Category Archives: Kim Reynolds

In A Kingdom Not Long Ago

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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High Five Highlights How Bad Iowa Legislature Is For Iowans

Progress Iowa continues to send out its daily email during the legislative session. As we pass through funnel week (last week) the seriousness of what the legislature is doing is magnified. Many of the bills that pass through the funnel … Continue reading

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Here We Go Again – Contracting ‘Management’ For Public School Pillage 

Here we go again. As if anyone could be surprised, the far right Republicans have found yet another way to siphon money from taxpayers and give it to wealthy companies. This for a task that could be done in house … Continue reading

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And Boo To What They Do

As if the words of Republicans that were cited in the previous article weren’t bad enough, we also have the actions that Republicans do or try to do that show a real arrogance and contempt for laws and norms. The … Continue reading

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Democratic Leaders Reaction To Reynolds’ Voucher Plans

Since the Democrats have such small numbers in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature this session and since Kim Reynolds made such a big show of personally campaigning against Republicans who had an ounce of sense and voted against her … Continue reading

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Reaction To Dismantling Iowa’s Public Schools

The first thought that crosses my mind when I hear about Kim Reynolds half baked scheme to take OUR tax money and hand it over to privatized schools is ‘what’s in it for her?’ There certainly isn’t anything good for … Continue reading

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Covid’s Back! Does Anyone Care?

‘What Happens This Season Is Largely Up To Us’ Says WH Coronavirus Response Coordinator (7:20) I was getting blood drawn for my annual check up a couple of weeks ago. In the room I was in were stacks and stacks … Continue reading

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Thoughts On The Midterm Election

The following YouTube is 45 minutes long, but is extremely informative about the Iowa press. They also have a great segment on Medicare Advantage (which is not Medicare!!!), which is followed with a segment on how advertising was used by … Continue reading

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Who To Endorse?

Should be no surprise. We side with the Democrats! Most who read this blog will not be at all surprised when I say that we endorse Democrats from Congress to the courthouse this year. While the Republican Party has almost … Continue reading

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True Hypocrisy: Republicans On Crime

Whenever I hear a Republican raise the Spector of crime I can’t help but think that theirs is the party whose elected officials are hiding, harboring and following arguably the biggest criminal in American history. Can you guess who? Much … Continue reading

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