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Republican Gerrymandering is Destroying Democracy
Republicans War on Democracy began in 2010 when they began hyper-gerrymandering every state they took control of. Republicans injected $30 million, much of it from dark money, often targeting vulnerable blue state Democrats in races that wouldn’t otherwise draw a lot of national funding. The plan was called REDMAP
When the midterm elections were done, Republicans had gained unilateral control of 11 state legislatures, upping their total to 25. Between then and the 2012 elections, GOP lawmakers in these states had largely undisputed power over redrawing congressional districts. This helped allow Republicans to maintain control of the House, even though Democrats received over 1 million more votes.
The Republican State Leadership Committee issued a memo stating “Controlling the redistricting process in these states would have the greatest impact on determining how both state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn. Drawing new district lines in states with the most redistricting activity presented the opportunity to solidify conservative policy making at the state level and maintain a Republican stronghold in the U.S. House of Representatives for the next decade.”
Through Gerrymandering, Republicans has made it almost impossible to be removed from office in some districts. Since they feel safe from being removed from office, they have no motivation to compromise. They are pursuing radical right wing agendas such as cutting assistance to the poor, cutting planned parenthood funding and passing anti-aborting “War on Women” legislation when the majority of Americans do not support these actions.
To Republicans, winning at all costs is a “Zero Sum Game”. They know the only way they can win, is if you lose.
Republicans are destroying democracy by Gerrymandering districts. As you can see from the graph above, a disproportionate number of Republicans were “elected” in relation to votes cast.
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GOP Gerrymandering: Democratic Votes Not Matched By Seats Gained
Rachel Maddow shows four states in which Democratic popular vote victories are not commensurate with representative legislative seats because Republican gerrymandering has tipped the playing field.
The Republican Dominated Supreme Court “Justices” Legalized Partisan Gerrymandering by making sure Republicans can cement their stranglehold in States they control and never be voted out of office. This is how Anti-Democratic Authoritarian Fascist take over counties (such as Hungary) and Eliminate Democracy.
How The GOP Manipulated Ohio Elections
After winning single-party control of the state in the 2010 elections, Ohio Republicans set out to redraw the state’s congressional map to their advantage. What unfolded is one of the most egregious examples of partisan gerrymandering in modern history. Rather than working through the official legislative process which involved a bipartisan task force, Ohio Republicans and national GOP operatives rented a secret hotel room in Columbus, known as “The Bunker.” They designed a map that would give Republicans a 12-4 advantage over Democrats, when it came to “winning” districts, and therefore, congressional seats. This unconstitutional, partisan advantage is locked in until 2022, unless stopped.
Why New 2021 Ohio Redistricting Maps Are An ‘Insult To Democracy’
CNN’s John Avlon breaks down how the “rigged” redistricting process in Ohio is engineered to help the Republican Party achieve an electoral majority.
Democrats won 20 million More Votes and Lost
The United States constitution is severely flawed when more often than not in the last few elections the majority of people voting for a particular party did not receive their relative representation. Democrats received 20 million more votes in the Senate than Republicans in 2014, yet Republicans won big.
The same occurred in the House of Representatives in 2012.
House Democrats out-earned their Republican counterparts by 1.17 million votes. Read another way, Democrats won 50.59 percent of the two-party vote. Still, they won just 46.21 percent of seats, leaving the Republicans with 234 seats and Democrats with 201.
Full article at egbertowillies.com/2015/01/04/amazing-democrats-won-20-million-votes-lost/
Politicians picking their voters is unconstitutional. Gerrymandering is an assault on Democracy.
This is yet another example of how Republicans rig elections… how they don’t give a dam about the will of the American people and how they use tactics to win, regardless of how unethical and unscrupulous the tactics may be.
UNTIL GERRYMANDERING IS MADE ILLEGAL, THERE WILL BE NO DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
Related Articles:
Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered House map was struck down – with huge implications for 2018
It was one of the most pro-Republican gerrymanders in the country.
