Tag Archives: Iowa MAGA Republicans

Iowa Should Have Broken Up With Grassley Long Ago

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Below is an excerpt from an article about Senator Grassley published yesterday in Current Affairs by Alex Skopic.  It is an excellent read. Be forewarned it is as long as Grassley’s career but necessarily so.  It meanders to and fro … Continue reading →

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We Cannot Let This Happen

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Urgent action alert from Indivisible Iowa.  To join Indivisible Iowa, click here. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES NOW! Trump and House Republicans unveiled their latest budget plan, and it’s a disaster for everyday Americans. Their proposal slashes funding for Social Security, veterans’ … Continue reading →

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Refugees From Within

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Trish Nelson

From the September 2024 edition of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is  funded entirely by reader subscription, available in hard copy for $15/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for archived … Continue reading →

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Two Iowa Democrats Stand Up To Kid Kaufmann

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Trish Nelson

I hope other Iowa Democratic legislators in Des Moines take a lesson. Walking out on Bobby Kaufmann, Johnson county Democrats Rep. Amy Nielsen, D-North Liberty and Rep. Adam Zabner, D-Iowa City, got a headline that simply pointing out to Rs … Continue reading →

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Polls Of Likely Republican Caucus Attendees Do Not Reflect Iowa

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Trish Nelson

BFIA co-editor Dave Bradley and I share a commitment to the idea that our dysfunctional media system owns a large amount of responsibility for the fix our country is in right now.  Over-simplification of issues, horse race political coverage, getting … Continue reading →

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Court Factual Finding: Trump Committed Insurrection

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Over the weekend you surely could not have missed the Ft. Dodge gymnasium video of pathetic Trump attempting to get ahead of the “golden showers” story that many say is about to drop. Trump apparently went out of his way … Continue reading →

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Iowa Press To Vander Plaats: “What Does Michelle Obama Have To Do With It?”

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Trish Nelson

On this weekend’s episode of Iowa Press, as if it were a normal, natural, perfectly reasonable thing, Iowa Press moderator Kay Henderson opened the show this way: “Bob Vander Plaats and his Family Leader organization still wield power and influence … Continue reading →

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Republicans Need To Put Country First Over Political Games

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Iowa has NO Democratic representation in congress. Our entire delegation is made up of MAGA Republicans who only represent themselves and their supporters, not all Iowans.  They are playing politics that could bring serious harm to the economy and to … Continue reading →

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Why Do Republicans Think Women Are Their Property?

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Our backward MAGA representatives in congress and Iowa Republicans are willing to turn the United States of America into a third world country where women and girls can be forced to bear children against their will. Watch what happens in … Continue reading →

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Vote For Tom Miller The People’s AG

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Trish Nelson

It was a disgraceful and disrespectful performance by Brenna Bird on Iowa Press. The Iowa MAGAs should be pleased! According to Steve King’s former chief of staff Brenna Bird who is running for Attorney General, when Kim Reynolds says on … Continue reading →

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