Saturday, November 23, 2013
Whoops! Obamacare Turns Out To Be Great Deal Personally For Boehner
The ACA is actually a great deal for a 64-year-old smoker with a high-stress job. Any idea who I'm talking about?... Read more
Boehner Fails to Fail on Obamacare
Late last week Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) made a big show of trying but failing to sign up for Obamacare because of the notoriously buggy website. (A... Read more
Florida police accused of racial profiling after stopping man 258 times, charging him with trespassing at work - NY Daily News
"In the last four years Earl Sampson, 28, has been questioned by police 258 times, searched more than 100 times, jailed 56 times, and arrested for trespassing 62 times. The majority of these citations occurred at his place of work, a Miami Gardens convenience store where the owner says police are racially profiling..."
http://pulse.me/s/FjyI6
Michigan Libraries Can’t Ban Guns Thanks To State Court Ruling
The high court refused to review a lower court ruling that the firearms ban is preempted by state law. The post Michigan ... Read more
Army Chaplains Deny Same-Sex Couple Participation In Military Base Marriage Retreat [UPDATED]
A same-sex couple was told they were "ineligible" to participate in a marriage retreat on the base where they're stationed ... Read more
Michigan GOP Recruits Civil Rights Act Critic Rand Paul To Launch African American Outreach Project
The Michigan Republican Party will launch its new African American Engagement Office in Detroit next month, aiming to improve ... Read more
White House explains why Obama didn't say "under God" in Gettysburg Address
"He read the version of the address that Ken Burns provided," he said, noting that Burns is a "noted Civil War scholar."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-explains-why-obama-didnt-say-under-god-in-gettysburg-address/
Watch The Daily Show mock the hysteria around the Senate's 'nuclear option'
Really? asks Jon Stewart. A return to simple democracy is "the Hiroshima of voting?"
http://theweek.com/article/index/253253/watch-the-daily-show-mock-the-hysteria-around-the-senates-nuclear-option
http://theweek.com/article/index/253253/watch-the-daily-show-mock-the-hysteria-around-the-senates-nuclear-option
Friday, November 22, 2013
Week In The News: Afghan Deals, Senate Goes Nuclear, Midwest Storms (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)
Nuclear option, taken this week by Democrats in the US Senate.
Republicans say, just you wait. In Afghanistan, maybe a deal on US
troops there for years more. Maybe not. The loya jirga meets. In the
Cheney family, a messy public spat over gay marriage as would-be Senator
Liz suggests her lesbian sister Mary’s marriage is wrong. A big fine
for JP Morgan. A massive line of tornadoes and destruction in the
Midwest. And a nation pauses to remember of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. This hour On Point: Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/11/22/afghanistan-tornado-senate-nuclear-option
– Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/11/22/afghanistan-tornado-senate-nuclear-option
Friday News Roundup - Domestic (Diane Rehm Show)
In a historic shift, the
Senate narrowly votes to eliminate the use of the filibuster against
nearly all presidential nominations. California becomes the seventh
state to reject President Barack Obama’s insurance fix for cancelled
health care policies. Obama’s approval rating sinks to an all-time lows
amidst the troubled Affordable Care Act rollout. The Department of
Justice reaches a $13 billion settlement with J.P. Morgan, the largest
ever between the government and a single company. And the nation
remembers President John F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his
assassination. A panel of journalists joins Diane to discuss the week in
news.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-11-22/friday-news-roundup-domestic
Friday News Roundup - International (Dinae Rehm Show)
The U.S. and Afghanistan
reached a tentative security agreement. But in a surprise move, Afghan
President Karzai declared he would not sign it until the spring. Talks
on Iran's nuclear program resumed in Geneva as top Iranian cleric
Ayatollah Khamenei warned his negotiators not to give ground. Twin
suicide bombings outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut underscore
concerns that Lebanon is being drawn into Syria's civil war. China
announced it will ease its one-child policy. And the death toll from the
typhoon that hit the Philippines surpassed 5,000. A panel of
journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international
news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-11-22/friday-news-roundup-international
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-11-22/friday-news-roundup-international
Crossfire -- Sanders vs. Hoeven
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sits down with Sen. John Hoeven, Newt Gingrich and Stephanie Cutter to discuss the Senate filibuster on CNN's Crossfire.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
New Analysis Reveals Extent Of Obamacare 'Rate Shock'
WASHINGTON -- Only a small sliver of the Americans who buy their own health insurance plans and may be seeing them canceled under Obamacare will pay h... Read more
'THE DAMAGE CAN BE CONTAINED'
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party's top think tank is urging lawmakers to accept nothing short of ending sequestration ... Read more
Why Fear Grassley's Threat?
