4-H Should Be For All Kids

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Published with permission from the January 2021 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The Prairie Progressive is  funded entirely by reader subscription,  available only in hard copy for $12/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. PP archives can be viewed here.

Prairie Dog’s Honor Roll for 2020

When the Trump administration escalated its war against diversity and inclusion programs, Iowa State University wasted little time in terminating John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, as director of Iowa’s 4-H program in the ISU Extension Office. The native of Guatemala had long reached out to youth of color and had pointed out incidents of discrimination and indifference by ISU administrators, but his creation of a transgender youth policy gave ISU the excuse it needed to fire him. Two years later, the State Appeal Board agreed to settle Chaisson-Cardenas’ lawsuit for $550,000 and changed his official departure from termination to voluntary resignation. Congratulations to him and attorney Roxanne Conlin for resisting the power of the federal government and right-wing Christian groups, and for insisting that 4-H opportunities should be for all kids.

Rhonda Martin, city council member in Johnston, Iowa, got fired up after a march in Washington and decided to run against Brad Zaun, the longest-reigning Republican in the Iowa Senate. Martin’s long shot challenge came within 975 votes out of 42,962 cast, one of the closest races in a bad year for Democrats. Martin stood up and put on notice an anti-reproductive freedom, anti-public education, anti-sensible gun laws, pro-privatization legislator of the worst kind. Like Kayla Koether, House candidate in northeast Iowa, she lost but succeeded in building a grassroots network, holding those in power accountable, and showing that meaningful change can happen over time.

Prairie Progressive subscribers reached into their prairie pockets quickly and generously in response to our fundraising request for Iowa Legal Aid Services. Readers can continue to contribute at legalaidfoundation.org,

Common Good Iowa is the new name of two organizations that joined forces for stronger advocacy, economic research, and analysis of state policies. Mike Owen and Peter Fisher of Iowa Policy Project and Anne Discher of the Child and Family Policy Project are long-time watchdogs of government budgets, steadfast champions of a progressive agenda, and true believers in public programs that benefit everyone. Read their vision and contribute at commongoodiowa.org.

Iowa’s government has been plagued by charges that its hiring processes are discriminatory and excessively secretive. Marty Ryan, longtime watch dog and Prairie Progressive contributor, smelled something fishy when a new director of the Dept. of Corrections was confirmed by the Iowa Senate. Ryan, a former Iowa ACLU lobbyist, accused the Board of Corrections of violating open meetings law by not announcing publicly the candidates it recommended to the Governor. State Auditor Rob Sand and other good government advocates confirmed his judgment. Ryan also continues his exemplary work for Iowans Against the Death the Penalty, another worthy cause for Prairie Progressive readers to support.

Premier political pollster Ann Selzer stunned Iowans when the gold standard Des Moines Register Poll the weekend before Election Day showed Trump leading Biden in the state by 7%. Even more shocking, her poll showed Ashley Hinson leading Rep. Abby Finkenauer by a landslide. Democrats and long-time observers wondered if Selzer had finally lost her mojo. She had not.

Good local journalism, like that of The Storm Lake Times, is a critical antidote to the poison of our country’s ever more nationalized news. Like the Prairie Progressive, editor Art Cullen believes that “print is permanent and establishes credibility. The internet is fleeting and can be manipulated by malefactors… But information needs to be credible, no matter what the format.”

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Dreaming

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Dave Bradley

It is what? ten days until Biden Day! I can hardly wait. Biden has put together a powerhouse cabinet. That powerhouse cabinet has a HUGE task ahead of it. First they have to start by aiming to return to what the norm was before Trump destroyed the various departments.

The environment will be a really big challenge. We were behind the curve on climate change before Trump came in to destroy progress. One good thing in the environment’s favor is that it looks like gas guzzling cars will be on their way out. It is just a matter of time. Appointing John Kerry as the climate leader was a master stroke.

Another really hard hit agency was the State Department which Mike Pompeo ran as if it were his own kingdom. There will be a lot bruised feelings to heal. There will also be a lot of mistrust that the US will be good to their word after 4 years of pulling out of treaties on a whim, leaving other countries holding the bag.

