Tag Archives: Iowa GOP

Why Do We Have To Explain Everything To Republicans?

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Listen to Democrat Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott explaining to Republicans why children need to eat.  Follow Iowa Senate Democrats on Facebook “Tonight, Senate Republicans voted to add unnecessary red tape to accessing important food and health programs – like SNAP. … Continue reading →

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Republicans: No Platform – No Principles

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Trish Nelson

GOP principles go up in smoke at the Iowa Statehouse by Kathie Obradovich, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 13, 2023 Republicans in the Iowa Legislature like to talk about their bedrock principles. This year, those principles seem to be printed on … Continue reading →

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Republicans Want To Repeal Every Iowa Law

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Easy to see where this is going. Republicans envision they can get rid of every law they don’t like and keep only the laws they like.  To borrow a phrase from Art Cullen talking about the GOP book banning nonsense, … Continue reading →

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Republican Talk Radio Host Jeff Angelo Warns His Party “You’ve Got To Take That Second Map”

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Possibly the lone Republican who opposes the coming gerrymandering by the Iowa GOP, Jeff Angelo, WHO talk radio host and former 3 x Republican legislator,  publicly opposes the GOP plan to politicize redistricting in Iowa warning his party, “you have … Continue reading →

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What Exactly Is Gerrymandering?

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Time for a gerrymandering review as we await the Iowa GOP’s worst. And as an aside, one of the examples of gerrymandering in John Oliver’s segment involves a Democratic primary. It caused me to reflect that Democrats seem to be … Continue reading →

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Iowa Republicans Ban Teaching Concepts No One Is Teaching

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Trish Nelson
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News From The Iowa Statehouse

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Republican controlled legislatures are tearing down this country every bit as much as Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump and the national Republican party. Iowa currently has a trifecta of GOP control. Democrats in Des Moines are fighting hard for humane public … Continue reading →

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More Power Grabbing Bad Ideas From Iowa GOP

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Trish Nelson

http://www.JusticeNotPolitics.org Senator Brad Zaun proposes hostile political takeover of Iowa courts Des Moines, Iowa — Chair of Justice Not Politics, Connie Ryan, issued the following statement in response to Senator Brad Zaun’s unconstitutional legislation (SSB 3181) that would completely politicize Iowa courts, … Continue reading →

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Iowa Republicans Want Republicans To Pick The Judges

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Trish Nelson

If you want to find out what was said on this edition of Iowa Press but you don’t want to spend one more minute of a single day of your life talking yourself down from the anger-produced adrenaline surge that … Continue reading →

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Republicans Must Go

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Trish Nelson

And now a word from the Iowa Senate Democrats

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