Tag Archives: Miller-Meeks

To EV Or Not To EV

Moving the automotive economy toward electric vehicles is a good thing for multiple reasons. An important benefit is to decrease reliance on burning stuff in an internal combustion engine. In the late 19th Century, Rudolph Diesel invented an engine that … Continue reading

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Coup #2 Starts In Iowa Next Month

7 minutes 30 seconds:  Republican George Conway agrees with the Colorado Supreme Court: Even as Colorado stands up for the constitution and upholds the 14th amendment by barring insurrection leader Donald Trump from their primary ballots, Iowa gears up to … Continue reading

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What Is Their Job?

Miller-Meeks defends her vote (37 seconds): All supposed evidence that MAGAs like Miller-Meeks claim to have has already been debunked. But when you have an agenda to destroy political opponents by any means possible, that makes no difference. Miller-Meeks is … Continue reading

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All Four Iowa Republicans Vote In Lockstep for Jim Jordan

Excellent article about Jim Jordan in The Guardian. All four Iowa representatives in congress voted for Jim Jordan for speaker yesterday.  Jordan did not have enough votes to win on the first round. They are voting again today at 11:00. … Continue reading

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MEMO: Nunn On The Run From Iowans

We got this memo Wednesday from Fairness For Iowa. I suspect this is a subgroup within Progress Iowa. In the following email, Matt Sinovic points out that Iowa’s all Republican (and might I add MAGA) congressional delegation has few public … Continue reading

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Bohannan Hits Opponent On Anti-Abortion Stand

When abortion is not available or severely restricted as Iowa wants to do (3 minutes) Email from the Christina Bohannan campaign: I wanted to make sure you saw this New York Times article about my race in case you missed … Continue reading

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History Of A Wing Nut

Can Democrat Christina Bohannan beat Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks during the second contest between them in 2024? One can only hope… and do everything possible to see that she does. Going into her sixth campaign for the Congress, Miller-Meeks has become … Continue reading

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Iowa Congressional Delegation Votes NO On Discharge

(2 minutes) On Wednesday, Democrats in the US House tried to bring up a discharge petition to get a clean debt ceiling bill through congress and end the crisis manufactured by extremist MAGA Republicans in an attempt to force policy … Continue reading

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LTTE Plus A Debt Ceiling Mislead

Here is another good Letter to the Editor by friend of BFIA Don Paulson: Republican U.S. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks is still part of the problem and not the solution.  Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible … Continue reading

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AFPI, Miller-Meeks and Social Security

In my previous post, I made mention of a presentation that the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) had recently in Newton, Iowa. AFPI is a radical right wing think tank. One of Iowa’s current members of Congress, Marriannette Miller-Meeks has … Continue reading

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