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Mitt Romney, Election 2012, Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Birth Control
The far right religious fanatics of "Live Action" are pushing yet another "hidden camera" hit job on Planned Parenthood today, a hit job so obvious and inept that Planned Parenthood caught on to Live Action's sneaky activities more than a month ago. This time, the heavily edited video is supposed to ...
Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Live Action, Lila Rose, Religious Right, Fanaticism, Anti-Choice, Abortion, Dishonesty
The state of Missouri inducted Rush Limbaugh into their "Hall of Famous Missourians" yesterday, at an invitation-only ceremony closed to the public and guarded by armed members of the Highway Patrol: Doors Locked, Dems Banned as Missouri Honors Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians yesterday, ...
Rush Limbaugh, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sandra Fluke, Missouri, Racism, Hate Speech, Right Wing
Kate Beckinsale, Judy Greer and Andrea Savage spread the Republican message. Video
Comedy, Funny or Die, Republican Party, War on Women, Women's Rights
YouTube Video Lila Rose is a soldier in the religious right's war to drag women back to the Dark Ages, and in this clip from Right Wing Watch she makes it clear that she believes she's in a battle with Satan himself. His Nibs. Working through Planned Parenthood. We’re facing many challenges, ...
Planned Parenthood, Lila Rose, Anti-Choice, Women's Rights, Religious Right, War on Women, Satan, His Nibs, The Horned One
Imani Gandy, known to the Internets as "Angry Black Lady," is launching a PAC to promote passage of the Equal Rights Amendment -- a worthy cause that deserves our support. May 7, 2012 – People Organizing for Women’s Rights (POWR) was created with the goal of uniting women across the ...
MSNBC Video
Rachel Maddow, Women's Rights, Right Wing, Republican Party, Misogyny, Video
On Meet the Press today, Rachel Maddow faced off with an old white man (GOP strategist Alex Castellanos), in a perfect illustration of the reason the Republican Party is so unpopular with women and young people. MSNBC Video The obvious condescension is a mask for fear; people like Castellanos are terrified of ...
Rachel Maddow, Republican Party, Alex Castellanos, Video, Meet the Press, Women's Rights
These Obama campaign advertisements are very powerful -- because all the President has to do is quote the words of Mitt Romney and the Republican Party to make his point that the GOP agenda is deeply reactionary and anti-woman. YouTube Video
President Obama, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Women's Rights, Misogny, Bad Craziness, War on Women
The Republican Party has handed Barack Obama a perfect wedge issue by waging total war on women's rights, and the President is exploiting it -- as he should: Obama: Mitt Romney 'Backward' on Women. President Barack Obama told a group of women on Friday that he has been their fiercest ...
President Obama, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Women's Rights, Misogyny, War on Women
The bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 has passed the Senate, and every single Senator who voted against it was a Republican man. (h/t: Gus.) The full list: NAYs -- 31 Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) DeMint (R-SC) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC)Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (R-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Lee ...
Senate, Violence Against Women Act, VAWA, Women's Rights, Republican Party, Right Wing
We should be grateful to people like Florida's far right Tea Party Governor Rick Scott, who make it exceedingly clear that the Republican Party's war on women is very, very real: Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds for Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) ...
Florida, Rick Scott, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Rape, Republican Party, Tea Party, Right Wing
There's been a string of suspicious incidents at Planned Parenthood clinics recently, and officials believe there's another right wing "sting" video in the works. According to Planned Parenthood spokesperson Chloe Cooney, clinics in at least 11 states have reported two dozen or more "hoax visits" over the past several weeks, ...
Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Religious Right, Abortion, Anti-Choice, Live Action
Correction: the original article turned out to be a parody, even though there's nothing about the article that hints at it. I've deleted my post to avoid spreading misinformation. Sorry for the false alarm; Ann Romney did not say this. UPDATE at 4/22/12 6:07:35 pm Snopes.com has more: Ann Romney: Moms for ...
The Vatican is cracking down on American nuns who aren't opposed to women's rights and gay rights, which should surprise no one who's been following the Catholic Church's swing to the right. WASHINGTON — The Vatican has launched a crackdown on the umbrella group that represents most of America’s 55,000 ...
Vatican, catholic church, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Atavism, Right Wing
After the totally fake controversy about "stay at home moms" drummed up by the Republican Party, this clip of Mitt Romney is pretty devastating. As recently as January of this year, Mitt Romney was singing a very different tune, telling poor women they shouldn't be allowed to stay at home ...
Mitt Romney, Fake Outrage, Women's Rights, Republican Party, War on Women, Super-Rich
Here's Mitt Romney running for the US Senate in 1994, with a somewhat different view on "stay-at-home moms." YouTube Video (h/t: Andrew Kaczynski.)
Mitt Romney, Women's Rights, Republican Party, Election 2012, Hilary Rosen
Tonight, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed into law one of the nation's most radical right wing anti-choice bills: Brewer Signs Bill Banning Most Abortions After 20 Weeks. Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill into law banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and making numerous other changes ...
Arizona, Jan Brewer, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Abortion, Republican Party, Atavism, Bad Craziness
Another day, another completely fake right wing outrage. Today's trumped-up nonsense from the right involves Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, who criticized Mitt Romney for using his wife to claim he understood the difficulties faced by working women. Rosen's exact words were: "Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a ...
Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, Women's Rights, Hilary Rosen, Fake Outrage, Right Wing
The Republican Party is dealing with the massive negative reaction to their many anti-women's rights initiatives by pretending their "war on women" is completely imaginary. But most women have a lot of unfortunate experience with lies told by powerful old men, and they're not buying it. Romney faces a huge deficit ...
Poll, War on Women, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Republican Party, President Obama
I try not to start posts with the word "wow," but ... wow. Here's a very revealing and disturbing image of what a religious holiday means at a women's health clinic that performs abortions: Click to enlarge (h/t: Skepchick.) UPDATE at 4/5/12 7:26:53 pm Some right wing responses to this post: RT @Grob59: Little Green Footballs ...
In the face of news that women are deserting the Republican Party in disgust, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is brushing the whole issue aside and calling it as fictional as a war on caterpillars. Which are you going to believe: the countless forced ultrasound bills, the "fetal pain" bills ...
Republican Party, War on Women, Women's Rights, Anti-Choice, Misogyny, Reince Priebus, RNC, Spin
Video Francis Grady, who's accused of firebombing a Wisconsin Planned Parenthood clinic on Sunday night, appeared in court today and settled the question of whether or not he's an anti-choice fanatic: he is. A Grand Chute man accused of setting a fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic made his first appearance ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Wisconsin, Robert Stacy McCain, Anti-Choice
TPM has learned that police are investigating reports that the suspect in the Wisconsin Planned Parenthood firebombing may have attended anti-abortion protests at the clinic. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the man accused in the weekend bombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Wisconsin may have been involved ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Wisconsin, Anti-Choice
Update on yesterday's post about the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute, Wisconsin: police say they've arrested a male suspect. GRAND CHUTE — Police say they have arrested the person they think placed a homemade explosive device that went off Sunday and damaged Planned Parenthood’s Gillett Street ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Wisconsin