News And Opinion About The Republican War On Women And Issues Important To Women
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Wisconsin Republican Flip Flops On Mandatory Coverage Of Chemotherapy Pills After Getting Cancer
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/25/wisconsin-republican-flip-flops-mandatory-coverage-chemotherapy-pills-getting-cancer/
"But wouldn’t it be nice if Rep. Czaja were just as enthusiastic about other women’s health issues as she is about her own particular one? According to We Are Wisconsin, she is an insurance industry insider who has a history of lobbying against affordable health care for Wisconsinites."
"But wouldn’t it be nice if Rep. Czaja were just as enthusiastic about other women’s health issues as she is about her own particular one? According to We Are Wisconsin, she is an insurance industry insider who has a history of lobbying against affordable health care for Wisconsinites."
Our Plutocracy Problem
www.inthesetimes.com/article/16475/our_plutocracy_problem
"These days, there’s a much more direct process. One percenters and corporations can secretly buy politicians. Using front groups, the wealthy can “donate” unlimited millions to elect a candidate and remain completely anonymous."
"These days, there’s a much more direct process. One percenters and corporations can secretly buy politicians. Using front groups, the wealthy can “donate” unlimited millions to elect a candidate and remain completely anonymous."
Bernie Sanders Calls Out Ugly Class Warfare Being Waged By Republicans
Bernie Sanders Calls Out Ugly Class Warfare Being Waged By Republicans
"Bernie Sanders: What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to millionaires but we can’t take care of the elderly and the children?"
"Bernie Sanders: What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to millionaires but we can’t take care of the elderly and the children?"
Emails Show Republican Governor Used State Budget To Boost Profits For Family Member
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/25/emails-show-republican-governor-used-state-budget-boost-profits-family-member/
"Rick Snyder, along with his former budget director and current adviser, colluded to give a massive taxpayer funded subsidy to a member of the governor’s family."
"Rick Snyder, along with his former budget director and current adviser, colluded to give a massive taxpayer funded subsidy to a member of the governor’s family."
Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?
Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?
"Republicans are hoping that working poor people like Charlene will be so upset that they can't get Obamacare, and won't realize that it was the Republican governors who refused their eligibility, that they'll be angry with Obama and the Democrats and vote Republican in 2014 and 2016.
It's all about politics.
These states are literally playing politics with people's lives, and Charlene is one of the people they've now killed."
"Republicans are hoping that working poor people like Charlene will be so upset that they can't get Obamacare, and won't realize that it was the Republican governors who refused their eligibility, that they'll be angry with Obama and the Democrats and vote Republican in 2014 and 2016.
It's all about politics.
These states are literally playing politics with people's lives, and Charlene is one of the people they've now killed."
When the Government Outsources to Private Companies, Inequality Gets Worse | Common Dreams
When the Government Outsources to Private Companies, Inequality Gets Worse | Common Dreams
"State and local officials nationwide are responding to budget crunches by siphoning off public services to private contractors — the classic “market-based solution” for a fiscal crisis. But on balance, the savings of these supposedly cost-saving outsourcing measures often turn out to be less than advertised."
"State and local officials nationwide are responding to budget crunches by siphoning off public services to private contractors — the classic “market-based solution” for a fiscal crisis. But on balance, the savings of these supposedly cost-saving outsourcing measures often turn out to be less than advertised."
WATCH: Canadian Doctor Takedown Misinformed Anti-Obamacare Senator
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/25/martin-takedown-anti-obamacare-senator/
"Senator Richard Burr made a critical mistake. He believed the lies that the Right Wing spewed about the Canadian healthcare system. Dr. Danielle Martin civilly presented the facts which ultimately showed his ineptitude."
"Senator Richard Burr made a critical mistake. He believed the lies that the Right Wing spewed about the Canadian healthcare system. Dr. Danielle Martin civilly presented the facts which ultimately showed his ineptitude."
America's Underinsured: A State-by-State Look at Health Insurance Affordability Prior to the New Coverage Expansions
www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Fund-Reports/2014/Mar/Americas-Underinsured.aspx
"Using newly available data from census surveys, this report provides national and state-level estimates of the number of people and share of the population that were insured but living in households that spent a high share of annual income on medical care in 2011–12. In the analysis, we refer to these people as “underinsured.” However, this group is only one subset of the underinsured."
"Using newly available data from census surveys, this report provides national and state-level estimates of the number of people and share of the population that were insured but living in households that spent a high share of annual income on medical care in 2011–12. In the analysis, we refer to these people as “underinsured.” However, this group is only one subset of the underinsured."
