Friday, January 24, 2014    Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. The GOP's War On Women  Former GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee reflects on women, libidos, and 'Uncle Sugar' Blake & Sullivan: Mike Huckabee, and why Republicans have trouble talking to and about women Michael Tomasky: Why Women Do Not Heart Mike Huckabee Bill Scher: When Huckabee Supported Government-Mandated Birth Control Coverage Steve Benen: Huckabee vs. Huckabee Spoiler Alert: The GOP Won't Budge on Its Anti-Choice Platform in 2014 Markos Moulitsas: Republicans are pinning their future hopes on abortion data. So can we. GOP congressman's book: 'The wife is to voluntarily submit' to her husband Texas GOPer: If Wendy Davis were male, 'none of this would ever come up' Pregnant and Forced to Stay on Life Support, Thanks To Conservative 'Principles' Indicting The Right   Gov. McDonnell rejected plea offer to face one felony, spare wife any charges, avoid trial Campaign to Re-elect Chris Christie Subpoenaed By Federal Prosecutors Chris Christie accused of THIRD political revenge act, shutting down DMV office in fourth-largest NJ city Conservative Author Dinesh D'Souza Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud For Republicans, political "makeover" has few real changes Gov. Scott Walker Praises Sex Offender In His Wisconsin State Of The State Address Caitlin Dickson: Glenn Beck and Other 'Too Little, Too Late' Apologies From The Right GOProud co-founder gives up, leaves Republican Party Economic Inequality   Economic mobility hasn't significantly improved in a half-century in America, economists declare Census Bureau: Since 1967, U.S. household income inequality has actually grown 18 percent Ezra Klein: A surprising map of where it's hardest to escape poverty in America Derek Thompson: Economists Now Say Your Parents - Or Rather, Their Worth - Are More Important Than Ever Paul Krugman: Inequality And The Populist Imperative Steve Benen: Class warfare sure is popular Kevin Drum: If CEOs Think Consumer Demand Is a Problem, They Should Demand Economic Policies That Address It Energy, Climate & Environment Industry, Worldwide, Is Finally Awakening to Threat of Climate Change U.S. to probe solar panel dumping claims Nations In Turmoil Syrian govt threatens to walk out of peace talks Cairo rocked by explosions on eve of 2011 uprising anniversary Kiev protesters expand street barricades South Sudan government and rebels sign truce deal International News Tunisians agree to content of new constitution Pakistan sentences man to death for blasphemy Pope Cautions Catholics Against 'Bombarding People With Religious Messages' Olympics 2014 Russians Fear A Sochi Legacy Of 'Black Widows,' Not Gold Medals Midwest Roundup Nebraska State Sen. Bill Kintner Proposes Trap Law That Would Require Signs at Abortion Clinics Time for a change: Luetchens to challenge Kintner for District 2 seat in 2014 Multiple groups assail unnecessary and costly voter ID proposals before Neb. Legislature Partisan fight, happening again, over state funding for schools, in Iowa legislature Walling Themselves Off In light of the issues surrounding women highlighted in the latest edition of The Shriver Report - that we focused on Thursday - and in the wake of the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, we had a hope that maybe we'd see a different reaction this week from Republicans, in how they talked about and thought about women. We might as well have asked for Santa to bring us late Christmas presents of unicorns and flying cars. The new book from GOP Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico, that says women must be submissive to their husbands for a good marriage was a sign that maybe Republicans hadn't really learned their lessons about women from the 2012 elections. The brain-dead pregnant woman in Texas, being kept alive against her and her family's will under the state of Texas' macabre "pro-life" laws was another big sign. The blatantly misogynistic attacks against Texas state Democratic Senator Wendy Davis added to the other signs, though we did have the thought maybe it was just the crazies in the state of Texas that were the problem. We even had some hope, initially, that our Republican friends might show some equality of thought in their words and actions at the Republican National Committee meetings this week. Indeed, as we'd heard rumored, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, the highest ranking woman in the House, was tapped to give the official GOP response to the President's State of The Union address next week. However, when we read the news yesterday, two more Republicans confirmed what we've feared about the GOP since their solid defeat in 2012: The only ideas about women that Republicans learned from the 2012 election cycle are that the GOP hasn't yet made women's burdens heavy enough, and they haven't built tall enough barriers to legal rights women already have... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for January 24, 2014 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy U.S. economic activity gauge edges up in December Manufacturing Jobs No Longer A Panacea To Fight Unemployment Wall Street Watch Fined Billions, JPMorgan Chase Will Give CEO Jamie Dimon a Raise Wall Street Reform: D.C. Has Not Won the War Yet The Spying Game Watchdog Report Says N.S.A. Program Is Illegal and Should End Edward Snowden calls for whistle-blower protections, NSA reform Snowden's Q&A: He Agrees With Obama On Some Issues, Doesn't Think All Spying Is Bad DOJ's Holder: U.S. Would 'Engage' Snowden's Lawyers But Clemency Goes 'Too Far' Health Care Checkup Watchdog Report Says N.S.A. Program Is Illegal and Should End Edward Snowden calls for whistle-blower protections, NSA reform Snowden's Q&A: He Agrees With Obama On Some Issues, Doesn't Think All Spying Is Bad DOJ's Holder: U.S. Would 'Engage' Snowden's Lawyers But Clemency Goes 'Too Far' Communications Breakdown CNN lays off more than 40 journalists, over past two months Media Matters Slate's Matt Yglesias Joining Ezra Klein's New Venture Here It Is! Your HuskerNutz Preview for January 24, 2014 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update Obama Administration Now Finalizing Budget, A Month Late, Due To Congressional Budget Delays Poll: Americans split on Obama approval News From Capitol Hill Congressional Repubs consider list of demands for debt limit; Essentially admit won't be another showdown Congress Job Approval Starts 2014 at 13% State Of The Union 2014  President Obama's State of the Union address to focus on inequality Sen. Rand Paul to give third, different, unofficial post-SOTU right-wing speech | Cathy McMorris Rodgers to give GOP's official State of the Union response Sen. Mike Lee to give tea party SOTU response On The Left Biggest Liberal 'Super PAC' to Fund Possible 2016 Bid By Hillary Clinton Ed Kilgore: Senate Boomerang Possible For Democrats - in 2016 On The Right Boehner on Leno'; Admits Repubs Are To Blame For 2013 Shutdown Ryan admits in interview he doesn't want to be House speaker We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.