There is serious repair to be done at every major agency and department. But from what we have seen of the Joe Biden pre-presidency, he is pulling no punches. Biden is calling them as he sees them. With the exception of Fox and OAN we can hope that the other major news sources will give Biden a fair chance. Without the press nipping at his heels, maybe the Biden administration can have some breathing room to make plans.

Also with the election shocker down in Georgia, President Biden will have a congress to work with even if it is a fragile majority in both houses. Biden, being the state veteran that he is should understand how to work in such an environment. However, for at least a while he may underestimate just how radical the Republicans have become. 

So we have the makings of an administration that may accomplish great things. We can dream can’t we?

  • The corona virus vaccines do what they are advertised to do. The Biden administration organizes and leads the massive immunization campaign that has the virus pretty much subdued by the beginning of the 2021 fall school semester. A massive campaign on TV, social media and word of mouth makes the anti-vaxxers real pariahs. Most of them surrender and get the vaccination.
  • As the virus is subdued we see the economy slowly return to full vigor. But instead of low wages being the norm, the federal government uses the power of their purchases to push fro living wages beginning at at least $15/hour. As the wage trickles up through the economy we see the beginning of a huge booming economy.
  • Environmental concerns are given priority with people being paid for mamboing lands in environmental sound ways. Farmers are paid to practice environmental farming. Environmental care becomes the the socially acceptable way of life. 
  • Following the year of remote learning, schools across the country experiment with various configurations of in house and remote learning aimed at giving each student some extra individual help with teachers.
  • Following a year in which America learned that many of America’s most important jobs are also the lowest paid jobs. New laws are passed to allow easier formation of unions to negotiate living wages for workers on industries such as meat packing, grocery stores and nursing homes.
  • Huge tax cuts for the rich from the Trump administration are rolled back as tax cuts for the middle class and poor are implemented. While businesses threaten some sort of slow-down action in response they can’t help but see that the combination of higher wages and lower taxes for the lower classes has created a booming business environment.
  • New election laws are passed that require a paper backup for all elections. This creates an environment where recounts are more easily done. Suddenly the wild variations from polling are smoothed out.
  • The US re-enters treaties concerning Iran nuclear energy and the World Climate change treaty. The NATO agreements are updated and the US and Northern Europe are once again a mutual defense group. Relations with rogue states such as North Korea and Russia cool decidedly. Sanctions against Russia for interfering in our elections are imposed again.
  • Investigations into possible criminal activities of the Trump administration shock the country with new revelations nearly daily. These revelations seem so outrageous that it is hard to believe they are true, yet there is evidence and testimony to back it up.
  • New York State investigations into Trump business practices in that state also continue to shock the country. Massive tax dodging is identified.
  • A commission is formed to do a deep dive into race relations in this country. The sensitivity of this issue doesn’t make it real hopeful for any resolutions coming out of their investigations, but it is a start.

A boy can dream can’t he? 10 days!

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Sunday Funday: More Voter Suppression Edition

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Guess who’s stepping up to the plate with a sedition edition? (3:45)

Well it looks like high on the list for Iowa’s Republican legislators to fix? Yep, you got it. Iowa needs more voter suppression! Democrats still have a fighting chance in this state and you can bet that needs to be stopped in its tracks! The Republican sure fire way of winning elections is to stop voting — – by their opponents. Proven over decades.

Did anything happen last week besides yet another week of the big orange clown trying to ruin our country? Let’s see!

