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MOMocrats.com was launched in September 2007 as a national collaborative blog for progressive mom bloggers to write about politics from a mom's perspective.
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Run, Mama Run - May 23,2012 | When it comes to women in legislative office, the US ranks mind-bogglingly low: 90th in the world... and the election of 2010 was the first year when Congress LOST women in office. Is it any wonder so much anti-woman legislation has been voted into law this term? We need to bring more progressive, pro-choice women into office, on local and state levels as well as Federal. Groups like EMILYs List and Womens Campaign Fund are doing the hard work of identifying candidates, training and seeding their campaigns with funding -- but its not enough. Today, MOMocrats launches its 2012 version of Run, Mama Run: an online tool that will give users the ability to easily find and support women candidates all over the country. California Assembly candidate Torie Osborn joins Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Bring Back Glass-Steagall - May 16,2012 | Experts say JPMorgan Chases $2 billion loss is likely the tip of the iceberg. If they were hedging this way, so are the other banks that are even bigger now than when they were "too big to fail" in 2008. Forget the Volcker Rule - we need to bring back Glass-Steagall to prevent these behemoths from gambling with FDIC-insured customer funds. With Karoli, Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Marriage Equality and Romnesia - May 11,2012 | The same night the President announced his evolution on marriage quality, we learned that his GOP rival was a prep school bully. But hes very, very sorry if his hurtful actions offended anyone. Karoli, Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss this and other political news of the week. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Showing REAL Teacher Appreciation - May 09,2012 | Its Teacher Appreciation Week, and parent volunteers at schools around the country are knocking themselves out to thank the professionals who educate our children. And while our teachers are pleased to receive Starbucks cards and be feted at school luncheons, nothing beats giving them the respect they deserve. Teaching in 2012 is a difficult job made more so by candidates and elected officials who score political points by criticizing public education, stripping teachers unions of their rights to negotiate and pushing for privatization schemes with an eye toward dismantling Americas public education system. National Education Association Vice President Lily Eskelsen is our guest this week. Lily, an elementary teacher from Utah, is one of the highest-ranking labor leaders in the country and one of its most influential Hispanic educators (shes an Obama appointee to the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, whose goal is to expand education opportunities and improve education outcomes for Hispanic students.) | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Roberts Court "Parade of Horrors" - May 02,2012 | Legal expert and court watcher Jessica Pieklo joins Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills for a sobering discussion of last weeks hearing on the Arizona Immigration law (aka "Show Me Your Papers"), and the radically conservative bent of the judiciary system after eight years of Bush appointments and three years of Congressional obstruction. As Jessica says, its an "Ed Meese Revolution" -- and the product of a very specific strategy. Is it any surprise that ALEC is involved? | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Etch-a-Sketch Has Shaken - Apr 25,2012 | Mitt Romneys victory speech after last nights primaries was a 14-minute image reboot, casting himself as the savior of the economy -- and not the hard-right, anti-woman, anti-middle class warrior hes been for the last 12 months. Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills paid hard attention to the primary campaign, and do not forget easily. Also: after Procter and Gambles withdrawal from ALEC, we turn our attention to that other major purveyor of home and personal care products, Johnson & Johnson... Mitch McConnells decision not to fight renewal of the Violence Against Womens Act... and Karoli calls in from Detroit, where she has been covering the protests at the annual shareholders meeting of General Electric. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Words with ALEC - Apr 18,2012 | ALEC is the corporate-funded organization behind Floridas deadly kill-at-will law (and similar ones in 23 other states) that resulted in the tragic shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. Yesterday, ALEC announced that it was suspending its task force on gun laws -- but it is still actively promoting policies that undermine the rights of average American citizens: bills that would repeal minimum wage and paid sick day laws, that would bust unions, privatize public land and gut public education, and more. ALSO: Tuesday was Equal Pay Day - which symbolizes the Wage Gap, demonstrating how far into 2012 women must work to earn what men earned in 2011. Republicans in Wisconsin have revoked their own Equal Pay laws, and one GOP Congressional candidate calls equal pay "a nuisance." MOMocrats Karoli, Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills will have something to say about that. