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Senator Bolkcom: Rural Iowa Communities Suffer Under Republicans

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Thursday’s Des Moines Register included a guest editorial by State Senator Joe Bolkcom. In his editorial Bolkcom lays it right on the line: Iowa’s current poor condition is due fully to the very poor leadership Iowa has endured under Kim … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Republican House Delegation Votes To Default

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Once again Iowa’s Republican members of the US House shamed the state by voting not to raise the debt ceiling and thus cause the US to default on its debts. This was not a vote to spend more money, but … Continue reading →

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Huh? What? Rep. Hinson?

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Dave Bradley

As I was on my way to the store Wednesday I was listening to Thom Hartmann. Hartmann had a guest on from a new blog in the midwest. The blog is heartlandsignal.com. I am not sure who the guest was … Continue reading →

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Republicans Ready To Force A New Crisis

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Iowa’s Republican delegation will go along almost certainly. It is not like they care about you. Well we come off another stellar week for Iowa’s Republican contingent in the US House of Representatives. After Arizona representative Paul Gosar tweeted out … Continue reading →

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STATEMENT: Iowa Needs Build Back Better

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Progress Iowa <press@progressiowa.org> Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, press@progressiowa.org STATEMENT: Iowa Needs Build Back Better Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa executive director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement calling on Iowa’s federal delegation to support the Build Back Better framework announced … Continue reading →

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Media Shouldn’t Blame Dems

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Dave Bradley

“Kill Switch” author Adam Jentleson interviewed by Clay Cane on the Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM Urban View Radio. “Kill Switch” describes how Republicans have rendered the government neutered using the filibuster. This video is from January but is still … Continue reading →

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ICYMI: Iowans Turned Away From Koch Brothers’ Group Event Supporting Hinson

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Dave Bradley

From our friends at Progress Iowa: For Immediate Release: Oct. 14, 2021 Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, ivy@progressiowa.org ICYMI: Iowans Turned Away From Koch Brothers’ Group Event Supporting Hinson Des Moines, Iowa — On Saturday, Oct. 2, Representative Hinson’s constituents were turned … Continue reading →

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Right’s Framing Of Socialism Just Too Much BS

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Never forget this: If you hadn’t noticed the next election is already in full swing. As usual the lockstep Republican candidates are all singing from the same hymnal. That hymnal has various versions of the ever popular song among Republicans … Continue reading →

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Shrinking The Tax Gap

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Paul Deaton

Last Wednesday, I participated in an online briefing with former IRS Commissioners Fred Goldberg Jr. and Charles Rossotti on modernizing the IRS and shrinking the tax gap. Goldberg was appointed as IRS Commissioner by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 … Continue reading →

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Taking Credit Where Credit Ain’t Due

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Dave Bradley

  Ex-Presidents Urge Americans to Get Vaccinated   March 11, 2021 at 6:46 am EST By Taegan Goddard 106 Comments All of the living former presidents have joined in a new ad campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine—all of … Continue reading →

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