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When's the last time you heard of a scientist mass-murdering innocent people with a gun because they believed in a different science from his?
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President
Obama just joined leaders from 194 other nations to take action on
climate change! It’s a huge worldwide agreement about a crucial issue.
But some Republicans are STILL spouting the same old frustrating lies about how climate change is a “hoax.”
At Democratic Headquarters, we put together this handy fact sheet so that you can put climate change skeptics in their place.
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Columbine. Virginia Tech. Fort Hood. Tucson. Newtown. Aurora. San Bernardino.
It’s time to face facts: America has a gun problem.
That’s why we’re joining progressive organizations and elected
officials across the country to call on Congress to declare June as National Gun Violence Awareness Month.
SIGN THE PETITION: Make June National Gun Violence Awareness Month >>
The facts speak for themselves:
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On average, guns kill close to 90 people every day in the United States
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Guns are the second-leading cause of death for children under 20
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The NRA’s grip over Congress is so extreme that the government is forbidden from even studying the national problem of gun violence
This initiative will launch a much-needed national conversation by promoting awareness of this issue.
It will also provide a platform for addressing the effects of gun
violence, by bringing citizens and community leaders together to make
our communities safer.
We must take action immediately to combat this worsening epidemic. Sign our petition today:
http://go.boldpac.com/Awareness-Month
Thanks for standing strong,
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Washington, DC 20002
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From the entire BOLD PAC team, thanks for your support!
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Coming soon!
It's almost here!!
Nationwide Baby-Drop Day!!!
(thud)
Starting at midnight, December 22, 2015,
just drop off your unwanted baby, child,
(or husband)
at the nearest anti-choice location.
Look for the home or office of any
Tea Partier, Christian, Republican,
or Catholic priest.
When in doubt, leave your bundle of joy
on the hood of a car
with any of the above bumper stickers
(anti-science bumper stickers work, too).
Then walk away, knowing that
they'll welcome your gift
as a blessing from God.
Remember:
If they want to make YOUR decisions,
then give THEM the consequences!
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WOMEN'S HEALTH
Policy Report
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CNN's Gary Tuchman speaks with staff at a women's health center in New
Jersey about the "elaborate security" system the clinic has in place.
Elsewhere, former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discusses how abortion
restrictions and decisions in Kansas and Missouri to not expand
Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act harm low-income women. More »
The House and Senate Appropriations committees on Wednesday unveiled a $1.15 trillion government spending bill that would not defund Planned Parenthood, CQ News reports. More »
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week heard arguments to
determine if two civil rights groups had the legal standing to challenge
a law (HB 2442) banning abortion based on the sex or race of a fetus,
the Arizona Republic reports. More »
Last week, three members of a United Nations working group on
discrimination against women concluded their U.S. visit by meeting with
Obama administration officials to discuss their findings and
recommendations, the Huffington Post reports. More »
The rates of abortion and pregnancy in the U.S. declined in 2010,
according to a new report from CDC's National Center for Health
Statistics, the Los Angeles Times' "Science Now" reports. More »
Read the week's best commentary from bloggers at Feministing, Slate's "XX Factor" and more. More »
Conservative leaders have chosen to delay until January a House vote on a
budget reconciliation measure (HR 3762) that would block federal
funding for Planned Parenthood and repeal parts of the Affordable Care
Act (PL 111-148), the AP/Sacramento Bee reports. More »
In an article for The Nation, contributing writer Dani McClain
writes about a new survey that found most experts in the delivery of
long-acting reversible contraception are sensitive to the risk of
coercive counseling in promoting LARC use. More »
In an opinion piece for The Guardian, columnist Jessica Valenti
writes about how the recent indictment of a Tennessee woman who
attempted to self-induce an abortion by using a coat hanger signals a
return to "the desperation and horror of a time" before Roe v. Wade, "when, lacking all other options, women took matters into their own hands." More »
Although television shows are increasingly portraying abortion in a
frank manner, they still tend to misrepresent real-life women who seek
out abortion care and their reasons for doing so, according to an
upcoming study in Contraception, the Washington Post's "Act Four" reports. More »
Katherine Starr, an ob-gyn and advocacy chair of the Michigan Section of
the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, writes in a Detroit News
opinion piece that as a provider of "safe, high-quality and
compassionate [health] care," including abortion care, she is "alarmed
and infuriated by HB 4833/4834, which would ban the safest form of
abortion [she] can provide for some of the most ill women under [her]
care." More »
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Why is it that the most ostentatiously religious people are the biggest prix and the biggest hypocrites?
