Category Archives: Iowa Legislature 2025

“Intellectual Freedom”? Maybe Not So Much

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Dave Bradley

The University of Iowa opened what is called a “Center For Intellectual Freedom” at the university. As I understand it, the idea came from the Iowa legislature last year. Like so many projects fostered by the extremist right of this … Continue reading →

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Ramblings Of A Polluted Mind

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Dave Bradley

After watching the video that Trish Nelson posted on here Thursday morning concerning Iowa’s heavily polluted waterways, I also ran into some stories concerning Trump administration’s recent efforts to  roll back rules that concern pollution or are adjacent to pollution in … Continue reading →

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STILWELL STATEMENT: Republican Trifecta Makes Iowa More Expensive. Again.

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Dave Bradley

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2025 Parker Williamson, Press Secretary press@progressiowa.org STATEMENT: Republican Trifecta Makes Iowa More Expensive. Again. Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa Executive Director Mazie Stilwell issued the following statement in response to the end of … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s MAGA Legislators Target Sand

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Dave Bradley

2 minutes 16 seconds: Well, what a surprise! MAGA Kim Reynolds steps out of the governor’s race for 2026 and Iowa’s MAGA legislators acting as all MAGAs do, turn an ant hill into a mountain in an attempt to smear … Continue reading →

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Reminiscent of “Over The Coffee”?

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Dave Bradley

I want to give a shout out to Amie Rivers and her group over at iowastartingline.com. Tuesday morning I opened Amie’s email and found a delightful note that really told it like it is. She had me chuckling with remembrances … Continue reading →

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Perspective From Missouri

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Dave Bradley

Legislative proposals across the nation (including Iowa) are being inspired(?) by Project 2025 (2.5 minutes): All week I dig into issues looking deep for some insight that will just jump off the internet page that shows in a simple statement … Continue reading →

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Defeating Bayer’s Cancer Gag Act

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Dave Bradley

This is a video from last year when the Iowa legislature was working on a bill to keep Bayer from being sued for illnesses caused by their farm chemicals. (1.5 minutes) We got this email from a CCI member about … Continue reading →

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