From the Stein Campaign: Lee Camp, a rising star comedian who opened for Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala at Monday night’s NYC Rally to Occupy the CPD, released this video after Stein and Honkala’s arrest at Tuesday’s presidential debate in Hempstead, NY. ‘A Presidential Candidate was arrested last night AT THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. And as [...]
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Romney Supporters on Offense Over Obama Negative Ad Targeting Women [Videos - Must See Romney Contraception Ad]
A new book claims that the Obama White House is a boys’ club marred by rampant infighting that has hindered the administration’s economic policy and left top female advisers feeling excluded from key conversations. – Book: Women in Obama White House felt excluded and ignored [Washington Post, 2011] IT’S A curious thing that Mitt Romney [...]
Paul Ryan Complains About Lawsuits on Ledbetter, Answers Equal Pay Question Romney Couldn’t [Video]
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to excuse a male presidential candidate who can’t plainly state that equal pay is a priority for him if he is elected the nation’s leader. Why has Mitt Romney continually ducked this opportunity? Paul Ryan answered the question on CBS, saying “of course we believe in equal pay,” while complaining the Lily Ledbetter [...]
96 Pro Social Security Groups Demand Hands off COLA [Updated]
Social Security benefit payments will rise by only 1.7 percent in 2013, down sharply from a 3.6 percent increase in 2012′s cost of living adjustment (COLA). That boost followed two years of no COLA increase. The Social Security Administration said next year’s COLA would raise the average monthly benefit payment by $21, to $1,261 from [...]
USA Today/Gallup Poll: Women Put Romney Ahead in Swing States [Obama Team Rebuts]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Mitt Romney leads President Obama by five percentage points among likely voters in the nation’s top battlegrounds, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and he has growing enthusiasm among women to thank. – Swing States poll: Women push Romney into lead IF YOU weren’t [...]
News Desk: Malala in UK After Assassination Attempt, for Traumatic Brain Injury and “Intensive Neuro-Rehabilitation”
“We do have very extensive experience of this sort of traumatic, bullet-related injury.” [BBC] THE UAE, United Arab Emirates, provided an air ambulance to transport Malala Yousafzai, the 14 year-old activist struck by a bullet, in an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban. She was targeted due to her strong advocacy for education for [...]
Romney Surrogate Mark “Appalachian Trail” Sanford: Obama “Will Throw A Lot of Spears”
IT’S A strong statement coming from a southerner, the video compliments of Mediaite. That Fox News anchor Shannon Bream ignored the statement is typical. Spears. Obama. Nothing to see here, move along. I wrote about Mark Sanford in a section in my book, The Hillary Effect [the excerpt], where I talk about “It’s All the [...]
Top Story: Ben Affleck’s ARGO in the Blast Furnace of Benghazi
“This is the best bad idea we have sir, by far.” – Ben Affleck in ARGO, playing C.I.A. agent Tony Mendez November 4th, 1979. As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA exfiltration specialist concocts a risky plan to free six American hostages. SOMETIMES A FILM meets with an event in history and [...]
Should Women be Worried about the Romney-Ryan Stance on Abortion?
SHORT ANSWER: yes. Absolutely. It was Biden’s personal faith, which he wasn’t going to make others adopt. Versus Paul Ryan’s extreme views that the woman be taken completely out of the equation of the most personal decision she might ever make. RADDATZ: I want to go back to the abortion question here. If the Romney-Ryan [...]
Top Story: It’s Up to Joe
“Let’s just take a look at Paul Ryan’s convention speech. It was packed full of lies…” – Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama [The Rachel Maddow Show] JOE BIDEN knows how to deliver a one-liner. Remember way back what he said about Rudy Giuliani? A little flash back with the video above. Everyone [...]
Freak Out Over Lena Dunham’s $3.7 Million Book Deal is Ageism
THE CATERWAULING is epic. It’s also highly revealing. Kudos to Dunham, who wouldn’t be coming under this scrutiny if she weren’t 20-something. This is ageism, splashed with Who Does This GIRL Think She Is? Even if they do break even or if somehow every single person who watched the premiere of Dunham’s show “Girls” buys [...]
If You Don’t Trust Me With My Body, Why Should I Trust You With My Country? [Video]
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Saving Malala
THE PAKISTANIS have erupted in fury over the senseless attempted assassination of a young girl. Passionately fighting for freedom against the horrors of the Taliban, the sheer power of her beautifully young soul has now sent a shock wave across the world. A Taliban gunman singled out and shot the girl, Malala Yousafzai, on Tuesday, [...]
Romney Would Reinstate Gag Rule, Leave Dirty Work of Stripping Women’s Rights to Congress
“Mitt Romney is proudly pro-life, and he will be a pro-life president.” – Andrea Saul, Romney press secretary THIS IS a thing of beauty. It also has a ring of truth to it. He’d reinstate the so-called Mexico City Policy, but isn’t interested in pushing abortion from the White House. But you can bet he’d [...]
Paul Ryan Calls Stacey Dash Who’s Being Attacked on Twitter for Supporting Mitt Romney
“@paulryanvp: Had a great conversation with @realstaceydash this afternoon. Thank you for your support!”Yes, thank you. — Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) October 10, 2012 GETTING FLAMED on Twitter is nothing new for anyone who dares voice an unpopular political view. But when you’re African American, a woman and a Democrat, but not supporting Barack Obama’s reelection, [...]
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