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Iowa Radio Stations Implicated in Payola Abuses

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Radio Stations Implicated in Payola Abuses FreePress The FCC and New York Attorney General’s office are now investigating reported payola deals at large recording labels. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has subpoenaed the records of the nation's biggest radio station … Continue reading →

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ETHICS HALL OF SHAME

Posted on February 10, 2006 by bfiacarolinevernon

ETHICS HALL OF SHAME From publiccitizen.orgAn unprecedented wave of corruption, cronyism and special-interest sleaze has gripped our nation’s capital in recent years. To bring greater public attention to the individuals involved in these ethics scandals – in the hope … Continue reading →

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Act Now For Paper Ballots in Iowa

Posted on February 10, 2006 by bfialindathieman

Act Now For Paper Ballots in Iowa by Jerry Depew, Laurens, Iowa Iowa Voters for Open and Transparent Election County auditors throughout Iowa have spent a pile of money for new voting machines that take the state deeper into … Continue reading →

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Demand Verifiable Elections in Iowa!

Posted on February 9, 2006 by bfialindathieman

Demand Verifiable Elections in Iowa! Urge your Representatives to Support SF 351 Iowans for Voting Integrity and IowaVoters.org, together with VoteTrustUSA have launched a citizen action in support of verifiable elections in Iowa. Last year the Iowa Senate unanimously passed … Continue reading →

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Iowa Legislature: Invalidating Natural and Alternative Healing

Posted on February 9, 2006 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Legislature: Invalidating Natural and Alternative Healing by Larry Hanus, Waterloo Iowa Health Freedom Stand up for your freedom to make your own health care choices. Stand up for SF 2095. Yesterday 9 members of the Iowa Health … Continue reading →

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Throw a House Party for Ed Fallon April 1-8

Posted on February 8, 2006 by bfialindathieman

Throw a House Party for Ed Fallon the First Week of April The week of April 1-8 will be another great chance to show your support for Ed Fallon, as Fallon for Governor plans to hold over 100 house parties … Continue reading →

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Dubuque Finally Adds Sexual Orientation to Human Rights Law

Posted on February 7, 2006 by bfialindathieman

Dubuque Finally Adds Sexual Orientation to Human Rights Law Advocate.com The Dubuque, Iowa, city council has approved the addition of sexual orientation as a protected class under the city's human rights ordinance. The council took less than a minute to … Continue reading →

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Nussle Uses False Arguments to Defend Soaring Federal Deficits

Posted on February 7, 2006 by bfialindathieman

Nussle Uses False Arguments to Defend Soaring Federal Deficits IowaDemocrats.org Nussle Claims 9/11 is to Blame; Facts Show Tax Cuts, Increased Spending Are the Real Cause DES MOINES – Jim Nussle once again tried to justify soaring budget deficits to … Continue reading →

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This Week in Media

Posted on February 6, 2006 by bfiaarronwings

It is a Movement By Steve Macek & Mitchell Szczepanczyk, Zmag.org “The media business,” they used to say, “was a license to print money,” wrote the TV trade journal Broadcasting and Cable in 2001. As media mogul Barry Diller put … Continue reading →

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Big Media Has Big Plans for Privatizing the Internet

Posted on February 6, 2006 by Trish Nelson

Big Media Has Big Plans for Privatizing the Internet The Nation by Jeff Chester The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet … Continue reading →

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