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Category Archives: money out of politics
Job #1 For Democrats? Restore Real Democracy
As we come up to yet another election, we face the prospect of control of state and national legislatures being decided by black box voting machines and gerrymandered districts. This flies in the face of everything the founders stood … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, money out of politics, voter suppression
Tagged election reforms
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Why Would The Senate Vote To Kill ACA When No One Wants That To Happen?
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Affordable Care Act, Blog for Iowa, Koch Brothers, money out of politics, Obamacare
Tagged ACA Repeal, Graham-Cassidy bill
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The Money, The Money, The Money
Last week brought the not too stunning revelation that the Iowa legislature seems to be under the direction of Americans For Prosperity, a Koch brothers front group. Following the money, one of the most valuable lessons ever to learn in … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Branstad, Education, Iowa legislature 2017, Koch Brothers, money out of politics, union busting
Tagged Americans For Prosperity
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SCREWED
I write this just after learning that the Iowa legislature has set the state back about a century as they strip public unions of almost all rights they have in the workplace. Republicans have their usual BS reasons why it … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Economy, Iowa legislature 2017, Iowa Policy Project, Koch Brothers, money out of politics, Republican hypocrisy, Republicn Policy, union busting
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Buy Senator Ernst’s Vote
A gofundme page has sprung up to try to outbid DeVos for Ernst’s vote: Betsy DeVos gave* $2,600 to Sen. Joni Ernst, whose vote is now pivotal inDeVos’s nomination fight (If one more Republican commits to vote “no” DeVos loses). … Continue reading
ALEC Convention Ends; As Usual No Reports
Rest assured that most of us are screwed. ALEC ended what should be by any measure an illegal gathering of businesses and state legislators in Washington DC Friday. Even though this is a meeting where legislators are conducting business of … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Iowa legislature 2017, Koch Brothers, money out of politics, Republicn Policy, union busting, voter suppression
Tagged ALEC owned legislature
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Plasma Sales And Iowa Politics
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was written for On Our Own: Sustainability in a Turbulent World in 2013 and has been corrected and updated). The Cumulus radio station in Cedar Rapids was advertising how a person could earn up to $340 … Continue reading
Posted in money out of politics
Tagged Citizens United, corporate money, Money out of politics
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Dark Money Is Warping Democracy But Not How You Think
The Brennan Center for Justice published a report on the impact of “dark money” and “gray money on democracy. They say “gray money” is a new phenomenon they have identified which has surged in state and local elections. Click on … Continue reading
Inequality
The past two weeks have been simply startling at how those with wealth have been both evading taxes while hoarding money in almost unimaginable amounts in offshore tax havens. At the same time we have corporations doing all sorts of … Continue reading
Posted in Income inequality, money out of politics, Two Americas, working poor
Tagged tax cheating, tax havens, taxes, wealth inequality
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Joni Ernst And The Koch Brothers
A true tale with foreboding for the 2016 election. From politico.com comes the story of how Joni Ernst became the darling of the Koch brothers and how they disguise their involvement through layers of operatives: Until now, little has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, 2016 Election Campaign, Bruce Braley, Clean Elections, Corporate Greed, Joni Ernst, Koch Brothers, money out of politics
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