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Category Archives: SCOTUS
SCOTUS Allows FCC To Loosen Ownership Rules
As if media consolidation wasn’t bad enough already, Thursday the Supreme Court made it possible for even more consolidation to take place. The question before the Court was not on the validity of ownership rules or their effects on the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, media, Republican Policy, SCOTUS
Tagged FCC, media consolidation
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More Dark Money To Corrupt Elections
If you are like my family, beginning Wednesday it was nice to be able to let a little bit of the guard down that we have had in place for at least four years. It was nice to hear the … Continue reading
Posted in money out of politics, SCOTUS
Tagged dark money, dark money in politics, thom hartmann
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Positions Of Trust
Here we go again. The Governor of Iowa takes tax payer money that came from the federal government to help small businesses that have been harmed by the pandemic and uses some twisted logic to decide that money to ameliorate … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Affordable Care Act, Covid-19, Joni Ernst, Kim Reynolds, SCOTUS
Tagged Iowa congessional races, trust
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Ginsburg’s Death Makes Greenfield Race Extra Important
I may well be wrong here, but the death last night of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes control of the US Senate of major importance this election year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has left little doubt that appointing a … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, SCOTUS
Tagged Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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DACA: Yes!
As a person who lives in Iowa’s minority majority city I was simply astounded Thursday morning when I heard the breaking news that DACA was not overturned. We have friends in the DACA program. No doubt we have friends that … Continue reading
Progress Iowa Conference Call On ACA Lawsuit
Matt Sinovic <matt@progressiowa.org> For Immediate Release: May 6, 2020 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0133 IA Attorney General Tom Miller, Dr. Glenn Hurst, and Debbie Koopman, a Resident of Cedar Rapids Warn of Disastrous Consequences of Texas Lawsuit to Overturn the ACA … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Affordable Care Act, Blog for Iowa, Joni Ernst, Progress Iowa, SCOTUS
Tagged Tom Miller
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Book Review: The Hidden History Of The Supreme Court
The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America by Thom Hartmann is a quick but important read for people who want to review the history of the Supreme Court. At 168 pages, the book takes readers … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community, SCOTUS, thom hartmann
Tagged book review, Scotus, Supreme Court, thom hartmann
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SCOTUS Back To Work Tomorrow: Buckle Up
Tomorrow is the first Monday of October. In the US this year this means that we will be looking at the new Supreme Court session. This time around for the first time in a long time there will be a … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, SCOTUS, Social Security
Tagged LGBTQ, Roe v. Wade
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A Couple Of Bad Hombres In Court
The Des Moines Register had a story about State Auditor Rob Sand standing up and saying “Enough” when it comes to paying any additional lawyer’s fees for former Governor Terry Branstad. To that we would like to say “Thank You, Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Branstad, Charles Grassley, Rob Sand, SCOTUS
Tagged Chris Godfrey, Equal Vote America, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, refusal to give Garland a hearing, sexual discrimination
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