Category Archives: Republican mythology

“Intellectual Freedom”? Maybe Not So Much

The University of Iowa opened what is called a “Center For Intellectual Freedom” at the university. As I understand it, the idea came from the Iowa legislature last year. Like so many projects fostered by the extremist right of this … Continue reading

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No Time To Leave A Void

Thom Hartmann: What white Americans believe – yes lying to us works – 7 minutes How many of you realized a couple of weeks ago that we have now been subjected to the daily rantings or activities for over 9 … Continue reading

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Ironically Ironic Week

Funny thing – Trump not that popular in Iowa these days: These pics were taken while Trump was speaking on stage. Not an hour before, not an hour after. While he was speaking. Trump is not 60 points ahead and … Continue reading

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Enough Of The Circus! We Have Problems, People!

Member of Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out people in positions of  responsibility who do nothing about fixing problems (5 minutes) Fellow blogforiowa.com writer Trish Nelson had a good review of Cassidy Hutchinson’s new best selling book on the inside workings … Continue reading

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Shutdown!

2 minutes (this is Jaime Raskin of Maryland speaking at the Biden impeachment diversion) Raskin: "So let's get it straight. We're 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the USA, and Republicans are launching an impeachment drive based … Continue reading

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Mentally Fit For Office?

A certain twice-indicted, four time indicted and loser of civil lawsuits concerning assaulting women, during a recent rant against President Biden, stated there should be a test for mental competency for holding public office.  Obviously he was suggesting that he … Continue reading

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It Is Not Congress; It Is The MAGA Republicans

(1:20) Well. At least he knows who should be blamed: Just ran across this post on democraticunderground.com  concerning next week’s impending government shutdown. Remember this is a shutdown that MAGA Republicans just a couple of months ago promised would not … Continue reading

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One More Thought On The Debt Ceiling

Few have the credibility that Professor Robert Reich has on the economy (3 minutes): We need to add some thoughts about what has gotten us into this media frenzied Republican exploited so called “debt crisis.” No matter how anyone looks … Continue reading

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What Else Can They Do?

Jane Meyer on extremism in state legislatures (7:11) Had a conversation with an old friend and his wife last weekend. It was one of those “what the hell is going on in Iowa?” conversations that seems to be getting more … Continue reading

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Robert Reich On The Debt Ceiling

Five truths about the pending debt-ceiling fight that the mainstream media doesn’t want you to know “Both-sides”ism is rampant. And it’s seriously misleading the public. For his Tuesday sub stack newsletter former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich takes on the … Continue reading

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