We welcome William C Kimler V, a 25-year-old Gen-Z'er who offers his perspective on the crisis in Palestine!

• Donald Trump Owned Several Atlantic City Casinos That Went Bankrupt (Yahoo!)
• Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech (The Guardian)
• Supreme Court rules no quick hearing required when police seize property (Police1.com)
• SC commission announces 6 candidates for next supreme court seat (WIS TV)
• SC Supreme Court finalist include 1 male and 2 females (Yahoo.com )
• South Carolina Republicans reject 2018 Democratic governor nominee’s bid to be judge (AP)
• Has SC’s largest charter school district misused state funds? Lawmakers demand an audit (The State)
• Erskine again denied reaffirmation of accreditation (Index Journal)

What’s happening in the Middle East

• Nearly 35,000 Palestinians dead as Gaza faces dueling famine, sanitation crises (UPI)
• Cindy McCain: There is ‘full-blown famine’ in northern Gaza (The Hill)
• US pauses shipment of bombs Israel could use in Rafah (Politico)
• ‘Uncommitted’ movement calls Biden’s halt of some US weapons to Israel ‘step forward’ (The Hill)
• Rick Scott: Biden now part of ‘pro-Hamas group’ of Democratic Party (The Hill)
• Sanders says he’s worried Biden could lose election over Gaza war (

We welcome Francie Kleckley, candidate for SC State Senate in District 10 to our show!

• Lara Trump thinks there are 81 states (Business Insider)
• Lara Trump before & after photo (Mastodon)

• South Carolina to allow open carry, no training or registration required (WJBF)
• Frogmore Stew podcast
• Open Carry Gun Law with Sheriff Leon Lott (full episode)
• 4 officers killed in North Carolina were at disadvantage as shots rained from above, police say (AP)

• Bishop Tablert Swan (Twitter)
• The Twitter post that Bishop Swan shared (Twitter)
• Twitter post containing the longer clip from a different angle (Twitter)
• Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue (The Guardian)
• Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman (AP)

• franciekleckley.com
• Francie's full speech at the GWCDP Breakfast Meeting (YouTube)

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We welcome Brandon Best, candidate for SC State Senate in District 10 to our show!

• Woman sings at SC Senate Hearing (The State)
• SC education superintendent suggests schools disregard new Title IX rules (South Carolina Daily Gazette)
• New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word (AP)
• Experts could teach in SC classrooms without certification under pilot program (South Carolina Daily Gazette)

• Brandon Best's website
• Brandon's speech to the GWCDP (YouTube)
• SC Primary: Learn more about the candidates running for SC House, Senate in Upstate area of South Carolina (WYFF News 4)
• Ada Fisher (Wikipedia)

• Black-owned children's bookstore in Raleigh moving after threats, owner says (WRAL News)
• Black Entrepreneurs Breaking Barriers: The Challenges Black Entrepreneurs of Different Backgrounds Face and Their Triumphs Over Economic and Racial Obstacles (Prosperity Now)
• For Black-owned businesses, concerns extend beyond inflation, supply chain issues (NBC News)
• Grant program for Black women entrepreneurs blocked by federal appeals court (AP)

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Jumelle is back behind the microphone and we catch up on what's been happening these past few weeks.

• Bill's video about gun safety vs boater safety regulations (TikTok)
• SCDPS Statement on the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act (SC Department of Public Safety)
• Sure, They're a Blast...But are Bazookas, Mortars and Other Destructive Devices Legal? (Military Trader)

• Jumelle on WZLA 92.9 FM (Google Drive)
• Bill on The All About Nothing Podcast (YouTube)

• SC lawsuit reform died with a whimper in the Legislature last week. Here's how. (Post & Courier)
• scvenuecrisis.org

• HOME HELL ‘We need to criminalize this,’ cries woman still paying bills on home she’s locked out of – it took a year to get access (The Sun)
• A loophole got him a free New York hotel stay for five years. Then he claimed to own the building (AP)
• How 'Squatter Hunter' gets squatters to leave (CNN)

• SC Treasurer faces criticism for Facebook post saying 'I'm tired of being second-class citizen' (News19)
• South Carolina comptroller to resign over $3.5bn accounting error (The Guardian)
• Curtis Loftis's statement about the Senate Finance Committee's findings (Facebook)
• After release of scathing report, McMaster still maintains confidence in SC treasurer (Live 5 WCSC)

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We are a...

One more time we dip into the well for a "Best of" episode - but this time with a few news items that never made it into released episodes! We'll be back fresh & live next week.

• WZLA 92.9 FM in Abbeville, South Carolina

• SC Treasurer to be blamed for $1.8B account, avoid removal recommendation (The State)

• South Carolina Man and Woman Plead Guilty to Hate Crime and Conspiracy for Bias-Motivated Armed Robberies Targeting Hispanic Victims (US Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina
• Hate crime laws in the United States (Wikipedia)
• The Matthew Shepard Foundation

• Rensselaer County's former GOP elections commissioner admits voter fraud (Times Union)
• Top GOP figures charged in ballot fraud case out of New York (RawStory)
• New Hampshire Republican resigns as investigators conclude he doesn't live in his district (RawStory)
• Republican candidate's wife arrested and charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election (Business Insider)
• Trump-backed candidate for Michigan AG and ex-GOP lawmaker face state charges over alleged voting machine plot after 2020 election (CNN)
• 5 GOP candidates blocked from Michigan governor's primary over alleged false signatures (NBC News)
• Elderly Florida Democrats Say GOP Canvassers Duped Them Into Changing Party Affiliation (Rolling Stone)
• Four people plead guilty in North Carolina ballot probe of 2016 and 2018 elections (NBC News)
• A fraud of a Congressman, Jeff Duncan, makes claims of "massive Democratic fraud" (The State)

• Greenwood recovery houses: the good and bad (

While Jumelle recovers, we offer you a treat of a "Best Of" show containing a full collection of "or better yet..." clips from across all of our episodes.

• No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate (AP)
• No Labels & Dark Money (TikTok @CopperCourier)

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This week, Jumelle & Bill interview a Greenwood legend: Bishop Oliver T. McCray, Jr!

Follow Bishop McCray on Facebook, Instagram or X. Also, check out Bishop McCray's book, What Solomon Didn't Say.

• Senator Katie Britt's response to the State of the Union Address (ABC News via YouTube)
• Scarlett Johansson as Sen Katie Britt on SNL (YouTube)

• SCVotes.gov candidate tracker (SCVotes)

• Russell Wilson in ‘pole position’ to be Steelers starting QB despite Fields trade (The Guardian)
• "Earl the Pearl" Monroe (Wikipedia)
• Morris Chapel Baptist Church, Greenwood SC (Facebook)

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