PHOTOS: Thousands Brave The Snow To Protest Hobby Lobby’s Supreme Court Case
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/25/3418582/photos-obamacare-hobby-lobby-scotus-protests/
"Springtime snow didn’t dampen the spirits of thousands of protesters and dozens of organizations who gathered by the steps of the Supreme Court on Tuesday to speak out against the challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers cover contraceptive methods and counseling."
"Springtime snow didn’t dampen the spirits of thousands of protesters and dozens of organizations who gathered by the steps of the Supreme Court on Tuesday to speak out against the challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers cover contraceptive methods and counseling."
Science Denial May Prevail In Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Cases
Science Denial May Prevail In Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Cases
"In order to get through that line of logic, Kennedy would have to deny science and assume that IUDs, as one example, cause abortions. Despite reams of scientific literature to the contrary, it appears that he may be poised to go in that direction. And that will mean that any concerns he might have about employers denying other medical treatments in the name of religious liberty will also fly out of the window"
"In order to get through that line of logic, Kennedy would have to deny science and assume that IUDs, as one example, cause abortions. Despite reams of scientific literature to the contrary, it appears that he may be poised to go in that direction. And that will mean that any concerns he might have about employers denying other medical treatments in the name of religious liberty will also fly out of the window"
Pastor Who Prayed For Obama's Death Has New Cause: Shutting Women Up In Church
www.alternet.org/pastor-who-prayed-obamas-death-has-new-cause-shutting-women-church
"Steven Anderson is a fundamentalist Arizona pastor who first made headlines when he said he prayed for the death of President Obama. Now, he’s making waves again by saying he wants women to pipe down in church."
"Steven Anderson is a fundamentalist Arizona pastor who first made headlines when he said he prayed for the death of President Obama. Now, he’s making waves again by saying he wants women to pipe down in church."
Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Set 'Profoundly Dangerous Precedent' for Women's Rights | Common Dreams
Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Set 'Profoundly Dangerous Precedent' for Women's Rights | Common Dreams
"A decision siding with the for-profit companies "would set a profoundly dangerous precedent to allow businesses to deny their employees coverage for care and services essential to their reproductive health and long-term well-being on the basis of something as arbitrary as personal beliefs," stated Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights."
"A decision siding with the for-profit companies "would set a profoundly dangerous precedent to allow businesses to deny their employees coverage for care and services essential to their reproductive health and long-term well-being on the basis of something as arbitrary as personal beliefs," stated Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights."
Women Republicans Try To Explain Why Women Don't Need Equal Pay
Women Republicans Try To Explain Why Women Don't Need Equal Pay
"Using women as campaign surrogates was expected to help Abbott better relate to women voters’ needs. Unfortunately, Abbott’s campaign spokeswomen aren’t any better at addressing the GOPs failure when it comes to women’s equality, especially economically."
"Using women as campaign surrogates was expected to help Abbott better relate to women voters’ needs. Unfortunately, Abbott’s campaign spokeswomen aren’t any better at addressing the GOPs failure when it comes to women’s equality, especially economically."
Why Religious Fundamentalists Are So Excited About Charter Schools
www.alternet.org/belief/why-religious-fundamentalists-are-some-biggest-beneficiaries-charter-schools?page=0%2C1
"The bill is a nationwide voucher program that would turn 63 percent of public school education funds into private school vouchers"
"The bill is a nationwide voucher program that would turn 63 percent of public school education funds into private school vouchers"
Fox Business News: Oil Spills Are A Distraction...Like Oreos?
Fox Business News: Oil Spills Are A Distraction...Like Oreos?
"168,000 gallons of heavy crude oil end up in Galveston bay this week and all Fox Business News can say is it's a distraction."
"168,000 gallons of heavy crude oil end up in Galveston bay this week and all Fox Business News can say is it's a distraction."
How a Coyote Suffered Behind the Scenes at Animal Planet
www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/animal-abuse-coyote-call-of-the-wildman-animal-planet
"Mother Jones has uncovered photographic evidence of mistreatment and neglect of animals behind the scenes of Animal Planet's hit reality show Call of the Wildman, a pattern first exposed in our seven-month investigation published on January 21. Additional documents we obtained also raise questions about whether the show operated in violation of Kentucky wildlife regulations."
