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Category Archives: #trumpresistance
Inequality Kim
In the year or so that Kim Reynolds has been in charge of the state government and for the 6+ years that she was Branstad’s top lieutenant one thing seems to stand out as her main focus: widening the inequality … Continue reading
Sunday Funday: Saving Chinese Jobs Edition
Well shoot, if you are going to take a bribe maybe you shouldn’t do so in such a blatant fashion as our Dear Leader did last week. Taking to twitter to announce that he was so concerned about … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Losing Internet Neutrality: The Worst Is Yet To Come
Video @ 5 minutes We are two weeks away from losing internet neutrality. Monday June 11th is the date that the reigns of the internet are handed over to the corporations in this country. Expect them to wring out every … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Internet Issues, Republican Policy
Tagged Comcast, MSNBC, net neutrality
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Presidential Dehumanizing Of Immigrants Terrorizes Communities
An email from LULAC: LULAC Denounces President Trump’s Remarks Calling Undocumented Immigrants “Animals” Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, President Trump referred to undocumented immigrants as “animals” during a White House meeting with California leaders who oppose sanctuary city policies. “We … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, latinos in Iowa
Tagged LULAC
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A Catholic Nun Explains Real Pro-Life
From dailykos.com July 30,2015: In one simple quote, Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. sums up the hypocrisy of many in the ‘pro-life’ movement: “I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Choice
Tagged real pro-life, Sister Joan Chittister
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Sunday Funday: Why Food Stamps Started Edition
This is sort of on the the theme of Mother’s Day. Once we have children the next huge task is keeping them fed so they can grow and prosper. That is what is on a Mother’s mind and the baby … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Ready For $4 Gas?
One way to tell Republicans are in office is that the price of gas skyrockets. Remember Operation Desert Storm? Zoom! Remember invading Iraq? Zoom! It takes a little while to cook up a destabilizing scenario in some world hot spot … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Economy, Trump
Tagged oil prices, Russia
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Step One In Retiring Reynolds Is In Process
In case you hadn’t heard early voting is going on prior to the June 5th primary. This is step one in repealing and replacing the Reynolds regime that continued and even accelerated the Branstad policy of turning Iowa into … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Iowa Democrats
Tagged primary, registration, voting
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May 14 Deadline – First Iowa State Legislative Campaign Finance Deadline in 2018
Email from Sen. Robb Hogg: Support one or more of our Democratic candidates for state legislature, so we have the resources we need to compete and win Join State Rep. Art Staed and me at the Sag Wagon, 827 Shaver … Continue reading
Sunday Funday: Gas Price Rise Eats Up Tax Cut Edition
Leave it to the Republicans. They claim that Americans will get a huge tax cut and have money falling out of their pockets. Back in February, Paul Ryan – that magnificent Speaker of the House – celebrated with a tweet … Continue reading
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