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AlterNet Summaries!
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Adam Johnson, AlterNet
The era of "hope and change" may finally be coming to an end. READ MORE»
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Kali Holloway, AlterNet
Darth Vader has PTSD and C-3PO has OCD. READ MORE»
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Jack Mirkinson, Salon
Chicago's mayor has been embroiled in a horrifying police-abuse scandal. This should be front-page news nationwide. READ MORE»
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By T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong, ProPublica and the Marshall Project
An 18-year-old said she was attacked at knifepoint. Then she said she made it up. That’s where the story begins. READ MORE»
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By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Donald Trump, mass shootings with an Islamic terrorist flavor, and the rise of the 'spectaculection.' READ MORE»
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By Phillip Smith, AlterNet
The
Monitoring the Future Study is out, and it suggests fears of an upsurge
in teen toking in the wake of legalization are unfounded. READ MORE»
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By Carmen Rios, Everyday Feminism
Do any of these things today? Then you've got class privilege. READ MORE»
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By Carrie Weisman, AlterNet
What people like during sex is just as important as what they don’t like. READ MORE»
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By Adam Johnson, FAIR
Zero references to Charleston and Planned Parenthood attacks expose CNN's rank intellectual corruption. READ MORE»
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By Joann Barkan, The Guardian
The super rich have much power to define what is best for us. We must decide if we are comfortable with that. READ MORE»
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By Alain Vidal, Food Tank
Livestock production contributes to greenhouse gas emissions in three major ways. READ MORE»
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By David Edwards, Raw Story
The idea that "jet fuel can’t melt steel beams’ is bullsh*t," he demonstrates. READ MORE»
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Kali Holloway, AlterNet
He seems about as trustworthy as the other candidates. READ MORE»
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Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Trump comes off as a sniveling bully; Bush as simple-minded; Cruz as maniacal. And that's good news for Democrats.
READ MORE»
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Liz Pleasant, YES! Magazine
The
point isn’t that we necessarily have to abandon phrases like “hip hip
hooray” and “no can do.” But understanding their racist origins helps us
move beyond them. READ MORE»
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By Kerry-Anne Mendoza, The Canary
The
UK government sold IP addresses to an extremist group who used them to
disseminate hate speech and potentially promote terrorism.
READ MORE»
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By Kali Holloway, AlterNet
The Nightly Show host again takes America's gun obsession to task. READ MORE»
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By Simon Maloy, Salon
The GOP debate was about whipping up public anxiety over terrorists, who are apparently seconds from murdering you. READ MORE»
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By Michael Sainato, AlterNet
With some GOP leaders joining the scientific majority, could bipartisan climate action become a reality? READ MORE»
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By Moustafa Bayoumi, The Guardian
Republicans, voters and yes, Democrats are to blame for making Muslims feel like second-class citizens. READ MORE»
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By Medea Benjamin, AlterNet
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By Bethania Palma Markus, Raw Story
The
actor, who recently portrayed blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton
Trumbo, draws parallels between the GOP front runner and the McCarthy
era. READ MORE»
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By Gary Ruskin, U.S. Right to Know
Why did so many reporters and news outlets fail to disclose the conflicts of interests of two prominent professors? READ MORE»
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By John Vibes, The Free Thought Project
Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty of 18 different sexual assault charges in court last week. READ MORE»
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Janet Allon, AlterNet
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AlterNet
“I bet things were pretty tense at ISIS headquarters ( Tuesday) night,” Meyers joked. READ MORE»
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Janet Allon, AlterNet
Of course, inequality and access to dental care has everything to do with it. READ MORE»
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By Joan McCarter, DailyKos
Trump's supporters are just the types to love Putin's authoritarian style. READ MORE»
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By Dominic Rushe, The Guardian
Pharmaceuticals entrepreneur held in investigation into his time at MSMB Capital Management and at Retrophin. READ MORE»
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By Janet Allon, AlterNet
The filmmaker carried a sign in front of Trump Tower and wrote the Donald a letter. READ MORE»
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By John Vibes, The Free Thought Project
Ethan Couch, the 18-year-old who killed four people while driving drunk in 2013, is on the run from police. READ MORE»
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By Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Predators and the 'neutralization' of 69 people in Iraq and Syria. READ MORE»
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By Hafsa Kanjwal, Salon
As a community we've internalized Islamophobia in a desperate attempt to prove we belong. We need a new approach. READ MORE»
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AFP
Seventy to 90 percent of cancers are caused by environmental factors such as ultraviolet radiation and tobacco smoke. READ MORE»
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