"Mother Jones has uncovered photographic evidence of mistreatment and neglect of animals behind the scenes of Animal Planet's hit reality show Call of the Wildman, a pattern first exposed in our seven-month investigation published on January 21. Additional documents we obtained also raise questions about whether the show operated in violation of Kentucky wildlife regulations."
Fox reporter says oil spills are just ‘distractions’ — like ‘Oreos’ when you’re on diet
www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/24/wtf-fox-reporter-says-oil-spills-are-just-distractions-like-oreos-when-youre-on-diet/
"Fox Business reporter Tracey Byrnes asserted on Monday that oils spills were just “distractions” — like Oreo cookies — that activists used to delay building the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States."
"Fox Business reporter Tracey Byrnes asserted on Monday that oils spills were just “distractions” — like Oreo cookies — that activists used to delay building the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States."
Monday, March 24, 2014
PHOTOS: 25 Years Later, A Heartbreaking Look Back At Exxon’s Alaska Oil Spill
www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/24/3418287/exxon-valdez-25-years-later/
"It has been 25 years since that tragedy, and though the oil has largely disappeared from immediate sight, effects from Exxon Valdez linger. The government is still fighting in court for more compensation from the company that scarred a coastal ecosystem. Beaches are still drenched in subsurface oil, and mussels still hold traces of it in their shells. An industry — fishing — has still not recovered. Lives lost, human and animal alike, have not been returned."
"It has been 25 years since that tragedy, and though the oil has largely disappeared from immediate sight, effects from Exxon Valdez linger. The government is still fighting in court for more compensation from the company that scarred a coastal ecosystem. Beaches are still drenched in subsurface oil, and mussels still hold traces of it in their shells. An industry — fishing — has still not recovered. Lives lost, human and animal alike, have not been returned."
Two Thirds Of Female Voters Don’t Want Hobby Lobby To Win Its Supreme Court Case
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/24/3418359/hobby-lobby-poll-women/
"More than two thirds of female voters believe corporations should not be exempt from Obamacare’s requirement to extend insurance coverage for FDA-approved birth control methods, according to a new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates"
"More than two thirds of female voters believe corporations should not be exempt from Obamacare’s requirement to extend insurance coverage for FDA-approved birth control methods, according to a new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates"
Kansas May Force Doctors To Report Women’s Miscarriages To The State Health Department
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/24/3418085/kansas-miscarriage-reporting/
"A bill advancing in Kansas would mandate reporting for miscarriages at any stage in pregnancy, the first step along the path to criminalizing pregnant women’s bodies."
"A bill advancing in Kansas would mandate reporting for miscarriages at any stage in pregnancy, the first step along the path to criminalizing pregnant women’s bodies."
New Study: Nearly Half Of All Americans Are Dangerous Stupid Idiots
New Study: Nearly Half Of All Americans Are Dangerous Stupid Idiots
"But since science has gotten so complex, and our science education has not, most people are being left behind. It’s a sad irony that in our world of scientific progress, so many people would embrace the dark ignorance of superstition."
"But since science has gotten so complex, and our science education has not, most people are being left behind. It’s a sad irony that in our world of scientific progress, so many people would embrace the dark ignorance of superstition."
At Least 8 Dead, Over 100 Missing After Washington Mudslide | Common Dreams
At Least 8 Dead, Over 100 Missing After Washington Mudslide | Common Dreams
"Eight people are confirmed dead and over a hundred people are reportedly still missing on Monday after a landslide devastated a rural community in Washington state over the weekend."
"Eight people are confirmed dead and over a hundred people are reportedly still missing on Monday after a landslide devastated a rural community in Washington state over the weekend."
Billionaire Bucks Winning Charter School Debate In New York
Billionaire Bucks Winning Charter School Debate In New York
"As long as the Billionaire Bucks pay for propaganda that convinces people they're really just good people trying to do good things for the little children of Harlem, they're in for the long haul.
I just wish one person would ask the folks in these ads whether or not they think the millions spent on the ads might have done a better work inside their schools."
"As long as the Billionaire Bucks pay for propaganda that convinces people they're really just good people trying to do good things for the little children of Harlem, they're in for the long haul.
I just wish one person would ask the folks in these ads whether or not they think the millions spent on the ads might have done a better work inside their schools."
Heavy Crude Spill Hits Direct Path of Migrating Birds | Common Dreams
Heavy Crude Spill Hits Direct Path of Migrating Birds | Common Dreams
"A major Texas shipping waterway stayed mostly closed Monday, three days after a weekend barge collision sent thousands of barrels of thick tar-like oil spilling into the ocean, polluting an important migration route for tens of thousands of birds."
