WASHINGTON -- In an open letter to the president, national leaders, joined by other leaders in the prolife movement, urge the commander in chief to declare that abortion of human babies is a national crisis. They are urging the people of America to join in advancing this message.
The contents of this letter are addressed mainly to professing Christian Churches. Many “Christian” professing churches are leading people astray through the teachings of “Bible Scholars” and other false teachers who actually directly dispute many simply stated Biblical truths. They have many arguments, all wrong, but pleasing to a sin seeking mind! They produce inconsistencies and doubt about Biblical truths because the human mind naturally resists God’s Word and tries to justify itself with man’s word. The key to understanding the Bible is the Spirit of God, not the spirit of man. Mankind could not begin to understand the Old Testament until the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the gift of God’s Spirit made available through Him alone. Even the Apostle’s could not grasp Jesus’ teaching until Jesus’ resurrection and gift of the Holy Spirit!
I couldn't care less about the State of the Union address, and I'm hardly panicking about the government shutdown, but I care a great deal that Democrats and the liberal media continue to treat President Trump like a dog, with utter impunity.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disinvited Trump to deliver the address in the Capitol, falsely citing security concerns when everyone knows she was just joyfully sticking her thumb in his eye and trying to humiliate him.
Trump has decided to postpone the speech until the partial shutdown is resolved, presumably because he believes it's important that it be delivered in the House chamber with the customary pageantry and full media coverage. This is unfortunate, but we can't make every mountain a hill to die on.
I have a confession and an apology, both of which I should make publicly. For the past two years, I have routinely defended the press from President Trump’s ongoing barrage of criticism. Having worked at both CNN and Fox News as well as having friends at scores of media companies, I know the good work and hard work so many reporters do to provide us with the news. We have a President who found a way out of going to Vietnam, and we have reporters who rush into war zones, risking their lives to provide accurate and truthful coverage of dangerous events.
It should have been blood red, like a warning. Crimson, like a siren -- or STOP. Instead, the spire of New York's One World Trade Center was lit up in it's-a-girl pink, a 408-foot reminder that the law it celebrated will mean fewer daughters, fewer mothers, fewer chances. From miles away on Wednesday night, people could see the tower flashing in the dark sky, announcing the arrival of a new evil in the war against America's children.
By Jocelyn Givens - American College of Rheumatology
Rheumatology Leaders Urge CMS to Adopt Safeguards Protecting Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries from Step Therapy; Encourage More Price Transparency in Part D
ATLANTA, GA – In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) expressed its continuing concern with a recent CMS policy allowing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to utilize step therapy for Part B drugs. In the comment letter, rheumatology leaders urged the agency to establish safeguards to protect beneficiaries from potential harm.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) and the IRS will begin accepting Individual Income Tax returns on Monday, January 28, 2019.
The SCDOR is encouraging taxpayers to file electronically. “It’s faster, more accurate, and the safest method of filing,” said SCDOR Director Hartley Powell. “Last year, 89% of South Carolinians filed electronically. We hope to exceed that number this year.”
With Nancy Pelosi telling the President he is not welcome on the House floor to give the State of the Union while the government is partially closed, President Trump originally suggested he would go elsewhere.
But now President Trump is announcing he will postpone the State of the Union address until the government reopens.
Columbia, S.C. - Drew McKissick, Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, issued the following statement on Governor Henry McMaster's State of the State Address:
"Under unified Republican leadership, South Carolina continues to make great progress and advances in economic development, education, infrastructure and our overall standard of living."
Under normal circumstances, the kids at Covington Catholic would be cheering the extra day off. But yesterday's decision to cancel classes was not a moment anyone celebrated. It was a reminder that no one in the tight-knit community is safe. Least of all the children.
Four days after Covington students clashed with a man by the Lincoln Memorial, police cars are still staked out across the high school. The parking lot is closed, and officers have fanned out everywhere just in case one of the hundreds of threats pouring into the school materializes. The Left's rush to judgment about a group of teenagers in MAGA hats at the March for Life means that basketball games have been postponed. Clothes with Covington colors are too dangerous to wear. And life for some of these teenagers may never be the same.
The Republican National Committee gave the following statement in regards to potential presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's SC Visit:
"Whether it's obstructing important progress in the Senate, advocating for higher taxes and government-run healthcare, or siding with the far-left fringes of her party, it's clear Elizabeth Warren is focused more on her own political ambitions than helping hard-working families across South Carolina. The Palmetto State has benefited from President Trump's America First agenda and know that Warren is a nothing but a phony who has repeatedly fumbled delivery on the national stage."
Anthony Henderson from Ms. Piper’s Washington Center class, shows off his bowling skills during a class trip to Spare Time Entertainment.
Ms. Piper’s class from the Washington Center took a trip to Spare Time Entertainment. The class enjoyed a game of bowling and played some arcade games. The entire class made splits, spares and strikes their way to a fun field trip. Bowling is a very popular recreational and competitive activity enjoyed by individuals of all abilities. They were thrilled to check out one of the newest bowling alleys in Greenville, SC.
State of the State Address As Prepared for Delivery Wednesday, January 23, 2019 The State House, Columbia
Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you all for being here tonight, those in this magnificent building as well as those watching from afar.
I am proud of our state and I am also proud of my family. For those who have not met them, please let me introduce my wife, Peggy and my son Henry and his wife Virginia. We all live in Columbia. My daughter, Mary Rogers, is watching from New York with her fiancé, Samuel Martin Herskovitz. The big date: March 16. Will you please stand be recognized? Thank you.