Florida Court Declares One Of The Worst Partisan Gerrymanders In The Country Unconstitutional – http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/07/11/3459082/florida-court-declares-one-of-the-worst-partisan-gerrymanders-in-the-country-unconstitutional/
Saving Democracy in Florida – http://newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/saving-democracy-florida
The Great Gerrymander of 2012 – http://nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/the-great-gerrymander-of-2012.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Bush/Cheney Caused ISIS
Bush/Cheney Created Conditions That Led Directly to ISIS
It was the unnecessary Bush/Cheney Iraq War that created the conditions that led directly to the rise of the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL).
Bush’s “de-Baathification program” eliminated all vestiges of Sunni power in Iraqi society and set the stage for the Sunni insurrection against American occupation and the new Shiite-led government. Bush disbanded the entire Sunni-dominated Iraqi Army and bureaucracy. He didn’t change it. He didn’t make it more inclusive of Shiites and Kurds. He just disbanded it. It is no accident that two of the top commanders of today’s ISIL are former commanders in the Saddam-era Iraqi military.
And after all, contrary to Dick Cheney’s absurd assertion that U.S. forces would be greeted in Iraq as “liberators,” no one likes a foreign nation to occupy their country.
The War did more than any propagandist could possibly do to radicalize vulnerable young people. And by setting off wave after wave of sectarian slaughter it created blood feuds that will never be forgiven.
The Iraq War — and the Sunni power vacuum caused first by U.S. policies and then Al Maliki — created the perfect conditions that allowed a vicious band of extremists to take huge swaths of territory.
And now many of the same people who caused this foreign policy disaster have the audacity to criticize President Obama’s measured efforts to clean up the mess they created. And they do so often without ever saying what they themselves would do to solve the horrific problems that they created.
Full Article By Robert Creamer – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/bushcheney-created-condit_b_5820916.html
Jeb Bush Confronted by College Student: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’
JEB BUSH RESPONSIBLE FOR RIGGING BUSH/CHENEY ELECTION
It seems that everyone has forgot that ultimately, the Jeb Bush administration is responsible for the Iraq War, thousands of deaths, ISIS and all of the other disasters Bush / Cheney caused by his administration Rigging the 2000 election. Details here…
Mitt Romney Blames Obama for Income Inequality
In the above video, Mitt Romney has the nerve to blame President Obama for Income Inequality.
Mitt Romney is once again lying by omitting the facts about the rotten things Republicans has done to the American people.
- Republicans refused to raise the minimum wage – Details…
- Republicans voted to cut 39 billion from food assistance to the poor – Details…
- Republicans refused to extend Unemployment assistance to over 1.3 million Americans – Details…
- Republicans sabotaged the economy and blamed President Obama – Details…
- On the day of President Obama’s inauguration in 2009, Republican leaders in Congress plotted to obstruct everything President Obama proposed, with no regard to how it would negatively affect the American people – Details…
Mitt Romney engages in “Do anything, say anything to get elected” politics.
Mitt Romney flip flops on issues
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Lets not forget about Mitt Romney’s 47 percent comments.
Lets also never forget that Mitt Romney is a heartless corporate raider who’s responsible for buying companies, firing workers and liquidating the assists.
The last thing the American people needs is some millionaire like Romney who doesn’t have a clue what it’s like to be poor or to struggle to pay bills.
Mitt Romney is one of the biggest lairs ever to run for President. Click here to view his laundry list of lies and false statements.
GOP lies over Keystone Pipeline XL
Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines controversy explained
Republicans has made false claims about jobs and marginalized the possible disastrous consequences of the Keystone XL Pipeline
A breached oil pipeline in Montana has spilled as many as 50,000 gallons of crude oil in and around the Yellowstone River, according to the state. Days after the spill, officials detected benzene, a cancer-causing agent.
Canada’s Tar Sands is the third-largest proven crude oil reserve in the world behind Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The development of Canada’s Oil Sands is concerning environmentalists for several reasons, not least the fact that producing “tar oil”, or “sand oil” as it’s also known, releases three times the volume of greenhouse gas emissions as conventional oil.
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Educating Americans about the dangers of KXL
Majority of Americans support the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Ed Schultz, Alan Robock and Michael Brune explain the need change public perception.
