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Category Archives: Branstad
Republican Icon Steve King May Be Primaried
Apparently stepped on some monied toes. Tuesday morning started with an interesting blurb in the news. State Senator Rick Bertrand of Sioux City publicly acknowledged that he was considering a run against Congressman For Life and More Steve King. What … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Branstad, Steve King
Tagged Eric Branstad, ethanol, ethanol industry, Rick Bertrand, Ted Cruz
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How You Can Help Defeat Branstad’s Corrupt Agenda For Iowa
It doesn’t have to be a model ALEC bill. Branstad is still facilitating ALEC’s anti-public education, pro-corporation agenda with this plan. To him, Iowa’s terrible water quality is just another perfect opportunity to take money from public education and give … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Calls to Action
Tagged Branstad corruption, iowa budget, Iowa legislative session 2016, Iowa water quality
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How China Came To Own Iowa’s Land And Politics
https://harpers.org/2016/the-trouble-with-iowa Starting with the suit by Des Moines Water Works over farm pollution in Des Moines’ drinking water that is now in federal court, this article covers everything from Steve King, Bruce Rastetter, chickens, pork, Tyson Foods, Smithfield, Shuanghui Group, … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Corporate Greed, Farming
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Iowa Senate Rejects Branstad Plan On Medicaid
For what it is worth at this juncture let’s have a big hand for the Iowa Senate which passed SF 2125 Thursday that called for the termination of contracts for the managed care of Iowa’s Medicaid program. This is better … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Branstad
Tagged Linda Upmeyer, medicaid in Iowa, Privatization, profitizing
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Branstad, Snyder Typify Republican Party
When I think of Republicans, especially Republicans in power I think of incompetence beyond anyone’s worst nightmare. In their drive to enrich their wealthy donors, they push hard for cuts to any programs that help the poor and help maintain … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Iowa legislature 2016, Republicn Policy
Tagged earmarked sales tax, Iowa schools, school cuts
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Progress Iowa On The State Of The State
Once again the folks at Progress Iowa listen to Governor Branstad and find his words do not match reality. Three press releases from Progress Iowa’s Communication Director Monica Biddix shows how the Governor is out of step with Iowans. Three … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Jobs, middle-class, poverty, Progress Iowa
Tagged Iowa water quality, sales tax for schools, state of the state
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Corruption In The Iowa Legislature?
In honor of the opening day of the 2016 Iowa legislative session, we invite you to partake of some background information that will help make sense of those seemingly crazy ideas of Governor Branstad and the Iowa GOP legislators, like … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Branstad, Iowa legislature 2016
Tagged ALEC in Iowa, Branstad and ALEC, Iowa legislative session 2016, SPN, State Policy Network
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New Legislative Session Starts Next Week
One of the great pleasures of my young life was to read the incredibly droll and wry way that young Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul would approach the opening of the Iowa legislature every year. Kaul would then follow … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Branstad, Iowa Legislature
Tagged Donald Kaul, Iowa Juvenile Home, line item veto, tax cuts for businesses
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Branstad’s Record: Broken Promises and Handouts To Buddies
A few days back, Terry Branstad became America’s longest serving governor. But that certainly does not imply that he has in any way been the most consequential governor in America nor in Iowa. What it does say is that the … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, medicaid expansion, Progress Iowa, Republicn Policy
Tagged Branstad Reynolds, broken promises, medicaid privatization
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Great Examples Of Why The Internet Must Remain Free
Would We Have Heard Of These Without An Open Net? Boy, for a group of folks who spend most of their life pointing fingers and saying how much government sucks, Republicans sure can milk the the tax dollars for their … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Internet Issues, medicaid expansion
Tagged Bruce Harreld, corruption, Iowa State, Kraig Paulsen, Matt Strawn, U of Iowa
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