  1. Hey, 1776 got a big kick start when what pamphlet by Thomas Paine became one of biggest selling and most widely circulated books up to that time was first published on this date in 1776?
  1. The NCAA decided to hold the men’s basketball tournament entirely within what state last week?
  1. Direct-to-farm government payments in 2020 accounted for what percentage of farm income in 2020?
  1. Despite the attack on the Capitol Wednesday, Dear Leader carried out his duties Thursday by awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to three what?
  1. What two cabinet members who have been around since day one bailed out and resigned Thursday?
  1. National unemployment numbers took jump in which direction as the nation prepared for a new administration?
  1. Why was the huge mob in Washington, DC Wednesday?
  1. And the new Attorney General of the US is who?
  1. The new richest person in the world is who? (As of Wednesday)
  1. Which of Iowa’s congressional delegation voted to object to the electoral college vote when the vote was finally taken Thursday morning?
  1. Soon to be Senator Raphael Warnock is currently the pastor of what historically significant church?
  1. Dear Leader has signaled intent to give Presidential Medals of Freedom to what two major supporters in the US House?
  1. Last week started out with the release of a telephone call between Georgia’s Secretary of State and what other elected official concerning changing vote totals in Georgia?
  1. Covid-19 has created a shortage of what medical supply at various parts of the country, but especially Los Angeles?
  1. Speaking of Covid-19, what ignominious milestone did Iowa surpass this week?
  1. The anticipation of a Democratically led congress Wednesday led to a run up in the stock of what product sector?
  1. At age 33, Jon Ossoff becomes the youngest US senator since who became a senator at age 30?
  1. Which country announced new lockdowns due to Covid-19 spread?
  1. Presidential lawyer Rudy Giuliani urged the mob at the US Capitol Wednesday to settle the presidential election via “Trial by “ what?
  1. The spouse of what Georgia Senate candidate could not attend the post election party and instead worked the overnight shift at Emory University hospital?

In 1873, Jefferson Davis told a reporter that Southerners had been “cheated, not conquered.” – Michael Beschloss

When Democrats lost in 2016, they knitted pink hats and donated to Planned Parenthood. – Kaili Joy Gray

hat tip to democrticunderground.com

Answers:

  1. “Common Sense”
  1. Indiana – I believe the women’s tournament may be held in San Antonio. (Not totally sure about that)
  1. 40%
  1. Golfers (Gary Player, Annika Sorenstam and the late Babe Didrickson Zaharias)
  1. Elaine Chou at Transportation (Mrs. Mitch McConnell) and Betsy DeVos at Education)
  1. Unemployment went up adding to the large pile of crap Dear Leader is leaving behind.
  1. To interrupt that official acceptance of the electoral vote by congress
  1. Merrick Garland
  1. Elon Musk – $183 Billion to Jeff Bezos at $182 Billion. Musk’s wealth a year ago was $27 Billion
  1. None – all voted to accept the electoral college vote
  1. Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where Dr. Martin Luther King pastored.
  1. Devin Nunes from California and Jim Jordon of Ohio.
  1. Dear Leader was trying to get election results changed. This by itself should be an impeachable or removable offense.
  1. Oxygen
  1. 4,000 deaths. We are fast approaching having 10% of our citizens having been infected.
  1. Cannibas
  1. Joe Biden of Delaware in 1973.
  1. The United Kingdom
  1. Combat
  1. Jon Ossoff. His wife Alisha Kramer was working the overnight shift as an OB-GYN doctor that night.

Attention, folks. We have changes to your starting lineup:

tip of the hat to EarlG at democraticunderground.com

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Iowa State Senate District 41 Has A Democratic Candidate

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Dave Bradley

As most of you probably know, while the contest for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district is still undecided, the US House has provisionally seated Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Since Miller-Meeks was a sitting Iowa senator she resigned her seat as the senator from district 41 to take the seat in Washington.

Governor Reynolds then set the time for the special election to fill the seat for January 26th. That is but a couple of weeks away.

The following is an email from the Democratic candidate for the seat, Mary Stewart. Let’s help her out!

I am reaching out to you because I am honored to have received the Democratic nomination for Senate District 41 in the critical January 26th special election. This senate district represents Davis and Van Buren, as well as parts of Wapello and Jefferson Counties. Because of the short timeline of this election we likely won’t have the chance to talk in person before the election, but I need your help to win.

I was born and raised here in Southeast Iowa. It is my home. When I talk about fighting for rural communities, I mean supporting the place where I grew up and spent my entire adult life. Protecting our hospitals and our schools, access to quality healthcare, and rural broadband are personal to me and are the reason I am running. I’ve seen firsthand the growing divide between urban and rural across our state. A rising cost of living with fewer and fewer job opportunities have left too many Iowa families struggling — families like mine.

During my time as a Indian Hills Community College Administrator, I worked firsthand with community leaders across Southeast Iowa to create academic and job training programs to create opportunities for good paying jobs. Including bringing Jobs Corps to Ottumwa and I am proud to have played a role in bringing the Cargill Complex to Eddyville. I want to take these skills to the Iowa State Senate and give our community and hard-working Iowans a seat at the table.