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Can Prop 13 Be Undone? - Apr 11,2012 | Some of the MOMocrats Southern California members spent Spring Break touring college campuses and returned home with severe sticker shock at current public university costs... the result of three decades of underfunded government services, thanks to the 1978 enactment of Proposition 13, which pioneered the tsunami of tax-cutting measures that have brought the country to its current fiscal crisis. Now, Governor Jerry Brown is once again facing this issue. He and education activists are seeking opposing ballot measures that aim to raise education dollars by raising taxes on the states wealthiest residents. Is California once again the harbinger of national policy? Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Supreme Court Hearing on Healthcare - Mar 28,2012 | The Justice Department presented its case yesterday for the health insurance mandate -- and the mainstream media reports that it did not go well. (In fact, CNNs Jeffrey Toobin called it a "train wreck.") Karoli has been live blogging the Supreme Court hearing, and offers her take on it with Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Battle for Liberty - Mar 21,2012 | Taken separately, Voter ID, health care reform, reproductive rights, and stand your ground laws may not seem to have much in common. Put them all together and youve got another historic battle for civil rights. Jessica Pieklo, Julie Pippert and Karoli join Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills for our weekly political chatfest. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Unite Against the War Against Women - Mar 14,2012 | The GOP primary race drones on -- and as much as wed like to talk about the economy and jobs, so does the War Against Women. Our guests this week are the leaders of a movement launched to push back and end the conservative campaign to roll back womens rights to the 19th century. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Slutaculous Super Tuesday Smackdown - Mar 07,2012 | 2012 is shaping up to be an extraordinary election year -- even more so than 2010 and 2008, which were also historic. Who ever would have thought that we would spend the week leading up to Super Tuesday discussing contraception -- and the rude discourse of Rush Limbaugh? OK, Rush has always manipulated the news cycle with outrageous proclamations, with uppity women a favorite target. But until now, his sponsors have seen that as a plus. Was this his Don Imus moment? And whats the difference between a prostitute and a Presidential candidate who flip flops whichever way the polls bounce? Join Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills for our coverage of Super Tuesday and more. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Fox Effect on Rising Gas Prices - Feb 29,2012 | Why is everyone so up in arms over the very predictable rise in gasoline prices right now? Because - as Karoli pointed out on Crooks and Liars, Fox News has decided we have to be. She joins Donna and Cyn to talk about the Fox Effect and how it works, as mapped out in the new book by Media Matters David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt. Well also debrief on the results of Tuesdays primaries in Arizona and Michigan, Olympia Snowes surprise announcement, and the march of anti-choice and anti-contraception bills in state and Federal legislatures. | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats Momochat: The War on Women - 1 Year Later - Feb 23,2012 | Join the MOMocrats as they welcome back Kelsey from South Dakota Women, who was with us when the Tea Party Republicans fired the first salvo in what we eventually realized was a nationwide War on Women, being waged by the GOP on all levels of government. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Battle of the Budget - Feb 15,2012 | Never mind the the Middle East, where are military involvement is winding down (although covert actions between Israel and Iran may heat everything up again). Washington is the site of the nations biggest battlefield, emanating to statehouses across the country, schools, and churches. The culture wars ignited by Richard Nixon back in 1968 (with a lot of help from his trusty staffer Pat Buchanan) won the Republicans the South, and thanks to the current crop of right-wing extremists in office (with a lot of help from Nixons old media guy, Roger Ailes of Fox News), Weve spent a lot of time and energy over the last four weeks protecting not just a womans right of choice, but basic healthcare needs, like contraception. And now, we finally enter the "business as usual" phase: The Presidents 2013 budget, which aims to reduce the deficit over time (like the Tea Party wants), but also includes spending on things the country needs (like infrastructure and jobs) -- to be paid for by raising taxes on the 1%. Its going to be a bumpy ride. With Cynematic, Julie Pippert and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Komen Affair: Not Over Yet - Feb 08,2012 | Last weeks social media firestorm over Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundations split with Planned Parenthood shed light on the coordinated strategy the Right has used to nick away at reproductive freedom ( which also prevents Progressives from focusing our energy on other, equally important issues). Cynematic, Karoli and Donna will debrief on the SGKs PR debacle and its aftermath. The MOMocrats will also touch upon the latest developments in the GOP primary race, the Federal court ruling against Californias Proposition 8, and the batte to get around Californias Prop 13. