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Category Archives: Civil Liberties
Coup #2 Starts In Iowa Next Month
7 minutes 30 seconds: Republican George Conway agrees with the Colorado Supreme Court: Even as Colorado stands up for the constitution and upholds the 14th amendment by barring insurrection leader Donald Trump from their primary ballots, Iowa gears up to … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, #trumpresistance, 2024 election, Civil Liberties
Tagged abortion, authoritarianism, dictator, Dobbs v. Jackson, Miller-Meeks, quoting Hitler, revenge, SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade, vengeance
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Samantha Bee Takes On Anti-Asian Hate
Hopefully loading 3 short YouTube videos won’t bog the system down too much. With that we present Samatha Bee’s Full Frontal from last Wednesday in 3 parts. 4 minutes, 4 minutes and 5 minutes respectively: Thanks to the attraction … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Civil Liberties
Tagged AAPI, Asian Americans, hate, prejudice
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“So That A Positive Conservative Message”
“can rise to the top of the field.” This is a line that Scott Walker used in his speech retiring his presidential bid for this round. BTW, look out Wisconsin – Walker will be wanting to burnish his right wing … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Education, firearms, gun control, Immigration, Income inequality, Internet Issues, Labor, Medicare, minimum wage, Republican hypocrisy, Social Security
Tagged Scott Walker
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Ernst Embarrasses Iowa Again
Wednesday evening Iowa’s own Joni Ernst proved once more that she neither understands issues nor has any idea what Iowans think when she introduced a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. In a video on HuffPost the commentator says that the … Continue reading
The American Civil Liberties Union: Protecting the Rights of All
by Ralph Scharnau Founded in 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) strives to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. The modern civil liberties movement owes much to … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties
Tagged ACLU, civil liberties
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A Sign Of Hope At West Des Moines Dowling
The proverbial uprising in Indiana and Arkansas against legalizing discrimination based on a class of citizens last week was somewhat heartwarming. It has been amazing what Americans have let pass from our representatives both at a state and national level … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, civil rights, Education, GLBT
Tagged West Des Moines Dowling
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Cable Merger And The Commons
A couple of weeks ago a federal court said that the FCC had dropped the ball on net neutrality, thus those who own the gateway to the internet could do what they wish to do in controlling access. Immediately the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, civil rights, Corporate Greed, Internet Issues
Tagged Comcast, Time-Warner
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Walmart Protest In Iowa City.
Protesters gathered at the turn off to Walmart from Hwy. 1 in south Iowa City yesterday. They held signs to passing motorists and got many approving thumbs up and honks. One young man told one protester to go back to … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Food Insecurity, Jobs, Labor, Walmart
Tagged decent benefits, living wage
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Secrets, News Leaks, and the Surveillance State
It was a frightening few weeks in May for journalists concerned with protecting their sources and for Americans concerned with protecting their privacy. Thanks to intelligence whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, journalists made the public aware of massive secret surveillance by … Continue reading
Posted in Big Government, Civil Liberties
Tagged Dept of Justice, first amendment rights, FISA Court, NSA, Obama-Holder DOJ
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Our Liberties We Prize And Our Rights We Will Maintain
Today marks both the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the anniversary of the Iowa Supreme Court Varnum v. Brien decision. These are the words of Dr. King one day before he was killed by an … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, civil rights
Tagged iowa civil liberties, Iowa civil rights, Martin Luther King assassination, Varnum v. Brien, Varnum v. Brien anniversary
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