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Forums As The End Of The Session Approaches Plus Issues
Voter Suppression, Huge Judicial Appointment Process changes still in the mix. Once again we access infonetone.org for the weekly list of forums. As usual the list is by date and time. When you find a forum you wish to … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Iowa legislature 2019, voter suppression
Tagged judicial appointment system, Legislative forums, Solar Energy
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Do You Remember April 3, 2009?
To my recollection, it was a warmish Friday morning. First thing in the morning I go to do my ablutions. Part of the routine is to turn on the radio, get the news and comment to start the day. Radio … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, marriage equality
Tagged Varnum v. Brien
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Sunday Funday: Who’s A Fool Edition
Alternative Math Guess what tomorrow is? Yep it is the day for fools. For some reason I am betting that many reading this will have the same person in mind as the biggest fool. That would no doubt be Dear … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Tragedy Never Ends With Gun Deaths
Toward the end of last week and the beginning of this week America was saddened once again when two of the most horrific mass killings in our history wrote yet another chapter. As New Zealand was dealing very forcefully with … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety, Iowa legislature 2019, Joni Ernst
Tagged Parkland, Sandy Hook
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Get Thee To A Forum!
Here is a sample of a forum from Muscatine earlier this year (45 minutes) Just forums to remind you about this week. The legislature is gliding toward a finish. Republicans are dead set on doing what they can to turn … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Iowa legislature 2019
Tagged Legislative forums
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Unions Must Strengthen To Restore America’s Middle Class
There is little that is more illustrative of what has caused the fall of America’s middle class than the graphs that show the fall in union membership alongside a graph that shows the fall in worker’s pay. It is an … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, union busting
Tagged unions
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Sunday Funday: Shrinkage Edition
Normally this would be my “high holy days of basketball” post. However, a couple of things happened last week that were so funny, they must be discussed. The first is the Twitter tale of free speechin’ Devin Nunes … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Forums, Loebsack Tour, Issues
Congress member Dave Loebsack continues his Saturday tours of Iowa’s second district today: Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack announced today that he will be continuing his Coffee with your Congressman tour with stops in Wapello, Burlington, Ft. Madison and … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, David Loebsack, Iowa legislature 2019
Tagged Iowa legislative forums, issues in iowa 2019, medicaid
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Meanwhile In Des Moines Citizens Get Screwed
Republicans tell university students: Come live in Iowa’s university cities, but you don’t get to vote there. Who can be surprised that Republicans in the Iowa legislature passed a bill out of committee that would restrict university students from voting … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Education, Iowa legislature 2019, Kim Reynolds
Tagged lobbyists, lobbyists behind closed doors, suppressing student votes, voter suppression
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Really Bad Idea: Changing Iowa’s Judicial Nominating System
If you ever get in a situation where you are headed to court or there is an issue that affects you greatly being heard in court, the only thing most of us hope for is impartiality on the part of … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Iowa legislature 2019, Republican hypocrisy
Tagged Bad Ideas, Iowa Judicial Selection Process, radical Republicans, Senator Zach Wahls
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