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Category Archives: Republican Policy
Climate Crisis And The MAGA Debate
Got this great email from Robert Reich (I hope he needs no introduction here) in my inbox Thursday. I will use it to piggy back on my previous story of how a few votes and a suddenly omni-potent SCOTUS is … Continue reading
One More Time: Why Voting Matters
Back in early 2016 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died. When a Supreme Court Justice dies, the constitution says that the president shall appoint a replacement ‘with the advice and consent of the Senate.’ For most of us we would … Continue reading
Will Iowa Follow Lead Of West Virginia?
(1:36) What’s the next frontier for the slashers and burners in the Iowa State legislature to remake Iowa into the next Mississippi. If you nose around online sometimes you will see a hint at what may be the next goofball … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Legislature 2024, Republican Policy
Tagged gutting universities, MAGA policy, Privatization, universities
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School Starts Next Week, But It Will Be Different
This video is a bit dated, but still relevant: (6:38) Kim Reynolds is wasting a good chunk of your money sending Iowa troops to the Texas-Mexico border to support Greg Abbott’s murderous razor wire in the Rio Grande. After the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election, church and state, Education, Kim Reynolds, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged private schools don't have school boards
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While The Climate Burns, MAGA Throws Gas On The Fire
What can you say? A raging fire on one of the most beautiful and isolated spots on earth (Maui) should be getting much attention and spurring people to action on the climate. Yet even as ever higher temperature records are … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged climate boiling, democracy doom loop, James Madison, Maui fires, Plato, right wing think tanks, stopping government action on climate
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Reynolds’ Latest Waste: Iowa Troopers At the Mexican Border
As Iowa prepares to waste millions in taxpayer dollars that were NOT earmarked for border control let’s take a little look at some of the shenanigans taking place on the Texas border. Maybe Iowa troopers can learn skills such as … Continue reading
Posted in Kim Reynolds, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged Greg Abbott, Iowa troopers to Texas, razor wire in the Rio Grande, Reynolds wastes tax money, Texas border
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Brenna Bird: Victim’s Services
Brenna Bird talks about ending the Emergency Contraception for rape victims program. The segment begins at 5:15 and ends at about 6:45: Like many I was somewhat stunned by what Iowa’s new Attorney General had to say on Iowa Press … Continue reading
Posted in church and state, planned parenthood, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged Brenna Bird, Iowa Press, Iowa's emergency contraception program, rape
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Oy! The Climate News Is Bad, Indeed
Last Hours (11:20) – This was made 9 years ago Well, most of us just survived not just the hottest recorded month in history, but the hottest in 120,000 years. Don’t pat yourselves on the back. There will be more … Continue reading
Iowa Congressional Delegation Votes NO On Discharge
(2 minutes) On Wednesday, Democrats in the US House tried to bring up a discharge petition to get a clean debt ceiling bill through congress and end the crisis manufactured by extremist MAGA Republicans in an attempt to force policy … Continue reading
Posted in debt ceiling, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged Feenstra, Hinson, Iowa congressional delegation, Miller-Meeks, Nunn
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You Are The Hostage! Get it?
I normally would not post a video from Forbes, but this clip shows the ire of Democrats at Matt Gaetz public pronouncement that Republicans are holding the country hostage: (2 minutes): They can’t negotiate because they are simply too extreme … Continue reading
Posted in debt ceiling, debt limit, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged MAGA republicans, Refusal to negotiate in good faith
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