"A major Texas shipping waterway stayed mostly closed Monday, three days after a weekend barge collision sent thousands of barrels of thick tar-like oil spilling into the ocean, polluting an important migration route for tens of thousands of birds."
Chief Justice Roberts Used Slavery-Era Principles To Gut The Voting Rights Act
Chief Justice Roberts Used Slavery-Era Principles To Gut The Voting Rights Act
"U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice relied on a theory which is not contained in the US constitution, but is a slavery-era theory, to gut the Voting Rights Act in his decision last year."
"U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice relied on a theory which is not contained in the US constitution, but is a slavery-era theory, to gut the Voting Rights Act in his decision last year."
Money, Money, Everywhere
www.inthesetimes.com/article/16430/money_money_everywhere
"$1,265,836,000,000.
This is the amount of cash that S&P 500 companies (excluding banks and other financial institutions) are currently sitting on. As of the beginning of the third quarter, the largest U.S. companies collectively held $1.27 trillion. That’s about 13.5 percent more than this time last year."
"$1,265,836,000,000.
This is the amount of cash that S&P 500 companies (excluding banks and other financial institutions) are currently sitting on. As of the beginning of the third quarter, the largest U.S. companies collectively held $1.27 trillion. That’s about 13.5 percent more than this time last year."
How The Koch Brothers Are Hacking Science
www.talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-the-koch-brothers-are-hacking-science
"BHI has worked closely with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate-funded network of ultra-conservative legislators and policy analysts, which drafts and advocates laws that will push state policies to the right."
"BHI has worked closely with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate-funded network of ultra-conservative legislators and policy analysts, which drafts and advocates laws that will push state policies to the right."
Radiation Leak at New Mexico Nuclear Waste Storage Site Highlights Problems
Radiation Leak at New Mexico Nuclear Waste Storage Site Highlights Problems
"Experts have told Truthout that radiation leaks from the facility are "a troubling sign" and expressed concern about the future of storing radioactive material at the site, which is near Carlsbad, New Mexico. WIPP receives 17 to 19 shipments every week from sites around the country, including Los Alamos, New Mexico, and installations in Idaho, Illinois and South Carolina."
"Experts have told Truthout that radiation leaks from the facility are "a troubling sign" and expressed concern about the future of storing radioactive material at the site, which is near Carlsbad, New Mexico. WIPP receives 17 to 19 shipments every week from sites around the country, including Los Alamos, New Mexico, and installations in Idaho, Illinois and South Carolina."
Negative Income Tax For Corporate-personage Me, Big Fat Taxes And Fees On Little Old You: It's The Wisconsin Way
Negative Income Tax For Corporate-personage Me, Big Fat Taxes And Fees On Little Old You: It's The Wisconsin Way
"Taxes? Corporations don't pay no stinkin' taxes! In Wisconsin, workers pick up the tab."
"Taxes? Corporations don't pay no stinkin' taxes! In Wisconsin, workers pick up the tab."
Report: $1 billion in taxpayer money went to anti-science private schools last year
www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/24/report-1-billion-in-taxpayer-money-went-to-anti-science-private-schools-last-year/
"Taxpayers are helping to pay for courses and textbooks that encourage students to mistrust science, mathematics, and the secular world itself – and those efforts seem likely to expand into other states."
"Taxpayers are helping to pay for courses and textbooks that encourage students to mistrust science, mathematics, and the secular world itself – and those efforts seem likely to expand into other states."
10 Lunacies From the Right-Wing Fringe This Week: Women Want Malls, Not Equal Pay Edition
www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/10-lunacies-right-wing-fringe-week-women-want-malls-not-equal-pay-edition
"So here are 10 further examples of totally dishonest lessons brought to you by "school choice" (aka, your tax dollars)"
"So here are 10 further examples of totally dishonest lessons brought to you by "school choice" (aka, your tax dollars)"
10 Insane History Lessons that Private, Religious Voucher Schools Are Teaching America’s Kids
www.alternet.org/education/10-insane-history-lessons-private-religious-voucher-schools-are-teaching-americas-kids
"So here are 10 further examples of totally dishonest lessons brought to you by "school choice" (aka, your tax dollars)"
"So here are 10 further examples of totally dishonest lessons brought to you by "school choice" (aka, your tax dollars)"
This Republican Bill Would Require People To Get Court Approval To Date Or Have Sex
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/22/gop-bill-judge-decide-sex/
"S787 is slippery slope that could be a model for legislation in red states in their war on women."
