Category Archives: Internet Issues

Great Examples Of Why The Internet Must Remain Free

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Dave Bradley

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 →

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Help Defend The Free And Open Internet

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Freepress.net Things are looking good. Thanks to the tens of thousands of Net Neutrality supporters (like you) who contacted their members of Congress, it looks like anti-Net Neutrality measures are no longer in the must-pass spending bill. The final vote … Continue reading →

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Come To The Iowa Presidential Tech Town Hall In Cedar Rapids

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Free Press Action Fund On Monday our friends at Engine are holding a big tech event featuring local entrepreneurs plus presidential candidates Carly Fiorina and Gov. Martin O’Malley — can you be there? The Iowa Presidential Tech Town Hall will … Continue reading →

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Loebsack To Host Roundtables On Expanding Broadband Access in Rural Areas

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack announced today that he will be hosting a series of roundtables at rural telecommunications providers across Iowa to discuss legislation he helped introduce to expand wireless coverage in rural communities. The bipartisan Rural Spectrum … Continue reading →

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Submit Your #InternetVoter Question For Tonight’s #DemDebate

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Freepress Action Fund The first Democratic presidential debate is tonight and CNN is taking your questions! We pushed the Republicans to weigh in on Internet issues during the last two debates. Now’s our chance to do the same for the … Continue reading →

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“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 →

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If You Love The Internet And You Vote, Read This

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Last Thursday, Blog for Iowa attended a workshop sponsored by Freepress and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) on the future of the internet and the 2016 presidential campaign.  It was a fun evening of information-sharing and preparing to take action.  … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Can We Live Free Of Corporate Control?

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Host: Free Press Action Fund Where: Old Brick Church and Community Center, 26 E. Market St.,  Iowa City When: Thursday, September 17 at 6:00 p.m. What: Join the Free Press Action Fund and the American Friends Service Committee for this … Continue reading →

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The FCC And Internet Investment

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Paul Deaton

To the Editor of the Des Moines Register In her Sept. 1 Des Moines Register opinion piece, “Congress must protect net neutrality,” Clayola Brown gets it exactly wrong. She wrote, “the FCC’s approach to net neutrality is a serious mistake,”  … Continue reading →

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#AskBobby: An Internet Adventure In Hilarity

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Hey, it’s a holiday weekend. Not just a holiday weekend, but one of the big holidays of the year. If there is one legacy in America that I love is the irreverence with which Americans have always viewed their politicians. … Continue reading →

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