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News And Opinion About The Republican War On Women And Issues Important To Women
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Republicans: While we're at it, let's just throw Social Security into the ransom note
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/10/1246063/-Republicans-While-we-re-at-it-lets-just-throw-Social-Security-into-the-ransom-note
"Republicans seem intent on alienating the last group of voters that is hanging with them: old white people. First consider Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) adding Medicare to their shutdown and debt ceiling ransom note. Then add to that the demand of 50 House Republicans in a letter written by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI) that House Speaker John Boehner include slashing Social Security in the hostage taking."
"Republicans seem intent on alienating the last group of voters that is hanging with them: old white people. First consider Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) adding Medicare to their shutdown and debt ceiling ransom note. Then add to that the demand of 50 House Republicans in a letter written by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI) that House Speaker John Boehner include slashing Social Security in the hostage taking."
The Very Latest On Government Shutdown
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Who Is Furloughed By The Shutdown
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Meet Rep. Steve Fincher, Running The Country
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Koch Brothers Prove Their Power Over GOP
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Moo-ving The Mold For Higher Worker Wages
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Conservatives Thumb Their Noses At Constitutional Duties
Conservatives Thumb Their Noses At Constitutional Duties
"By pushing us closer and closer to the edge of the debt ceiling abyss, Congressional Republicans may already be in violation of the 14th amendment. It's time to remind them that they don't get to pick and choose the parts of the Constitution they like. The entire document applies to their actions in this debacle, and they should be held accountable."
"By pushing us closer and closer to the edge of the debt ceiling abyss, Congressional Republicans may already be in violation of the 14th amendment. It's time to remind them that they don't get to pick and choose the parts of the Constitution they like. The entire document applies to their actions in this debacle, and they should be held accountable."
PERRspectives: There is No Debt Crisis. There Should No Debt Ceiling Deal for the GOP.
PERRspectives: There is No Debt Crisis. There Should No Debt Ceiling Deal for the GOP.
"After slashing $2.5 trillion from the next decade's red ink in just the past two years, the U.S. national debt as a percentage of the American economy has stabilized. It is worth noting that only about a quarter of the deficit reduction comes from new revenues. (If all of the Bush tax cuts had been allowed to expire as part of January's fiscal cliff deal, U.S. debt would plummet from around 70 to about 50 percent of GDP.) May's 2013 deficit projection was now $642 billion,half the level Barack Obama faced on the day he first took the oath of office in 2009. As the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) explained just last month, for the next decade U.S. national debt will remain at sustainable, stable levels"
"After slashing $2.5 trillion from the next decade's red ink in just the past two years, the U.S. national debt as a percentage of the American economy has stabilized. It is worth noting that only about a quarter of the deficit reduction comes from new revenues. (If all of the Bush tax cuts had been allowed to expire as part of January's fiscal cliff deal, U.S. debt would plummet from around 70 to about 50 percent of GDP.) May's 2013 deficit projection was now $642 billion,half the level Barack Obama faced on the day he first took the oath of office in 2009. As the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) explained just last month, for the next decade U.S. national debt will remain at sustainable, stable levels"
Keeping The Government Shut Down For Six More Weeks Would Cost Billions, Devastate Critical Programs
Keeping The Government Shut Down For Six More Weeks Would Cost Billions, Devastate Critical Programs: If the shutdown lasts into November, the costs will accelerate and many programs will run out of funding.
Child Care Subsidies Jeopardized By The Shutdown
Child Care Subsidies Jeopardized By The Shutdown: While many states should be able to cover the costs during the shutdown, some may not have much money to fall back on.
GOP Governor To Congressional Republicans: Stop Trying To Defund Obamacare
GOP Governor To Congressional Republicans: Stop Trying To Defund Obamacare: Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) says Arizona stands to lose money as a result of the GOP's demands.
Most U.S. Women Are Misinformed About Birth Control, Don’t Know The Best Way To Prevent Pregnancy
Most U.S. Women Are Misinformed About Birth Control, Don’t Know The Best Way To Prevent Pregnancy: Most women say that abstinence is the best way to prevent pregnancy -- and a meager 20 percent can correctly identify IUDs as the most effective form of birth control.
