by Pat Rynard | Nov 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
The progressive movement and clean energy advocates scored an important victory on Friday with President Obama’s official rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. Obama cited concerns over climate change as a major factor in turning down the project,...
by Pat Rynard | Nov 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
For well over a decade Democratic politicians have been hesitant to take on the NRA, burned too many times by electoral losses in swing districts and states caused in part by the gun rights organization’s influence among rural white voters. But after years of...
by Pat Rynard | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
The press risers and tables were packed at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Growth And Opportunity Party this Saturday, but one media outlet wasn’t able to get inside: The Daily Show. Iowa GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann decided to deny Trevor Noah’s team...
by Pat Rynard | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
At a press conference this morning, Governor Terry Branstad reportedly said he favors the use of eminent domain in certain circumstances, including for pipeline projects. The biggest project currently under consideration in Iowa is the Bakken oil pipeline, which...
by Pat Rynard | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Republican Party of Iowa’s Growth And Opportunity event on Saturday was meant as a sort of replacement for the Iowa Straw Poll, and judging from many of the candidates’ speeches you’d think they were still in that August mindset. Few of the White...
