The GOP: A Party Possessed

Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 4:52 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Seeded by Joe-1680982 (Clipped by jupmod)

The Republican Party has come undone. They have overreached in nearly every area of law in our country. From outlawing collective bargaining in several states to passing voter suppression laws in over 30 states, and their current nationwide and unrelenting efforts to deny women a …

conservatives, politics, gop, republicans, social-security, womens-health, reproductive-rights, collective-bargaining, tea-party, paul-ryan

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A LONG List of President Obama's Accomplishments! With Citations!

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:46 AM EDT ()

Seeded by redsfan (Clipped by jupmod)

If you're one of those folks who thinks President Obama is a "disappointment," you haven't been paying attention the last few years. And those of you who try to draw comparisons with the Bush Administration should put away the hallucinogens and have your memory checked.

politics, citations, accomplishments, president-obama, obama-derangement-syndrome

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Shocking: "916" War on Women Bills Introduced Since the Republicans Took Over

Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:57 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

Seeded by btco (Clipped by jupmod)

That's right, 916 proposed bills!!! What follows are the results of a fascinating study that actually proves that the republican war on women is real. The report was compiled by the worldwide research and policy Guttmacher Group. For those who have not heard of them befo …

us, elections, democrats, politics, gop, republicans, mitt-romney, obama, barack-obama, romney

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RNC Equates War On Women To War On Caterpillars - Business Insider

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2012 1:04 PM EDT (Silicon Alley Insider)

Seeded by Loretta Kemsley (Clipped by jupmod)

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus talked himself into some trouble this morning after accusing the media of creating a fake gender war and comparing it to a "war on caterpillars."“If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream …

politics, rnc-chairman, gop-war-on-women, comparing-women-to-insects

Freedom Of Religion Cannot Be Exclusive

Seeded on Tue Apr 3, 2012 1:25 AM EDT (Counter Currents)

Seeded by Carloz (Clipped by jupmod)

By Mary Shaw: In recent years, the religious right have moved even farther to the right - to the fringes. Some have even expanded their war on women's reproductive rights to where they are condemning contraception. They even held Congressional hearings on the subject. This is d …

us, women, abortion, usa, politics, muslims, christians, islam, birth-control, christianity

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Payback Is a Bitch for Abortion Clinic Protestors, Thanks to a Brilliant Landlord

Seeded on Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:40 PM EDT (Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing.)

Seeded by redsfan (Clipped by jupmod)

It's common practice for anti-abortion protesters to disseminate doctors' personal information and urge people to harass them—and it can clearly go far beyond that, as with the 2009 murder of Dr George Tiller in Kansas. LeRoy Carhart, who's now in Stave's clinic, had his …

politics, phone-calls, harrassment, abortion-clinics, misogyny, stave, right-wing-lies

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Grievances Against the GOP from a (former?) Republican Woman by Katie German « Feminism and Religion

Seeded on Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:10 AM EDT ()

Seeded by Loretta Kemsley (Clipped by jupmod)

I was raised in a conservative, Republican, military family. I support personal freedom and personal responsibility. I support the military. I support a balanced budget. I support individual rights and the constitution. I support small government. But I find myself increasingly …

abortion, era, politics, gop, rape, birth-control, republican, womens-rights, sexual-violence, reproductive-justice

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The War on WOMEN is REAL! Here's the Proof-Part 1-Introduction.

Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:06 PM EDT

By Colodomom (Clipped by jupmod)

I began this research a week ago. I’ve been watching people from the right say over and over that the “War On Women” doesn’t exist…or that it was made-up by the Democrats. I wanted to look at the bigger picture, to see it in some sort …

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politics, civil-rights, gop, war-on-women, anti-women-legislation

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What's Worse Than Paying Taxes?

Seeded on Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:52 PM EDT (Cagle Post)

I found this interesting opinion piece/article by this editoral-cartoon artist. It gives a striking picture on how much taxes Big Businesses are paying these days compared to the average American worker. Big Business today pay far less taxes than they had back in the 1950's. So …

taxes, politics

The RESPECT WOMEN 2012 flag...for community use.

Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:08 PM EDT

By Colodomom (Clipped by jupmod)

The Respect Women 2012... Quoting Abigail Adams 1776. PLEASE DO feel free to copy it, use it, share it!

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politics, womens-rights, respect-women-flag-2012

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