'Don't Fart And Point at the Dog'
'Don't Fart And Point at the Dog'
"Jon Stewart gives some sage advice to Republicans on taking ownership of the mess they've created with the government shutdown."
"Jon Stewart gives some sage advice to Republicans on taking ownership of the mess they've created with the government shutdown."
Nobody Sane Likes the Republican Party Anymore
www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/nobody-sane-likes-republican-party-anymore
"Republican favorability ratings have been hovering within a few points of 40 percent ever since 2006. Then Ted Cruz mounted his filibuster, Republicans starting threatening to crash the economy, and their favorability crashed ten points to 28 percent, the lowest in history. As we all know, the Crazification Factor is 27 percent, which means that literally nobody sane approves of the Republican Party any longer."
"Republican favorability ratings have been hovering within a few points of 40 percent ever since 2006. Then Ted Cruz mounted his filibuster, Republicans starting threatening to crash the economy, and their favorability crashed ten points to 28 percent, the lowest in history. As we all know, the Crazification Factor is 27 percent, which means that literally nobody sane approves of the Republican Party any longer."
California Just Took Two Huge Steps Forward To Protect Reproductive Rights
California Just Took Two Huge Steps Forward To Protect Reproductive Rights: "We are trending in a different direction, and we're very proud of it."
GOP's Big Money Backers Sow Party Confusion
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Maine's LePage Sees Crisis In Shutdown
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Gallup: GOP Favorability Plunges To Record Low
www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gallup-gop-favorability-plunges-to-record-low
"Only 28 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, according to findings from Gallup released Wednesday."
"Only 28 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, according to findings from Gallup released Wednesday."
The GOP's Entitlement Reform Bait And Switch
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Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, Running The Country
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GOP Makes Park Rangers Shutdown Villains
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Eight Members of Congress Arrested in Push for Immigration Reform
Eight Members of Congress Arrested in Push for Immigration Reform
"Eight Democratic members of Congress joined with activists on Tuesday to block a street in view of the Capitol, an attempt to reignite immigration reform efforts that have stalled out in the House.
"Eight Democratic members of Congress joined with activists on Tuesday to block a street in view of the Capitol, an attempt to reignite immigration reform efforts that have stalled out in the House.
Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Civil rights veteran John Lewis (D-GA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Joe Crowley (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Charlie Rangel (D-NY) participated in the protest. More than 200 people were arrested in total, including faith leaders, members of advocacy groups and other activists."
Despite Ken Cuccinelli’s Objections, Virginia’s Abortion Restrictions Will Get Their Day In Court
Despite Ken Cuccinelli’s Objections, Virginia’s Abortion Restrictions Will Get Their Day In Court: The lawsuit against Virginia's harsh abortion clinics is allowed to proceed.
Sanders: Freedom of Speech Does Not Mean Freedom to Buy the Government
Sanders: Freedom of Speech Does Not Mean Freedom to Buy the Government
"Sen. Sanders was present at the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in the case ofMcCutcheon vs. FEC. The Supreme Court will deciding the fate of the caps that limit how much donors can give to candidates and political organizations during a two year election cycle later in this term.
"Sen. Sanders was present at the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in the case ofMcCutcheon vs. FEC. The Supreme Court will deciding the fate of the caps that limit how much donors can give to candidates and political organizations during a two year election cycle later in this term.
If the Supreme Court rules the caps unconstitutional, it will allow conservative billionaires to spend even more money in their attempt to execute a hostile takeover of the United States government."
Five Reasons The Government Shutdown Is A Threat To Our Health And Safety
Five Reasons The Government Shutdown Is A Threat To Our Health And Safety: The government shutdown is compromising everything from workplace safety to food security to public health research.
