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Democrat Elle Wyant is Running for Iowa House District 91
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/12/22 Elle Wyant Elle for Iowa elleforiowa@gmail.com ELLE FOR IOWA. ALL IOWANS. Marengo, IA — LGBTQ+ activist Elle Wyant announced her campaign for the Iowa House of Representatives today in House District 91, representing both Iowa County … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Elle Wyant, Iowa House district 91, Iowa Legislature, politics
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Book Review: Persist
I was invested in Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for president and attended some events about which she wrote in Persist, her memoir published this year. Like tens of thousands of others I waited in a selfie line and got my moment. … Continue reading
Posted in Elizabeth Warren
Tagged #iapolitics, book review, Elizabeth Warren, Iowa politics, politics
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Who Has Standing On Military Affairs?
The Republican approach to oversight of our military is curious and ineffective. On the one hand they vehemently criticize the administration’s handling of our country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. On the other, Senator Tom Cotton sponsored legislation ending U.S. funding for … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign
Tagged #IA02, Iowa politics, Iowa's second district, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Miller-Meeks, politics, Tom Cotton
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Miller-Meeks: Divisive Blabbermouth
Mariannette Miller-Meeks ran a successful fourth campaign for congress and now represents Iowa’s Second Congressional District. People argue with that statement, saying they stopped counting the votes, yet it is accurate. Her first three campaigns (2008, 2010 and 2014) were … Continue reading
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Tagged #IA02, #iapolitics, Jim Leach, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Miller-Meeks, politics, Rep. Dave Loebsack, republican values
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Summer Community Parades Are Back Despite Pandemic
Most people along the parade route reacted positively to the Johnson County Democrats entry in the Solon Beef Days Parade on July 17. All over the state, parades have re-emerged as a social activity after missing last summer because of … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged community, community action, coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Covid-19 Vaccines, Iowa politics, parades, politics, Vaccine hesitancy
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Book Review: Our Time Is Now
If one needs a palate cleansing after the bitter taste of the Trump years, Stacey Abrams’ Our Time is Now is just the book to read. I didn’t know what to expect going in. I knew of her close Georgia … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, 2022 Election campaign, politics
Tagged 2020 election campaign, book review, politics, Stacey Abrams, US Census, voter suppression
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An Epistemological Crisis
It’s no secret there is an epistemological crisis undermining the authority of knowledge. It may be the most significant problem to grow out of the Reagan administration. That the discussion of creationism versus evolution returned during the 1980s was only … Continue reading
Posted in Media Reform, Progressive Community, progressive values
Tagged al gore, Joe Biden President, media reform, politics, thom hartmann, Tom Nichols
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When Fools Rush In
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” was written by Alexander Pope in An Essay on Criticism in 1711. I’m no angel yet it’s time to let the dust settle from the disastrous general election before devising schemes to … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign
Tagged #iapolitics, 2020 election campaign, Iowa Democratic Party, politics
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Iowa Summer Pandemic Politics
Independence Day is over! Time to get rolling on the fall campaign to elect Democrats! Not so fast… The 2020 general election cycle has been like no other. Iowa didn’t stand a chance of influencing the national debate after the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 election campaign, Iowa politics, politics
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Theresa Greenfield – Jobs To Get Done
On Saturday, Feb. 22, I met with U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield at a coffee shop in Coralville, immediately after her appearance at the Linn County Phoenix Club. She arrived on time and was thoughtful in her answers to my … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, politics
Tagged #iapolitics, politics, Theresa Greenfield, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate race
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