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Canadian Company won’t back down on KXL
TransCanada continues their aggressive push to have the United States pass the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. Ed Schultz and Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss.
The Keystone climate
The Keystone XL Pipeline is dropping in popularity with the American public as more information comes to light about its environmental impact. Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and adviser for the Carbon Tracker Initiative, Mark Fulton join Ed to tackle the debate with politicians who deny climate science.
Impact of Keystone XL on Native American tribes
Native Americans in South Dakota fear that building of the Keystone XL Pipeline could disrupt their fragile land and culture. Ed Schultz travels to the reservation.
Top 1 percent control over half of world’s wealth
The richest 1 percent of the population owns more than half the world’s wealth as of 2016, Oxfam International said in a report released as the World Economic Forum begins in Davos, Switzerland.
Oxfam said the world’s richest people saw their share of global wealth jump to 48 percent last year from 44 percent in 2009. Rising inequality is holding back the fight against global poverty as the world’s biggest companies lobby the U.S. and European Union for beneficial tax changes at a time when average taxpayers are still paying the bill for the financial crisis, Oxfam said.
“Do we really want to live in a world where the 1 percent own more than the rest of us combined?” Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam’s executive director, said in a statement. “The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering, and despite the issues shooting up the global agenda, the gap between the richest and the rest is widening fast.”
While world leaders such as President Barack Obama and International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde have talked about tackling extreme economic inequality “we are still waiting for many of them to walk the walk,” Byanyima said.
The healthcare and financial services industries spent almost $900 million to lobby the U.S. government for favorable legislation in 2013, and more than $200 million was spent on lobbying in the EU, Oxfam said.
At the same time, one in nine people don’t have enough to eat and more than a billion people live on less than $1.25 a day, Oxfam said, ticking off statistics that paint a grim picture for all but the world’s richest.
The wealthiest are getting wealthier, and lobbying has a lot to do with it
Growing wealth inequality certainly isn’t a new phenomenon, and almost a year after the Thomas Piketty sensation, chatter about its causes and consequences hasn’t dulled. The Oxfam report zeroes in on the political influence affordable to the ultrarich: lobbying, specifically in the financial and pharmaceutical and health care industries.
It used to be that the total wealth of the world’s billionaires and of the bottom half of the globe increased at roughly the same rate. That changed in 2010. Total wealth for the poorest 50 percent has actually decreased from what it was in 2009, while wealth at the top has doubled (in nominal terms). Just 80 billionaires now control the same wealth as 3.5 billion people.
Article By Simone Pathe January 19, 2015
Full article at http://pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/wealthiest-getting-wealthier-lobbying-lot/
Republican Voter Suppression Tactics Exposed
In the above video, investigative journalist for the BBC and The Guardian Greg Palast exposes illegal Republican Voter Suppression tactics, shocking allegations about Jeb Bush, George W. Bush and the News Media.
Greg Palast was the first to uncover how the State of Florida purged thousands of legitimate voters from the rolls before the election. He is also the author of the best-selling book, “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy“.
The Movie version shows how George W. Bush received preferential treatment in the military, how he was a loser in the Oil Business, how the 2000 Election was stolen and more. 1 hour movie – click here to view..
Compromise unlikely from GOP
Rachel Maddow points out that despite the Beltway’s acceptance at face value of Republican talk of cooperation and compromise, the proven electoral success of the Republican strategy of opposing President Obama at every step makes cooperation unlikely.
Republicans Blocked Bill to Aid Small Businesses
Senator Cantwell’s Floor Speech on the Republican Obstruction of a Key Bill to Help Create Jobs
Congressional Democrats started the year in 2010 with ambitious plans to pass a series of bills designed to help small businesses create jobs.
Senate Republicans blocked a bill to increase small business lending, dealing a setback to President Barack Obama’s jobs agenda.
The bill would create a $30 billion government fund to help community banks increase lending to small businesses, combining it with about $12 billion in tax breaks aimed at small businesses. Democrats say banks should be able to use the lending fund to leverage up to $300 billion in loans to small businesses, helping to loosen tight credit markets.
