- A review of Jenna McCarthy's new book: YANKEE DOODLE SOUP
- Air Commando Hunters on the Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Remembering LBJ’s Vietnam War Operation Rolling Thunder
- The Battle for Biblical Christianity
- Lisa Campbell Bracewell for Greenville County School Board - District 17
- False Prophets and Deceived Shepherds
- Returning America to Truth, Justice, and Common Sense
- The Resignation of President Joe Biden and his Endorsement of Kamala Harris
- Kamala Harris Promises to Impose Abortion on All 50 States as President
- Frontline Ministries, Inc., Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary
- CIVILIZATION’S INTERREGNUM—PART 13
- CIVILIZATION’S INTERREGNUM—PART 14
- A Republic Or A Democracy? There IS a Difference, You Know!
- Obama Puppet Master Still the Same
- NBC News Report: 'The Firing Squad' Reaches 'Demographic that is Often Left Out of the Box Office Equation'
17 State AGs Refuse to Allow Biden to Insert Abortion into Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- By Dan Hart - The Washington Stand
As the Biden campaign continues to push abortion as its primary focus ahead of the November elections, the administration made yet another move to ensure that abortion remains front and center by moving to insert the issue into the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act earlier this month — a move that earned a strong rebuke and lawsuit from a group of 17 Republican state attorneys general.
In mid-April, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it was controversially adding abortion into its draft rules for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, allowing workers to “ask for time off to obtain an abortion and recover from the procedure.” But critics say the legislation was never intended to address abortion and was merely meant to give pregnant women commonsense accommodations in the workplace, including time off for medical appointments, options to sit down and stand up while working, exemptions from heavy lifting, time off for postpartum recovery, bathroom, breastfeeding, food, and water breaks, considerations for morning sickness, and more.
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SC Policy Council, SC Public Interest Foundation file ethics complaint against Scout Motors
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
The South Carolina Policy Council – the parent organization of The Nerve – and the South Carolina Public Interest Foundation have jointly filed a state ethics complaint against Scout Motors related to the $1.29 billion state appropriation last year for the company’s electric-vehicle assembly plant under construction near Columbia, according to a press release issued today.
The written complaint, which was submitted to the State Ethics Commission and included with the press release, asks the commission to investigate whether Virginia-based Scout Motors Inc., a company created in 2022 by German-based Volkswagen, violated state ethics law by failing to register as a lobbyist principal before the S.C. Legislature and Gov. Henry McMaster approved the appropriation, known as Act 3 of 2023.
The complaint cites findings in Nerve stories last year and this year about meetings or events involving Scout Motors officials or their representatives and McMaster, his staff or lawmakers before the appropriation was approved; and an earlier incentives proposal by the state of Mississippi.
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Energy Mega-Bill: Government Moves to Control, Taxpayers Pay the Price
- By Average Steve - Palmetto State Watch
At first glance, I must admit, the Energy Policy Institute (EPI) looks pretty good on paper. As do many other government entities, what at the outset seem to be reasonable & cost efficient, is anything but. EPI is a proposed new bureaucracy with 3 members appointed by the general assembly for a 4 year term at a salary of $100k per year. The members are vested with the power to regulate the rates and services of every public utility. They are tasked to “fix just & reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices & measurements of service to be furnished, imposed or observed and followed” by every public utility in SC. Even though this commission is governed by a 6-member board of elected officials, the power held by 3 bureaucrats for that length of time encompassing “every” public utility can be incredibly dangerous. The bill H5118 that creates the EPI, should be drastically scaled back or “killed” outright.
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South Carolina Congressional Conservatives Block Liberal Judge
- By SC Freedom Caucus
Former Democrat gubernatorial candidate James Smith rejected as judge
Today, conservatives had another major win at the State House.
The General Assembly held elections for our state’s judges. As we have discussed before, our current judicial election system is inherently flawed by allowing trial-lawyer legislators to choose the judges in front of whom they try their cases.
