Hired Gun for Big Ag Endorses Francis Thicke's Opponent
Yesterday the Iowa Agriculture Secretary, Republican Bill Northey, got an endorsement from a Democrat in his effort to get rehired by Iowans. Jerry Crawford is not just any Democrat. He is a close...
View ArticleHey Iowans, Send Braley an "attaboy" on SOPA
Congressman Bruce Braley has a video up that responds to the threat of SOPA/PIPA. As he speaks, his words are beeped out and black strips keep appearing over his face. Braley is trying to let us...
View ArticleUpdated: Accountability is NOT The Word of the Day
Not when it comes to the banksters, anyway. While I would like to be optimistic on this topic, I think the claim of victory is premature, at best. Last night I heard that Huffington Post was...
View ArticleTom Harkin's Rebuild America Act
Have I mentioned that I love Tom Harkin? He is a tonic for when I have lost my optimism that Democrats stand for anything but bailing out banks and tacking to the right when someone says "boo." This...
View ArticleACTION WI: Under Walker's Deer Czar, Hunters Will Lose
We need to get the word out to hunters. How would you like to pay $2000 for a deer license? Their right to hunt on public lands by paying an affordable price for a deer license is under attack in...
View ArticleWI ACTION: Deer in the Spotlights
The Save Wisconsin Deer Campaign is picking up speed. We have been running ads on Facebook this week with the cash you kindly donated. If you would like to help keep that going, go here:...
View ArticleWI: The Deer Czar is not the Problem
The Deer Czar is getting a lot of bad press and he is not happy about it. But he is not the real threat to public land in Wisconsin. The guy who hired him and is paying him $150,000 dollars in...
View ArticleHello Dolly! The War on Women, Iowa Edition
Merlin Bartz is an Iowa State Senator who carries around an unusual picture of his opponent, State Senator Mary Jo Wilhelm. The photo is a life-size legless paper doll. At public events he sets his...
View ArticleACTION-Iowa Special Election in 32 days
We need help here in northern Iowa, to elect Todd Prichard in House District 52. He is a real Democrat, a better Democrat, one of our own, a grass-roots activist who knows why he is a Democrat. No...
View Article"A Leninist Strategy" for Social Security, Decades in the Making
Today I read a blueprint for applying the Shock Doctrine to Social Security. It was published by the Cato Institute in 1983, and tweeted today by economist Stephanie Kelton (@deficitowl). It is really...
View ArticleIowa's Governor tries again on his education "reform" plan
Iowa is one of the states where Michelle Rhee, ALEC, and a Republican Governor have joined forces in support of an agenda of education "reform" that is all about funneling public dollars to corporate...
View ArticleHell No! Joe Biden in Iowa 2015
The Iowa caucuses will be in full swing by the summer of 2015. In September we will attend what may be the last of the wonderful Harkin Steak Fry gatherings in Indianola. All the Democratic candidates...
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