iowaralph

Lucky father and husband; loyal White Sox fan--learned to support underdogs in sports and politics

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

Ellen,

Your article missed the health care implications of a parent being associated with cannabis use, at least in the 'non-legal' states. Your pain med's are stopped if and when you test positive. You can be kicked out of hospitals.

[Ellen McCarthy @EllenMcCarthy]

“When I’m talking about cannabis,” he says, “it feels like a confession instead of a conversation.”
https://t.co/ZAFuLBG16t

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@smerconish @Columbia @realDonaldTrump @CNN @cnni @glukianoff @TheFIREorg In constitutional law when talks about chilling affects and First Amendment rights. This amendment is putting our First Amendment rights into a deep freeze.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@smerconish @Columbia @realDonaldTrump @CNN @cnni @glukianoff @TheFIREorg I am Jewish and a retired civil rights, lawyer and elected official. I do not support Hamas. I do support our constitution and due process. This means I do not support what’s happening to Columbia activists.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@smerconish Get rid of strategists and consultants who are behind timid, meaningless messages— both timing and content being deficient. I call it political malpractice.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

The right question to ask and answer. What comes next? US is dismantling it's role as a global leader of democracy. https://t.co/r3XL7dETgh

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

Another example of private investment companies, making money off of publicly funded or charitable investmentsZolgensma Creation Story Reveals Truths About Drug Pricing https://t.co/ciuXnxu5sn

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@smerconish at how Colin Kaepernick was treated by the NFL for his nonviolent protest views. He was barred from the NFL.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni @sharonwaxman Kaepernick was treated differently by the NFL in the NFL owners for years because of a nonviolent protest. Your Barkley example doesn’t quite fit in light of Kaepernick.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

Buttigieg’s observations are fair. Trump will do anything and say anything to avoid any appearance of fault. Read amanda Carpenters 2018 book about the 2016 race.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch.
President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

She has an opportunity to take the higher ground and apologize for any unintentional misstatement— thank you
otherwise, the nastiness connotation will be reinforced

[Dave Loebsack for Iowa @DaveForIowa]

Her consistent nastiness should receive much more attention. https://t.co/okFX0Gmnt7

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni @AnnieLinskey If the media is going to get righteous about shielding Biden, where were the 30,000 mentions of the 30,000 lies Trump has told over the last 10 years. Why has the public been shielded from that ongoing list?

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

I'm impressed that she can crochet and talk about this issue even if she is reading most of it from a script https://t.co/0Sq8AL5CJ5

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

Housing concerns from the eyes of future homwowners https://t.co/oEWI9k9VIf

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@smerconish Instability in Sudan and Venezuela and Mexico. Events, domestic and international levels are happening at such a scale and pace to demand a second debate. Within the next 10 days, unfortunately, something tragic, and predictable will happen. Shootings or Middle East

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

To keep the Senate Blue, Sherrod Brown MUST win.

YOU can help him — through virtual or in-person volunteer actions — with #VolunteerBlue.

#WomenRights, #SCOTUS, #Democracy, #Climate — it's all on the line. Let's go! 💪🌟

#SherrodBrown #HarrisWalz2024 https://t.co/9hUNaI4hfw

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

US Rep. John Garamendi on CNN doing the best job I’ve seen on biden issue— and answering questions about how journalists are not properly covering Trump and disproportionately focusing on Biden without denying Biden aging issues. I’m watching CNN newsroom at 5 o’clock CST

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

Related note —are there examples of any schools of journalism which I have been, new rules of journalism— roles, and models to deal with politicians who have been lying at the level of Trump

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@LizZezima @HCR @ HeatherCoxRichardson
I read a recent post by each of you on how you missed the writings of Eric Boelbert. Please share your list of the top five journalism critics, like Mark Jacob —who we should continue to read. And thank you

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@tdorman Maybe your readers can all come with examples where the justice system worked —And it was the Republican who benefited. Bush v. Gore The cases involving attacks on the Democratic, Michigan governor. .US Senator Menendez.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@LauraRBelin @IAGovernor When Al Gore decided not to further appeal the Gore v. Bush cases, Gore respected the rule of law. Gore reinforced our system of justice.

[iowaralph @IowaRalph]

@LauraRBelin @IAGovernor (1) Reading and watching the coverage, including commentary by Republican and former Trump lawyers, I have not found any statement that the judge was anything but fair. The judge worked very hard at making sure. the jury understood the rights of a defendant.