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Thanks, Kids

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Dave Bradley

As I write this we still don’t know who will be in power in Congress. Will Democrats retain control of the US House? Will they retain leadership in the US Senate? Or will the extremist Republican Party take control of … Continue reading →

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Roe, Roe, Roe Your Vote

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Dave Bradley

At the ballot top – And don’t forget downstream CBS reports on surprising Kansas results (2:15) Unlike many on the left, I am not ecstatic at the voters in Kansas thoroughly trouncing the attempt by the right to overturn their … Continue reading →

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Supporting Access To Abortion After Dobbs

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Paul Deaton

In the Des Moines Register Iowa Poll released on Sunday, “A majority of Iowans – 60% – say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, at a time when the state’s Republican lawmakers have new freedom to restrict … Continue reading →

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Reynolds Deeply Unpopular

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Dave Bradley

I saw this tweet shortly after July 4th concerning Corporate Kim Reynolds: Whit Mixdorf @whitmixdorf · Follow Best moment of the Clear Lake parade: Kim Reynolds was walking by and it was dead silence.  Crickets  . So one of her … Continue reading →

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Message Is To Vote. How Do We Get There?

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Paul Deaton

In a 589-word article published Monday, July 11, Des Moines Register reporters Katie Akin and Francesca Block managed to reduce Sunday’s Reproductive Freedom Rally of thousands of people at the State Capitol to pabulum. “Speakers encouraged attendees of the event … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts On The Coming End Of Roe v. Wade

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Like many of you, I am livid over the leaked decision that overturns the Roe v. Wade decision. And like many of you I have been turning all sorts of thoughts concerning access to abortion over in my mind. The … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Republicans Only Anti-Abortion For Politics

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Dave Bradley

You may remember this segment of the Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” from the primary year of 2016.  We have posted it here several times before. Sam Bee does a great job of explaining how evangelicals were maneuvered into becoming the … Continue reading →

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Mixing Religion And Government

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Abortion laws on Texas that were given a nod of approval by SCOTUS in a shadow-docket decision may engulf the US quickly:   Quotes from Barry Goldwater on mixing religion and politics:   Mark my word, if and when these preachers … Continue reading →

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Abortions Up In Iowa

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Dave Bradley

From iowastartingline.com:    There were 4,058 abortions performed in Iowa in 2020, a trend that’s increased over the last three years. In 2018, there were 2,849 abortions, followed by 3,566 abortions in 2019, according to state data. The data came … Continue reading →

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Abortion In The SCOTUS Target

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Dave Bradley

With the stolen 6 to 3 majority on the US Supreme Court, it looks like the authoritarian wing of our political spectrum is ready and willing to do all they can to take Women’s freedom of choice away from them. … Continue reading →

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