This seat was won by Obama in 2008, 2012, and Congressman Loebsack in 2018. Not to mention, in 2017 House Democrats were able to flip the more rural half of this senate seat from red-to-blue with Phil Miller. With your help, I am confident we can win this special election and flip this seat. So, I am asking for your support today: Will you donate to help us flip SD41 blue?

Thank you in advance,

Mary Stewart
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Miller-Meeks Says Leave Trump Alone

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Dave Bradley

from the Miller-Meeks campaign website.

Very Bad Idea To Leave A Traitor At The Head Of Our Government For An Extra Second.

from the Quad-City Times:  

Miller-Meeks said that if Democrats were not blamed or held accountable for violence that erupted during protests this summer over police killings of unarmed Black men and women, Trump and Republicans likewise should not be held to blame for the U.S. Capitol riot and Americans expressing “grievances” over what numerous state and federal courts and election officials have found was a free and fair election.

What the Bloody Hell is she talking about? This guy just the previous day had just led an insurrection against the government of the United States at the Capitol Building. He was very blatant about it. This was the culmination of weeks of calling for the insurrection to happen. This was the very textbook definition of treason in broad daylight.

In most countries had the head of state tried such a power grab and failed a police detachment would have gone to the residence and arrested that head of state. Donald Trump had his access to Facebook taken away for a day.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks doesn’t seem to see treason as much of a big deal. Even though the treasoner has his finger on the nuclear football, even though he has demonstrated that he will unleash the army on his own citizens, Miller-Meeks thinks Donald Trump will be a good boy.

Were it Barack Obama who had perpetrated these crimes, I doubt she would be so trusting. 

So a president leads an insurrection against his own country? What’s the big deal? What else could he possibly do in two weeks (from the time of the interview). Maybe a little terrorism? Maybe ordering shots to fired into a crowd? Nothing too big, you know?

With such a totally screwed up sense of justice, Miller-Meeks would do the district a big favor by resigning now. Hopefully, the investigation into the election will rule in Rita Hart’s favor and the district will not have to deal with a representative who doesn’t seem to know right from wrong.

Statement From Progress Iowa: (via email)

Statement: Remove President Trump From Office

Des Moines, Iowa — In response to thousands of Trump supporters attacking the United States Capitol, Matt Sinovic, executive director of Progress Iowa, issued the following statement:

“Today’s riot at the U.S. Capitol was an act of terrorism aimed at undermining our democracy, and spurred on by a President who will be a danger to the American people every moment he remains in office. President Trump cannot be trusted to protect our safety. He has actively encouraged violence and there are still nearly two weeks for him to inflict even damage.” 

 “In order to protect the American people, we are calling on the Vice President and the cabinet to immediately invoke the 25th amendment and remove President Trump from office. In addition, the House of Representatives should also move immediately to impeach the President, and the Senate should swiftly vote to convict and remove him.”

Additional Information

National Review: Trump Did This

Cedar Rapids Gazette Editorial: Trump Must Go Now

Washington Post Editorial: Trump caused the assault on the Capitol. He must be removed.
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Hardly A Surprise, Was It?

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Dave Bradley

known by the company you keep

I have no idea why anyone was surprised that the current President of the US lead an insurrection against our government Wednesday. He has been calling for the insurrection for weeks. His calls for violence against the system have been pretty blatant and specific. 

He has been setting up the scenarios for an action against the government from the day he took office. Making statements to the effect that an election he doesn’t win must be rigged. Coupled with that as president he went after the press to delegitimize anything they wrote that in any way was negative about him or his family or minions.

Throughout his four years he has called for violent responses or supported violence when it occurred in his favor. Who can forget his support of the White Power demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia? Remember his “There were good people on both sides” comment? 

The manifestations of his own personal assault on our government took many forms. America has been held hostage while it has seen all sorts of institutions dismantled or made ineffective through executive action(s). These have included an all out assault on our environment, our education systems, public housing, election systems even one of America’s most revered institutions – the US Post Office.