Over the years numerous liberals have been elected to the bench despite Republican control of both chambers. In fact just a few years ago Justice Kay Hearn, a proven liberal, was re-elected to a 10 year term (despite the fact she could only serve 1 year due to age limitations) against our objections. She then served as the deciding vote and wrote the majority opinion striking down the Heartbeat Bill in SC.
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Capped out: State Law Hurts Qualified Judicial Candidates' Election Chances
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
Update: 4/17/24 – A day after this story was published, S.C. lawmakers rejected a bid by James Smith, a former state House member and Democratic nominee for governor, to become a 5th Circuit Court judge, voting 94-57 to restart the screening process for the seat.
Since 2016, Ralph King “Tripp” Anderson unsuccessfully has tried three times to get a seat on the S.C. Supreme Court – the state’s top court.
Each time, the legislatively controlled Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) found Anderson, the state Administrative Law Court's chief judge, qualified and nominated him twice for election by the S.C. Legislature, though the commission later rescinded his second nomination, records show. In Anderson’s third try last year for a Supreme Court seat, he was the only one of four qualified candidates who wasn’t nominated.
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SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis's Response to Senate Committee Report this Past Tuesday
- By Curtis Loftis - SC Treasurer
Regarding Tuesday’s Senate subcommittee report, let me remind you that Senator Larry Grooms and his subcommittee members act with complete Senatorial immunity. They can say and do anything they like, and there are no consequences. There are no penalties for Senators, and no court action is available to me.
Unfortunately, a handful of State Senators are more interested in character assassination than solving problems that affect our State. Fortunately, most state leaders realize that problems are usually best solved at a conference table, not by grandstanding in front of TV cameras.
It should be obvious to everyone that the subcommittee would like to overturn the election of an executive branch official and install a puppet to control the funds of the state. Last night, the Treasurer’s Office invested $50.8 billion dollars, and wealthy special interest wants the power, income, and other “dividends” that come with control of the people’s money. The taxpayers of South Carolina should be very, very concerned.
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Judicial Reform for SC within Sight!
- By Josiah Magnuson - SC House Representative for District 38
We are within sight of judicial reform in SC! After years of effort with no bills on this topic ever allowed a hearing, the power of the good-ol-boy attorneys in the legislature is cracking. For the first time, a subcommittee hearing is being held in the House on Thursday morning at 9am.
The bill being addressed (S1046) has come over from the Senate where Sen. Wes Climer took a courageous stand to say he would filibuster the judicial elections until a judicial reform bill was brought to the floor! This is yet another example of how it is courage, not weakness, that gets things done in Columbia. Change almost never happens unless somebody draws a line in the sand and is willing to take the arrows for it. I'm so grateful to Sen. Climer for being that person on judicial reform this year.
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Florida Supreme Court Approves Pro-Life Law, But Sets the Stage for Abortion Showdown in November
- By Ben Johnson - The Washington Stand
After being thoroughly remade by a popular Republican governor, the Supreme Court in one of the nation’s largest states has upheld a protective pro-life law which allows an even stronger protection to take effect. But the court also authorized a ballot initiative that could erase nearly all pro-life laws in America’s third most populous state.
In a near-unanimous (6-1) ruling, the Florida Supreme Court approved a bill prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks gestation. The Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Act “protects babies in the womb who have beating hearts, who can move, who can taste, who can see, and who can feel pain,” said Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who appointed five of the seven sitting justices, when he signed the bill in April 2022. The ruling also paves the way for a more protective pro-life law, which extends human rights to six weeks post-gestation, to take effect next month.
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Support Strong South Carolina Election-integrity Bill H.4935
- By The John Birch Society
Members of the South Carolina General Assembly are seeking to enact a strong election-integrity bill that would go a long way toward ensuring the integrity of South Carolina elections. It is imperative that legislators pass this bill and reject every attempt to weaken it.
