Small Words, Small Guys | Common Dreams
"Ha. Rick 'Foot-in-the-Mouth' Perry was stupid, arrogant and contemptible enough to sound off at a right-to-life cabal on heroic filibuster Wendy Davis not learning from her own life experience as a teen mom, after which he got what was coming to him. Davis called his statement "without dignity..."
News And Opinion About The Republican War On Women And Issues Important To Women
Friday, June 28, 2013
Ohio Voters Don’t Support The Radical Abortion Restrictions Attached To The State Budget
Ohio Voters Don’t Support The Radical Abortion Restrictions Attached To The State Budget: On Thursday afternoon, the Ohio legislature approved a budget bill that includes several serious attacks on women’s reproductive freedom. The proposed budget would defund Planned Parenthood, strip funding from rape crisis centers that give their clients information about abortion, force some abortion clinics to close, and require doctors to give women information about the fetal [...]/p
Wendy Davis for Governor, update
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/28/1219664/-Wendy-Davis-for-Governor-update
"She's ready for the fight. Heck, I get the sense that she's eager for it. Wouldn't she be great in the Texas governor's mansion, and later on, the U.S. Senate or even higher? Sign the petition and leave her an encouraging message."
"She's ready for the fight. Heck, I get the sense that she's eager for it. Wouldn't she be great in the Texas governor's mansion, and later on, the U.S. Senate or even higher? Sign the petition and leave her an encouraging message."
Texas Troopers Forcibly Arrest 72-Year-Old Woman During Wendy Davis Filibuster
Texas Troopers Forcibly Arrest 72-Year-Old Woman During Wendy Davis Filibuster
"A 72-year-old woman who appeared to be doing nothing more than observing Texas Senate proceedings following state Sen. Wendy Davis' (D) filibuster of an abortion bill was forcibly arrested and charged with assaulting an officer early Wednesday morning."
"A 72-year-old woman who appeared to be doing nothing more than observing Texas Senate proceedings following state Sen. Wendy Davis' (D) filibuster of an abortion bill was forcibly arrested and charged with assaulting an officer early Wednesday morning."
Inequality is worse than you think
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"A new project from the Economic Policy Institute will show you income inequality—what it means for working people, how it was created and how, together, we can fix it."
"A new project from the Economic Policy Institute will show you income inequality—what it means for working people, how it was created and how, together, we can fix it."
Wendy Davis v. Rick Perry
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Deception, Misinformation Distinguish Anti-Abortion Bills In Ohio, N.C.
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
More anti-abortion wisdom from Texas: Only 'accurate' intercourse causes pregnancy
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/27/1219209/-More-anti-abortion-wisdom-from-Texas-Only-accurate-intercourse-causes-nbsp-pregnancy
"This level of legislative dumb ain't natural. You have to be accurately stupid to say things this accurately dumb, you can't just stumble into it."
"This level of legislative dumb ain't natural. You have to be accurately stupid to say things this accurately dumb, you can't just stumble into it."
Planned Parenthood : 'We'll Be Ready' for TX Special Session
Planned Parenthood : 'We'll Be Ready' for TX Special Session
"State Senator Wendy Davis filibustered the bill for nearly 11 hours before Republican senators interrupted her."
"State Senator Wendy Davis filibustered the bill for nearly 11 hours before Republican senators interrupted her."
'Women on the Right UNITE': GOP launches new campaign to pretend it cares about women
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/26/1219147/--Women-on-the-Right-UNITE-GOP-launches-new-campaign-to-pretend-it-cares-about-women
"Meanwhile, we saw the real face of the Republican Party's dealings with women in Texas Tuesday, when Texas Republicans did everything they could to shut up state Sen. Wendy Davis as she filibustered a bill that would have drastically limited women's access to abortion. Do they really think they're going to be able to convince us women matter in their party while they're pulling stuff like that?"
"Meanwhile, we saw the real face of the Republican Party's dealings with women in Texas Tuesday, when Texas Republicans did everything they could to shut up state Sen. Wendy Davis as she filibustered a bill that would have drastically limited women's access to abortion. Do they really think they're going to be able to convince us women matter in their party while they're pulling stuff like that?"
Ohio Republicans Attach Outrageous Anti-Abortion Measures To Budget Bill
www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/ohio-republicans-attach-outrageous-anti-abortion-measures-to-budget-bill/
"Texas Republicans aren’t the only ones trying to ban abortion this month. In an outrageous attempt to strip women of their constitutional right to make their own reproductive health decisions, Ohio Republicans are using the state budget legislation to force through a bevy of anti-abortion measures that have grave consequences if passed into law."
Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/ohio-republicans-attach-outrageous-anti-abortion-measures-to-budget-bill/#ixzz2XSlbcFvL
"Texas Republicans aren’t the only ones trying to ban abortion this month. In an outrageous attempt to strip women of their constitutional right to make their own reproductive health decisions, Ohio Republicans are using the state budget legislation to force through a bevy of anti-abortion measures that have grave consequences if passed into law."
Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/ohio-republicans-attach-outrageous-anti-abortion-measures-to-budget-bill/#ixzz2XSlbcFvL
Marriage Equality Advocates Turn Attention To State Laws
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Rick Perry’s Cheap Shot at Wendy Davis - Truthdig
Rick Perry’s Cheap Shot at Wendy Davis - Truthdig
"Davis, meantime, took the high road in responding to the governor’s remarks. “Rick Perry’s statement is without dignity and tarnishes the high office he holds,” she said."
"Davis, meantime, took the high road in responding to the governor’s remarks. “Rick Perry’s statement is without dignity and tarnishes the high office he holds,” she said."
Iconic Lesbian Couple Talk DOMA Ruling And About Finally Getting Married
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Time To Move Away from the Reagan Revolution
Time To Move Away from the Reagan Revolution
"From devastating the economy, to gutting social welfare programs, and helping to send thousands of Americans to the streets, the Reagan Revolution was a complete disaster for this nation, no matter what Conservatives will try to tell you."
"From devastating the economy, to gutting social welfare programs, and helping to send thousands of Americans to the streets, the Reagan Revolution was a complete disaster for this nation, no matter what Conservatives will try to tell you."
Missouri Senator Blasts Rape Culture, Warns Against ‘Placing Blame In All The Wrong Places’
Missouri Senator Blasts Rape Culture, Warns Against ‘Placing Blame In All The Wrong Places’: Responding to a Wall Street Journal column that dismissed action to prevent sexual assault in the military as a “war on men,” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) argued that this “deeply out of touch” understanding contributes to a problematic rape culture that places blame on the victims. In his column, conservative James Taranto likened the campaign [...]/p
92-Year-Old Rosanell Eaton And Others Explain Why They’ll Go To Jail Protesting Conservative Policies In North Carolina
92-Year-Old Rosanell Eaton And Others Explain Why They’ll Go To Jail Protesting Conservative Policies In North Carolina: RALEIGH, North Carolina — Over 3,000 people turned out this week for the growing Moral Monday movement in North Carolina, where faith leaders are organizing weekly protests against the state’s sharply-conservative policies that would hurt the poor, women, minorities, and the environment. Among the crowd were 120 people who were willing to face arrest in [...]/p
Texas Shaping Up To Be Huge Battleground in 2014
Texas Shaping Up To Be Huge Battleground in 2014
"Wendy Davis' Democratic victory on Tuesday in Texas was a shot across the bow to the Texas Republican Party. In short, it sent a message that Democrats are organized, energized and working to turn Texas blue after too many years of Republican dominance. Sen. Wendy Davis was just what the doctor ordered to light up Texas women on both sides of the aisle and set their resolve to oust the old white men who want to put Big Government in their lady parts."
"Wendy Davis' Democratic victory on Tuesday in Texas was a shot across the bow to the Texas Republican Party. In short, it sent a message that Democrats are organized, energized and working to turn Texas blue after too many years of Republican dominance. Sen. Wendy Davis was just what the doctor ordered to light up Texas women on both sides of the aisle and set their resolve to oust the old white men who want to put Big Government in their lady parts."
The Top 12 Crucial Moments From Texas Senator Wendy Davis’ Filibuster (VIDEOS)
www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/top-12-moments-from-tx-senator-wendy-davis-filibuster-video/
"Wendy Davis’ filibuster inspired women’s health and reproductive choice activists across the nation, particularly the enormous crowds gathered in and around the state senate chamber in Austin, TX."
Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/top-12-moments-from-tx-senator-wendy-davis-filibuster-video/#ixzz2XR4UmPdi
"Wendy Davis’ filibuster inspired women’s health and reproductive choice activists across the nation, particularly the enormous crowds gathered in and around the state senate chamber in Austin, TX."
Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/top-12-moments-from-tx-senator-wendy-davis-filibuster-video/#ixzz2XR4UmPdi
Ten Reasons No One Should Lionize Justice Kennedy
Ten Reasons No One Should Lionize Justice Kennedy: Wednesday morning, Justice Anthony Kennedy joined his four more liberal colleagues to strike down the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act — thus continuing his solid, if not entirely unbroken, pro-gay record on the Supreme Court. Gay rights, however, is one of just a few areas where Kennedy does not behave like a loyal conservative. Here [...]/p
Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’
Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) directly attacked state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) during a speech at the National Right To Life conference on Thursday, arguing that the state senator who filibustered for 13 hours to defeat an omnibus anti-abortion bill should have learned from her own life experiences as a single mother to value “every [...]/p
Ohio Assembly To Vote This Morning On Anti-Abortion Restrictions
Ohio Assembly To Vote This Morning On Anti-Abortion Restrictions
"Once again, male legislators and the Catholic Church are deciding what's best for the little ladies"
"Once again, male legislators and the Catholic Church are deciding what's best for the little ladies"
One Heroic Woman Tackles Teen Pregnancy and Poverty—Others Need to Wake Up | Alternet
One Heroic Woman Tackles Teen Pregnancy and Poverty—Others Need to Wake Up | Alternet
"During her 17 years as a judge, Haltom witnessed firsthand the hardship and pain and poverty sometimes faced by young women who get pregnant before they are ready—or better said, by both the young mothers and their little ones."
"During her 17 years as a judge, Haltom witnessed firsthand the hardship and pain and poverty sometimes faced by young women who get pregnant before they are ready—or better said, by both the young mothers and their little ones."
Texas Republican Says Senator Wendy Davis Is A Terrorist For Filibustering Anti-Abortion Bill (IMAGE)
www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/texas-republican-says-senator-wendy-davis-is-a-terrorist-for-filibustering-anti-abortion-bill-image/
"She’s not a terrorist, she’s a hero and she should be respected not only as a woman, but a fantastic and brave politician who did her job by protecting her fellow citizens. That’s more than any Republican has done over the last decade."
Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/texas-republican-says-senator-wendy-davis-is-a-terrorist-for-filibustering-anti-abortion-bill-image/#ixzz2XP8iuqD0
"She’s not a terrorist, she’s a hero and she should be respected not only as a woman, but a fantastic and brave politician who did her job by protecting her fellow citizens. That’s more than any Republican has done over the last decade."
Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/27/texas-republican-says-senator-wendy-davis-is-a-terrorist-for-filibustering-anti-abortion-bill-image/#ixzz2XP8iuqD0
Wendy Davis Says She Has Aspirations To Run For State-Wide Office
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Texas’ Abortion Restrictions Failed, But Other States Are Successfully Advancing Them
Texas’ Abortion Restrictions Failed, But Other States Are Successfully Advancing Them: After a battle that stretched throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) successfully blocked a stringent anti-abortion bill from winning approval in the Texas legislature. Davis noted that defeating SB 5 — which would have criminalized abortion after 20 weeks and forced 90 percent of the abortion clinics in the [...]/p
Thank Wendy Davis for Her Heroic Filibuster Defending Women from Another GOP Attack
www.politicususa.com/2013/06/26/wendy-davis-heroic-filibuster-defending-women-gop-attack.html
"It’s a sad commentary on the Republican Party that they couldn’t even stand to listen as Senator Davis spoke about women’s health — an issue she knows a heck of a lot more about than they do — without trying to shut her down."
"It’s a sad commentary on the Republican Party that they couldn’t even stand to listen as Senator Davis spoke about women’s health — an issue she knows a heck of a lot more about than they do — without trying to shut her down."
Ohio Lawmakers Amend Their State Budget’s Abortion Restrictions To Be Even Worse Than Before
Ohio Lawmakers Amend Their State Budget’s Abortion Restrictions To Be Even Worse Than Before: Ohio lawmakers are currently trying to pass a state budget, but many of the debates over the legislation have nothing to do with the state’s financial policies whatsoever. Abortion opponents have hijacked the budget negotiations to launch several attacks on women’s health, tacking on provisions that would defund Planned Parenthood, shut down abortion clinics, and [...]/p
Less Than 24 Hours After Abortion Bill Filibuster, Texas Governor Calls Another Special Session
Less Than 24 Hours After Abortion Bill Filibuster, Texas Governor Calls Another Special Session: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) will call a second special legislative session that will begin on July 1, according to ABC News reporter Arlette Saenz. The news comes less than 24 hours after Texas’ first special session concluded with a 13-hour filibuster that effectively blocked an omnibus abortion bill from passing. Perry convened the first [...]/p
Wendy Davis Showed Texas' GOP Boys How to Respect Women | Alternet
Wendy Davis Showed Texas' GOP Boys How to Respect Women | Alternet
"Sometime around midnight last night, a female state senator in Texasstood up under the capitol dome and asked a version of the single most important question that can be asked in a democracy: "At what point does a female senator need to raise her voice to be heard over the male colleagues in the room"?"
"Sometime around midnight last night, a female state senator in Texasstood up under the capitol dome and asked a version of the single most important question that can be asked in a democracy: "At what point does a female senator need to raise her voice to be heard over the male colleagues in the room"?"
