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Jon Stewart Takes On Peggy Noonan, And How (Video: Nooney Tunes)
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Peggy Noonan remembers the days when a presidential scandal meant selling embargoed arms to Iran and funneling the money to coked-out jungle rapists in Nicaragua. Jon Stewart at his best.
Center for American Progress’ deLeon on President Obama’s Call to End the War on Terror
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013. Yesterday, in a speech at National Defense University, President Barack Obama explicitly called for an end to the war against the central Al Qaeda organization that attacked the United States on 9/11. While, as the president acknowledged, the “systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue,”[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on President Obama’s National Security Speech
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013. Below is a statement from Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, on President Obama’s national security speech yesterday: “President Obama is right to say that we cannot be on a war footing forever, but the time to take our country off[Read More…]
A Woman’s Agenda for the 21st Century
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. Today, at an event with Gail Collins and Anna Quindlen on the unfinished business of the women’s movement, the Center for American Progress released “A Woman’s Agenda for the 21st Century.” The analysis highlights the dramatic shift to how women—and men—navigate their workplace responsibilities, caregiving needs,[Read More…]
Maternal & Child Health Advocates Decry Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts on Women, Children and Families
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. Five of the nation’s leading maternal and child health organizations vehemently oppose the dramatically reduced budget allocation proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 labor, health and education spending bill. The Committee’s decision to shift all of the[Read More…]
American Federation of Teachers Statement on Chicago School Closings
Washington–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2013. AFT President Randi Weingarten’s statement on the Chicago school closings. “What we witnessed today was the largest mass school closing in America’s history. Sadly, the reasons for these closings seemed to have changed over the course of the last few months, as a May 16 WBEZ analysis[Read More…]
The New Retirement: No Retirement?
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. For growing numbers of Americans, the new retirement may really mean no retirement. That’s the conclusion of an article in the current issue of the ISR Sampler, the annual magazine of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. “For most of the 20th century we[Read More…]
Victory for American Parents and Teens: Key States Expand Sex Education
NEW YORK, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. Planned Parenthood Federation of America celebrated passage yesterday of state legislation to improve sex education in key states. With a vote of 37 to 21, Illinois state senators sent Governor Pat Quinn a bill that creates uniform standards for sex education. In addition, Colorado Governor[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Denounces Homeland Security Amendment to Limit Women’s Access to Abortion
Amendment to House Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Is Another Attack on Women’s Health Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. Planned Parenthood yesterday strongly condemned the adoption of an amendment to limit access to women’s health care by banning the use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funds for abortion except in cases[Read More…]