House Bill 4935 (H.4935), titled the “Secure, Accurate, and Verifiable Elections (SAVE) Act,” is sponsored by Representative Joseph Bustos (R-Mount Pleasant) and 16 other representatives.
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Unapproved Nuke Model Part of SC 'Clean Electricity' Plan
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
S.C. officials want to spend millions of state tax dollars on a new “clean electricity” strategy that includes a type of nuclear technology currently not in use by any U.S. utility, an investigation by The Nerve has found.
In recently passing its version of the nearly $41 billion total state budget for fiscal 2024-25, which starts July 1, the Republican-controlled S.C. House designated $50 million out of a state “rainy-day” fund for the "South Carolina Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy,” or “SC Nexus” for short.
In an application submitted last year – which The Nerve recently reviewed – for federal designation as an inaugural “Tech Hub,” the S.C. Department of Commerce said the state’s expanding manufacturing sector, along with the scheduled closure of two of three regional coal plants by 2030, “provides opportunity to innovate, scale, and export new electricity technology and intellectual property.”
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Support the South Carolina Medical Freedom Act (S.975)
- By The John Birch Society
South Carolina legislators are seeking to pass the Medical Freedom Act (S.975), a pro-freedom bill that would protect South Carolinians from forced vaccination, roll back “public health emergency” laws, and ensure access to ivermectin and other life-saving medications.
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Trans Activist Plaintiffs Sanctioned by Federal Judge for Attempt to Subpoena Eagle Forum of Alabama
- By Kris Ullman - President of Eagle Forum
Individual Plaintiffs Forced to Withdraw Subpoena Meant to Silence Constitutionally Protected Advocacy to Protect Vulnerable Children
(MONTGOMERY, AL) – A federal judge has sanctioned the trans activist plaintiffs for their attempt to subpoena Eagle Forum of Alabama (EFA) in the case challenging the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (VCAP). After hearing the arguments by the attorney representing EFA, the judge offered plaintiffs the opportunity to withdraw their unsupportable subpoena, which they quickly did. After apologizing to the court and Eagle Forum, the judge ordered the parties to confer to determine appropriate fees and the plaintiffs agreed to pay attorney fees in the amount of $25,000.
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South Carolina S965 vs. S975
- By Greenville Patriot Caucus
The Senate Medical Affairs Committee is set to hear two bills regarding Medical Freedom this month. S965 is a bad bill and is being fast tracked over the better bill, S975. S965 is scheduled to be heard in Committee this Thursday March 7th, so please act to this CTA before Thursday morning.
S965 is a bad bill for the following reasons:
- Allows private employers to fire unvaccinated employees and removes a lawyer’s chances of litigating on behalf of a person wrongfully discharged because of their vaccination status.
- Provides meager unemployment benefits through federal COVID-19 relief tax dollars.
- Establishes and funds weekly discriminatory COVID-19 testing based on vaccination status.
- Does nothing to reduce "public health emergency" powers.
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SC Freedom Caucus Townhall Meeting in Woodruff, SC
- By Press Release
The Freedom Caucus members of the South Carolina House will be having several upcoming “town hall” type meetings to let the people know what's going on in the legislature and to ask for citizen assistance in advancing bills. The first one will be hosted by Rep. Bill Chumley this Thursday, March 7, at 6 pm. The venue will be at 3501 Hwy 417, Woodruff, SC 29388. Please notify all your contacts and let others know.
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Many County Magistrates Still on Bench Past their Terms
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
Dozens of county magistrates statewide continue to serve months or even years after their terms have expired – giving S.C. senators who control their nominations the power to fire them at any time.
As of last week, 71, or a nearly a quarter, of the 300 magistrates statewide identified on the S.C. Judicial Department’s website remained in “holdover status,” The Nerve found in a review of the most recently available holdover lists from the department and Governor’s Office, as well as Senate journals, which record official actions of senators while the 46-member chamber is in session.
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