Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

For Final Summer of Citizenship Weekend, “Join In” at 3rd District workshop in Atlantic or Join Me for Events in Webster City, Lohrville, Steamboat Rock & Grinnell

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Coming off Phil Miller’s big special election win in Iowa House District 82 in southeast Iowa, there is still time to join in, reach out, and speak up over the final weekend of the Summer of Citizenship.  Iowa’s Third Congressional … Continue reading →

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Jen Senko: How Right Wing Media Has Divided The Country And What We Must Do

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Trish Nelson

See my post earlier this week Movie Review:  The Brainwashing of My Dad, the documentary by Jen Senko about losing her father to right wing media. Also on Blog for Iowa see the list of the thirteen Iowa commercial radio … Continue reading →

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How To Fight Sinclair Broadcasting In Iowa

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Sinclair  is about to become the TV version of  right-wing radio.  How do we fight back?   1 – Everyone should go to freepress.net, sign up for emails and complete the contact form to the FCC opposing the Sinclair-Tribune merger. … Continue reading →

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Is The American Farm Bureau Just Another Corporate Entity?

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Trish Nelson

This 60 Minutes expose of the American Farm Bureau from April, 2000 raises the idea that the Farm Bureau may care more about its Wall Street investments than it does about farmers.  We wonder what if anything has changed since … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Brainwashing of My Dad

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Trish Nelson

This is not only a must-see documentary, it is an engaging, tender personal story, told by a daughter, Jen Senko, who lost her dad to the right-wing media. It is a fascinating yet sad and all too common tale about … Continue reading →

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A Good Suggestion From The Onion

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Thanks to the Onion for this picture and story The week has been so intense, I need a little relief. So we turn to the Onion  for its no-nonsense view of the world: Nation Begs Disaffected Youth Gravitating Toward Neo-Nazism To … Continue reading →

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Gerrymandering Author At Prairie Lights Wednesday

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Dave Bradley

The two videos were posted on youtube in June of 2016. They are about 30 minutes in length in total August 23, 2017(Wednesday) – 7:00pm at Prairie Lights in downtown Iowa City, Salon editor-in-chief David Daley will read from Ratf**ked, Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Special Prayer Edition

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Dear Lord, We believe that our president has offended you grievously by supporting those who would hurt your children. Lord, we need a sign from you. If our president has offended you by his actions, please give our country a … Continue reading →

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Question

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Dave Bradley

“Question” by the Moody Blues” One of the pieces that seems to be missing in the stories I have been able to find concerning Iowa’s continuing starvation of our education system is how this fits in with the history of … Continue reading →

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Charlottesville: The Outward Manifestations Of Race In America

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Dave Bradley

I will try to make this to the point. What happened in Charlottesville was the pot that had been boiling beneath the surface finally bubbling over so that we can really see that there is a problem. Will America be … Continue reading →

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