His assault against our country also manifested in who he pursued to favor or disfavor in international relations. Our nations had very warm relations with international scoundrels such as Kim Jung Un, Vladimir Putin, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, Turkey’s Recep Erdogan, and the Philippines Rodrigo Duarte. At the same time we have openly been at a war of words with traditional allies Germany, France and Canada. 

Policies have had violent overtones. Think of the border policy that takes children from their families and then houses them in cages. Perhaps one of the most inhumane policies ever fin the world let alone the US. Immigrant policies are violent especially against brown immigrants.

Access to health care is another area where the president has used policy to exact some revenge against the poor and those of other races. Even as I write this, the SCOTUS has heard a case to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. This case was brought to the Court with the blessing of the president after Congress passed a bill to keep the ACA viable. The president even broke all the norms for appointing a new justice to tip the balance against the ACA, bringing Amy Coney Barret to the Court in record speed.

Of course the corona virus policy has been used as a weapon on the poor, old, black and in strange shot democrats. The President’s obstructionist coronavirus policy was a weapon he used against his own country.

So why should anyone have been surprised when his believers massed in Washington on the day he told them to be there, January 6th? And why should anyone be surprised when this mob followed his order to stop the perfunctory certification of the electoral college vote by Congress?

As he has all his life, Trump was only doing what Trump does, ruining everything he touches and leading a pack of fools to do his bidding. He told us over and over he was going to do it.

But the real story behind Trump has been the acquiescence of the Republican Party all along the way. Throughout the past 5 years – including the campaign year – there were many, many places where men and women SHOULD have stood up and told Trump to stop. But not a one did, for five years. Mitt Romney has given some very token resistance as it looks as if Trump’s power is waning. Too little, too late, Mitt.

The Republicans could have reigned him in, but to a person they were cowards when courage was needed. They shrank and cowered. 

Remember this next election. What Republican can you look to show courage when there is a true threat to our democracy? We have just had a systemic threat to our democracy in Donald Trump who tried every trick even up to a “burning of the Reichstag” moment to hang on to power. Republican politicians from the courthouse to Congress enabled him.

Senator and Governor will be the two leading offices up for election in 2022 in Iowa. Chuck Grassley has been little but a lickspittle for the Trump administration. Here is a man who could have made a difference but instead slunk away.

Kim Reynolds’ totally irresponsible corona virus leadership as she tried to please Donald Trump rather than saving Iowa lives has been at best disgraceful. 

2022, will Iowa continue to support Trump and his policies by re-electing these two?

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Miller-Meeks: Trump And Republicans Should Not Be Held Accountable For Capitol Takeover

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Release from Rita Hart:

Miller-Meeks: “Trump and Republicans likewise should not be held to blame for the U.S. Capitol riot”

Less than twenty-four hours after a violent mob incited by Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, interrupting the congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election, Mariannette Miller-Meeks defended the president saying she believes that fraud clearly took place in the election and that the president and congressional Republicans bear no responsibility for the actions of the crowd.

Quad-City Times: Miller-Meeks: Trump should stay and ‘plenty of blame to go around’ for US Capitol riot

By Tom Barton, January 7, 2020

DAVENPORT, IOWA — While continuing to condemn the mob violence that gripped the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, freshman Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Thursday suggested President Trump and congressional Republicans should not be held accountable for stoking the violence.

And while recognizing Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect, Miller-Meeks insisted “there was fraud” in the 2020 presidential election, despite a lack of any substantial evidence of such to any significant degree.

“I think there is plenty of blame to go around to all of us,” Miller-Meeks told the Quad-City times of the “feeling of helplessness and powerlessness and hopelessness” Americans feel, fueled by a pandemic, racial turmoil and contested presidential election, that has led to unrest across the nation.

Miller-Meeks said that if Democrats were not blamed or held accountable for violence that erupted during protests this summer over police killings of unarmed Black men and women, Trump and Republicans likewise should not be held to blame for the U.S. Capitol riot and Americans expressing “grievances” over what numerous state and federal courts and election officials have found was a free and fair election.

“Just as over the summer when we saw social unrest and violence and destruction of public and private property, and encampments in various cities, the Democrats did not demand that this action stop,” Miller-Meeks falsely claimed…

“And no one asked that they (Democrats) be held responsible for that,” Miller-Meeks said. “I think it’s important that we as a nation understand that you have a large percentage of Americans, millions of Americans — 60 million to 70 million Americans — who feel that their voices have not been heard” and feel aggrieved over election “irregularities that were not addressed.”

