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AGs Want To Cross State Lines To Prosecute Abortions

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Freedom in America? It looks like the extremist Republican MAGA Party has a plan to end that.   Below is the highlights of the Rachel Maddow Show from Monday night. The first highlight is a short synopsis of how the … Continue reading →

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Iowa Moves To The Early 20th Century

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Dave Bradley

(11 minutes) Iowa took the national spotlight Tuesday. Getting the national spotlight these days usually involve doing something truly outrageous. Frequently these days the national spotlight belongs to Donald Trump’s insane statements or statements from Republicans taking us down to … Continue reading →

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Reynolds Call Special Session To Cut Iowans Rights

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Got this email from Progress Iowa Wednesday afternoon July 5th. Certainly the the irony that Independence Day was just the day before was not lost on most of those who received this email: Just when you thought she couldn’t sink … Continue reading →

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It’s Been A Year Since Dobbs

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Dave Bradley

11 minutes: While we did have a midterm election last November and Dobbs was a major factor in that election, it is possible that the electorate had yet at that time absorbed what the full effect of the Dobbs decision … Continue reading →

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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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