As we reported earlier, Sen. Chuck Grassley was on the Senate floor shortly after the rules change today promising that when Republicans are in the Se... Read more
Mitch McConnell: Democrats Are Using Filibuster Reform To Distract Americans From Obamacare
Mitch McConnell is accusing Senate Democrats of pivoting to
filibuster reform only because Obamacare is such a disaster.The ... Read more
Why Senate Democrats Had To Invoke The ‘Nuclear Option’
The filibuster allows Republicans to sabotage government and then
campaign on the fact that government isn't working. This is a ... Read more
Fox News Chastises People For Giving To The Homeless: ‘You’re An Enabler’
Watch four wealthy Fox News personalities discuss why poor people have it too good in society.The post Fox News Chastises ... Read more
Israeli Minister Suggests Israel Will Attack Iran If U.S. Gets ‘A Bad Deal’
Israel's Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett warned that "a bad deal will increase the chances for the need of a ... Read more
Dying Young
Don't call yourself pro-life if you are not fighting just as hard for the already born. Poverty and health care are proper pro-life concerns.
Memo Outlines House GOP's Plan Of Attack Against Obamacare
A memo circulated among House Republicans this week details the GOP's plan to relentlessly attack the Affordable Care Act over the course of the next ... Read more
Republican Talking Points on Obamacare - Document - NYTimes.com
"The memo distributed to House Republicans this week was concise and
blunt, listing talking points and marching orders: “Because of
Obamacare, I Lost My Insurance.” “Obamacare Increases Health Care
Costs.” “The Exchanges May Not Be Secure, Putting Personal Information
at Risk.” “Continue Collecting Constituent Stories.” "
Harmful practices inflicted on women or girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief
"United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, told the UN General Assembly that “harmful practices inflicted on women or girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief.”
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13923&LangID=E
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13923&LangID=E
Church-state separation group blasts academy in TV ad
"An organization that advocates for the separation of church and state in
the military plans to air a television commercial that blasts the Air
Force Academy for what the group says is religious intolerance...." More
U.S. Senator On More Iran Sanctions: ‘If You Want War, That Is The Thing To Do’
Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) pushed back on those calling for more sanctions on Iran just as the ... Read more
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Jesus, Food Stamps and Carried Interest
Jesus loved the poor, embraced them and repeatedly instructed his disciples to stop holding them back when they approached him. He was regularly dismi... Read more
Win For The Wall: AU Letter Convinces County Officials In Washington State To Drop Grant For Fundamentalist Christian Group
"How anyone could suggest that Child Evangelism Fellowship is not a religious organization is ... " Read more
Tea Party Faces Big Decision After Huge Losses
After a string of setbacks and losses, the insurgent Tea Party movement
is at a crossroads, between learning to live within the Republican
Party or pursuing its fight against those it sees as not conservative
enough.... Read more
How McConnell Is Bracing GOP For Next Shutdown Fight
Mitch McConnell met privately on Tuesday with House Republicans in an attempt to stiffen their spines and preserve the party's leverage in the next go... Read more
Poll: Majority In Every U.S. District Supports LGBT Workplace Protections
A majority in every U.S. congressional district supports legislation that would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and ge... Read more
3 Signs That Obamacare Is Slowing Health Care Spending
The three years since the Affordable Care Act passed -- 2011, 2012 and 2013 -- have seen the slowest growth in health care spending since 1965, when t... Read more
Benefits do not make jobless lazy
High unemployment benefits do not lead to people
becoming lazy and satisfied with their jobless status, a Europe-wide
study suggests....
Read more
One Lawmaker’s Plan To Fight Back Against Stores Ruining Workers’ Thanksgivings
An Ohio state lawmaker has a plan to change some stores' minds about opening on Thanksgiving or at least pay their workers ... Read more
Apple’s New Corporate Headquarters Will Feature One Of The World’s Largest Solar Arrays
The company's new 176-acre campus will rely on 100 percent renewable energy, most of which will be generated on-site through ... Read more
Heritage, Koch Brothers Pressure Lawmakers To Support Fracking Oversight Bill
Conservative groups are urging lawmakers to either support Rep. Bill Flores' bill to take away fracking oversight from the ... Read more
Sequestration Is Starving Programs That Serve Seniors
Sequestration has meant reducing meals, transportation services, and other programs that the elderly rely on.The post ... Read more
Religious Extremism and Right-Wing Deep Pockets Try to Brainwash Away the Realities of Disasters Like the Philippines Typhoon
"There
are obvious links to the calamity in the Philippines that killed over
2,500 to ocean warming and rising sea levels, but America won't confront
it..."