Obama lobbied for the small business lending bill during a trip Wednesday to Edison, N.J. But Senate Democrats fell short of the necessary 60 votes Thursday to end a Republican filibuster.
The vote was 58 to 42, with all 41 Republicans voting to continue the filibuster.
Mistaken Wars such as Viet Nam & Iraq Exposed
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow live from Baghdad about the factions in conflict in Iraq and the surrounding region, and the complexities of U.S. interests in what will likely become civil war.
Examples of past wars such as, Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan
Rachel Maddow looks back at examples of the challenges of transitioning from a state of war to a stable government and questions whether the United States wants to commit itself militarily to propping up governments in Iraq and Afghanistan indefinitely.
Republcians Want Welfare Recipients Drug Tested
The offensive drug testing of welfare recipients
Rev. Al Sharpton reflects on a piece of legislation recently passed in Georgia that could have the state drug testing their food stamp recipients soon.
Drug testing welfare recipients
Professor Alison Ritter says drug testing welfare recipients is poor policy.
Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients Ruled Unconstitutional
“A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down a Florida law requiring drug screening for welfare recipients, saying that it violated the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches.
Billionaires Attempting to Buy Elections
Reid criticizes Billionaires influence
Strategists Steve McMahon and Rick Tyler debate the unlimited financial influence of Charles and David Koch on elections, and discuss Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s recent criticism of the Koch brothers.
Ads exposes how Billionaires Buy Elections
Arizona Republican Anti-Gay Bill Attempts to Legalize Discrimination
Imagine going to a restaurant, barber or hair salon, grocery store, auto repair or any other type of business you can think of and being told, “sorry we don’t serve gays, it’s against our religious beliefs”, just because the owner or sales person thinks you look gay.
If Arizona Republicans had gotten their way, that’s how things would have been in the State of Arizona. Their law would also required you to pay the legal expenses of the business, if you wanted to sue the business for falsely discriminating against you to prove you weren’t gay.
This is how the holocaust in Nazi Germany started. It started with discrimination against the Jews.
Most Republicans are OK, fine with NSA spying on private citizens. Republicans are passing laws in every state they control legislating what women can and cannot do with their own bodies.
The type of repression Republicans are engaging in is typical of Fascism.
Click here to read the Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism and you’ll see that Republicans fit the description.
Don’t be fooled, when you vote for Republicans, your voting for less freedom and more government.
Below is the list of Arizona Republicans who voted for the Arizona Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill
We need to send a message to these BIGOTS that Discrimination of ANY kind will NOT BE TOLERATED.
Each person who voted for this bill proved they don’t believe in democracy and should be VOTED OUT OF OFFICE
Anti-gay bills abroad tied to US evangelicals
Jeff Sharlet, contributing editor for Harper’s magazine, talks with Rachel Maddow about the role of American evangelicals in drafting anti-gay laws world-wide.
Anti-gay discrimination passes AZ legislature
Arizona State Rep. Chad Campbell talks with Steve Kornacki about the opposition to the new Arizona anti-gay bill that can now only be stopped by a veto.
