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"The Securities and Exchange Commission this week dropped civil enforcement cases that could have led to penalties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars against three men who were previously granted clemency by President Donald Trump."

White collar crime is very lucrative under the Trump administration. The National Guard ought to be deployed to corporate boardrooms.

#Corruption #DonaldTrump #WhiteCollarCrime
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2️⃣ "...as the Public Charter School District."

All that money and less oversight? You reap what you sow.

Lawmakers asked for audit of SC Charter Institute at Erskine. Here’s 5 things it found The lengthy report, released Thursday, largely tracks with and, in some cases, expands upon The State’s reporting on the Charter Institute at Erskine.

1️⃣ "Despite having identical responsibilities and receiving comparable state funding, privately-established authorizers, such as the Charter Institute, are not statutorily subject to the same ethics and government accountability requirements..."

#SouthCarolina #CharterSchools #SCPol

There's nothing radical about supporting equal rights for women

#EqualRights #WomensRights #ERA

Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr. But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.

This is the problem with Republican leadership. Absolutely no spine to speak up against their own. But they trip over themselves to invent issues and have meltdowns about.

#MAHA #RFKJr #Vaccines #Antivax

Asked how to lower health care costs, Vance bragged that Trump handed out Trump 2028 hats in the Oval Office.

Families are drowning in medical bills and this clown show thinks merch is policy. No wonder they don’t have a healthcare plan.

#TrumpCrushesYourDreams

...provided with no sound to start, she says it "makes clear" that agents first throw tear gas, then take a protester's bike throwing it and multiple other protesters to the ground after deploying tear gas.

Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...

Liars and thugs.

It is clear that it is now the American people vs. #ICE in the neighborhoods. It is the American way vs the authoritarian way.
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Judge Ellis wrote that agents said in reports, and DHS publicized, that a bicyclist threw a bike at agents. But in a video,

Breakfast costs HOW much???

Grocery bills tell the truth Trump won’t: he promised lower prices, but costs keep climbing.

Biden knew—EVERYONE knows—broad-based tariffs and economic uncertainty are pocketbook poison, but Trump does what he wants, and families pay the price.

$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms

Direct government ownership of private companies feels a lot like... What's that word?

Oh yeah... Socialism.

December 2, 2025 Live Election Results | DDHQ Live Election Night Results from Decision Desk HQ

Something I'll be monitoring tonight.

Tennessee US House 7 Special Election General

#TN07

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Democrats Are Running Against a Kennedy Over Health Care Democrats are recruiting dozens of doctors and nurses to run for office and give their counter-messaging against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a shot in the arm.

“It’s a deeply irresponsible vote that I plan to hold Lindsey Graham accountable for, and I plan to continue to campaign on the absurdity of RFK Jr. ascending to lead our nation’s health care system,” Andrews said.
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America’s strength comes from how we use force, not just that we have it. What happened in the Caribbean crosses a line we cannot afford to ignore.

Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.

Ughhh... Kyrsten Sinema is the Democrats' version of Sarah Palin.54

Opinion | Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE

Tis the season for giving. Make you gifts count. I know I will.

Trump declines to mention Earle-Sears during VA telephone rally President Donald Trump did not mention Republican candidate for VA governor, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, during a Virginia-based telephone rally on Monday night.

Even though she was an extreme MAGA Republican, Trump still couldn't bring himself to endorse... a black woman.

It's a pattern clear as day.

2️⃣ Now, had she only been a wealthy friend of Trump's then she could've easily been pardoned for things like drug trafficking, defrauding thousands, attacking law enforcement, breaking election laws, and likely, bank robbing.

#SouthCarolina #CriminalJustice #AfforableHousing #TrumpPardons

She robbed a West Columbia bank to pay her rent. It didn’t work out An SC federal judge empathizes with a mentally troubled West Columbia bank robber and gives her encouragement as well as prison

A woman with zero criminal record committed a desperate act on the day she was to be evicted from her home.

"'I have great sympathy for you,' Lydon said. 'But I can’t have folks in the public thinking that if they are desperate enough, they can go rob a bank” and get off with probation.'"

Did anyone hear Nancy Mace raise any concern about this plan? No? That's because she works for Donald Trump and doesn't give a crap about South Carolina.

#SouthCarolina #OilDrilling #NancyMace

Newly elected Chapin mayor demands swearing in ceremony defying Town’s ordinance The mayor was elected Tuesday and took office Friday, three months ahead of the scheduled time.

This is some serious small-town Boss Hogg level chutzpah right here!

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #ChapinSC

Trump Officials Say Nancy Mace’s Support for Epstein Petition Could Cost Her in South Carolina Mace is running in a crowded Republican field in her bid for governor, where Trump’s support is crucial.

I would love to say I admire her courage in standing by her convictions, but she is so absolutely loathsome in every other aspect of her political behavior...

So what can I say? Good riddance.

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #NancyMace #EpsteinFiles

What I Saw at the Epicenter of Trump’s War on ‘Illegals’ Migrants thought they were following the rules. Then the rules changed.

"...the US gov has decided mercy is no longer part of the plan, that there is no longer any distinction between 'applying for asylum' and 'entering illegally.' No new law was needed to make this shift, or for the government to set a goal to increase the numbers of deportations per day"

#ICE

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

What Trump & Vance are doing to this country.

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

I was unable to find any link to this final OpEd, but I've always enjoyed Matthew's words. It's sad to see that he was a victim of downsizing at McClatchy. His final statement was a master class in grace.

#journalism #OpEd #TheState #SouthCarolina

Who to trust on biblical and moral stances? This guy who look like his soul departed him decades ago? Or the Conference of Catholic Bishops?

Trump team takes aim at state laws shielding consumers’ credit scores from medical debt More than a dozen states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, New York, and most of New England, have enacted laws in recent years to keep medical debt from affect...

Medical debt is not optional debt like the purchase of a luxury car or yacht.

You can incur massive medical debt in the blink of an eye due to a heart attack, an accident, or a cancer diagnosis. It should NOT be used as part of one's credit score.

Cruelty is the point.

#MedicalDebt #TrumpPolicy

Send in the Clowns The Trump/Rubio Ukraine FUBAR

The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

2️⃣ If this woman works as hard for SC Public Education as I've seen her work on this campaign, I guarantee we'll see a magical transformation in our state!

Imagine being in the Top 10 instead of in the Bottom 10!

1️⃣ Make no bones about it: I fully support Sylvia Wright for SC Superintendent of Education (@wright2026sc.bsky.social).

And I show my support with $$$, not just social media posts.

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #PublicEducation #SylviaWright