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President Mike Pence Is Coming

... could not be happier. Historically people have demonstrated that they prefer stability over chaos even if it means tolerating leadership that is authoritarian or even dictatorial. Post to Facebook. OPED: President Mike Pence is coming Chaos reigns in the United States and Steve Bannon could not be happier. Historically people have demonstrated that they prefer stability over chaos even if it means tolerating leadership that is authoritarian or even dictatorial. Check out this story on __link__: __link__/story/opinion/contributors/2017/03/29/oped-president-mike-pence-coming/99774414/. Cancel Send. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation. Activate your digital access. OPED: President Mike Pence is coming. Dick Brown, Mt. Gretna Published 10:57 a.m. ET March 29, 2017 | Updated 1:51 p.m. ET March 29, 2017. Richard M. Brown. 2 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE. Chaos reigns in the United States and ...

Hamilton' Star Sings, Talks Mike Pence In Iowa City

... worth having, by the way," Odom said. "I have come up with the answer: It’s about connection. That's why I do it, that's why I love it. I am addicted to the connection with the audience, I am addicted to the people I'm on stage with. It's a very special presence that I can feel from doing this.". But it was the stories about "Hamilton" itself, the stories that partially explained why a Broadway show with a multiracial cast performing as the Founding Fathers went from an idea to a phenomena that sold millions of records and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, that got the audience most excited. Buy Photo. Sarah Tortora, chair of the University of Iowa Lecture Committee, introduces Leslie Odom Jr. at Hancher Auditorium on Monday, March 27, 2017. Odom starred as Aaron Burr in the Broadway production of "Hamilton.". (Photo: David Scrivner/Iowa City Press-Citizen). Odom recalled seeing a sung production of "Hamilton" in its earliest stages in a theater of 150 seats in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 2013, three years before it came to Broadway. He remembered by the fourth song called ...

The Religious Reasons Mike Pence Won’t Eat Alone With Women Don’t Add Up

... is often dehumanizing and denies the image of Christ that each person bears. As the philosopher Dallas Willard wrote in “The Spirit of the Disciplines,” “Alienation from them makes room for harmful lusts.” It also fuels the myth that loads of women are waiting around to falsely accuse powerful men of rape, a situation that has occurred, but is rare and often used to discount real sexual trauma. The Billy Graham Rule also denies the reality of LGBT people. As a friend pointed out to me: Should a bisexual person refuse to ever be alone with anyone, full stop? Should a male pastor refuse to meet one-on-one with a gay man? As with so many policies in the evangelical church, the Billy Graham Rule assumes heteronormativity, furthering the idea that people who are LGBT are people “out there,” not an essential part of the church. The rule also promotes the preservation of men and exclusion of women in positions of leadership. If a woman at work cannot meet one-on-one with her boss or colleague, her options for advancement (or even being taken seriously as a colleague) are extremely limited. Some have pointed out, and rightfully so, that strict open-door ...

Mike Pence Breaks Senate Tie To Allow States To Defund Planned Parenthood

... Senate Tie To Allow States To Defund Planned Parenthood. .the day after attending a "women's empowerment" event. 9.2 k. WASHINGTON― Vice President Mike Pence  cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Thursday to overturn an Obama administration rule and allow states to withhold Title X family planning money from Planned Parenthood. The House passed a resolution last month disapproving of the Health and Human Services rule , which in December 2016 barred states from defunding Planned Parenthood or other Title X recipients for any reason other than the provider’s “ability to deliver services to program beneficiaries in an effective manner.” The Senate could have advanced the resolution with a 52-member majority, but moderate Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted with the Democrats to uphold the rule, leaving a tie. Pence, who has  led the fight against reproductive rights for more than half a decade, voted with Republicans to move forward with the resolution. “Mike Pence went from yesterday’s forum on empowering women to today leading a group of male politicians in a vote to take away access to birth control and cancer ...

Mike Pence Is Very Naughty

... up with a new reason to cancel all the Russia hearings.”. Stephen Colbert Tops Q 1 Total Viewers In Late-Night; Jimmy Fallon Takes Demo. Earlier in the day, the New York Times revealed the people who met with Nunes were Ezra Cohen-Watnick, senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council and Michael Ellis, a lawyer who had worked on national security issues at the White House. “The rest of the story hasn’t changed,”Colbert said. “It was legal wiretaps of foreign officials who were apparently talking to Trump people. We still don’t know what they were talking about, or if or if Trump’s campaign colluded with Vladimir Putin. CNBC tried to get answer straight from the horses mouth, asking Russian ruler Vladimir Putin if he tried to influence the outcome of the US presidential election. Putin made a reference to Ronald Reagan having told the American people, when asked about raising taxes, “Read my lips: No.”. Actually, it was George H. W. Bush who said the “Read my lips no new taxes” gag – and then raised taxes – but, ...