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Pre-Super Bowl Tailgate for Choice Ed. - Feb 01,2012 | Yes, Mitt Romney won Florida last night and well get to that. But more dismaying was news that the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced that they would no longer fund Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings, due to a flimsy new policy predicated on a flimsy Congressional investigation into the small number of abortions the organization provides as part of its entire range of health services. Planned Parenthood clinics are often the ONLY free or low-cost health provider for low-income families, and the Komen Foundations action will deprive thousands of women of screenings for cervical and breast cancer. This latest assault on Planned Parenthood comes amid the outcry at radical anti-abortion leader Randall Terrys successful ploy to force NBC to run graphic anti-abortion advertising during this years SuperBowl. Jessica PIeklo joins Karoli, Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. Join the MOMocrats for their weekly discussion of the world of politics, from the progressive perspective. This week, they will touch upon the results of the Republican primary in in Florida, as we prepare for Super Tuesday. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: South Carolina & the State of the Union - Jan 25,2012 | Join the MOMocrats for their weekly discussion of the world of politics, from the progressive perspective. This week, they will touch upon the results of the Republican primary in South Carolina and preview the race in Florida. | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat:: The SOPA/PIPA Blackout - Jan 18,2012 | Its Wednesday, January 18 and many of your favorite websites have gone black in protest of a couple of congressional bills that would destroy the Internet as we know it. But Cynematic, Julie Pippert and Donna Schwartz Mills are still here today to explain it all to you. And with the State of the Union address just a week away, were thinking about what wed like President Obama to say. Anita Jackson of MomsRising will be with us to discuss what would be most valuable to women. Well also spend some time talking about the War on Women and the Silver Ribbon Campaigns Trust Women Week and March, January 20-27. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The New Hampshire Clown Car Rally - Jan 11,2012 | MOmocrats Cynematic, Karoli, Julie Pippert and Donna Schwartz Mills debrief last nights New Hampshire primary: Mitts Mittfulness, Newts Newtishness, Ron Pauls squirreliness, and Rick Perry -- absent, but not forgotten. The women also touch on shifting staff in the White House, the Texas "mandatory sonogram" law, and efforts to overturn Citizens United. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Race Is On! - Jan 04,2012 | Iowa has caucused, and MOMocrats Donna, Cynematic and Karoli are bound to have something to say about it. Then, Karoli will report on her recent visit to McDowell, West Virginia. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: the Year in Review - Dec 28,2011 | What was the Top Political story of 2011? Was it the debt ceiling crisis, Occupy Wall Street or the crazy ups and downs of the GOP race? Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills weigh in. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Holiday Surprise - Dec 21,2011 | MOMocrats Donna Schwartz Mills and Cynematic talk about ending the war in Iraq and whats next for our troops with Stephanie Himel-Nelson of Blue Star Families. Karoli and Jaelithe Judy are also on hand for a lively discussion of the payroll tax holiday that isnt, thanks to Republicans in the House. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Supreme Decisions - Dec 14,2011 | Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills are joined by two of the MOMocrats legal eagles: Law professor Jessica Mason Pieklo (aka "Hegemommy") and Joanne Bamberger (aka "PunditMom"). Topics include the controversial cases that will be decided by the Supreme Court in the 2012 session, a report by Pieklo on her recent visit to Ghana, and Pundit Moms holiday gift guide for political junkies. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats: Parts of the Affordable Care Act Helping You NOW - Dec 07,2011 | Cynematic and Kaoroli discuss President Obamas "Teddy Roosevelt" speech on the "make or break " moment for the American middle class in Kansas earlier this week, Nancy Pelosis reassurances in the House that social safety net programs will be safe -- provided those of us who value them are willing to fight now and forever for them. We also talk about "hidden" (more like, forgotten) provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are helping people NOW: medical loss ratio rules setting a floor of 80-85% of every patients dollar to be spent on health care as opposed to insurer "overhead," stopgap pre-existing condition coverage for those who didnt have insurance before exchanges come online in 2014 for us all, and insurance for young people under 26 if they can stay on their parents plans. