Apr 30, 2012: The Facts About The Death of Osama bin Laden
Obama: “I Said That We’d Go After bin Laden if We Had a Clear Shot at Him and I Did.” This week marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. The president’s campaign has taken the opportunity to remind the American people of one of his greatest achievements, as well as Mitt [...]
Apr 27, 2012: The Latest GOP Assaults on Women
The Republican War on Women Is Only Getting Bigger While continuing to deny there is any such thing, the Republicans continue their all-out war on women, their health care, and their families. Here’s the latest. All of the Senators Voting Against the Violence Against Women Act Were Republican Men Yesterday, the Senate passed the Violence [...]
Apr 26, 2012: Did You Like George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy?
Mitt Romney’s Misguided, Mistaken, and Misbegotten Foreign Policy Today, Vice President Biden gave a speech at New York University laying out a broad attack on Mitt Romney — a candidate whose only foreign policy experience comes from shipping jobs overseas — and his approach to foreign policy. Biden said that Romney was relying on the [...]
Apr 25, 2012: INFOGRAPHIC: What You Need To Know About The Violence Against Women Act
Will Republicans Really Oppose the Violence Against Women Act? As soon as the Senate finishes a massive postal reform bill, it is expected to take up a bill to reauthorize the landmark Violence Against Women Act. Shockingly, as we discussed last week, some Republicans are actually opposed to this vital legislation. House Republicans already refused [...]
Apr 24, 2012: Will Republicans Stick It To Students? (Again.)
Will the GOP Force Students & Their Families to Take on Even More Debt? As it stands now, the interest rate on loans for many students will DOUBLE come July 1. This change would impact more than 7.4 MILLION students, forcing them to pile on even more debt at time when student debt is already [...]
Apr 23, 2012: An ‘Update’ To The Bush Years?
New GOP Economic Plan is Same as Previous Disastrous GOP Economic Plan In nearly every policy area, Republicans from Mitt Romney on down the line have been proposing that we go back to the disastrous policies of the Bush administration — only on steroids. For example, Mitt Romney not only wants to keep the Bush [...]
Apr 20, 2012: The Politicization Of Domestic Violence
For the first time since its original passage in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is facing a fight. If you aren’t familiar with the bill, it is an effective and beneficial effort to prevent domestic violence and aid victims of domestic or sexual abuse. Originally written and introduced by then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), [...]
Apr 19, 2012: CHART: Obama v. Romney On Energy Issues
Mitt Romney’s Big Oil-Funded Agenda Mitt Romney’s campaign has benefited from Big Oil and Big Coal’s backing, which have poured more than $16 million into ads attacking President Barack Obama’s energy policies. As a favor, Romney says he plans to open public lands and water to drilling while undoing safety and environmental protections. Below, we take [...]
Apr 18, 2012: Speaker Boehner v. The Bishops
Boehner Says the Bishops Just Don’t Get It As you may recall, Republicans recently held up the Catholic Bishops as the ultimate moral authorities in the country, at least when it came to their mutual commitment to limiting access to birth control. Now, however, when it comes to another important part of Catholic teachings — [...]
Apr 17, 2012: VICTORY: ALEC Disbands Guns & Voter Suppression Task Force
One Huge Step, But Our Work’s Not Done Progressives have been working to expose the American Legislative Exchange Council’s work for years, but, as we reported last week, the campaign against ALEC significantly escalated in recent weeks. ThinkProgress’ Scott Keyes explains today’s big news: ALEC came under intense scrutiny over the past few weeks after [...]
