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Category Archives: #trumpresistance
Where Did The Money Come From?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post giving my understanding of how the Republican Party (aka now the Trumpublicans) had worked for 40 years to drive the country so deeply in debt that the government could not possibly … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Budget, Economy
Tagged Brad Friedman, bradblog, Covid-19, Modern Monetary Theory, socialism, Stephanie Kelton
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Al Franken Has A Blog
This YouTube of a recent Al Franken podcast is 55 minutes long, but worth a listen: I was delighted to find out this week that Al Franken has a blog. Count me among one of his greatest fans as a … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Trump
Tagged Al Franken, Al Franken blog, Al Franken podcast
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Scholten Asks For Donations To Food Bank Of Iowa
This is certainly a difficult time for so many. Between workers being laid off, schools closing, and shortages of groceries and other items, folks are struggling right now. When times get tough, we need to look out for our friends … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa
Tagged Covid-19, donation, Food Bank of Iowa, JD Scholten
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Reminder: We Still Need Blood
1 minute: I spoke with one of the staffers at the U of Iowa blood bank yesterday. With the outbreak of the Covid-19, I was wondering if donating blood had been changed or curtailed somehow. Since as a country we … Continue reading
Property Vs. People
An appearance by Heather Cox Richardson on WGBH in Boston before the impeachment: (12 minutes, but very interesting – stay to the end for the predictions of what happens to the Republican Party) Many folks have picked up on the … Continue reading
Sunday Funday: No High Holy Days This Year Edition
Readers of this blog know that this week in March your humble quizmaster usually declares this week of the calendar year as the “High Holy Days of Basketball” as conference tournaments come to an end, state High school tournaments are … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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“When You Fail To Plan……”
Perhaps most everyone has heard that little saying from Ben Franklin – “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Never has this been illustrated so graphically as it is being now. The Covid-19 virus outbreak has been been … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Medicare, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy, Social Security
Tagged Keynesian economics, monetary policy, Trump tax cut
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ICYMI: Biden Speaks On Corona Virus Thursday
What real leadership looks like: (18 minutes) Hard to believe that we have to wait nearly a year to put someone in place who actually cares about this country and its people. All the current leadership is concerned about is … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa
Tagged Biden, Biden for president, covid19, leadership
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Letters, We Send Letters!
From our friend Don Paulson in Muscatine commenting on the Iowa legislature: Dear Editor, The Iowa Legislature started a new session and already some Republicans are talking looney-tunes. One of their ideas is to eliminate the state’s income tax and … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Joni Ernst, Letters
Tagged impeachment
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Sunday Funday: International Women’s Day Edition
Seems to be an odd juxtaposition that International Women’s Day would come right on the heels of the withdrawal of the last viable female candidate from the presidential campaign. I am fairly confident that there will be a female VP … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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