Category Archives: Koch Brothers

Grassley, Ernst Put Party Ahead Of Constituents

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Here we go again!! It should come as little surprise to anyone living in Iowa that Iowa’s senators voted against allowing debate in the US Senate for the “For the People Act” that would level the playing field for all … Continue reading →

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Midwinter Musings

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Dave Bradley

To state the obvious we are in the very dead of winter. A foot of snow on the ground and temperatures that struggle to get above zero. For baseball fans this was a time known as the hot stove league, … Continue reading →

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Hinson: Caught Copying Again

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Dave Bradley

A few weeks back I posted a column concerning Ashley Hinson getting caught with her hand in the cookie jar doing some plagiarizing from various sources. Now iowastartingline.com is report that Hinson has once more been caught using other people’s work … Continue reading →

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Ernst One Of The Ten Most Unpopular Senators In The Country

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Dave Bradley

  Email from Matt Sinovic with Progress Iowa: Dave– we just sent out the press release below — Joni Ernst is now one of the 10 most unpopular Senators in the country, according to new polling released today from Morning … Continue reading →

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LBJ Warned Us On Climate 54 Years Ago

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Dave Bradley

As we careen toward the “tipping point” on climate change many of our fellow citizens wonder why someone didn’t warn us long ago so we could have done something. Someone did. And they did it relatively long ago. As we … Continue reading →

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Good Gawd, Ernst

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Dave Bradley

From KMA radio in Shenandoah: “Iowa Senator Joni Ernst accuses Democrats of trying to throw President Trump “under the bus” with the Ukrainian phone call scandal. Earlier this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans for a formal impeachment inquiry … Continue reading →

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IDP Email, Part 2: Defeat Joni Ernst Fund

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Dave Bradley

I hope the email from IDP is not supposed to be secret because I am really happy to spread what I believe is a brilliant idea: let’s start now and build up a fund for whatever Democrat comes out of … Continue reading →

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Who Is James Buchanan And Why Should We Care?

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Dave Bradley

I stumbled on an incredible thread on Democratic Underground  Friday morning. The thread on DU was a thread reader app of a very long thread originally posted on Twitter by poster putinsclown. In this thread putinsclown exposes economist James Buchanan … Continue reading →

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Is Iowa Owned By The Koch Brothers?

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Out of the blue republicans in the Iowa senate once again struck a blow against democracy by rushing a budget bill through sub-committee and committee that will be disastrous for Iowa. In a state that can’t even pay its current … Continue reading →

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Why Would The Senate Vote To Kill ACA When No One Wants That To Happen?

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Dave Bradley

7 minutes Just a thought passing though my mind after another day of getting no answer from the Ernst office once again and the usual surly response at the Grassley office. I have a couple questions and some ruminations about … Continue reading →

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