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Lessons from Mike Ferner for Iowa Progressives

Lessons from Mike Ferner for Iowa Progressives by Paul DeatonWhen Iowa progressives consider parting statements issued this week, Keith Olbermann's departure from Countdown on MSNBC is probably not the most significant. No, not Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) or Senator Kent … Continue reading

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Iowa's Dave Loebsack Supports SOU Seating Plan

Iowa's Dave Loebsack Supports SOU Seating Plan by Paul Deaton Does it really matter where members of Congress sit during President Obama's State of the Union Address next Tuesday? Of Iowa's seven members of Congress, only Second District's Dave Loebsack … Continue reading

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Glenn Beck’s Attacks On Progressives Don’t Belong On Iowa Public Airwaves

By Alta Price, M.D. Glenn Beck attacks “progressives” by lying about us and our vision for the country. And he does it by emotionally spouting paranoid conspiracy theories that incite those so consumed by anger and fear, or so out … Continue reading

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Holiday Shuffle in the White House

Holiday Shuffle in the White House from the New York TimesIn case you missed it with all of the holiday activities, President Obama is making a list and checking it twice, planning to make some changes in the West Wing … Continue reading

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Dave Loebsack Works for the Iowa National Guard

Dave Loebsack Works for the Iowa National Guard (Editor's Note:With everything going on in Iowa and in Washington this week, BFIA wanted to make sure news of Congressman Loebsack's support of the S. 3447 got out. Loebsack is working for … Continue reading

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Blog for Iowa Interview with Ari Berman, Part II

Ari Berman writes for The Nation magazine and is author of the book Herding Donkeys, published in October 2010 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Paul Deaton of Blog for Iowa interviewed Ari this week. Following is the second installment of … Continue reading

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Blog for Iowa Interview with Ari Berman, Part I

Ari Berman writes for The Nation magazine and is author of the book Herding Donkeys, published in October 2010 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Paul Deaton of Blog for Iowa interviewed Ari this week. Following is the first installment of … Continue reading

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How Iowa Progressives Won in 2010

How Iowa Progressives Won in 2010 by Paul Deaton “President Obama and the Democratic congress saved capitalism, addressed some of the gross inequities in our health care system and reformed the financial system, passing landmark legislation in each of these … Continue reading

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First Pass on the Iowa House Race Results

First Pass on the Iowa House Race Results by Paul Deaton As we consider the results of Iowa's 2010 midterm election, no one statement sums it up. Iowa is as much a patchwork of regional issues and concerns as it … Continue reading

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Bruce Braley Shares our Values

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