Georgia Woman Told Vaginal Exam Necessary to Prove Gender for Driver's License | Alternet
Georgia Woman Told Vaginal Exam Necessary to Prove Gender for Driver's License | Alternet
"This is how nonchalantly we probe women's bodies nowadays."
"This is how nonchalantly we probe women's bodies nowadays."
The Lies You’ll Probably Hear If You Visit A Right-Wing ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’
The Lies You’ll Probably Hear If You Visit A Right-Wing ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’: Taking the morning after pill is equivalent to having an abortion. Emergency contraception typically causes dangerous hemorrhaging, can damage the cervix, and often lands women in the hospital. It’s not a good idea to buy emergency contraception over the counter. Choosing abortion is emotionally damaging to women. Those are just a few of the falsehoods [...]/p
Texas Lawmaker Calls Wendy Davis A Terrorist For Blocking Anti-Abortion Bill
Texas Lawmaker Calls Wendy Davis A Terrorist For Blocking Anti-Abortion Bill: Late last night, a Republican lawmaker compared Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) and the crowd of her supporters to terrorists. Davis gained national attention and admirers overnight for launching an epic 13-hour filibuster that successfully blocked a restrictive abortion bill from becoming law. Once Republicans failed to pass SB 5, an omnibus bill to [...]/p
TX Senate Erupts Into Chaos As GOP Tries to Cheat Their Way To Abortion Ban
TX Senate Erupts Into Chaos As GOP Tries to Cheat Their Way To Abortion Ban
"Because of Republicans' behavior in front of Texas and the rest of America, it's quite likely Texas really will turn blue, and sooner rather than later. Stay tuned, this is just the beginning."
"Because of Republicans' behavior in front of Texas and the rest of America, it's quite likely Texas really will turn blue, and sooner rather than later. Stay tuned, this is just the beginning."
Republican Senator Calls For Abolishing The Minimum Wage
Republican Senator Calls For Abolishing The Minimum Wage: On the 75th anniversary of the landmark bill that established a minimum wage, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) called for abolishing it completely, the Huffington Post reports. At a Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee meeting to mark 75 years since the signing of the Federal Labor Standards Act, which set a minimum wage and mandated [...]/p
The Court, The Corporate Coup, And The Call To Struggle
The Court, The Corporate Coup, And The Call To Struggle
"Our democracy was under siege even before the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act. This decision caps the Court's clean sweep on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce and is part of a concerted effort to seize democracy on behalf of moneyed interests."
"Our democracy was under siege even before the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act. This decision caps the Court's clean sweep on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce and is part of a concerted effort to seize democracy on behalf of moneyed interests."
Thanks To The Supreme Court, Wendy Davis Will Probably Lose Her Senate Seat
Thanks To The Supreme Court, Wendy Davis Will Probably Lose Her Senate Seat: On the very same day that Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) drew national attention for stopping a bill that would have closed every abortion clinic in the state and outlawed abortion after 20 weeks, the Supreme Court gutted the law that kept her in office in the first place. In fact, just an hour [...]/p
PERRspectives: John Roberts Completes 30 Year Mission to Kill Voting Rights Act
PERRspectives: John Roberts Completes 30 Year Mission to Kill Voting Rights Act
"To put it another way, the conservative majority on the Roberts' Court called a foul ball fair. Apparently, that's what Reagan staffer turned Chief Umpire John Roberts meant to do all along."
"To put it another way, the conservative majority on the Roberts' Court called a foul ball fair. Apparently, that's what Reagan staffer turned Chief Umpire John Roberts meant to do all along."
Killing The Voting Rights Act
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster: Texas’ special session ends at midnight on Tuesday. And if state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) can continue speaking until that point about the dangerous effects of SB 5, an omnibus abortion bill that Texas Republicans are currently attempting to push through the extra lawmaking session, she’ll effectively block it from being able to pass. Since [...]/p
Sen. Murray Blasts Republicans For ‘Governing By Crisis’
Sen. Murray Blasts Republicans For ‘Governing By Crisis’: In an interview with ThinkProgress on Tuesday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) blasted the pattern of manufactured legislative crises that’s prevailed in Congress since 2011. Murray, who was at Center for American Progress to give a speech on early childhood education, argued that Republican obstructionism has prevented the government from effectively planning for [...]/p
Two Hours After The Supreme Court Gutted The Voting Rights Act, Texas AG Suppresses Minority Voters
Two Hours After The Supreme Court Gutted The Voting Rights Act, Texas AG Suppresses Minority Voters: Just two hours after the Supreme Court reasoned that discrimination is not rampant enough in Southern states to warrant restrictions under the Voting Rights Act, Texas is already advancing a voter ID law and a redistricting map blocked last year for discriminating against black and Latino residents. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a statement [...]/p
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