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BREAKING: Restrictiv​e abortion ban ~~ a repost


16 Republican lawmakers in Michigan — all men — introduced bills that would force women to have an invasive transvaginal ultrasound before an abortion, and would criminalize abortions as early as six weeks (before many women even know they’re pregnant).

If passed, these would be some of the most radical and restrictive abortion bans ever enacted.

Send an urgent $3 donation to EMILY’s List right now to help defeat radical anti-choice elected officials like the group pushing this dangerous legislation in Michigan.

These bills are so extreme that Right to Life Michigan, the leading anti-choice group in the state, won’t back the full package because they don’t think it will “stand constitutional muster.”

But that isn’t stopping the Republicans in Michigan. They don’t believe women should have the right to make their own health decisions and they’re going to do everything in their power to roll back the rights we’ve fought so hard to protect.

EMILY’s List is supporting seven pro-choice Democratic women running for office in Michigan, and electing them is the best thing we can do to stop this kind of legislation from getting passed — and getting copied in other states.

Donate $3 right now to help elect pro-choice champions — and to prove we won’t stand idle while extreme anti-choice elected officials try and roll the clock back 50 years on reproductive health.

Thanks for all you do,

Stephanie

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The Affordable Care Act’s Dramatic Impact On The Uninsured, In One Chart

Yesterday we wrote about some of the GOP health care myths that have been busted with the latest good news from research on how the Affordable Care Act is working. Well, right after that, another great piece of new evidence showed up. This time (with consideration for your Friday afternoon), we can summarize it in a single chart:

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As the chart above reveals, according to the latest polling by Gallup, the rate of Americans without insurance dropped by 3.7 points between the fourth quarter of 2013 and the second quarter of 2014, from 17.1 percent to 13.4 percent. That is a dramatic decline that directly coincides with the open enrollment period for new plans under the ACA.

How’s that for some good news?

BOTTOM LINE: The evidence continues to roll in. Millions of Americans are getting covered thanks to the Affordable Care Act — including huge numbers of individuals who were previously uninsured.

Cable News Has A Big Problem


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Some other things I’ve read this week: Linda Marsa on a new frontier of inequality, Simon Parkin on mapping the galaxy, Elizabeth Spiers on a publisher challenging the culture, and Joseph Stiglitz on the myth of the past.

John Whitehouse
Twitter: @existentialfish

This Is A Big Problem

GuestsPolls regularly show that Americans’ top issue is the economy. And yet when cable news shows discuss economic issues, two-thirds of the guests are men. http://mm4a.org/1n8AL6s
Related: Cable news economic guests are not experts either: only 3% of economic guests are actual economists: http://mm4a.org/1jlLUGo

Climate Denialists Party In Vegas

VEGASThis week was the big climate change denial conference put on by the Heartland Institute. We’ve put together the complete dossier of those attending, including their ties to the oil industry: http://mm4a.org/1m8xecX

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IngrahamThe xenophobic and nativist rhetoric of right-wing anti-immigrant protesters is straight from conservative media figures: http://mm4a.org/1xNcBGN

THEY JUST IGNORE IT

GregoryThe June jobs report showed that the economy was picking up, with almost 300,000 jobs created. So why did the Sunday shows ignore it? http://mm4a.org/1mBkDA1

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drought season … in Seattle


Summer drought season has begun

A drought season in Seattle of all places? You read that right. Cliff Mass, our own world-famous meteorologist, goes into some great detail about our dry season here in Seattle. Did you know in July, Seattle is drier than Phoenix?