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Tag Archives: racism
Obscene Pictures
The extreme radical right that runs the Republican Party in Iowa and in the country, found reason to add to my small but growing collection of what I think of as obscene pictures this week. These are pictures I so … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, 2026 election, Branstad
Tagged Americans For Prosperity, Drew Klein, koch brothers, racism, Racism in America, Ruby Bridges, Zach Lahn
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What You Should Know About Religion And Politics In Iowa
Daniel Henderson is a retired educator and author of Confessions of a Recovering Evangelical and The Spiritual Journey to Anti-Racism. You can follow his substack here. Below is a video of his live presentation sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged #IowaGOP, evangelicalism, racism
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Paul Krugman With Al Franken
Krugman does the best job I’ve heard of succinctly explaining the student debt crisis and why student loan forgiveness is the right thing to do. That and more in this well worth your time podcast.
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged economy, Paul Krugman, racism, Right wing ideology
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Can Deidre DeJear Win? The Answer Is Yes!
I attended enough events and got enough one-on-one time with Deidre DeJear – both during her current campaign and when she ran for Secretary of State – to know she would be a good governor. When I compare her to … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged #iagov, 2022 Election campaign, Deidre DeJear, DeJear for Governor, Iowa Democratic Party 2022, Iowa Democrats, racism
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Robert Reich: Racism Is Profitable
The above video is from Robert Reich’s Inequality Media. This video ties in to a degree with the previous post on how labor has been exploited especially since the mid 1970s. Lyndon Johnson many years ago made an astute observation … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Income inequality, Joni Ernst, Labor
Tagged racism
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Being Racist
We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and consider whether we are racist. It’s not easy to do in the best of circumstances. Dictionaries consistently define a racist as someone who has a notion that one’s own ethnic … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community, progressive values
Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter, racism, Racism in America
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You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument
Right at the time of renewed racial tensions in the USA comes this short and very gritty look at an aspect of the relics of the Civil War that few ever think of. Reading this really opened some channels of … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa
Tagged Confederacy, confederate monuments, racism
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Why Racism?
Racism is a feature of the Trump administration geared toward activating marginal voters who support his racist statements to get them to vote to elect Republicans, posits Thom Hartmann in the clip below. “When Trump said this he knew exactly … Continue reading
Why Condemn King Now?
A 3 minute videos from just before the midterm election. At that time King was a campaign co-chair for Kim Reynolds. Reynolds refused to disavow King at that time. She won with votes from King’s district. Political opportunism, anyone? We … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Charles Grassley, Joni Ernst, Kim Reynolds, Republican hypocrisy, Steve King
Tagged racism
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