“The green movement is deadly to the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council says, “Environmentalists are pointing people away from God and into humanism and support of an unbiblical worldview.” Bryan Fisher, who earlier in the year compared homosexuality to pedophilia, says, “Environmental movement is a threat to the Christian faith.”
"If the GOP had its way, and it suited their pro-corporate agenda, they’d vote to repeal gravity. Yes, that’s funny but it’d be no more ridiculous than its unscientific and agenda-driven denial of climate change..."
http://www.alternet.org/belief/how-unlimited-corporate-finances-and-dominion-theology-prevent-america-confronting-cause
“The green movement is deadly to the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council says, “Environmentalists are pointing people away from God and into humanism and support of an unbiblical worldview.” Bryan Fisher, who earlier in the year compared homosexuality to pedophilia, says, “Environmental movement is a threat to the Christian faith.”
"If the GOP had its way, and it suited their pro-corporate agenda, they’d vote to repeal gravity. Yes, that’s funny but it’d be no more ridiculous than its unscientific and agenda-driven denial of climate change..."
http://www.alternet.org/belief/how-unlimited-corporate-finances-and-dominion-theology-prevent-america-confronting-cause
Sarah Palin Has a Lump of Coal For Atheists
"Forgive us, Sarah Palin, for we have sinned...." http://www.newsweek.com/sarah-palin-has-lump-coal-atheists-10928
Marco Rubio on separation of church and state: God “doesn’t need our permission to be anywhere”
" Marco Rubio over the weekend delivered the keynote address
at a fundraising event for the Florida Family Policy Council, a
conservative organization that promotes so-called ex-gay conversion
therapy and believes that gay parents are a “threat” to their children,
among other odious views..."
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/18/marco_rubio_on_separation_of_church_and_state_god_doesnt_need_our_permission_to_be_anywhere/
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/18/marco_rubio_on_separation_of_church_and_state_god_doesnt_need_our_permission_to_be_anywhere/
Nearly 80 percent of voucher recipients didn't attend a Wisconsin public school last year
"...These numbers expose the expansion of the unaccountable private school
voucher program for the scam that it is," said Scot Ross, director of
the liberal anti-voucher group One Wisconsin Now. "It's not about
helping kids; it's a far-right-driven effort to privatize schools and
satisfy the wealthy campaign contributors and well-connected special
interests behind it..." More info
Got faith? ‘A Manual for Creating Atheists’ would like to change that
(RNS) Got faith? Peter Boghossian says get rid of it.Boghossian is a philosophy instructor and author of a wildly popular new book, “A Manual for Creating Atheists,” that seeks to equip nonbelievers like him with the skills to convince believers to abandon their faith... More info
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Now playing: Yahoo Screen and PBS on your Apple TV
The slow march of content to the Apple TV continues. On Tuesday, Yahoo announced that its online video service, Yahoo ... Read more
Sex Education Or Simplistic Sectarianism?
Religious Right ‘Experts’ Rely on Pseudoscience And Shaming To Promote Theology In Schools...
The Title V Abstinence Education program, reauthorized by President Barack Obama as a concession ... Read more
The Title V Abstinence Education program, reauthorized by President Barack Obama as a concession ... Read more
Schools For Scandal: New Government Report Another Blow Against D.C.’s Voucher Plan
Washington, D.C.'s voucher experiment has failed -- so why does it still exist? Washington, ... Read more
Paul Ryan Faces Growing Republican Budget Rifts
Republicans are facing growing internal divisions over budget talks as GOP appropriators and defense hawks urge their leaders to compromise with Democ... Read more
4.8 Million Denied Coverage
Republicans, however, don't seem to much care about the nearly 5 MILLION
poor Americans who won't receive any coverage at all ... Read more
McDonald’s Advice To Underpaid Employees: Sell Your Christmas Presents For Cash
Instead of paying a living wage, McDonald's has a novel idea this holiday season.The post McDonald's Advice To Underpaid ... Read more
What Would President Harry Truman Say About the 113th Congress? | The White House
Things the Congress could and should vote to do right now...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-113th-could-vote-right-now?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-113th-could-vote-right-now?
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