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SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY: Global Climate Change

  SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY: Global Climate Change by Molly Regan Although “Slip Slidin’ Away” is the title of a great song by one of my top three all-time favorite singers, Paul Simon, it also describes the current conditions of most … Continue reading

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Iowa Radio Stations Implicated in Payola Abuses

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

    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

  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!

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

  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

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

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

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

 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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