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No Farmers? No Food?

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Taking a Bite of the Elephant

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Liar of the Week! Senator Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)

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I.V. F. ruling a surprise? We think NOT!

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Trump’s Bought & Paid For Court Stood with Him: To Fight Back, Start Here.

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Navalny Murdered – What does it mean to us?

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Grassley’s Big Republican Conspiracy Theory Collapses in Washington

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Mixed Messages Risk National Security

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International Trade Administration Bureaucrat attacks Trusted Public Servant

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House votes NO on impeachment of Mayorkas

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BIG LOSS for Appellant Donald J. Trump

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FARM BILL UPDATE — Repubs don’t want to do it

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Eagle Pass, TX residents want their town back.

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Rebels in the Garden

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The Hard Numbers are In — Death Knells are Ringing

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Iowa Caucuses: THE MORNING-AFTER UPDATE

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Why We Report. Why We Share Perspectives.

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Gifts and Resolutions for 2024

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Faatma Oné Opens An Urban Door for U.S. Farms and Ranches

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All Is Calm

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The War to Protect Ukraine Makes Us Safer

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Republicans Vote For Impeachment Inquiry Despite No Crime, No Evidence

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Remember the Promise? If not now, when?

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Kissinger — Memories and Legacy

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This Teacher’s Lesson … Fuels the Creativity in Kids and Each of Us!

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Time to be SERIOUS about VOTING RIGHTS

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Thanksgiving … Friendsgiving … And “Dear Uncle”

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Rosalynn Carter — America’s “Steel Magnolia” First Lady (1927-2023)

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Need “table talk” for Thanksgiving?

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Previews of David’s Coming Rural and Urban Attractions

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Friday, 11:59 PM — Government Shutdown Looms

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“Johnson releases CR with farm bill extension” by Jerry Hagstrom

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Happy Veterans Day

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SHHH … Don’t Tell: The “Secret” of Iowa’s Dirty Water

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Election in Review — Youngkin’s Headline Didn’t Happen

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Alert 1: Election Results …

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Election Day is TODAY — November 7! VOTE!  VOTE!  VOTE!  VOTE!  VOTE!

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Once upon a time, Members of Congress believed in keeping their word

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Let their Names Ring in Infamy!

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Jordan drops out; Republicans still can’t govern

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The NO Vote Grows: 22 Members say NO to Jordan

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Farm Bill, climate, hunger — All in Trouble should Jordan be chosen Speaker

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President Biden expected to visit Israel on Wednesday

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Chaos Central — Is this Republican governance?

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UPDATE — Republicans’ morass

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Climate Change is the biggest Fight in the Farm Bill

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Freedom Caucus opposes Freedom in Ukraine — Gaetz/Jordan risk America’s security

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The End of McCarthyism in the House

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FARM BILL EXPIRES — Worry! Worry!!!

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Democracy Must Be Defended

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Government Shutdown just around the corner. Right-winger Bob Good blows off Social Security, Medicare & More

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No guts, no gonads, no glory. Does anyone in the Majority believe in ethics?

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Pelosi Opts to Re-UP

It’s Time for Trump to Leave the Race

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LABOR DAY is a Good Day to Talk about my DAD

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Today’s a Great Day to Stop Messing with Democracy

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Afterwards — Debate Headlines

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Breaking My Heart — Book Banners lead the way toward Fascism

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The country has come apart. Rural America has a cure.

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Dan Rather answers, Why Speak Out?

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Thomas’ TALL TOWER OF SCANDALS

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Hey OHIO! GO VOTE TODAY, Aug. 8. Women’s Reproductive Rights are At Stake

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Trump Pleads “Not Guilty.” Has Trump’s “balloon” popped?

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Trump in the “Soup”

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Care about security? Meet Tommy Tuberville who risks US national security.

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Big Political Picture: A Promise of Unity

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The Plight of Rural Healthcare

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Investing In The Middle Class, Investing in Rural America

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Thank You For Your Service???

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Trump’s Massive Lies Grow Bigger on Iowa Campaign Trail

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WORRY.  WORRY.  6.5 Million Rural Residents Struggle with Mental Illness

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Supreme Court Empowers Itself to be a Legislature

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Will Biden’s Boosting the Economy yield Political Returns?”