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Why The Push for Online Education? - Nov 30,2011 | This weeks episode is a K12 News Network special, as MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills welcome journalist Lee Fang, author of "How Online Learning Companies Bought Americas Schools" for The Nation. Also some lively discussion about the eviction of Occupy LA. Sponsored by BubbleGenius. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Nov 23,2011 | Lively political discussion from the progressive perspective, hosted by MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Nov 16,2011 | Lively political discussion from the progressive perspective, hosted by MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: What a Difference a Year Makes - Nov 09,2011 | One year after 2010s historic electoral "shellacking," the voters weighed in on the policies enacted by their new Republican majorities, and the results were heartening for Progressives. Voters rejected radical bills that restricted union rights, voting rights and womens healthcare. Donna Schwartz Mills and Karoli Kuns dissect the election results and speculate on what it portends for 2012. Sponsored by BubbleGenius.com. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Nov 02,2011 | Lively political discussion from the progressive perspective, hosted by MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Oct 26,2011 | Lively political discussion from the progressive perspective, hosted by MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Oct 19,2011 | Lively political discussion from the progressive perspective, hosted by MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Oct 05,2011 | Lively political discussion from the progressive perspective, hosted by MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Parsing the Latest Right Wing Memes - Sep 30,2011 | Weve been hearing a lot of hand wringing in the media over the last couple of weeks about the Obama Administrations flaws: That his economic team was ineffective, indecisive and unfair to women (among other accusations). Much of this comes from "Confidence Men," the new book from Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Ron Suskind. Not surprisingly, Karoli and the other MOMocrats have a few things to say about this, too. | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Battle in Seattle - Sep 28,2011 | Join Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills for a lively talk with four women running for school board in Bill Gates backyard up in Seattle. Sharon Peaslee, Michelle Buetow, Kate Martin and Marty McLaren have a vision for education in their district, and well hear why it doesnt completely mesh with that of Gates and the Broad Foundations plans for education reform in America. Lively political discussion from a progressive perspective, hosted by MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Case Against GMO Frankenfoods - Sep 21,2011 | Over the years, weve learned a lot about reading the labels on processed foods -- but what about whole foods that have been genetically engineered? Should we be concerned about produce that originated in a laboratory? Or the results of cross-pollination from a GMO crop into the food chain? These are some of the questions that are posed to this weeks special guest, dietitian Ashley Koff, author of the new book, Mom Energy, and one of the spokespeople for this months Right2Know March. Ashley talks in-depth about the dangers of GMO foods and what to do about it with MOMocrats Cynematic and Jaelithe Judy (who also writes extensively about food and politics at Care2.com). MOMocrats Donna Schwartz Mills and Karoli are also on hand to discuss this weeks news. | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: More Women in Office? She Should Run! - Sep 14,2011 | When women sit at the table, the conversation includes topics that are near and dear to us: Education. Healthcare. Eldercare. Living Wages. Work-Life Balance. Reproductive Rights. According to the Womens Campaign Forum, were ranked 87th in the world for the number of women in our national legislature. Even Cuba and Afghanistan have more female representation than us! Well be hearing more about that on tomorrows edition of MOMocrats MOMochat, when our special guest is Womens Campaign Forum President Siobhan "Sam" Bennett. Join Cynematic, Julie Pippert and Donna Schwartz Mills live at 12:00 noon Eastern/11:00 Central/9:00 a.m. Pacific, or catch us on the podcast here. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: 9/11 - Ten Years Later - Sep 07,2011 | Julie Pippert joins MOMocrats Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills to offer a first-hand report on the Texas wildfire that is still raging after burning down 600 homes. Jaelithe Judy and military spouse Karen Francis are also onhand to discuss 9/11 and how it changed the world our children live in -- and especially the effect that 10 years of wartime has had on the families of our military. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Power of Choice - Aug 31,2011 | Cynematic, Donna Schwartz Mills and Jessica Pieklo welcome NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan to talk about about the Tea Party wave that purported to be about fiscal responsibility but turned out to be a mob focused on eliminating reproductive freedom for women. Keenan is a former Montana state legislator and superintendent of public instruction. In 2000, she was her districts Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives. As President of NARAL, she helped elect a new slate of pro-choice legislators in 2008. The last round of mid-term elections was a setback, but as the NARAL site points out, "In 2010, 31 NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC-endorsed congressional candidates won their races. Choice played a key role in the re-election of Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Barbara Boxer of California, Patty Murray of Washington, and others." Note that this weeks show is at a special time: 10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 PT. | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Not Yet Equal - Aug 24,2011 | In 1971, at the behest of New York Rep. Bella Abzug, Congress designated August 26 "Womens Equality Day." Forty years later, weve made some strides -- but as evidenced by the stalling of the Paycheck Fairness Act and the recent Wal-Mart ruling, we are still not equal. We still only make 77 cents to the dollar, make up just 17% of legislators in Congress and just 15.2% of the Fortune 500 corporate boards. And working women who are also mothers have additional hurdles to jump. Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills and Julie Pippert welcome Kristen Rowe-Finkbeiner, co-founder of MomsRising.org and author of The Motherhood Manifesto and The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Warren Buffett, Fuzzy Math and Taxes - Aug 17,2011 | Earlier this week, Warren Buffett made the case for raising taxes on wealthy individuals like himself, noting that back in the 1970s, when the rate was up to 39%, fear of taxes didnt prevent investments in good deals. Texas MOMocrat Julie Pippert and Calfornian Donna Schwartz Mills chat about tax reform, state budgets and the myth of Rick Perrys "Texas Miracle." | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Challenges Left and Right - Aug 10,2011 | News of the Tea Party downgrade broke last week, while nearly a dozen of the MOMocrats were attending the BlogHer conference in San Diego. What does it mean for our economy, not to mention our chances of holding on to the White House and taking back Congress? We will also have plenty to say about the results of todays Wisconsin recalls and a recap of the best sessions we attended at BlogHer. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Preview of the Wisconsin Recalls - Aug 03,2011 | MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna are in San Diego this week for the annual BlogHer conference, and will be venting their frustration with the debt ceiling deal with each other there. While in San Diego, the MOMocrats will be planning where to take the site in 2012, and they ask their fans to take a few moments to fill out this reader survey by 3:00 PM Pacific August 3. In the meantime, in light of the Wisconsin recall elections on August 9, we are repeating our June 29 show with EMILYs List President Stephanie Schriock, which discussed how the effort in Wisconsin came to be. There is still time to help turn out the vote by joining Team EMILY at EMILYsList.org/wisconsin. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: The Debt Ceiling Impasse - Jul 27,2011 | MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills would be happy never again to hear the phrase "debt ceiling" -- but we fear well have to listen to this debate all over again in another six months. | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Jul 20,2011 | Freewheeling political discussion with the MOMocrats. | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Educational "Rhee"-form - Jul 13,2011 | Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills are joined by activist Sabrina Stevens Shupe to talk about this months Save Our Schools event in Washington, D.C. and how public school parents can help turn the tide back to education policies that actually work (instead of the trend of testing/privatization, anti-teacher culture). And of course, it would not be a MOMochat without some discussion of the successful Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and the special election in CA-36... and Rupert Murdochs woes over the failed BSkyB bid (and what that might mean to him over here). | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Not in Kansas Anymore - Jul 06,2011 | Legal expert Jessica Mason Pieklo (Care2.com) joins the panel to talk about new clinic regulations in Kansas (rolled out at the very last minute), which result in closure of all but one clinic offering abortions in the state. Also: special guest Erin Kotecki Vest (Queen of Spain Blog), calls in from Washington before attending the Twitter Town Hall at the White House. Plus Cynematic, Donna Schwartz Mills, Karoli and all the news thats fit to talk about in the post-July 4 holiday edition of MOMochat. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Preview of the Wisconsin Recalls - Jun 29,2011 | As the MOMocrats prepare to enjoy the 4th of July holiday with their families, EMILYs List is on the ground in Wisconsin, supporting the effort to recall six Republican legislators who supported Governor Scott Walkers union busting bill -- and five of the six are pro-choice women! EMILYs List President Stephanie Schriock returns to MOMochat to talk about how we can all help the effort in Wisconsin. | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: What the Wal-Mart Decision Means to You - Jun 22,2011 | Slates Dahlia Lithwick says this weeks Supreme Court dismissal of Wal-Mart v Dukes "may be the most consequential case of the current term." MOMocrat Joanne Bamberger says the Court basically told the women of America to just "shut up and go home." Jessica Mason Pieklo joins Donna Schwartz Mills and Cynematic to discuss and explain the decision and how it affects cases of job discrimination on the basis of gender. Cynematic will also recap her journey to last weeks Netroots Nation gathering in Minnesota. Jessica Pieklo is a former litigator who, after nearly ten years litigating employment law, shareholder actions and fiduciary duty claims now writes and teaches for a living. Her areas of expertise include employment law, constitutional law, health law and business law. She teaches a number of law and political science courses for undergraduates and law students in the Minneapolis area and serves on the Board of Directors for Common Cause, Minnesota. | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Jun 15,2011 | While frequent co-host Cynematic preps for her appearance at Netroots Nation, Karoli steps in with Donna Schwartz Mills to shepherd this weeks lively conversation about politics (serious again, now that the media has squeezed all it can out of Anthony Weiner -- for the time being). Julie Pippert was also on hand for a spirited discussion of Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Proposition 8, Tea Party Camp and what the young folks are into these days. | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Mothers of Intention - Jun 08,2011 | The MOMocrats welcome Joanne Bamberger (a.k.a. Pundit Mom), author of the new book, "Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media Are Revolutionizing Politics in America." Joanne is a political and media strategist/analyst, author, and recovering attorney living in the shadow of the nation’s capital. Her book is the first to examine the rise of political motherhood online, as well as an important look at gender issues in the worlds of media politics. A new media expert and authority on political involvement of women and mothers, Joanne was a regular contributor to AOL’s Politics Daily/Woman Up, writes frequently for The Huffington Post and MomsRising, and is an original contributor to MOMocrats. Her political commentary has appeared on CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America, BBC Radio, NPR, Al Jazeera English & XM Radio POTUS, among others. | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - Jun 01,2011 | John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republican congress are playing chicken on the debt ceiling... And MOMocrats Cynematic, Donna Schwartz Mills and Karoli talk with special guest Rachel Tabachnik about the multi-state drive for public school vouchers. Rachel is an independent writer-researcher who specializes in studying end times narratives and how they intersect or merge with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, both historic and current. She works extensively with primary sources and has developed her own research library of media including prophecy books published over a span of more than a century. Her current work is centered on the changing eschatological narratives of Christian Zionists as the movements center shifts from the dispensationalism of American fundamentalism into the domain of the rapidly growing Pentecostal/Charismatic stream, particularly at the international level. This includes analysis of the recent explosive growth in prophecy literature from charismatic authors who have rejected the pessimism of the pre-Tribulation Rapture to embrace a more "victorious eschatology," an end time narrative in which believers play a more aggressive role in trying to move the hand of the prophetic clock. | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat: Winning the War on Women - May 25,2011 | We had no doubt that the 112th Congress would be rough after the "shellacking" we received in the 2010 mid-term elections. But the furious pace of anti-woman legislation being enacted at all levels of government has been shocking, even to the most experienced political observers. EMILYS List President Stephanie Schriock will tell Donna, Cynematic and Julie Pippert how we can overcome those and make our voices heard. | 5/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - May 18,2011 | Freewheeling political discussion with the MOMocrats. | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMochat - May 11,2011 | This weeks MOMochat highlights World Fair Trade Day, which is Saturday, May 14. Find out how to support food and other products made sustainably for a fair wage. MOMocrats Cynematic, Donna Schwartz Mills and Jaelithe Judy welcome special guest Ashley Koff ("Shedding for the Wedding"), who tells us about fair trade edibles. And of course, Cyn, Donna and Jaelithe will have something to say about the news and events of the week. Listen here Wednesday, May 11: 12:00 Noon Eastern/11:00 AM Central/9:00 AM Pacific and find out how to enter to win a collection of Fair Trade goodies. