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So Much Punditry, So Little Time

February 3, 2010

I’m glad there are some other people weighing in on some topics on my mind: –My fellow MOMocrats and I are having a little Super Bowl Party Tailgate Party for Choice. – The Women’s Media Center is also thinking…

PunditMom Video Saturday — Lilly Ledbetter is Still Working for Us!

January 30, 2010

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I had a chance to be on a conference call this week with Lilly Ledbetter, the woman who has become an icon in the fight for fair pay and equal status for women in the workplace. While the…

Harold Ford vs. Kirsten Gillibrand — Who’s the Real Bully?

January 11, 2010

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I’ve had some interesting comments in E-mail discussions, Facebook posts, Twitter and other places about my last post on the attempts being made by former Congressman Harold Ford and his cadre of wealthy backers to push Kirsten Gillibrand…

Best of PunditMom — Something They Don’t Want Us to Know

August 28, 2009

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Think you’re getting shut out of prime work assignments because you have to do school pick-up? Have a feeling the “boys” are getting more parenting-credit at the office for going to a soccer game than you are for pediatrician’s…

PunditMom and MojoMom Strike Again!

January 31, 2009

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When MojoMom (also known as Amy Tiemann) calls, I always answer! This week, she invited to me to hang out at her podcast to have a political chat about our new president, the newly signed Lilly…

The ‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back’ Dance for Women

January 28, 2009

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I’m not trying to be a party pooper. Borrowing one of PunditGirl’s new favorite words — I’m “ecstatic” that the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is going to get signed into law by President Barack Obama. It’s a wonderful…

PunditMom’s SpinCycle Wednesday Ice & Snow Edition

January 28, 2009

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Good icy Wednesday morning! We’re iced in here at Chez PunditMom — no school, but that’s OK as PunditGirl is trying to devour Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. But that doesn’t mean that politics stops…

Spin Cycle Tuesday — Blagojevich Takes on The View & More!

January 27, 2009

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Blago gets really brave and takes on the ladies of The View.There’s a huge leap forward today for women around the world — President Obama repealed the global gag rule, which prohibited foreign aid from the US…

Fair Pay and Health Care for Kids are Closer to Reality

January 23, 2009

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As I started to write this post, I realized I was at a bit of a loss. I love writing about fair pay for women, health care for children and better schools, but I just couldn’t help wondering why…

Here’s to You, Lilly Ledbetter!

January 22, 2009

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The Senate has voted in favor of the Lilly Ledbetter equal pay bill by a vote of 61 to 36! YAY!!!!! President Obama, do you have a few minutes to sign that into law this evening?

Lilly Ledbetter: "All I Ever Expected Was to be Treated Fairly"

January 9, 2009

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Once upon a time, in a land that now seems very far away, a 19-year-old girl landed what she thought at the time was her dream job — a position as an on-air television reporter! It wasn’t in a major…

Holy Fair Pay, Batgirl!

December 10, 2008

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When I was little, it never occurred to me that Batgirl didn’t get paid the same as Batman or Robin. Hey, she did just the same kind of work they did AND she had to do it in…