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Georgia Sen.: ‘Hormones’ Cause Military Rape

Via The Daily Beast Oh, God, here we go. Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss said Tuesday that “hormones” are responsible for sexual assault in the armed forces during a Senate hearing on the subject. “The young folks that are coming into your service are anywhere between 17 to 22, 23. Gee whiz, the hormone level created…

GOP’s 'War on women' returns

By ANNA PALMER and DARREN SAMUELSOHN Not every Republican learned Todd Akin’s lesson from 2012 – and Democrats noticed. This week alone: Sen. Saxby Chambliss blamed sexual assaults in the military on hormones, conservative pundit Erick Erickson credited biology for male dominance in society and Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said working moms are making kids fail in school.…

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Brown's Approval Hits New High As Voters See Improvement In CA Economy

By Chris Megerian SACRAMENTO — Californians’ views on the economy continue to improve despite persistent misgivings about the state’s overall direction, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. Forty-nine percent of registered voters said the economy is starting to improve, up 3 percentage points from the last poll in March. Just 26% said…

DGA Statement On Christie’s Senate Election Decision

WASHINGTON, DC—Democratic Governors Association Executive Director Colm O’Comartun today issued the following statement regarding Chris Christie’s decision to hold a Senate election three weeks before the November general election: “Governor Christie might not know or care how many millions of taxpayer dollars his special election gambit will waste, but the people of New Jersey certainly…

Why Women's Rights Are Human Rights

By Andrew M. Cuomo Governor, New York State Over 150 years ago, the women’s suffrage movement began in America at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Since then, New York has been at the forefront of important social and legal movements that have advanced the equal treatment of all people. Over the years,…

Schauer leads Snyder by 4

PPP’s first poll of the Michigan Gubernatorial race since Mark Schauer’s official entry finds the Democrat leading incumbent Rick Snyder 42/38. PPP’s polling of this match up over the last six months has been very consistent- in March Schauer also led Snyder by 4 points and in December he had a 5 point advantage. Schauer’s…

E.W. Jackson: No daylight with Ken Cuccinelli

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS at Politico E.W. Jackson, the GOP lieutenant governor candidate in Virginia who’s made headlines since his selection earlier this month, said in a radio interview Friday that he and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli see eye-to-eye on the issues. “Look, we are in fundamental agreement,” Jackson said, when asked on the radio station WMAL whether he…

Trump Starts His 2016 Dance

By Mother Jones Uh-oh, here we go. Donald Trump—his hair and his ego—is reprising his carnival barker role: Donald Trump declined to say on Wednesday whether he was running for president in 2016 but said that “people in this country are desperate for leadership.” The billionaire businessman told Neil Cavuto on Fox News: “Whether it’s me —…

Obama: Congress must act to keep student loan rates from ballooning

“If Congress doesn’t act by July 1, federal student loan rates are set to double,” the president said on Friday BY KATIE MCDONOUGH Addressing an audience of students in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, President Obama urged Congress to pass a new measure that will prevent rates on government-subsidized student loans from doubling come…