Category Archives: #trumpresistance

Preparing For The Wrong Enemy

The current president sent out the first volley Wednesday in what will be the upcoming budget discussions. As former Vice-President Joe Biden once said “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you … Continue reading →

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Will Trump Resign? Will Trump Go To Prison?

This could be wishful thinking, but nothing is predictable these days it seems.

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Democrats Taking on Monopolies “A Huge Deal”

Thom Hartmann is the nation’s #1 rated progressive talk radio host.  The YouTube video below is an interesting segment of a recent program. You wouldn’t miss much if you skip ahead to about 4:30 and catch the extremely important last … Continue reading →

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Congress Seeking Fast-Tracking Cuts To Social Security

Back in May republicans let it be known that Social Security was a huge target. (3 minutes) Email from Social Security Works  Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have demonstrated an inability to pass any meaningful legislation. But next month they’ll … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Monuments Edition

Think about this one: On one hand this administrations working to cut back on national monument areas that were declared so by previous presidents. On the other hand this administration, in the person of the current president, is publicly declaring … Continue reading →

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For Final Summer of Citizenship Weekend, “Join In” at 3rd District workshop in Atlantic or Join Me for Events in Webster City, Lohrville, Steamboat Rock & Grinnell

Coming off Phil Miller’s big special election win in Iowa House District 82 in southeast Iowa, there is still time to join in, reach out, and speak up over the final weekend of the Summer of Citizenship.  Iowa’s Third Congressional … Continue reading →

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Gerrymandering Author At Prairie Lights Wednesday

The two videos were posted on youtube in June of 2016. They are about 30 minutes in length in total August 23, 2017(Wednesday) – 7:00pm at Prairie Lights in downtown Iowa City, Salon editor-in-chief David Daley will read from Ratf**ked, Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count. … Continue reading →

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Charlottesville: The Outward Manifestations Of Race In America

I will try to make this to the point. What happened in Charlottesville was the pot that had been boiling beneath the surface finally bubbling over so that we can really see that there is a problem. Will America be … Continue reading →

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Loebsack: Censure Trump

A word from Iowa’s only Democratic congressman, Dave Loebsack. I’ve been both heartbroken and angered in the days since watching the horrific acts of violence and hatred from the radical racist fringe that took place in Charlottesville – and astonished … Continue reading →

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Comment On Charlottesville

very short scene of the march in Charlottesville yesterday (8/12/2017) Watching the events unfold yesterday there were two thoughts that kept cropping up in my mind. The first was of my late Father-In-Law. Like so many of his day as … Continue reading →

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