I'm Thom Hartmann here
on the news you need to know this the republican party really doesn't get
women
you know understand what's important for our nation
either on the very day they picked a woman to give the state in the Union
response they also pass legislation to limit
women's access to health care on Tuesday the republican-controlled house
representatives
passed a bill to block private insurance coverage of abortion in
any plan purchased through the health care exchange obviously this
anti-choice measures not likely to make it through the Senate and even if it did
it would be
Lille be likely vetoed by President Obama its legislation was simply a way
for republicans to pander to their base
it's already against the law for taxpayer money to pay for abortion it's
called the Hyde Amendment
but that's not strong enough republicans they think their time is best spent
trying to deny women their legal right to a safe and sometimes necessary
medical procedure
when the majority of Americans want Congress focused on important issues
like jobs
immigration and our economy representative Louise
slaughters said yesterday we saw two visions for America play out on the
house floor
President Obama and congressional Democrats vision for economic
opportunity and jobs
and the house republicans vision for telling american women what they can and
cannot do with their bodies
end quote the nine women access to abortion is not going to bring back jobs
in our country
not going to stimulate our economy and it's not going to restore benefits for
the long-term unemployed
republicans want to refight the dike the battles a previous decades
that's one thing but how they deal with the important Pfizer
our time first in screwed news state economies are suffering because
Republicans refuse to extend
unemployment benefits according to the democratic policy in communications
center states have lost 1.76
billion dollars since congress allowed long-term unemployment benefits to
expire
in the first week alone States lost four hundred million dollars from their
economies
that number grows by the week in addition there are now four million
people struggling to survive without this meager aid
and there are more than two million children living in a household with at
least one parent
out of work Republicans continue to block efforts to extend unemployment
benefits
and their obstruction is hurting our economy our families
and our fellow Americans in the best to the rest to the news
religious groups are star standing up for Reproductive Rights
on Wednesday religious leaders in several different faith traditions held
a press conference on what they call
reproductive justice his church leaders have joined with secular groups to form
a note
a new coalition called it's time to talk which is focused on
a new way forward on issues like contraception
abortion in comprehensive sex education interview think progress blog
reverent Harry Knox said quote for too long the extreme religious right has
dominated the public conversation about religion and sexuality
he added but the truth is that most people have faith
like the majority of Americans overall support contraception
comprehensive sexual education and reproductive health care including
abortion
and quote is religious men and women join a long list of faith leaders who
have work to protect
reproductive rights and ray work will make a difference
according to read cast .org levels are still combing most areas the day
but another wave radiation is expected to hit our nation in the next couple of
days
Charleston West Virginia is reporting 43 counts per minute with spikes 267
and sells for a mass is averaging 45 with highs in seventy two counts per
minute
Frederick Wisconsin a city in 46 counts per minute with spikes to eighty
and late new ties hovering at 46 with highs of 70
eight counts per minute Chandler Arizona is reporting
49 counts per minute with spikes 277 order Texas is sitting at 38 with highs
of 70 counts per minute
Chico California severin 32 counts per minute with spikes 268
in Seattle Washington is averaging 31 with highs a 50 counts per minute
that casts alert level is 100 counts per minute although they
remind us that there is no such thing as a safe
level of radiation 10 cities are teaming up to fight climate change
Salt Lake City Boston Denver Atlanta and Chicago Kansas City
used in Philadelphia Los Angelos in Orlando are all working together to cut
play climate pollution and save up to one billion dollars a year
on energy bills effort has been called the city energy project
and they're working with environmental groups like the Natural Resources
Defense Council
to create tailored plans to cut carbon emissions
City energy project will work to improve the energy efficiency in city buildings
encourage private investment in common sense solutions
to reduce energy consumption in public buildings and promote transparency in
competition
in energy related markets president the NRDC said
these cities know that they must act now to make their cities more sustainable
and resilient
they will be paving the way for others to follow
and finally in case you ever wondered professional exorcists
say that you can't expel demons by a Skype
in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper Bob Larson
evangelical Christian pastor said he performs
exercises UMS through the web service but others say it's Justin internet scam
every Isaac kramer the International Catholic Association
exorcists said it just can't be done that way
it would be like try to perform a baptism on someone through the telephone
our technological age it's a surprise internet access is in question has been
popped up before
going to avoid someone trying to get ready your demons a
you may be able to stay away from user Gove
Bijan doll and that's the way it is
today Thursday January 30th 2014
I'm Thom Hartmann on the news
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