Arizona Republicans who voted for the Arizona Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill
SENATE
Nancy Barto, Phoenix
President Andy Biggs, Gilbert
Judy Burges, Sun City West
Chester Crandell, Heber
Adam Driggs, Phoenix
David Farnsworth, Mesa
Gail Griffin, Hereford
John McComish, Phoenix
Al Melvin, Tucson
Rick Murphy, Peoria
Steve Pierce, Prescott
Michele Reagan, Scottsdale
Don Shooter, Yuma
Kelli Ward, Lake Havasu City
Bob Worsley, Mesa
Steve Yarbrough, Chandler
Kimberly Yee, Phoenix
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
John Allen, Phoenix
Brenda Barton, Payson
Sonny Borrelli, Lake Havasu City
Paul Boyer, Phoenix
Doug Coleman, Apache Junction
Jeff Dial, Chandler
Karen Fann, Prescott
Eddie Farnsworth, Gilbert
Tom Forese, Chandler
Doris Goodale, Kingman
David Gowan, Sierra Vista
Rick Gray, Sun City
John Kavanagh, Scottsdale
Adam Kwasman, Oro Valley
Debbie Lesko, Peoria
David Livingston, Peoria
Phil Lovas, Peoria
J.D. Mesnard, Chandler
Darin Mitchell, Litchfield Park
Steve Montenegro, Litchfield Park
Justin Olson, Mesa
Warren Petersen, Gilbert
Justin Pierce, Mesa
Frank Pratt, Casa Grande
Bob Robson, Chandler
Carl Seel, Phoenix
T. J. Shope, Coolidge
Steve Smith, Maricopa
David Stevens, Sierra Vista
Bob Thorpe, Flagstaff
Speaker Andy Tobin, Paulden
Kelly Townsend, Mesa
Michelle Ugenti, Scottsdale
Citizens United Delivers Government for the Rich
Government Shutdowns…Brought To You By Citizens United
The first government shutdown in 17 years might never have happened if the Supreme Court didn’t open up the floodgates of corporate money with its 2010 Citizens United decision. (In The Balance” by Prolific Arts Music)
The Truth About Citizens United
We take a much-needed, closer look at one of the most notorious Supreme Court decisions of all time.
Sen. Whitehouse Delivers Closing Remarks on Citizens United and Dark-Money Corruption
Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivers closing remarks in a Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation & IRS Oversight hearing entitled, “Laws and Enforcement Governing the Political Activities of Tax-Exempt Entities.” The hearing examined the ways in which special interests exploit weak and outdated IRS regulations to funnel massive amounts of unaccountable dark money into our elections through 501(c)(4) organizations.
Super PACs lead to political inequality (Hardball)
It’s been four years since the Citizen’s United decision, and the effects of that ruling have not gone unnoticed. Josh Green and Chris CIllizza join Hardball to talk about unlimited political spending and the inequality it’s created among candidates.
Manatee County Board of Commissioners Reduce Precincts from 99 to 69
Florida Manatee county Republican controlled Board of Commissioners voted to reduce the number of Precincts from 99 to 69. This appears to be another attempt by Republicans obstruct voters and rig elections
Republican Mike Bennett
Republican Mike Bennett, in his first term as elections supervisor, proposed reducing the number of Manatee County precincts from 99 to 69. Citing decreased Election Day turnout, as more voters switch to in-person early voting and vote-by-mail options, he told the commissioners that the move would save money and allow the county to offer more early voting sites in the future.
While serving in the Florida Senate, Republican Mike Bennett endorsed making it hard to vote: “I wouldn’t have any problem making it harder. I would want them to vote as badly as I want to vote. I want the people of the state of Florida to want to vote as bad as that person in Africa who’s willing to walk 200 miles…This should not be easy.” He made that comment as he supported a voter suppression bill that reduced the number of days for early voting in Florida and helped create long lines across the state. [Source: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/02/11/3278101/florida-county-reduces-minority-precincts/
Republicans Refuse to Increase the Minimum Wage
The 5 Biggest Myths Republicans Use to Avoid Raising the Minimum Wage
This 7-second video shows a Republican candidate, Karen Handel for the Georgia 6th Congressional District saying in a debate, “I do not support a livable wage.”
This is typical of ALL Republicans… they don’t support a minimum wage or livable wage.
House votes to raise minimum wage to $15 but still has to pass in Senate
Dems introduce bill to raise the minimum wage
Polling shows a significant majority of Americans want to see the minimum wage raised, but Republicans refuse to support it.
Republicans Block Minimum Wage Increase
Legislators who primary do nothing and obstruct like Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor John Boehner make $192.48, $213.94 and $247.23 per hour while many people who work 100 times harder makes $7.25 an hour. It is impossible to pay your rent, utilities and put food on the table with a income of $7.25 an hour.
