Category Archives: #trumpresistance

Killing The Economy Part 2 Trade And Tariffs

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Dave Bradley

About a month ago – it is almost hard to keep track of time in the current rush of news – Iowa suddenly found itself smack in the middle of a trade war that it had nothing to do with. … Continue reading →

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Killing The Economy Part 1 – The Farm Bill

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Got this email from Iowa CCI Thursday looking for stories from farmers concerning the new Farm Bill that is weaving its way through the Republican controlled US House and US Senate. If you haven’t heard, this bill has many repugnant … Continue reading →

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Administration Trying To Gut Post Office?

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Our Dear Leader often – very often – seems to act almost irrationally or motivated by what the latest Chiron scroll on the bottom of the screen of Fox News dictates him to do. One of his recent gambits has … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Spring Is Sproinging Edition

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Dave Bradley

These folks could kill you by your splitting a gut: As sure as the earth is flat the seasons change exactly on schedule every year. Or maybe not. So now here it is only a full calendar month past schedule … Continue reading →

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Evidence That Trump Colluded With The Russians

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Found this rant on democraticunderground.com the other day. Nice summary of what the Russia probe has uncovered so far. Would surely be nice if Dear Leader and his minions would simply take “personal responsibility” for their actions and own up … Continue reading →

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Earth Day ALERT: Bayer, Monsanto Merger Nears

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Dave Bradley

A little reminder dropped into my mailbox the other day from a group known as “Friends of the Earth.” The reminder was that the mega merger of Bayer and Monsanto was still in the works and had recently passed some … Continue reading →

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Lockdown!

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Dave Bradley

From Progress Iowa: Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa today released a new video highlighting the need to enact common sense gun laws in Iowa. The advertisement, entitled Lockdown, shows a text message conversation between a parent and student during … Continue reading →

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Abby Finkenauer For Congress

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Dave Bradley

  The Finkenauer campaign for Congress in Iowa’s first district launched their first digital campaign ad and it is a good one: The message is simple: She is one of us and will represent our interests in congress. Anyone who … Continue reading →

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Activism Picking Up Next Week

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Columbine Anniversary Believe it or not, this Friday, April 20th,  is the 19th anniversary of the Columbine massacre.  In our now upside down world the horror of the events at Columbine didn’t drive our country to a sober assessment of … Continue reading →

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Trump Shoots At China, Hits Iowa Squarely

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Just a short note in case you hadn’t heard. There has been some blowback from our bully president’s unilateral move to impose tariffs on Chinese products. The Chinese stood up to the bully. Not sure our bully was expecting that … Continue reading →

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