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoChat - May 04,2011 | The President says that with the death of Osama bin Laden, the American people have come together as they did in the days after 9/11 -- and he has a point: when was the last time you heard Dick Cheney compliment Obama on a national security decision? The stunning operation in Abottabad has brought some feeling of closure to the country, possibly laying to rest the idea that Democratic leaders cant make the tough decisions ... but we know the bump in the Presidents poll numbers wont last; not as long as gas prices and unemployment remain high. (And the GOP has been pointedly crediting Bush administration policies like "enhanced interrogation" for the intelligence that ultimately led to finding bin Laden.) Well be taking your phone calls in the shows second hour. The MOMocrats will also be talking to Gina McCauley, the powerhouse blogger of What About Our Daughters, and Michelle Obama Watch, about this years upcoming Blogging While Brown conference. | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Apr 27,2011 | A "quiet" news week means theres been nothing to distract us from the sputtering economy. That means more birther talk, more legislative assaults on the rights of women and a movement to privatize public education. Plus gas prices are sky high (averaging $3.88 in the US). Whats a mother to do? Karoli, Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills have a few things to say about that. | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Apr 20,2011 | The week began withTax Day: Tea Party rallies were held by a loud minority who think the lowest tax rates in history are still too high... while there is evidence that a consensus is growing among the sane citizenry (you know, the ones who understand basic math) that the budget cannot be balanced without raising revenues back to Clinton-era tax structure. Our week ends with Earth Day. Forty-one years later, is our environment any safer? Donna Schwartz Mills and Cynematic host this week. | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Apr 13,2011 | Cynematic and Meghan Schuster Harvey welcome special guest Todd Farley, author of Making the Grades -- his behind-the-scenes account of how industrial education actually comes up with your kids test scores. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Apr 06,2011 | Campaign 2012 has officially begun - Are You In? Donna Schwartz Mills, Cynematic and Jaelithe Judy talk about the official launch of the Presidents re-election campaign and the relative lack of enthusiasm from the liberal wing of the party... especially in light of the radical budget proposal revealed this week by GOP House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan, which would gut Medicare and Medicaid. Special guest Melissa Schober will be on hand to say a lot more. MOMocrat Melissa has worked in and around the Beltway for the past decade beginning her career with NARAL. Melissa has worked as a public health advocate. An apparent glutton for punishment, she lived through health care reform only to take a job working with a mid-Atlantic states Medicaid program. She is appearing on MOMocrats as an individual and the views she will be expressing are her own. A mom to an almost 3 year old, she is perpetually short on sleep. | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Mar 30,2011 | On Monday night, President Obama told the nation of his conviction "that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America." What do YOU think? Cyn3matic, Donna Schwartz Mills and Stephanie Himel-Nelson have a few thoughts to share on how perpetual wartime affects our military and their families. We will also remember pioneering MOMocrat Geraldine Ferraro and the dubious candidacies of some who have followed (Michele Bachmann for President in 2012?) | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Mar 23,2011 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Mar 16,2011 | Earthquakes, tsunamis and nukes - oh my. Cynematic, Donna and Karoli on the disaster in Japan, correlation with California, and tectonic shifts in the thought on nuclear energy. Also: touched base on education in the bubble economy, corporate media, GOP overreaching and what progressives can do about it. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Mar 09,2011 | This week's episode might be subtitled "Still Waiting for Superman" - or "Lex Luthor, Big Man On Campus." MOMocrats Cynthia Liu and Donna Schwartz Mills talk extensively with special guest Leonie Haimson, longtime New York City education activist and organizer of grassroots group Parents Across America. Talk was of schools (in New York and elsewhere), class sizes, Cathie Black, Michelle Rhee, budget cuts and why Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg DON'T have all the answers. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoChat - Mar 02,2011 | he ongoing War on Women: Education Cuts That Hurt Kids and the Women Who Teach Them. With Cynematic, Jaelithe Judy, and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoChat - Feb 23,2011 | Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills will be joined this week by MOMocrats Jaelithe Judy and Julie Pippert. And what a week it's been: Protest is in the air, from the Middle East on to Madison Wisconsin. A GOP majority voted in to create jobs instead seems to be using economic crisis as an excuse to bust unions. Worse is a return to the old culture wars, with a renewed focus on women's issues. Special guest Kelsey Collier-Wise of DakotaWomen.com will be on hand to talk about last week's jaw-dropping "Shoot the Doc" bill, and what's on the docket next in South Dakota. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoChat - Feb 16,2011 | Political discourse - or threatening rhetoric? MOMocrats Cynematic and Karoli talk to guest Andrea Weckerle of CiviliNation.org about dialing back the name-calling and combating cyberstalking and online threats. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoChat - Feb 09,2011 | The MOMocrats muse on the continuing drama in Egypt, the effect of the Tea Party on the GOP, and the assault on women's health in the Federal and state legislatures. With panelists Cynematic, Jaelithe Judy and Donna Schwartz Mills. | 2/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT: The Tea Party Era in Congress Begins - Jan 26,2011 | The gavel has been passed to new Speaker of the House John Boehner. Hold tight, its going to be a bumpy ride. Feminist author and activist Gloria Feldt join Cynematic and Donna Schwartz Mills for a discussion of where women in politics go from here. | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Jan 19,2011 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Jan 12,2011 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Jan 05,2011 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Dec 29,2010 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 12/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Dec 22,2010 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Dec 15,2010 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT: Elizabeth Edwards - Dec 08,2010 | The MOMocrats pay tribute to Elizabeth Edwards, who passed away today after a long battle with cancer. | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Dec 01,2010 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 12/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Nov 24,2010 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 11/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT - Nov 17,2010 | Freewheeling discussion by a panel of MOMocrats and special guests about the week's hottest topics. | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats MOMoCHAT Pilot - Nov 10,2010 | Join the MOMocrats for a lively, freewheeling discussion of this week's hot topics. | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Help for Our Military and Their Families: With Senate Candidate Rick Noriega & Blue Star Families - Oct 26,2008 | Colin Powell and Wesley Clark have endorsed Obama, so clearly major military figures believe Democrats support the military. And yet, many still believe the military is GOP territory. Join US Senate candidate Rick Noriega and Blue Star Family rep Vivian Greentree and Stephanie Himel-Nelson as they discuss how Democrats support the military. | 10/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats Episode 5: "Right Is Wrong" Book Discussion - Jul 26,2008 | Progressive uber-blogger Arianna Huffington has written a new book in time for this election season, "Right Is Wrong." MOMocrats are launching their first book club podcast to discuss her book and how its views do (or don't) match our perspectives of the political world. Join host Joanne Bamberger (aka PunditMom) and Steph (aka LawyerMama) and other MOMocrats for a lively discussion of the book as well as the week's events! | 7/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats Episode 4: From Red to Blue - Jun 22,2008 | Join host Julie Pippert and MOMocrats Steph and Donna for a recap of the week's news, turning from a red to blue state, and reports from the Virginia and Texas State Democratic conventions. | 6/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats Episode 3: Post-Primary Recap--Onward to the Convention! - Jun 08,2008 | Join your host, Glennia Campbell, and MOMocrats Jaelithe and Steph who will discuss the week's news, wrap-up the primary season, with their mom-centered punditry and analysis. We'll recap the week's news, including our meeting with Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama's historic nomination, and Hillary Clinton's endorsement speech. | 6/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats Episode 2: Oregon Primary Recap - May 24,2008 | Join host Stefania Pomponi Butler and special guests as they recap the Oregon primary and talk about what's next for the candidates. | 5/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MOMocrats Pilot Show - May 10,2008 | Join MOMocrats Glennia Campbell, Stefania Pomponi Butler and Joanne Bamberger in the inaugural MOMocrats podcast, as they discuss the week's political news. | 5/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 86 Episodes |
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