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Killing The Economy Part 2 Trade And Tariffs
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Economic Justice, Economy
Tagged dairy, EU, Mexico, NAFTA, tariff, Trade
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Killing The Economy Part 1 – The Farm Bill
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, economic inequality, Economic Justice, Economy, Farming
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Administration Trying To Gut Post Office?
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, union busting
Tagged Amazon, Bezos, post office, USPS, Washington Post
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Sunday Funday: Spring Is Sproinging Edition
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Evidence That Trump Colluded With The Russians
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa
Tagged Russia, Trump investigation, Trump Russia scandal
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Earth Day ALERT: Bayer, Monsanto Merger Nears
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Economy, Farming, food
Tagged Bayer, merger, Monsanto
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Lockdown!
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety, Progress Iowa
Tagged gun resistance, lockdown, student walkout
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Abby Finkenauer For Congress
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, progressive values
Tagged Abby Finkenauer, Iowa-01
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Activism Picking Up Next Week
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety
Tagged activism, Columbine, Earth Day, Mueller
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Trump Shoots At China, Hits Iowa Squarely
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Trump
Tagged agriculture, Iowa agriculture, trade wars
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