the southern baptist convention announced today it will formally expel two churches from the nation s largest protestant denomation all because they have female pastors. the vote wasn t close and sealed the exit of two congregations. the decision paves the way to ban women from most leadership roles of the denomination, and my next guest is calling foul on this move. meredith stone, and she penned an op-ed today. thank you for having me on, abby. this is all being pushed by an ultra-conservative wing of the southern baptist church. it really does seem they re trying to take the church back to an earlier time. why is this happening in the
doubling down on attacks over president joe biden s age. in a few knocks op-ed today she writes millions of americans watch president biden and believe he exhibits cognitive decline. that s a quote from haley. it was days ago haley said president biden is likely to die in office if he is re-elected, a comment to which the white house fired back. meanwhile president biden turned that criticism into humor in remarks at the annual white house correspondents dinner. after all, i believe in the first amendment. not just because my good friend jimmy madison wrote it. i get that age is a completely reasonable issue. it s on everybody s mind. by everyone i mean the new york times. call me old. i call it peak season. you say i m ancient. i say i m wise.
on costs and market factors, we have ended up in a situation where 90% of the key computer chips are manufactured in one location, taiwan, which is obviously geopolitically vulnerable. and so the government wants to promote a more diverse array of supplies, so that we are less vulnerable to the sort of disruptions that we saw in the pandemic. the president is also taking advantage of some of the legislation to achieve unrelated goals like promoting broader availability of child care. so, let s talk about biden s op-ed today, and the medicare plan here is to raise taxes on those making above $400,000 a year, and also, reduce the price paid for certain medications, and does the math add up in terms of addressing what are really long term problems with
security council today not to be fooled by calls for a temporary truce because russia will use any pause to prepare for further attacks. michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia argues in a new op-ed today that, a year into the war, with winning bipartisan support here at home, there remain many practical and moral reasons for america to continue assisting ukraine. ukrainians are fighting russian soldiers invading europe so that american and nato soldiers do not have to do so later. ukraine is defeating russia much larger military would send a powerful deterrent message as chinese leader xi jinping calculates the costs of invading taiwan. less importantly, mcfaul argues, the success of democratic ukraine and repelling autocratic russia would reassure small d democracies around the world that our ideas are gathering steam. small d democrats in belarus, burma, iran, and even russia would feel more emboldened.
families gathered at a local cemetery to lay flowers and mourn the dead. the conflict has killed at least 20,000 ukrainians, including 13,000 soldiers, and 7000 civilians. today, the u.s. announced an additional two billion dollars and military support for ukraine, including laser guided rocket systems, and switchblade drones. the u.s. is responding to china s call for a cease-fire. secretary of state, anthony blinken, warned the u. n. security council today not to be fooled by calls for a temporary truce because russia will use any pause to prepare for further attacks. michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia argues in a new op-ed today that, a year into the war, with winning bipartisan support here at home, there remain many practical and moral reasons for america to continue assisting ukraine. ukrainians are fighting russian soldiers invading europe so that american and nato soldiers do not have to do so later.