May 23, 2013: Does This Look Familiar?
GOP Men Target Women’s Rights — Again Remember when House Republicans held a hearing on birth control and only had men testify? Well, here’s what the group of lawmakers who held a hearing today on an unconstitutional 20-week abortion ban looked like: Looks familiar, doesn’t it? Chairing today’s hearing was Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) who [...]
May 22, 2013: Priorities
One of the more unfortunate developments in recent years is the new status quo within the GOP of demanding that emergency disaster aid be offset with cuts elsewhere in the budget, something previously only a minority of members of Congress like Sen. Coburn demanded. This callous new standard led Republicans, including Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe (R), [...]
May 21, 2013: Today On ThinkProgress — May 21
The Progress Report is currently on hiatus and will be back tomorrow. In the meantime, check out today’s top three stories on ThinkProgress. 1. Oklahoma Senator Won’t Support Tornado Relief Without Budget Cuts 2. Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies Denounces Food Stamps As Stealing ‘Other People’s Money’ 3. The Supreme Court Agreed To [...]
May 20, 2013: Today On ThinkProgress — May 20
The Progress Report is currently on hiatus and will be back tomorrow. In the meantime, check out today’s top three stories on ThinkProgress. 1. Florida Teen Expelled, Charged With Felony For Lesbian Relationship 2. 1,200 Harvard Students Demand Investigation Into Jason Richwine’s Thesis On Hispanic IQ 3. How Lotteries Are Bad For Players, Winners, And [...]
May 17, 2013: Today on ThinkProgress — May 17
The Progress Report is currently on hiatus and will be back next week. In the meantime, check out today’s top three stories on ThinkProgress. 1. 5 Major Scandals The Media Isn’t Obsessing About 2. Meet Stingrays, The Surveillance Tech The Government Doesn’t Want To Talk About 3. GOP Sources Altered Benghazi E-Mails To Suggest A [...]
May 16, 2013: Today On ThinkProgress — May 16
The Progress Report is currently on hiatus and will be back next week. In the meantime, check out today’s top three stories on ThinkProgress. 1. Congressman Tears Into AG Holder Over Marijuana: ‘This Is The Time To Remedy Prohibition’ 2. Kansas Elected Official Stands By Using Racial Slur ’100 Percent’ 3. MSNBC Host Confronts Rubio [...]
May 15, 2013: Obsessed
37th Time’s the Charm? Tomorrow, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives will once again vote to repeal Obamacare. If this sounds familiar it is because it is the 37th time — yes, that’s 3-7 — that House Republicans have tried to repeal Obamacare. This obsession has not come for free, either in terms of time nor money. One [...]
May 14, 2013: Immigration Reform Update
Today’s Immigration Top 5 As we discussed last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee has begun its work on a landmark immigration reform bill including a pathway to earned citizenship. The committee continued its work today, focusing on a new guest worker program and visas for highly-skilled immigrants. There’s real momentum behind the bill, which is [...]
May 13, 2013: Dying Social?
Guns & Alcohol Don’t Mix If there’s one thing Americans don’t need a coupon for, it’s an outing mixing guns and alcohol. Unfortunately, LivingSocial seems to think otherwise. A new report out today from CREDO Action and the Gun Truth Project calls out the daily deal and experience company for offering booze and bullet-fueled experiences from [...]
May 10, 2013: That Happened
10 Crazy Things the Right Did This Week Another week, another 10 helpings of crazy brought to by the right wing. Heritage Foundation puts out shoddy report claiming immigrants are takers not makers, conservatives pounce. In a remarkable display this week, the Heritage Foundation put out a study claiming that immigration reform will cost $6.3 [...]