Dear WWII Vets, Forget About the Monument, They Are Gunning for Your Social Security
Dear WWII Vets, Forget About the Monument, They Are Gunning for Your Social Security
"As the government shutdown marches on and the dangerously real deadline of the federal debt limit approaches, it is increasingly clear that the fight over "Obamacare" is merely an opening salvo. The real goal of the hostage takers is a "Grand Bargain" on the budget that would include cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
"As the government shutdown marches on and the dangerously real deadline of the federal debt limit approaches, it is increasingly clear that the fight over "Obamacare" is merely an opening salvo. The real goal of the hostage takers is a "Grand Bargain" on the budget that would include cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
This has been the long-term agenda for debt crisis-monger Pete Peterson and government haters David and Charles Koch for many decades."
Shutdown Cuts Off Food Aid To 50,000 Moms And Babies In North Carolina
Shutdown Cuts Off Food Aid To 50,000 Moms And Babies In North Carolina: After initial confusion, WIC recipients thought they'd been spared from the shutdown. Not so in North Carolina.
Sanders: The Supreme Court May Turn America into an Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Sanders: The Supreme Court May Turn America into an Oligarchy | Common Dreams
"Speaking outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warned that the nation’s justices are preparing to cement the power of American oligarchs to influence elections through unlimited campaign donations."
"Speaking outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warned that the nation’s justices are preparing to cement the power of American oligarchs to influence elections through unlimited campaign donations."
104 Republicans Who Are In Congress Today Voted To Increase The Debt Ceiling Under Bush Without Hostage Threats
104 Republicans Who Are In Congress Today Voted To Increase The Debt Ceiling Under Bush Without Hostage Threats: Boehner says Republicans "are not going to pass a clean debt limit increase" but had a very different story in 2004.
GOP Debt Ceiling Deniers Imperil Economy
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Abused Teen Denied Abortion Rights By Court
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Republicans Are Too Expensive – In Jobs and Dollars – For America | Common Dreams
Republicans Are Too Expensive – In Jobs and Dollars – For America | Common Dreams
"But another, quieter drama has been playing out for years in homes and communities across the country, as millions of jobs and trillions in wealth have been lost to Republican economic folly."
"But another, quieter drama has been playing out for years in homes and communities across the country, as millions of jobs and trillions in wealth have been lost to Republican economic folly."
8 Food Risks Going Unmonitored During the Shutdown | Alternet
8 Food Risks Going Unmonitored During the Shutdown | Alternet
"Food coming from outside the U.S. is also going unmonitored. As Food Safety News first reported, meat inspectors at the USDA are still on duty, but food-safety workers at the FDA are not allowed to use their cellphones, check their emails or, most important, inspect imported food. Normally, according to Quartz, the FDA blocks imports from tens of thousands of facilities with records of violations."
"Food coming from outside the U.S. is also going unmonitored. As Food Safety News first reported, meat inspectors at the USDA are still on duty, but food-safety workers at the FDA are not allowed to use their cellphones, check their emails or, most important, inspect imported food. Normally, according to Quartz, the FDA blocks imports from tens of thousands of facilities with records of violations."
Meet The GOP Members Burning Down The House
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Why The Debt Ceiling Isn't Your Family Budget
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Debt Ceiling Fight Isn't Business As Usual
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The Koch Brothers’ ‘Samson Option’
www.consortiumnews.com/2013/10/08/the-koch-brothers-samson-option/
"The fiscal crisis in Washington is not simply a threat to economic and government stability, as serious as that is. It is a premeditated scheme to carve out a new constitutional structure that gives the Koch Brothers and other right-wing billionaires the power to void the democratic process"
"The fiscal crisis in Washington is not simply a threat to economic and government stability, as serious as that is. It is a premeditated scheme to carve out a new constitutional structure that gives the Koch Brothers and other right-wing billionaires the power to void the democratic process"
Michigan Is About To Enact New Abortion Restrictions Without The Governor’s Approval
Michigan Is About To Enact New Abortion Restrictions Without The Governor’s Approval: Michigan's governor vetoed the abortion bill last year -- but that's not going to stop the anti-choice community from doing everything in their power to push it through anyway.
Guess Who Requested Government Shutdown? U.S. Catholic Bishops!
Guess Who Requested Government Shutdown? U.S. Catholic Bishops!
