mike pence
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Trump’s Game of Russian Roulette Could End in 1 of These 3 Ways
On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump woke up, looked at a few right-wing websites, realized that he was going down and started tweeting blame at former President Barack Obama. Trump, like most abusive men, can’t get over the fact that his partner’s ex, and America’s previous boyfriend, Barack Obama was pretty good. Moreover, it’s a…
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Mike Pence Doesn’t Like Condoms, Waited Forever to Stop HIV Crisis and Probably Only Likes Missionary Sex; He’s No Friend to Anti-HIV/AIDS Causes
Mike Pence is Lucifer if instead of creating hell after being drop-kicked out of heaven, Lucifer decided to land in Indiana and become a politician. Pence is nothing more than ugliness presented with pleasantries. Some appear to find that impressive—at least in comparison with President Minute Maid Mao. This is akin to arguing that Jeremih…
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The Scholar: Samuel K. Roberts Jr. on Drug Policy, Radical Recovery and ‘Capital Flight’ [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Wrongfully Convicted Ind. Man Says Pence ‘Abandoned Me’
Keith Cooper is still getting used to being an officially pardoned man. It’s only been a day, after all, since new Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb removed the wrongfully placed stain from his record, a stain put there because of a violent armed robbery Cooper did not commit, but for which he spent nearly a decade…
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Mike Pence Didn’t Pardon a Wrongfully Convicted Innocent Man, so His Replacement Did
Keith Cooper was wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit 20 years ago, and he patiently waited three years for then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to use his executive power to issue a pardon and remove the mark from his record, to no avail. On Thursday, Pence’s replacement, Republican Eric Holcomb, got the job…
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Public Education Is Doomed: VP Mike Pence Casts Tiebreaking Vote to Confirm Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos, the woman who has no connection to public schooling or experience running a multimillion-dollar anything, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday as U.S. education secretary. The vote went to a 50-50 split after two Republican senators—Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—went against their party and voted with their heads…
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#PenceBlackHistory Was Inevitable
After Vice President Mike Pence praised Abraham Lincoln for his contributions to Black History Month, it was inevitable that black Twitter would take Pence’s version of history and run with it. And voilà, #PenceBlackHistory was born. And at this morning’s prayer breakfast, I’m quite sure Pence thanked Aunt Jemima for passing down her bomb-ass pancake…
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Mike Pence Gave a White Man a Shoutout for Black History Month
After Donald Trump’s Black History Month speech and proving to the world that he knows nothing about Frederick Douglass, you’d think his vice president, Mike Pence, would keep his Black History Month comments simple or not say anything at all. But, of course, neither of those happened. Pence made sure his tweet reminded people that…
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Mike Pence's New DC Neighbors Raise LGBTQ Pride Flags in Protest
Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s Washington, D.C., neighbors want him to realize they don’t tolerate hate directed toward the LGBTQ community. And they’ve raised gay-pride flags all throughout the neighborhood to put him on notice. Pence’s anti-LGBTQ track record includes signing an Indiana law that would allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers to…