Category Archives: Kim Reynolds

It’s Been A Year Since Dobbs

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Dave Bradley

11 minutes: While we did have a midterm election last November and Dobbs was a major factor in that election, it is possible that the electorate had yet at that time absorbed what the full effect of the Dobbs decision … Continue reading →

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Comment On Presidential Espionage And Iowa Republicans

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Donald Trump carried out a form of espionage right in front of our faces, on TV and in the public. He did it during his presidency by showing documents to various foreign officials, especially Russians starting in his first couple … Continue reading →

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Thoughts On The Death Of Pat Robertson

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Dave Bradley

6 Minutes: I had almost forgotten about this Bob Dylan masterpiece. Someone online posted it in connection with the death of Pat Robertson. Robertson who was safely away from the hate and destruction he  worked for or supported. Robertson was … Continue reading →

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Some Things That Confused Me Last Week

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Dave Bradley

30 seconds  Call me confused. Here we go again. Iowa is sending National Guard troops to the Texas borderline this summer. Is this a really good use of Iowa’s tax payer money and manpower? I guess it depends on what … Continue reading →

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School Voucher Law Yet Another Far Right Scam

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Comments on school voucher bill from January (2:30): As if anyone should be surprised, the law granting vouchers to parents sending their children to private schools appears to be turning into a scam that will take tax dollars from Iowa’s … Continue reading →

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Now We Are What They Said We Were

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Dave Bradley

(3 minutes) Those of us who have lived in Iowa all or most of their lives know that Iowa has been the butt of many comments on how the state is backward, the populous dumb and way out of step … Continue reading →

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Reynolds on Trump: Wrong

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Dave Bradley

50 seconds: The short clip above is our extreme right highly partisan governor weighing in on the arraignment of a former president. The Governor makes a claim a couple of times that America has a two-tiered justice system. I, for … Continue reading →

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“What Happened To Iowa Nice?” Another View

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Dave Bradley

A few weeks ago I wrote a post concerning “Iowa Nice.”      That is the perception that Iowans are by their nature nice people. That is a perception that is getting an update as the nation is astonished by … Continue reading →

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No Iowa Nice Anymore

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Abortion horror story (5:40) I call up a map of the US every day to see if sometime overnight the state Iowa drifted off it’d moorings and drifted south and nestled someplace amongst the states of the old south. Are … Continue reading →

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In A Kingdom Not Long Ago

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Dave Bradley

I got this email from occasional contributor and friend of blogforiowa, Don Paulson. You can almost hear the frustration in Don’s narrative of a legislative session in Muscatine not long ago. I get the distinct feeling that the legislators, all … Continue reading →

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