Mike Pence Calls Obamacare A 'nightmare' At Kentucky Stop

... case for a health care overhaul to Kentucky, where the governor is unimpressed with the current proposal to replace the Obama-era law. (March 11) AP. Vice President Mike Pence at a rally to promote the repeal and replace of Obamacare in Jeffersontown on Saturday. (Photo: Sam Upshaw Jr./ The CJ). 517 CONNECT TWEET 2 LINKEDIN 225 COMMENTEMAILMORE. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Vice President Mike Pence, at a stop in Louisville, Ky.,  vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act , even as hundreds of people demonstrated outside in support of the federal health law. "Obamacare has failed the people of Kentucky, Obamacare has failed the people of America and Obamacare must go!" Pence declared Friday to an enthusiastic invitation-only audience of more than 100. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, also a Republican opponent of the federal health law, introduced his "dear friend" Pence and said he shared his views on the law that has brought health coverage to more than half a million Kentuckians. "Obamacare is a disaster," Bevin said. "It needs to be repealed. It needs ...

Pence Used Personal Email For State Business

... debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., on Oct. 4, 2016. Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images. Pence waves to the crowd along with former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore during a rally in front of the Colonial Capitol in Williamsburg, Va., on Sept. 20, 2016. Steve Helber, AP. Pence, Speaker Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin Mc Carthy speaks to the media in the lobby of the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, on Sept. 13, 2016. Jim Lo Scalzo, European Pressphoto Agency. Pence speaks to supporters at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota in Sarasota, Fla., on Aug. 31, 2016. Eve Edelheit, AP. In this photo provided by KYW Newsradio reporter Jim Melwert, Pence gets his hair trimmed by barber Henry Jones in Norristown, Pa., on August 23, 2016. Jim Melwert, AP. Pence addresses a rally in the Crystal Ballroom at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center in Milwaukee. Cengiz Yar, AFP/Getty Images. Pence eats a plate of Cincinnati-style chili during a campaign stop at Price Hill Chili on Aug. 6, 2016, in Cincinnati. John ...

Mike Pence On His Immigrant Grandfather

... Images). So it was a sentimental night for Pence, who was honored at the annual dinner for his service to his ancestral homeland. He brought along his wife, Karen, his sisters Annie and Mary, and his daughter Charlotte. His mother had planned to be there, too, but this week’s snowstorm prevented her from making the trip. “All that I am, all that I will ever be, and all the service that I will ever render is owing to my Irish heritage,” Pence said. “I will summon what is the best of it as I serve the people of this country with the faith, the determination, the cheerfulness, the humility and the humor that is characteristic of the great people of the Emerald Isle.”. At the end of his speech, Pence was presented with a large framed copy of his family tree and a copy of the school attendance rolls in County Sligo when his grandfather was a student there. More than 34 million Americans claim Irish ancestry, including half of the nation’s presidents. Pence said that “the story of the Irish in America is the story of America itself.” On a night awash in sentiment and nostalgia, there was no mention of ...

Cbo Report Adds To Mike Pence's Woes

... Democratic Congress that was hoping for another Great Society, not some kind of middle way. JUST WATCHED. MUST WATCH. Mike Pence dodges question on wiretapping 00:57. Mondale, previously a senator from Minnesota who had impeccable liberal credentials with his former colleagues in Congress, worked hard to persuade Democrats that Carter, despite his unorthodox ways, still was on the same political page. His efforts were only of middling success as Carter ultimately proved to be unpopular with Democrats despite Mondale's efforts. Read More. Pence has a better chance of succeeding since, generally, Trump is not doing much to depart from the party agenda, unlike the way that Carter did with the Democrats. This is a debate over how conservative to be in going after the Affordable Care Act, not whether to stick to the political middle. Now with the CBO report, Pence will be needed more than ever. Not only does he need to sell the conservatives that this not ...

Mike Pence Casts Tiebreaking Vote To Allow Defunding Of Planned Parenthood

... and other clinics could only be used to cover health services such as annual exams and screenings, and contraceptives. [ Mother Jones / Hannah Levintova ]. But that didn’t stop state-level Republicans outraged about the Planned Parenthood hidden camera “scandals” from trying to block Title X federal funding for family planning from going to the group and other abortion providers. [ NYT / Jackie Calmes ]. Congress’s action will limit access to women’s health services for low-income women especially. [ Politico / Seung Min King, Brianna Ehley ]. But Pence has also found himself in the spotlight for a personal reason: A Washington Post profile of Pence’s wife unearthed a factoid from 2002, when Mike Pence told the Hill he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he only attends events with alcohol if she is by his side. [ Washington Post / Ashley Parker ]. ...

Democrats’ Victory On Health Care ‘won’t Last Long

... muster enough support from conservative lawmakers and some moderate Republicans. Democrats were united against the measure. Mr. Trump spent much of Saturday at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. He said after the high-profile loss that Obamacare will soon fail on its own due to rising costs and dwindling options for consumers. The vice president said he was inspired by Mr. Trump’s “determination to keep his promise to the American people” on health care. “You saw his resolve,” Mr. Pence said. He said the administration will turn next to cutting taxes, including lowering the corporate tax rate to 15 percent from the current 35 percent. “We want to cut taxes for every American,” he said. Referring to Senate Democrats’ decision to try to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, Mr. Pence also said Saturday that the nominee will be confirmed “one way or another.” He said ...