TUMBLR, WHY ARE YOU NOT ON THIS YET?
petitions.whitehouse.govThere is a petition on Whitehouse.gov that will restrict congressmen and senators salaries to $75,000 a year for the next THREE YEARS to pay off the deficit! It needs 20,919 signatures, And it’s still under 5,000
HELP GET THIS DONE!
“For the first time, there was a traffic jam in the Senate women's bathroom. There were five of us in there, and there are only two stalls.”
—Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Violence Against Women Act: Eric Cantor, Joe Biden In Talks Amid Stalled Tribal Provision
huffingtonpost.comFrom the article:
Leahy explained the provision, probably the least understood of the three additions in the Senate bill: It gives tribal courts limited jurisdiction to oversee domestic violence offenses committed against Native American women by non-Native American men on tribal lands. Currently, federal and state law enforcement have jurisdiction over domestic violence on tribal lands, but in many cases, they are hours away and lack the resources to respond to those cases. Tribal courts, meanwhile, are on site and familiar with tribal laws, but lack the jurisdiction to address domestic violence on tribal lands when it is carried out by a non-Native American individual.
That means non-Native American men who abuse Native American women on tribal lands are essentially “immune from the law, and they know it,” Leahy said.
The standoff over including VAWA protections for Native American women comes at a time of appallingly high levels of violence on tribal lands. One in three Native American women have been raped or experienced attempted rape, the New York Times reported in March, and the rate of sexual assault on Native American women is more than twice the national average. President Barack Obama has called violence on tribal lands “an affront to our shared humanity.”
Of the Native American women who are raped, 86 percent of them are raped by non-Native men, according to an Amnesty International report. That statistic is precisely what the Senate’s tribal provision targets.
My 12 senators for 2013 elections
- Binay, Nancy - Kelangan ng maid sa senate na hindi magsasalita pag nakita ang mga amo may ginagawang kababalaghan. In short utusan.
- Angara, Sonny - Kelangan din daw ng mga fans sa senado. Kelangan ng mga malalanding fans tulad ni daniel padilla.
- Aquino, Bam - Sabi nga nila bawal ang dynasty, Uso lang ang the family that prays together stays together.
- Cojuangco, Tingting - Ulitin natin. The family that prays together stays together.
- Ejercito, JV - Kasi nga si jinggoy nasa senado din. Gayagaya ki Alan at Pia.
- Cayetano, Alan - Sister Sister sila ni Pia. Bawal ang isang sister lang.
- Poe, Grace - Kasi kelangan ng Striktong Patnubay at Gabay ang senado.
- Trillanes, Antonio - Magkabarilan na!
- Villar, Cynthia - Kelangan natin ng sponsors ng bahay para sa mahihirap.
- Zubiri, Migz - Palakihan kayo ng coconut ni koko. haha
- Pimentel, Koko - The coconut nut is a giant nut. If you eat too much, you’ll get very fat. Now, the coconut nut is a big, big nut. But its delicious nut is not a nut. (Bat ang dirty sa isip ko? haha)
- Hagedorn, Ed - Bakasakaling maging world wonder na din ang senado sa underground transactions tulad sa underground river.
Note: Ang magalit tanga. Wag magpahalatang totoo ang sinabi ko.
We Told You So, Harry
wetoldyousoharry.comIn 2008, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that his top priority was to ensure that Barack Obama was a one-term president. In his failed pursuit of that goal, he has lead his party to unprecedented obstructionism, abusing the filibuster to bring all Senate business to a halt.
In the 2012 election, Americans overwhelmingly re-elected President Obama, cast more votes for Democrats than Republicans, and increased the Democratic majority in the Senate.
Millions of Democratic voters urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to change the Senate rules in response to Senate Republican’s unprecedented filibuster abuse. Unfortunately, Senator Reid ignored the warnings of his own party and the Democratic base. Unfortunately, Senator Reid reached a meaningless agreement with Senator McConnell that has done nothing to restore the rights of the majority. The Senate is as dysfunctional as ever, and Senate Republicans are even filibustering cabinet nominees for the first time in history.
Senator Reid has threatened to revisit the rules several times since the toothless agreement was reached and Republican obstructionism continued, but so far nothing has changed. In fact, a small group of Republican senators, representing less than 11% of the population, is capable of completely controlling all Senate business. This is wrong. This is undemocratic, and it needs to stop.
It’s time to tell Senator Reid we told you so, Harry.
Please visit this website my friend Sean and I made, and send Senator Reid a postcard demanding he take action to restore the rights of the majority in the Senate, so that unprecedented Republican obstructionism is no longer able to prevent the governing of America.
"Let me just make a couple points in response. One: I'm not a sixth grader."
motherjones.comDianne Feinstein: 1
Ted Cruz: 0
How to deal with a mansplainer starring Hillary Clinton in gifs
feministing.comSometimes you don’t realize how #bawse somebody is, until you make it into a gif.
So after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smacked down the Senate and the House yesterday it occurred to me that what made it magical is that it is an instructional video on how to deal with a mansplainer. And of course, any good tutorial needs to be broken down into gifs for emphasis.
Ladies and gentlemen, “How to deal with a mansplainer starring Hillary Clinton”
Step 1: Raise your hands up like, “Whoa you guys you can’t be serious.”

Step 2: Make sure to emphasize your points by counting with your hands so that simple tea party Senator mansplainer understands. Mansplainers like visuals.

Step 3: No, seriously. Fuck this guy.

Step 4: Raise your hands up like, “What’s your point?” and clown the mansplainer for not having an actual relevant point.

Step 5: When Senator John McCain calls you combative and proceeds to rant endlessly, nod with a sly smile.

Step 6: Take the time McCain spends ranting to reorganize the pages in your binder.

Step 7: Rearrange all of the random crap on your desk. You can never be too organized when getting grilled by angry white dudes.

Step 8: When the rant continues on and on put look at the mansplainer with a *blank stare* and put your hand on your chin like, “Are you still talking?”

Step 9: Go home and do this.

