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Category Archives: Republican Policy
No High Five Today
When it came Friday it was mostly about Reproductive Rights rallies. It has been incorporated into yesterday’s post. The major issue that Republicans are still dealing with is destroying Iowa’s once highly praised public school system. The plan is to … Continue reading
Posted in church and state, Republican Policy
Tagged privatizing education, vouchers
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Some Thoughts On The Coming End Of Roe v. Wade
Like many of you, I am livid over the leaked decision that overturns the Roe v. Wade decision. And like many of you I have been turning all sorts of thoughts concerning access to abortion over in my mind. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley, Medicare, Obamacare, Republican mythology, Republican Policy, SCOTUS, Social Security, womens rights
Tagged abortion, Justice Alito, marriage equality, medicaid, privacy, Roe v. Wade
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Families Facing Power Shutoffs
From msn.com Thursday: Families across the United States are drowning in utility debt. In 33 states, families who can’t afford to pay their bills have been protected from energy shutoffs during the winter thanks to moratoriums that temporarily halted them. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Kim Reynolds, Republican Policy, unemployment insurance
Tagged home utilities, power shutoff
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Republican’s 11 Point Plan For America
This is an 11 Point Plan For America drawn up by Senator Rick Scott of Florida. Thanks to a media that shakes in its boots when covering Republicans, few ever heard of it let alone the damage this plan could … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Republican mythology, Republican Policy
Tagged Rick Scott
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Senator Bolkcom: Rural Iowa Communities Suffer Under Republicans
Thursday’s Des Moines Register included a guest editorial by State Senator Joe Bolkcom. In his editorial Bolkcom lays it right on the line: Iowa’s current poor condition is due fully to the very poor leadership Iowa has endured under Kim … Continue reading
Posted in Republican Policy
Tagged Ashley Hinson, bad leadership, Iowa Republicans, Joe Bolkcom, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Randy Feenstra
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Iowa’s Republican House Delegation Votes To Default
Once again Iowa’s Republican members of the US House shamed the state by voting not to raise the debt ceiling and thus cause the US to default on its debts. This was not a vote to spend more money, but … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged Ashley Hinson, debt ceiling, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Randy Feenstra
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Covid Kim Battles The Public Good
I had a dental appointment this week. Thanks to the Covid-19 it was my first visit in 2 years. I do not like to put so much space between dental visits. I go to the U of Iowa Dental School. … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Covid-19, Kim Reynolds, Republican Policy
Tagged Covid Kim, masking, unemployment insurance
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Reminder: Republicans Only Anti-Abortion For Politics
You may remember this segment of the Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” from the primary year of 2016. We have posted it here several times before. Sam Bee does a great job of explaining how evangelicals were maneuvered into becoming the … Continue reading
Posted in Republican Policy, SCOTUS
Tagged abortion, evangelicals, Roe v. Wade, Samantha Bee
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Iowans, It’s Saturday. Do You Know Where Your Governor Is?
Kim Reynolds has much better things to do than hang around and govern Iowa. She is now a national leader. Seems like just the other day she was down on the border protecting Iowa from the scourge of immigration. Hey … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, Covid-19, Immigration, Kim Reynolds, Republican Policy
Tagged Covid Kim, Iowa Highway Patrol, Iowa's southern border
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Robert Reich: The Cause Of Economic Collapse
Once again Robert Reich hits the nail on the head concerning the REAL causes behind our problems. At the bottom line of nearly every problem in this country is money. Imbalance in wealth and income ripples throughout the economy causing … Continue reading
Posted in economic inequality, Economic Justice, Economy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged Robert Reich
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