After nearly a year and a half of delays, state lawmakers are poised to fill a $107,822 Public Service Commission seat with either an incumbent who voted for electric rate hikes for the failed V.C. Summer nuclear project, or a former longtime commission staffer.
Meanwhile, two rejected candidates for the congressional District 2 seat, which covers all of Lexington, Aiken and Barnwell counties, and parts of Richland and Orangeburg counties, are questioning why a legislatively controlled committee, called the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee (PURC), voted to find them “not qualified.”
If it was the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that black and white would come together in friendship and peace to do justice, his acolytes in today's Democratic Party appear to have missed that part of his message.
Here is Hakeem Jeffries, fourth-ranked Democrat in Nancy Pelosi's House, speaking Monday, on the holiday set aside to honor King:
"We have a hater in the White House. The birther in chief. The grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. ... While Jim Crow may be dead, he's still got some nieces and nephews that are alive and well."
Paul Isaacs, president of Save the Storks, will headline the Bob Jones University Presidential Leadership Series Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m. in the Founders Memorial Amphitorium on the BJU campus.
“We look forward to having one of our graduates inspire our students to engage on important social issues such as protecting the sanctity of life,” said BJU President Steve Pettit. “Paul has firsthand knowledge of practical ways that individuals can get involved promoting life.”
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03) applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on their decision to protect religious liberty in South Carolina for faith-based foster and adoption services:
“Faith-based foster and adoption services perform amazing work for communities in South Carolina and around the country. These organizations care deeply about children and families in need, and they shouldn’t be punished by the federal government because of their faith.
The Covington high school closed on Tuesday due to a torrent of threats.
As Democrats announce their plans to run against President Trump next year, the partisan hysteria against the president grows more intense.Opposition to Trump now justifies, in the eyes of some, a vicious drive-by smearing of innocent high-school boys wearing MAGA hats.
The students were attending the 46th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., after riding the bus all night from Covington, Kentucky.Despite the grueling 36-hour trip to D.C. and back, the boys were in high spirits, and their faces were ruddy from a day outside in the winter cold.
Waiver Protects S.C. Child Placing Agencies’ Religious Freedom
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today released the following statement in response to the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to grant the governor’s request for a waiver allowing the South Carolina Department of Social Services to license faith-based Child Placing Agencies without those agencies being required to abandon their sincerely held religious beliefs:
St. Louis, MO: Late yesterday in a shocking move, the New York State Senate passed a bill removing nearly all restrictions on abortion. For ten years, radical pro-abortion advocates have attempted to pass this language, allowing abortion essentially without restriction until the 9th month of pregnancy.
Tigerville, SC - North Greenville University (NGU) has announced its offering of a fully-revised curriculum for graduate-level courses in the Human Resource (HR) Professional Certificate and Master of Business Administration (MBA) with an HR concentration programs.
NGU professor Dr. Ed Sherbert who serves as a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) educator and ambassador, has completely updated the curriculum for each of NGU’s five graduate-level HR courses to mirror best practices and strategies in the field of HR and to reflect the cutting-edge HR practices which aligns with the SHRM Competency Model.
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore invited President Donald Trump to give his second State of the Union address at his state’s General Assembly chambers.
The Republican sent a letter to the president Friday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Wednesday that Trump postpone the address until after the shutdown is over. Moore is one of several lawmakers from across the U.S. who have offered up their places for the address.
Industrial Automation Systems Provider Creating 90 New Jobs
COLUMBIA, S.C.– Eclipse Automation, a provider of automated systems for a variety of industries, today announced plans to locate new operations in York County. The company’s $4.6 million investment is projected to create 90 new jobs over the next five years.
During a television broadcast over the weekend, President Trump announced a compromise proposal to open the government. It included the $5.7 billion he originally requested to fund the border wall along with additional resources to enforce border security. However, the big trade-off would be his support for a three-year renewal for individuals receiving DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and temporary protected status (TPS). This would be amnesty for over a million illegal immigrants!
FEBC's free radio giveaway provides sets that enable people who would otherwise have no access to Christian broadcasting to hear the gospel, like this recipient in the Philippines.
FEBC plans record distribution of free radios to share the gospel in countries where poverty and political restrictions keep people from hearing about Jesus
LA MIRADA, Calif. -- Christian broadcaster FEBC (Far East Broadcasting Company, www.febc.org) has launched a year-long initiative to distribute a record number of its free "missionary radios" to unreached people groups, most of whom have never heard the name of Jesus.
Sometimes, a three-point celebration is just a three-point celebration. Sometimes, a pep rally is just a pep rally. Sometimes, a smile is just a smile. And sometimes, a hat is just a hat.
Only among the most deranged partisans could a universal sports ritual, a common high school activity, a typical teen face and patriotic headgear be construed as evil symbols of patriarchal oppression.
These, however, are the soul-sapping, lunacy-inducing times in which we live.
Mailbox painted with the Texas Flag in a street in Texas, USA
If you want a sense of where the left is headed nationally, look at what progressive legislators in Texas are trying to do. They want to ban Christianity in all but name. This continues a long line of thought first advocated by the Obama Administration, which sought to restrict the “free exercise” clause of the first amendment to a “freedom of worship” standard. In other words, be a Christian in church on Sunday, but no where else.
Consider a few pieces of legislation that have been filed in the Texas legislature.
It's hard enough to be the president under normal circumstances. But try doing it while others are constantly trying to usurp your constitutional authority. That's the position Donald Trump's been in for two whole years. Every time he acts, the courts react -- at best, putting his policies on hold. At worst, refusing to consider them. Today, finally, one set of justices got it right -- but the White House had to go all the way to the top to find them.