Category Archives: Immigration

Veterans Condemn Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Paul Deaton

Veterans For Peace strongly condemns Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy, the imprisonment of children, and criminalization of undocumented immigrants. Our immigration laws and enforcement tactics have long been at a crisis point and we are now witnessing even more draconian … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget: Families Belong Together Rallies Across Iowa Today

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Rallies will be held across Iowa in large cities and small and in every sector of the state to loudly protest the insane administration policies of tearing children from their parents at the border. Besides the incredible cruelty shown by … Continue reading →

Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Immigration | Tagged families belong together | Comments Off

Couple Of Thoughts On The Ripping Families Apart At The Border

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Without a doubt this is about the lowest the US has ever stooped. The current administration has acted against laws, against norms and against morality in jailing babies and children at the Mexican border. It is unconscienable. While others have … Continue reading →

Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Immigration, Steve King | Tagged border wall, CHIP, immigrant children | Comments Off

What, Me Worry?

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Dave Bradley

The following is a letter to the editor from Larry Hodgden of Tipton. Larry is an Army veteran and former chair of the Cedar County Democrats. A recent Gazette letter reminded me of this warning to all of us. Reverend … Continue reading →

Posted in gun safety, Immigration, Republicn Policy, Trump, union busting, womens rights | Tagged demagogue, propaganda | Comments Off

Dave Loebsack Introduces Legislation To Reunite Deported Pastor And Family

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Trish Nelson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) – There’s a new push to bring Pastor Max Villatoro back to the United States – a bill in Washington, D.C. Thursday U.S. Congressman Dave Loebsack announced the bill “For the relief of Max Villatoro.” The … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Thanksgiving Dinner Debate Tips

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Timely advice from our friends at ProgressIowa If you’re like me, you’ve got a lot of Thanksgiving food, family fun, and a heaping helping of face time with your conservative relatives. Are you the only progressive voice at the dinner … Continue reading →

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JFK: Liberal

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Dave Bradley

To honor the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, murdered 52 years ago today in Dallas, Texas we present his acceptance speech before the New York Liberal Party in 1960 Over the years the term “liberal” has been redefined by the … Continue reading →

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Why we must listen to Pope Francis‏

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Dave Bradley

The following is an email sent from the Bernie Sanders campaign: “If politics must truly be at the service of the human person, it follows that it cannot be a slave to the economy and finance. Politics is, instead, an … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernie Sanders, Economy, food, Food Insecurity, Immigration, Income inequality, poverty | Tagged Dorothy Day, Pope Francis | Comments Off

“So That A Positive Conservative Message”

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Dave Bradley

“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 | Comments Off

How Will Trump Deport Millions?

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Dave Bradley

This is Making America Great Again? Since many of the liberal persuasion like to think things through. Monday’s revelation of the Donald Trump “emigration” plan for undocumented workers and now their families offered us a real chance to noodle on … Continue reading →

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