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UPDATE — Recent Court Rulings on Abortion in Rural States

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Russia? Sorting the facts, if the facts are facts?

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DOME-ocracy asks: Can Anybody Play This Game?

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Missouri Supreme Court Gives Face to War on Women.

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35 Words – Violated

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No One is Above the Law

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Failed Sharing in Kindergarten — Freedom Caucus looks backwards, dances to the same song

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Debt Ceiling Analysis From the White House

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WHAT REPUBLICANS WON’T TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR PHONY “AGE” ISSUE

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Republicans use Debt to Make War on Rural People

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OPINION by Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post

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Missouri’s AG Takes on the Constitution

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Go Joe!

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Cold in Des Moines?

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Just Say NO! to “No Labels”

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UPDATE — Promises Made to Black Farmers and NOT KEPT!

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Cause for Celebration — Updated

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TN Survivor Offers Grim Solution to Protect Children from Guns

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“We want objective judges and doctors. Why not journalists, too”

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Farm Bureau Cuts “Right to Repair” Deal Denying Farmers & Companies Right to Complain

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Farm Bill … Farm Bill … Farm Bill

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Happy International Women’s Day

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Worried for Democracy? College Debates Offer Hope

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Opinion from Our Contributor Dan Silverstein on Regulating Truth in Media

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“Give Ukraine What It Needs to Win”

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“Mitch McConnell offered a debt-ceiling fix …”

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“The first step of 12 steps is ‘You have a problem'”

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From Robert Reich: Biden has revived “Democratic Capitalism”

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TONIGHT — Tuesday, February 7 at PM EST

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Editor and Author Art Cullen Nails It Again!

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Has Iowa completely lost its mind? Or, maybe Iowa failed sharing in kindergarten?

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When Missouri’s Circus reaches D.C.

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“We Must Think Anew and Act Anew”: Rural Wealth Creation – Part II

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Don’t Try to Appease Economic Terrorists.

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Art Cullen’s MEMO to Bureaucracy

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JBS, the World’s Largest Meat Packer, Is Accused of Fraud

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HEY CONGRESS!  PROTECT OUR SOCIAL SECURITY

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Proclamation on Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2023

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15 ballots and a “chicken in every pot?”

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When Missouri’s Circus Reaches DC

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History Repeats Itself. Still no Speaker?

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Wishing you a HAPPY 2023!

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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

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Still Shopping? Nebraska’s idea – Give the Gift of Choice

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Kossuth County, IA Democrats Continue Working to Make Politics Local

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Dana Milbank asks: “Is Kevin McCarthy okay?”

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“Want to Know Why Democrats Lose Rural America?”

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“We Must Think Anew and Act Anew”: Rural Wealth Creation — Part I

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Has USDA learned any lessons from the ERS hog industry study? We think NOT!

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Thanksgiving – A time to be thankful

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The Legacy of Nancy Pelosi

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Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi

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The Media Reports — Volume 5

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The Media Speaks — Volume 4

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The Media Speaks — Volume 3

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Democrats keep the Senate

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The Media Speaks — Volume 2

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The Media Speaks — Volume I

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On VETERANS DAY

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Democracy at Stake

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The Blurry Lines of Radicalization

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Pelosi, Musk, and the News

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Trump, in his own words

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Worried about Inflation?  The CHIPS ACT invests in our future — jobs & security.

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Civil Rights at Risk! All Blacks must vote to ensure their children can vote.

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Missouri’s “Dirt Road Democrat” — Jessica Piper

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Tilting the Keystone while “Thinking Anew”

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Looking for Respect: Iowa’s Kossuth County Democratic Party finds it via the Dolores Mertz Scholarship

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Hello Burlington Beacon

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Protect Public Schools at the Ballot Box

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Democracy vs. Autocracy?  Which will you decide?

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Child Health and Nutrition Is On Everyone’s Ballot

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It’s not too late to make a difference

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Can We Urban Immigrant Farm Kids Get Re-engaged Out There

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Grassley’s Campaign … Wonder what they’ll try next

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Supply Chains. What could go wrong? (Or right?)

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Did you know? Phoenix is not Des Moines.