What Does It Take to Get Fired From a State Job in SC?

Black White and Blue in the South

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.

Opening Banter (00:00)

• WZLA 92.9 FM in Abbeville, South Carolina

Introduction (01:55)

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

Hate Crimes Against Hispanic Victims (04:58)

• 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

Actual Incidents of Voter Fraud (10:41)

• 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)

Addiction Recovery Houses (14:25)

• Greenwood recovery houses: the good and bad (Index Journal)
• H. 3997 Certification of Recovery Housing
• Amid Upstate's opioid epidemic, people with addiction struggle to find safe recovery homes (Greenville News)

If Jesus Ran For Office Against A Republican (21:46)

• @incrediberry on TikTok

South Carolina to control book bans at the state level (24:53)

• South Carolina State Superintendent Seeks Control of Library and Classroom Collections (School Library Journal)
• ANOTHER VIEW: Watch out for Weaver and Big Brother in education (Statehouse Report)
• ACLU-SC REJECTS CENSORSHIP PROPOSAL FROM STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (ACLU)
• Read it for yourself: R.43-170. Uniform Procedure for Selection or Reconsideration of Instructional Materials (ACLU)
• Moms for Liberty Members Call the Cops on Librarians Over YA Bestseller (The Daily Beast)

Lindsey Graham Defending Chick-fil-A's Honor (33:27)

• New bill could force Chick-fil-A to be open on Sundays at some locations in New York (ABC)
• New York bill could interfere with Chick-fil-A’s long-standing policy to close Sundays (AP)
• Graham visits NY Chick-fil-A to rail against Sunday openings: ‘We need to have their back’ (The Hill)

Misuse of Anti-Trans Studies (40:35)

• H. 4624 Gender Reassignment Procedures (scstatehouse.gov)
• Rep J.A. Moore questions the studies cited (YouTube)
• Oliver Gouldsmith provides details about numbers cited by Rep McCravy (YouTube)

Obama's Shout-out to Our Podcast (48:24)

• The Daily Beans podcast
• Parrot AI

Closing (52:33)

• Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs (SimplyPsychology)

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