…on Thursday Miller-Meeks continued to give credence to the false claims of widespread voting irregularities.

“I think in order to listen to people and to heal our nation — to answer those grievances — that there should be either an investigation or a commission to look into that,” she said. “There was fraud. There were irregularities. There were states that did not follow their state law, and/or election officials violated state law. I think all of those things are worthwhile to address so that everyone has faith and confidence and trust in the election system.”

Courts across the country — including the U.S. Supreme Court, with a now conservative 6-3 majority — have roundly dismissed the allegations made by the president, his campaign and his allies. Additionally, Trump’s own U.S. Attorney General William Barr declared that the U.S. Justice Department has uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 election.

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Read the full piece here.

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American Democracy Is Alive But Not Well

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Yesterday was as scary as it’s ever been over the last four years.

Lately, every day Democracy lives to see another day feels like a huge, hard fought win.

Yesterday was a dark day in America. It  appears that today we are still standing. I wasn’t sure we would be for awhile there.

I’m at least glad it’s the Republicans who are protesting (rioting) because that means they’re losing.

Trump has lost and is doing everything in his power to have that not be so, but nothing he and the Republicans have tried to overturn the results of the election has worked. I can view that as a testament to the strength of our institutions and the American people who voted. Despite how fragile we seem to be at times, our country has withstood an enormous malevolent force these last four years.

Trump will not get a second term in the White House. Democrats have won the White House and after the special election in Georgia, we also secured control of the Senate and are now in charge of both houses of congress. This is no small thing.

As a nation we held off and beat back Trumpism, the propaganda machine, the tsunami of lies, the money, the ignorance, the racism, and the hate in all of its forms.

And we did it handily. Biden won by at least seven million votes.

Mitch McConnell is no longer the Senate Majority Leader.

Iowa took a step backwards. It remains to be seen if we can correct our course.

But at least for today, Democracy in America is alive, if not well.

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How To Lobby for COVID Relief Virtually Or in Person

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from CCI Action Fund

We need accessible healthcare, housing, education, and good jobs for everyone. But politicians like Governor Kim Reynolds are standing in our way.

Next Tuesday, January 12, Reynolds will give her Condition of the State address. She’ll do what she does best. She’ll tell lies, encourage division, and promote policies that let her hand out millions to corporate giants like Smithfield, Tyson, and Amazon.

But on Tuesday, CCI Action will tell the real story. We’ll tell the stories of Iowans who are struggling to make ends meet. We’ll demand a Billion Dollar Relief Fund that keeps us all safe, healthy, and thriving.

Here are two ways you can join us:

(Can’t attend either event, but still want to share your story on January 12 about how the pandemic has impacted you or your community? We’re accepting videos! Send us an email if you’re interested in recording one.)

Real COVID relief is possible. We can heal our communities, heal our planet, and ensure that everyone has a good-paying job where we can make ends meet. We can guarantee free healthcare, good wages for workers, and good prices for farmers.

Next Tuesday, on January 12, CCI Action members are gathering online and safely at the Iowa Statehouse to demand real COVID relief that keeps every person in Iowa safe and healthy.

Join us on January 12, online and in person. 

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Zephyr Teachout Wants To Break Up Big Ag

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Trish Nelson

UPDATE: The RSVP link for tonight’s show was showing that the event had already ended, but of course, it hasn’t. See you at 6pm Central — watch live here!

Zephyr Teachout is an author, attorney, political activist, and anti-trust and corruption expert. She was the Director of internet organizing for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign  She is an associate professor of law at Fordham University.  She has written a new book, Break ‘Em Up – Recovering our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money.

Join her on Jim Hightower’s live program Chat ‘n Chew to hear more about it.

“The consolidation of corporate power into massive monopolies and cartels hijacks the economy and imperils American democracy. But what can we do about it? Our friend Zephyr Teachout has drawn a roadmap for a new antitrust movement that builds on the successes of our populist grassroots. Get your favorite winter beverage ready for this chat — the fires we light here will be able to burn all year!”

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