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Praying For Peace – Paying For War

Posted on December 22, 2014 by bfiaedflaherty

December 19, 2014 To the editor: As we approach the holidays, in many settings we will be urged to “pray for peace.” But the Omnibus bill says “pay for war.” Over one half of the $1.1 trillion of the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Will Iowa’s Contaminated Drinking Water Lead To Statewide Public Health Crisis?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Citizens for a Healthy Iowa Elections matter – and the 2014 election results could mean disaster for efforts to clean up & protect Iowa’s rivers, lakes & streams …. our sources of clean drinking water. Senator-Elect Joni Ernst has said … Continue reading →

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What If You Had An Election And Nobody Came To Cover it?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Trish Nelson

In Iowa, you get Joni Ernst. This article points to Colorado as a microcosm of what is happening to newspapers nationally (including Iowa), and the impact of the loss of journalism on elections.   Colorado lost 50% of reporters covering … Continue reading →

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Election A Disaster For… Republicans?

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Trish Nelson

A Republican wrote an article on The Houston Chronicle blog about how this election was a disaster for Republicans. Here are some highlights, and there is plenty of very compelling stuff left to read if you click on the link … Continue reading →

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Joni Ernst Got Away With Deceiving The Public About Her Extreme Ideology

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Trish Nelson

For the record we’re still waiting for the backlash.

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Tea Party Candidate Joni Ernst Places #3 In Dark Money

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Trish Nelson

http://www.brennancenter.org Dark money” is spending by groups that hide the identities of some or all of their donors. The analysis below details not only the record amounts of outside spending in 2014, but also the dominance of “dark money groups,” … Continue reading →

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Ernst Would Deny Minimum Wages To 1 Million Veterans

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Classy Iowa GOP communications director admits to not caring about “solid facts.” Progress Iowa: 1 million veterans across the country would benefit from raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Joni Ernst wants to abolish the federal minimum wage, … Continue reading →

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Bruce Braley Building Bridges

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Trish Nelson
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Hillary Clinton Says Joni Ernst Has Disqualified Herself

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Trish Nelson

politicususa.com/2014/10/29/hillary-clinton In Iowa today, Hillary Clinton claimed that Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst has disqualified herself from office by refusing to answer questions. “I have concluded that Iowans take politics really seriously,” Clinton said. “You test your candidates, you actually … Continue reading →

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What The Koch Brothers Want Joni To Do

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Trish Nelson

“Joni Ernst is the perfect mental and moral blank slate kind of candidate that attracts billionaires like the Koch brothers, and ALEC and big money.”    Watch and wonder no more about exactly what the Kochs expect in return for their … Continue reading →

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