Latest GOP Budget Marks Latest Attack on Women

Budgets are statements of values and priorities. Based on the GOP’s latest budget, apparently the interests of women are not a priority. Here’s a look at how the GOP budget is bad for women and children. Here’s a link to a comparison of the numbers

The Labyrinth of Gun Laws Complicating Reform

As Congress attempts to navigate the labyrinth of federal legislation in their attempt to quell gun violence, it’s important to note that there are a myriad of differences in how gun registration, sales, concealed carries, and background checks are and aren’t handled

State Legislatures Gone Wild—9 Terrible Proposed State Laws

— by ThinkProgress War Room, March 15, 2013 If you think that irresponsible and outright ridiculous bills only come out of Washington, D.C., think again. Ever since the big GOP wave election in 2010, state legislatures across the country have been racing

Family Research Council: “Unmarried People Should Be Denied Birth Control And Punished For Having Sex”

By Tara Culp-Ressler on Mar 13, 2013 at 2:40 pm The right-wing Family Research Council — which uses its advocacy muscle to try to block comprehensive sexual health programs in public schools — is now going a step further, suggesting the young

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Mar 8, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room Evening Brief: Important Stories That You Might’ve Missed Republicans demand Obama expand Obamacare. (Yet Paul Ryan is forging ahead to KILL it) Colorado approved in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. Marco Rubio threatens to shut down the government over Obamacare

What the American People Did NOT Choose

Mar 11, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room 6 Things Americans Did Not Vote for in 2012 Tomorrow, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will release the latest version of his infamous Republican budget plan — you know, the one that ends Medicare as we know

State Efforts To ‘Reclaim’ Our Public Lands Traced To Koch-Fueled ALEC

By Public Lands Team on Mar 11, 2013 at 12:33 pm By Jessica Goad and Tom Kenworthy via CAP and ThinkProgress Despite the many problems that states and municipalities face today—from budget shortfalls to unemployment—seven western states have decided to embark on

GOP Senator Takes Credit For Anti-Rape Law He Voted Against

The unethical dishonesty by the GOP leadership never ceases to amaze me.  Here’s a post from ThinkProgress today exposing yet another piece of flagrant dishonesty being committed by Texas’ senior senator, and the GOP’s Senate Minority Whip.  Personally, I find Sen. Cornyn’s

Documents Reveal Anti-Gay Parenting Study Was Manipulated To Influence Supreme Court

By Zack Ford at ThinkProgress on Mar 11, 2013 at 9:15 am Mark Regnerus has admitted his “family structures” study didn’t actually measure gay parenting, comparing the children of separated parents who had same-sex relationships with those of married opposite-sex parents. An