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Category Archives: Branstad
A Couple Of Bad Hombres In Court
The Des Moines Register had a story about State Auditor Rob Sand standing up and saying “Enough” when it comes to paying any additional lawyer’s fees for former Governor Terry Branstad. To that we would like to say “Thank You, Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Branstad, Charles Grassley, Rob Sand, SCOTUS
Tagged Chris Godfrey, Equal Vote America, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, refusal to give Garland a hearing, sexual discrimination
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Unadvertised Features
Back in my working days I was among the front line of system changes for my area. Despite planning and investigation and using our imaginations when a system was rolled out there were always what we referred to as “unadvertised … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged Chris Godfrey, discrimination lawsuit, wasting taxpayer money
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War As A Campaign Strategy And Other Thoughts
One of the recent unwritten rules of an incumbent Republican president running for re-election is that they must have a war for Americans to rally around. It must be a war they are almost certain to win. They must control … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Kim Reynolds
Tagged IPERS, Mick Mulvaney, property tax backfill, shutdown
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Hubbell Promises To Restore Medicaid. Thank You!
As many have read we have been navigating the health care system with an elderly relative for the past couple of months. What we have found has been very problematic. You can find my most recent post on this … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Kim Reynolds
Tagged medicaid privatization
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Dismantling Healthcare In The US
As I wrote last week we have been deeply involved in the health care system as an elderly relative seems to be entering the latter stages of life. What a goddamned mess. It is so hard to believe that Americans … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Health Care & Medicare, Kim Reynolds, Medicare
Tagged medicaid privatization
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Health Care, Health Care, Health Care!
We spent most of the holiday in the emergency room with an elderly relative. For those who have been in a similar situation you know that you will have a lot of time on your hands while waiting for test … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa legislature 2018, Kim Reynolds, Medicare
Tagged Iowa medicaid privatization
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Pro Sports, Corporate Welfare And Iowa’s Deal With Apple
Joel Osteen’s church in Houston, Texas – A monument to corporate welfare. Dave Zirin is a sports writer of a different breed. While other sports writers are in the mold of hero worshipers who seem to feel that sports exists … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Corporate Welfare, Dave Zirin, Houston, Houston sports arenas, Hurricane Harvey, Joel Osteen
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Reynolds-Branstad Have Been Disastrous for Iowa
{Four people who could easily do a better job than Reynolds. Unfortunately, Todd Prichard has dropped out already.} Cutting Long-term care Ombudsman visits to nursing homes just the latest in a long string of bad decisions. In an editorial in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Branstad
Tagged Andy MacGuire, Cathy Glasson, fiscal mismangement, John Neiderbach, Kim Reynolds, Republican myth, Todd Prichard
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Branstad, Reynolds, Hogg And Jobs
Remember the bogus numbers the Branstad administration would put out monthly on job creation? Branstad had set a goal of 200.000 jobs in 5 years which was a very lofty goal. Knowing that that would be one number that his … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Budget, Jobs, Rob Hogg
Tagged budget mess, Kim Reynolds, real job numbers
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Planned Parenthood Closing Four Clinics In Iowa
The religious crazies that inhabit the Iowa legislature have reached part of their goal – they have caused some closings in Iowa of what they view as the mortal enemy of their God – Planned Parenthood. While they are no … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, planned parenthood, womens rights
Tagged Mike Pence, venereal disease
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