that there s a war on women is a fabrication, even as that was happening, more than 60 republicans in the house were introducing another federal anti-abortion bill. another one! republicans have also introduced a new 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions nationwide. they ve also introduced a new time restriction on when you are allowed to get an abortion in washington, d.c., over which congress has some jurisdiction. they also introduced a national forced ultrasound bill. so like the one in virginia that made bob mcdonnell famous, except this time house republicans want it for the whole country. they tried to block medical schools from being able to teach how to perform an abortion to doctors in training. they threatened to shut down the whole government over trying to defund planned parenthood. hr-3, the third thing they deal, their third bill. it was repeal obama care, then something else, then hr-3, the third thing they introduced when day took over the house was an
and rising. that s the blue line there. but what goes up with income and equality, and this is kind of freaky, is the polarization in congress. that s the other line on this graph. that s the red line. as income and equality gets worse, the divide between the two sides in congress gets worse and worse, too. and in the case of our current politics, as income and equality gets worse, polarization in congress gets worse, specifically because the republican party goes further and further and further away from the center. they go further to the right. the democrats stay relatively still and the republicans sprint right as the rich get richer. it s crazy, right? we know that money and politics are linked but rarely do you get as clear an explanation of exactly how they are linked. the inclination is if you want to fix income and inequality, good luck doing this. and any hopelessness that you
closely, the blue line is income and equality in the united states. you have a lot of very rich people and poor people but nobody in the middle. that means that your economic inequality is high. our economic inequality is high and rising. that s the blue line there. but what goes up with income and equality, and this is kind of freaky, is the polarization in congress. that s the other line on this graph. that s the red line. as income and equality gets worse, the divide between the two sides in congress gets worse and worse, too. and in the case of our current politics, as income and equality gets worse, polarization in congress gets worse, specifically because the republican party goes further and further and further away from the center. they go further to the right. the democrats stay relatively still and the republicans sprint right as the rich get richer. it s crazy, right? we know that money and politics are linked but rarely do you get
abortion rights and reproductive rights, specifically. last week, even in the midst of pounding the podium, literally, john boehner pounding the podium, saying that the idea that there s a war on women is a fabrication, even as that was happening, more than 60 republicans in the house were introducing another federal anti-abortion bill. another one! republicans have also introduced a new 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions nationwide. they ve also introduced a new time restriction on when you are allowed to get an abortion in washington, d.c., over which congress has some jurisdiction. they also introduced a national forced ultrasound bill. so like the one in virginia that made bob mcdonnell famous, except this time house republicans want it for the whole country. they tried to block medical schools from being able to teach how to perform an abortion to doctors in training. they threatened to shut down the whole government over trying to defund planned parenthood. hr-3,
that means that your economic inequality is high. our economic inequality is high and rising. that s the blue line there. but what goes up with income and equality, and this is kind of freaky, is the polarization in congress. that s the other line on this graph. that s the red line. as income and equality gets worse, the divide between the two sides in congress gets worse and worse, too. and in the case of our current politics, as income and equality gets worse, polarization in congress gets worse, specifically because the republican party goes further and further and further away from the center. they go further to the right. the democrats stay relatively still and the republicans sprint right as the rich get richer. it s crazy, right? we know that money and politics are linked but rarely do you get