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Exclusive: New York Sandy ‘Climate Resilience’ Plan Won’t Address Climate Pollution May 24, 2013
by Brad Johnson, campaign manager for Forecast the Facts The nearly $300 million climate-resiliency initiative established by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg using Sandy relief funds will not address climate pollution, according to a city official. The New York City Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR), formed in November 2012, will […]
Brad Johnson, Guest Blogger
How California Is Debunking The GOP’s Obamacare Talking Points May 24, 2013
On Thursday, California officials revealed insurance companies’ opening bids for the state’s Obamacare marketplace in 2014. The numbers are great for consumers — and terrible for right-wing fear mongering over the health law. Covered California, the agency tasked with constructing and maintaining the Golden State’s insurance marketplace, announced in a press […]
Sy Mukherjee
Maggie Gallagher Doubles Down: Saying Heterosexuality Is Better Isn’t Anti-Gay May 24, 2013
Earlier this week, Maggie Gallagher tried to assert that championing heterosexuality does not denigrate gay people, even though her specific goal in doing so is to deny them the same legal protections of marriage. In a follow-up post at the National Review also excerpted by the National Organization for Marriage, Gallagher doubled down on this [...] […]
Zack Ford
Illinois Bans Abstinence-Only Sex Ed: ‘In Fantasy Land, We Teach Our Kids Abstinence’ May 24, 2013
Illinois public schools will be required to include medically accurate information about birth control in their sex ed classes under a measure that the state legislature passed this week. HB 2675, which Gov. Pat Quinn (D) is expected to sign into law, will prohibit health classes from teaching abstinence-only curricula. Illinois’ current law requires sex [.. […]
Tara Culp-Ressler
More And More Americans Are Feeling The Impact Of Sequestration Cuts May 24, 2013
A new poll for ABC by Langer Research Associates finds that nearly four in ten Americans say sequestration has hurt them personally, up from just a quarter in March. About half of those impacted say the harm has been “major.” Those who have been impacted also report high levels of pessimism about the state of [...] […]
Bryce Covert

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