Tag Archives: Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Fooling The People

The unmitigated gall of Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson never ceases to astound me and other watchers of things political. A little less than a week after both representatives voted against a bill to guarantee that people have access … Continue reading

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Little Late For Grassley To Dump Trump

Republican  elected officials often walk to their own beat. Out in Colorado, a Republican county election official gave unfettered access to voting machines to Republican party leaders after the 2020 election.  Down in Georgia, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina … Continue reading

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“A Danger Like Our Republic Has Never Seen”

Liz Cheney calls out former president at the Reagan Library. Gets a standing ovation (4 minutes) The Republican Party is unraveling. Like everything else the former president touched his party is about to go up in flames. They will be … Continue reading

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Baby Formula Vote Exposes Iowa Republican Lies

Perhaps like many of you, I get an email newsletter usually on Sunday night from our local congress member Mariannette Miller-Meeks. This week it came on Monday. My guess as to why is that the congress member had to spend … Continue reading

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Medicare: What are DCEs And Why Should You Care?

When Katie Porter speaks, you can believe what she says (10 minutes, but very important) Have you ever heard of Direct Contracting Entities? If you have you are a rare person. I just became aware of them when I was … Continue reading

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Miller-Meeks Wants Unneeded KeystoneXL

From Miller-Meeks house.gov account: On March 2nd, Miller-Meeks cosponsored the American Energy Independence from Russia Act, which would require President Biden to make an energy security plan within 30 days and take action to unleash America’s oil and natural gas … Continue reading

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Want To End Divisive Politics? Vote Miller-Meeks Out.

Shortly after the new year, like many others in the old second soon to be first congressional district we got a flyer from the current congress member for this area, Marionette Miller-Meeks. The first thing that caught my eye was … Continue reading

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Senator Bolkcom: Rural Iowa Communities Suffer Under Republicans

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

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?

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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