"One week before House Republicans shut down the government in an effort to force President Obama to enact many of their preferred policies, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote House members requesting that the government be shut down — and potentially that the nation be forced into default — unless religious employers were given a special right to deny birth control coverage to their employees."
"One week before House Republicans shut down the government in an effort to force President Obama to enact many of their preferred policies, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote House members requesting that the government be shut down — and potentially that the nation be forced into default — unless religious employers were given a special right to deny birth control coverage to their employees."
The Government Shutdown Has Cost $1.6 Billion So Far
The Government Shutdown Has Cost $1.6 Billion So Far: The shutdown will cost $2 billion by October 9, the same as the damage of the flooding ravaging Colorado.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Boehner Frantic For Shutdown Exit
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Public Record Shows Votes To End Shutdown
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Support For Obamacare Seen In High Demand
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Cuccinelli Hurt By Shutdown, Polls Suggest
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Effects Of Shutdown Continue To Mount
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Trenders: 'C' Is For Compromise
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Rightwing Ready With Attack Ads Against Wendy Davis
Rightwing Ready With Attack Ads Against Wendy Davis
"Many of the most offensive attacks against her have been both personal and sexist, some of them escalating into the same level of vitriol and violent rhetoric that led to Gabby Gifford being shot, and six people dead, including a nine-year-old girl."
"Many of the most offensive attacks against her have been both personal and sexist, some of them escalating into the same level of vitriol and violent rhetoric that led to Gabby Gifford being shot, and six people dead, including a nine-year-old girl."
GOP Rep Blames Cruz For Shutdown: 'He Took A Lot Of Folks Into The Ditch'
www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-rep-blames-cruz-for-shutdown-he-took-a-lot-of-folks-into-the-ditch
"A Republican congressman said Monday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is largely responsible for the first government shutdown since 1996."
"A Republican congressman said Monday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is largely responsible for the first government shutdown since 1996."
Obamacare Is Right-Wing Proxy For Social Security and Medicare
Obamacare Is Right-Wing Proxy For Social Security and Medicare
"Despite all the sound and fury about Obamacare, here's the truth: It's not the prime target of the right. The real targets are Medicare and Social Security, as Rep. Barton admits in the video above when he says he wants "real reforms in entitlements"."
"Despite all the sound and fury about Obamacare, here's the truth: It's not the prime target of the right. The real targets are Medicare and Social Security, as Rep. Barton admits in the video above when he says he wants "real reforms in entitlements"."
Just 18 Percent of the American Population Is Extorting Ransom From the US Government
Just 18 Percent of the American Population Is Extorting Ransom From the US Government
"the congressional districts that are the home seats of 80 GOP congressional reps who wrote an August 21 letter to Boehner. The FreedomWorks-inspired appeal to shut down the government is widely credited with precipitating Boehner's insistence on not allowing a "clean vote" on the budget. Half of these districts are in the South, of course, which as a region -- ironically -- receives far more back in federal tax dollars than it pays in (Mississippi, for instance, receives as much as $1.80 back from DC for every dollar its residents pay in US taxes, with the blue states generally subsidizing financial needs of the deep South)."
"the congressional districts that are the home seats of 80 GOP congressional reps who wrote an August 21 letter to Boehner. The FreedomWorks-inspired appeal to shut down the government is widely credited with precipitating Boehner's insistence on not allowing a "clean vote" on the budget. Half of these districts are in the South, of course, which as a region -- ironically -- receives far more back in federal tax dollars than it pays in (Mississippi, for instance, receives as much as $1.80 back from DC for every dollar its residents pay in US taxes, with the blue states generally subsidizing financial needs of the deep South)."
Oklahoma Woman Tells GOP Lawmakers: Without Obamacare, ‘I Will Be Dead Before My 27th Birthday’
Oklahoma Woman Tells GOP Lawmakers: Without Obamacare, ‘I Will Be Dead Before My 27th Birthday’: 26-year-old Kendall Brown has a simple message for the lawmakers who keep attacking Obamacare: "I am dying, because of the political games you are playing right now."
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