Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Did Blum’s Office Pressure KCRG To Defame Indivisible Iowa?

I like KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids. I think they are a pretty good local station with generally solid journalistic standards in an otherwise wobbly media environment.  They are much better than the Sinclair Broadcasting-owned KGAN in eastern Iowa. So I … Continue reading

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Iowa House Candidate Dr. Phil Miller Requests Drought Emergency Declaration For Local Farmers

DR. PHIL MILLER REQUESTS DROUGHT EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR LOCAL FARMERS FROM USDA Jefferson County, Iowa — Iowa House candidate Dr. Phil Miller of Jefferson County today called on US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to declare a disaster emergency in Davis, … Continue reading

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Action Alert: Iowans Stand Up To Corporate Ag

Action alert from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement/CCI – iowacci.org Do you want a food and ag system that puts farmers, workers, eaters, and our environment before corporate profits?  Join CCI Saturday morning, August 5, to lift up that vision for key … Continue reading

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Beware The False Narrative About Trump Voters

There are a number of Trump voters who will never change their minds.  But not all Trump voters are equal. Many are changing their minds.  This trend can only grow because if anything is certain, that Trump will continue to … Continue reading

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Fill In The Blanks

Often pictures convey complex thoughts much better and quicker than words ever can. Not only that, nearly every one who views a pictorial presentation takes away a different meaning:   Beginning with Teddy Roosevelt it has been over 100 years. … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Beautiful, Wonderful Edition

I feel like a certain current president and have decided to only work one day this week and the jet off to one of my palatial estates. So the quiz may be skewed a bit to the early part of … Continue reading

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Cut Congressional Health Insurance If Our Health Care is Cut!

Bravo, Congressmember Loebsack! Email from Congress member Dave Loebsack concerning the pending legislation to dramatically slash access to healthcare in this country: Thursday, July 27, 2017 “If members of Congress vote to take healthcare coverage from millions of Americans, then they … Continue reading

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Time For Dems To Push “Medicare For All”

The defeat of the Republicans latest attempt to take health care away from millions Friday morning set the stage for Democrats to come forward with with a bold plan that will cover all Americans at a much lower rate than … Continue reading

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Final Week Of The Ernst Traveling Town Halls

Town Halls sorted by date and time. For a list of town halls alphabetically by county please go here.   http://www.blogforiowa.com/2017/06/20/schedule-of-joni-ernst-travelling-office-hours/ We attended town halls in Johnson County, Cedar County and Muscatine County last Tuesday. In Johnson County the staffer merely … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Pardon Me! Edition

Wow are we ever in untrod territory! The current president has been exploring just how extensive his pardoning powers are. Many analysts speculated a few months ago that he would be doing this, but it seemed at the time that … Continue reading

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