Join us at AJ's on East Court (419 E. Court Ave.) starting at 8pm tonight.

Conservatives are in a frenzy over reports that the IRS specifically targeted Tea Party organizations for review. They seem to be upset that only 207 of the 298 organizations were found to be for profit political groups masquerading a tax-exempt non-profits, as obviously that number should have been higher.

John Boehner is on record as asking who at the IRS is going to jail. When asked when we can start looking into Halliburton's thefts in the Iraq war or when charges might be filed against various Wall St. firms Boehner coughed, leafed through his binder mumbling "schedule's pretty full".

Come and join us to discuss the latest bit of tin foil hattery and other issues.

Your safe from the signals co-hosts,
Brandon, Stephen, Thresa, and Donni

Join us at AJ's on East Court (419 E. Court Ave.) starting at 8pm tonight.

Conservatives are in a frenzy over reports that the IRS specifically targeted Tea Party organizations for review. They seem to be upset that only 207 of the 298 organizations were found to be for profit political groups masquerading a tax-exempt non-profits, as obviously that number should have been higher.

John Boehner is on record as asking who at the IRS is going to jail. When asked when we can start looking into Halliburton's thefts in the Iraq war or when charges might be filed against various Wall St. firms Boehner coughed, leafed through his binder mumbling "schedule's pretty full".

Come and join us to discuss the latest bit of tin foil hattery and other issues.

Your safe from the signals co-hosts,
Brandon, Stephen, Thresa, and Donni

Join us at AJ's on East Court (419 E. Court Ave.) starting at 8pm tonight.

It has been a banner week for conservatives this week.

Delaware passed marriage equality this week joining Rhode Island which passed it last week. And it looks like Minnesota will pass it soon as well. We congratulating them all on finally being as gay as Iowa.

Republicans held yet another hearing on Bengazi. Unfortunately for them they did not uncover anything new. As one Democrat, Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin put it, "I don't think there's a smoking gun today. I don't think there's a lukewarm slingshot."

And work on immigration reform begins in earnest today as a Senate committee takes up the bipartisan immigration bill. Sen Grassley was not about to let the opportunity pass. He has offered several amendments including banning visas for people from South Korea over a dispute on beef exports, preventing refugee visas until a report is finished on the Boston bombings, and forcing the deportations of heads of families even when their children would be harmed. His amendments are among 11 that ThinkProgress called the "most heartless".

And in news that is closer to home.

MidAmerican Energy plans spend nearly $2 billion to install 656 new wind turbines in Iowa. This will further cement Iowa's reputation as a green energy leader.

Something you might want to know about:

The Iowa Skeptics will be holding their monthly meeting tonight at Felix and Oscars at 6:00 PM to discuss efforts for a major advocacy push for Separation of church and state as well as other things. For more information http://www.facebook.com/events/370798676357313/.

All this and more to discuss this evening at Drinking Liberally.

Your umbrella wielding co-hosts,

Brandon, Stephen, & Tessa

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I would like to thank everyone who helped us celebrate our 8th anniversary. It was a lot of fun.

If you did not make it here are the big announcements :

We are saying goodbye to two of our co-hosts, Kelli and Tessa. We would like to thank them for being such awesome co-hosts and know they stay involved with DL-DSM in the future.

We are happy to announce a new co-host Thresa Parker. She has been helping out for the last month or so and is going to be a great addition to the co-host team. We would like to find one more co-host, so if you are interested in volunteering please let one of the co-hosts know.

Finally, we are going to hold a special Screening Liberally charity fundraising event in August. In conjunction with with Can't Stop The Serenity, a nationwide group that organizes screenings of the movie "Serenity", DL-DSM will hold a special screening of the movie to raise money for Equality Now.

Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world. Working with grassroots women’s and human rights organizations and individual activists since 1992, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support efforts to stop these abuses. So this is a great opportunity to see a great movie, have some fun, and donate to charity.

To make sure that we can hold an event where all the proceeds go to charity, we need to raise $500 for renting the theater and getting permission to show the movie. Last night we got off to a great start on that with many people donating toward the cause. Please help us make this one of the biggest events DL-DSM has ever put on. So give early and give often as they say in Chicago.

And if you would like to help us organize this event please let one of the co-hosts know. There is a lot to be done and we could use everyone's help to make it a success.

Your excited to watch Serenity co-hosts,

Brandon, Stephen, & Thresa

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Join us at AJ's on East Court (419 E. Court Ave.) starting at 8pm tonight.

Today it seems that Winter has given Spring and Summer a miss and went straight on into Autumn. So in honor of that I am highlighting some items that give sanity a miss and go straight into insanity.

Our first contestant is Ted Cruz, US Senator from Texas. Apparently he thinks that after just 4 months as a Senator he is qualified to be president. This darling of the Tea Party has never met a government conspiracy he did not like, including the perennial favorite of creep Sharia Law into the US. Democrats are universally in favor of a run by Cruz which would guarantee four more years in teh White House if he is the nominee.

Stella Tremblay, a Tea Party legislator from New Hampshire, expanded on her theory that the government was responsible for the the Boston Marathon bombing. She claimed that because key witness, Jeff Bauman, who lost both his legs in the bombing, was not screaming in agony in pictures that it must be a conspiracy. After the bombing, she was one of the first to call it a government conspiracy with a now famous post on Glenn Beck's Facebook page.

And US Senator Pat Toomey from Pennsylvania revealed in an interview that the primary reason many Republican voted against modest gun control was not some principled stand for the Second Amendment. It was something mush more mundane. It boiled down to there absolute hatred of President Obama and being unwilling to "be seen helping the president" in any way, shape, or form.

And in news that is closer to home.

Republicans on the Iowa House Appropriations voted to defund Planned Parenthood, not allow Medicaid to fund abortions even in the case of rape or incest, and only fund medically necessary c-sections. According to Republicans, to many poor women were having elective c-sections.

All this and more to discuss this evening at Drinking Liberally.

Your wearing snow boots in May co-hosts,

Brandon, Stephen, & Tessa

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