Conservatives Condemn Pope for Caring about the Poor
Conservatives condemn the Pope for Caring about the Poor, the Environment, Serving as good stewards of the environment, advancing economic opportunities for all, Protecting religious minorities and religious freedom and welcoming and integrating immigrants globally
Pope Francis ‘honoured’ by criticism from American conservatives
Conservatives Rage Against Pope Francis
Pope Francis has been extremely open an outspoken on a number of different issues that touch on society, values, and politics. This is not sitting well with right wing, who value the opinions of the owner class over religious leaders. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Pope Francis quietly but forcefully made his priorities clear during his first full day in the United States on Wednesday, urging in a pair of speeches a renewed emphasis on tackling global poverty, confronting climate change, caring for migrants and providing a welcoming church that is pastoral rather than doctrinaire.
President Obama welcomed the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics with the fanfare of trumpets and a show of solidarity, escorting him onto a red-carpeted stage at the South Portico of the White House and praising his moral authority that “comes not just through words but also through deeds.
Christians Who Supports Trump and Votes Republican are Hypocrites
There is no area where the Republican Party and Christianity intersect, and yet far too many Christians claim that they vote for Republicans on religious grounds. This is pure hypocrisy – you can’t be both a good Christian and a Republican loyalist, as the two truly are mutually exclusive.
Trumpism has changed evangelicalism, not the other way around, says author
Evangelicals now think Jesus was a liberal wimp
Is Jesus Too ‘Liberal’ For U.S. Evangelicals?
Republicans Calls for Penalties on Solar-Panel Owners
GOP Sells Out Solar Power in Florida
There was a time in America when big business and the politicians closest to them at least pretended to be patriotic, to put the interests of the nation and its citizens first. The latest abomination from Republicans in Florida shows that those days are long gone. All-powerful for-profit utilities have apparently bribed/persuaded Florida officials to crush what they consider to be a developing threat – solar power. Unless Democrats can pass federal standards that would preempt these state efforts, expect more and more of this nation’s for-profit utilities to have “conversations” with their wholly-owned Republican state legislators.
Florida solar customers, others shocked over new charge on electric bills
Owners paying for solar energy system but panels aren’t connected to the grid
ALEC calls for penalties on ‘freerider’ homeowners in assault on clean energy
Documents reveal conservative group’s anti-green agenda * Strategy to charge people who install their own solar panels * Environmentalists accuse Alec of protecting utility firms’ profits
Per the above article: “The Republican based Alliance of Corporations and Conservative Activists (ALEC) is mobilizing to penalize homeowners who install their own solar panels – casting them as “free riders” – in a sweeping new offensive against renewable energy”.
• Documents reveal conservative group’s anti-green agenda
• Strategy to charge people who install their own solar panels
• Environmentalists accuse Alec of protecting utility firms’ profits
Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) will promote legislation with goals ranging from penalizing individual homeowners and weakening state clean energy regulations, to blocking the Environmental Protection Agency, which is Barack Obama’s main channel for climate action.The group sponsored at least 77 energy bills in 34 states last year.
The measures were aimed at opposing renewable energy standards, pushing through the Keystone XL pipeline project, and barring oversight on fracking, according to an analysis by the Centre for Media and Democracy.
Republicans Passing Anti-Union Laws
GOP governor uses taxpayer money to bust unions
There are bombshell revelations about GOP Gov. Bill Haslam’s influence in stopping the UAW from unionizing the Tennessee VW plant.
The Republican appointed and dominated 5 to 4 Supreme Court recently ruled that public workers can opt out of paying union dues.
As shown in the videos above, states controlled by Republicans has been passing Union Busting Laws. Unions have helped raise the standard of living for millions of Americans, increase wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Most Americans are unaware of Republicans efforts to eliminate Unions.
Republicans Block Military Sexual Assault Legislation
Gillibrand Calls to Reform Handling of Military Sexual Crime
The Pentagon estimates that 26,000 troops were sexually assaulted last year, but only 3,400 attacks were reported. What’s the best way to change how the military handles these cases? Judy Woodruff talks to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who advocates removing sexual assault cases out of the chain of command.
Republicans Block Military Sexual Assault Legislation
The Senate blocked a bill that would strip senior military commanders of authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses in the ranks. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called the vote ‘painful,’ but vowed to keep fighting for victims. (March 6)