"S787 is slippery slope that could be a model for legislation in red states in their war on women."
Saturday, March 22, 2014
With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance to Patients, Not Profits | Common Dreams
With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance to Patients, Not Profits | Common Dreams
"The Maine Medical Association recently updated a 2008 poll of their members that asked the question, “When considering the topic of health care reform, would you prefer to make improvements in the current public/private system (or) a single-payer system, such as a ‘Medicare-for-all’ approach?” In 2008, 52.3 percent favored the Medicare-for-all approach. In the updated poll, released last week, that number had risen to 64.3 percent."
"The Maine Medical Association recently updated a 2008 poll of their members that asked the question, “When considering the topic of health care reform, would you prefer to make improvements in the current public/private system (or) a single-payer system, such as a ‘Medicare-for-all’ approach?” In 2008, 52.3 percent favored the Medicare-for-all approach. In the updated poll, released last week, that number had risen to 64.3 percent."
While Republicans Try To Send Women Back to The Kitchen, Obama Fights For Equal Pay
www.politicususa.com/2014/03/22/republicans-send-women-kitchen-obama-fights-equal-pay.html
"While the president is fighting for equal pay, this week alone we have seen a fundraiser for Mitch McConnell say that wives have an obligation to have sex with their husbands, and Texas Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott vow to veto the state’s equal pay bill, while he is paying women in his office even less than the 77 cents on the dollar national average. Speaker of the House John Boehner refuses to bring the Paycheck Fairness Act to the House floor for a vote, and Republicans at every level of government are making denying women equal pay a staple of their agenda."
"While the president is fighting for equal pay, this week alone we have seen a fundraiser for Mitch McConnell say that wives have an obligation to have sex with their husbands, and Texas Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott vow to veto the state’s equal pay bill, while he is paying women in his office even less than the 77 cents on the dollar national average. Speaker of the House John Boehner refuses to bring the Paycheck Fairness Act to the House floor for a vote, and Republicans at every level of government are making denying women equal pay a staple of their agenda."
How Corrupt Politicians Like Chris Christie Partner with Wall Street to Rip Off American Retirements
www.alternet.org/economy/how-corrupt-politicians-chris-christie-partner-wall-street-rip-american-retirements
"Wall Street loves to celebrate its knack for innovation, and it's hard to disagree. The ingenuity financiers have mustered to scam Americans out of their retirements is truly a wonder to behold."
"Wall Street loves to celebrate its knack for innovation, and it's hard to disagree. The ingenuity financiers have mustered to scam Americans out of their retirements is truly a wonder to behold."
Dear Conservatives: If You Want to Live in a Theocracy, Get the Hell Out of the United States
www.forwardprogressives.com/dear-conservatives-want-live-theocracy-get-hell-united-states/
"But the truth of the matter is, conservatives don’t want to live in a nation based on liberty and freedom – they want to live in a theocracy. They want a nation and government based on religion. And if that’s what they want then they need to get the hell out of the United States, because this isn’t a nation based on theocracy. Our Founding Fathers made that perfectly clear when they wrote our First Amendment. If they want to practice whatever religion they want, in the privacy of their own homes (or churches), by all means go right ahead. But that doesn’t give them the right to force their narrow-minded religious beliefs on those who don’t agree with them."
"But the truth of the matter is, conservatives don’t want to live in a nation based on liberty and freedom – they want to live in a theocracy. They want a nation and government based on religion. And if that’s what they want then they need to get the hell out of the United States, because this isn’t a nation based on theocracy. Our Founding Fathers made that perfectly clear when they wrote our First Amendment. If they want to practice whatever religion they want, in the privacy of their own homes (or churches), by all means go right ahead. But that doesn’t give them the right to force their narrow-minded religious beliefs on those who don’t agree with them."
Friday, March 21, 2014
As Their Reproductive Rights Are Under Attack, Here’s How Texas Women Are Fighting Back
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/20/3365591/rio-grande-fight-back/
"In 2012, state lawmakers decided to defund Planned Parenthood, and kicked the national women’s health organization out of the local network of Medicaid providers — a move that has forced dozens of clinics to close, and has left low-income women scrambling to find new doctors."
"In 2012, state lawmakers decided to defund Planned Parenthood, and kicked the national women’s health organization out of the local network of Medicaid providers — a move that has forced dozens of clinics to close, and has left low-income women scrambling to find new doctors."
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