directly … Continue reading →

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Is The Answer To Iowa’s Water Pollution Already Available?

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Dave Bradley

As anyone knows, drainage of farm chemicals into Iowa’s waterways has been one of the most contentious issues in the state in recent years at least if not longer. Farm chemicals that have not been used by the plants in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Flag And Cross Edition

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Dave Bradley

What Sinclair Lewis is often cited as saying appears to be something neither he nor anyone else ever exactly said. Yet somehow it has been rolled into one of the most famous “quotes” of the 20th century. It goes like … Continue reading →

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Can We Talk About Guns Yet?

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Dave Bradley

There hasn’t been a mass shooting in the US that appears to be worthy of mass media attention in the past three weeks, so IS NOW THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT GUNS? Can we finally get something started before the … Continue reading →

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Impeachable Offenses: Failure To Uphold The Law

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Dave Bradley

http://bradblog.com/?p=12337  start at 4 minutes ends at 22:15. from bradblog: First up, Trump’s recent comments and actions to sabotage American health care are, as I argue, in violation of his sworn oath to “protect and defend the Constitution”, which includes … Continue reading →

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Ernst And Grassley Vote To Cut Medicare And Medicaid

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Dave Bradley

As part of the budget bill passed late Thursday night by the senate Medicare will be cut by a massive $500 billion over the next ten years and Medicaid will be cut by an even more massive $1 Trillion over … Continue reading →

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The Reynolds Budget Crisis Isn’t Going Away

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Dave Bradley

picture credit: Iowa Starting Line From the Iowa Democratic Party Five years ago, our state had a budget surplus of nearly $1 billion dollars, but due to massive special interest tax giveaways by the Reynolds Administration, our state sits with … Continue reading →

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