Political Bill SC

Once again, in a state dominated by "Conservative family-values Christians", we show up as one of the worst states in which to raise a family.

Why?
45th - Affordability
44th – Infant-mortality rate
42nd - Education & child care
41st – Violent crimes per capita

It's time to get past the lies that Republicans have spread for decades in order to stay in power. It's time to think different and vote different. Only the Democratic Party will raise South Carolina from the bottom of these lists.

Argue all you want, but the results over the past 20 years won't change and the continued failures in the future won't change - not unless the hearts and minds of South Carolinians turn around to WANT better for our state.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome."

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #FamilyValues #LowRankings

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sc-one-worst-states-raise-110000465.html

Hiding the truth doesn't make the truth any less true.

"The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, a world-renowned laboratory of the National Science Foundation, faces an uncertain future after a surprise announcement on Dec. 16. The news was delivered not in a formal policy document but on social media, where the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget posted on X that the administration will break up NCAR, citing it as a source of 'climate alarmism.'"

#ClimateChange #Science #NCAR

https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/03/12/federal-plan-to-dismantle-ncar/

At least 150 patriots turned out to voice their opposition to war, to unaffordable gas prices, to dehumanization of immigrants, to the persecution of LGBTQIA and to the general downward trajectory our country is headed in. We are less safe, less wealthy, less healthy and less united than ever before. Our country's future is worth fighting for and these men and women, veterans and volunteers, teachers and students, clergy and creatives showed up to do so.

Thank you to all who shared photos of today's event in Greenwood. I hope you enjoyed seeing your shots in this video.

#SouthCarolina #GreenwoodSC #NoKings

https://youtube.com/shorts/wqq4Fs3DkvQ

Ellen Weaver is a hand-picked servant of religious zealot corporate extremists. She is accountable to THEM, not to the people of South Carolina.

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #EllenWeaver #SCEducation

https://www.aol.com/news/search-honest-school-voucher-data-132749314.html

Remember - this whole thing when down under Trump's first term.

"A female guard replied “If he is dead, we’re going to cover it up and he’s going to have an alibi -- my officers,” the FBI notes said. The inmate claimed the whole wing overheard the exchange."

#Epstein #EpsteinConspiracy #EpsteinCoverup

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article314966334.html

#Farming #Agriculture

https://thehill.com/business/5800554-fertilizer-prices-us-farmers/

As we saw with the COVID pandemic, the global economy can be wrecked in a very short period of time. And as we saw afterwards, it takes a long time to recover.

Once again, Trump & the Republicans have led us to the quick crash and we'll need the next administration to work on the long recovery.

#TrumpEconomy #EconomicDownturn #EconomicRecovery

And just like that, Republicans completely forgot about America's number one problem: Critical Race Theory.

I think it's been well over a year since I heard a single Republican mention CRT! It's almost like it wasn't an issue to begin with.

#CRT #CriticalRaceTheory

This is a special candidate, y'all. She only lost last election by hundreds of votes. This is a seat that can change if we all unite behind her.

Give Jumelle for SC a follow and share!

https://jumelleforsc.com/

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #GreenwoodSC #McCormickSC

"...none of us in research leadership positions around the country had ever faced anything like the Trump administration’s attacks on universities and science."

You couldn't ask for a more opposite approach to making America great! Our country was BUILT on scientific progress!

#Science #Research #AntiScience #TrumpAdministration

https://theconversation.com/panicking-scientists-canceled-experiments-federal-funding-cuts-turned-my-work-as-a-research-dean-into-crisis-management-277162

If you were doing such a good job, why would SIX people from your own damn Party line up to run against you?

#LindseyGraham #SouthCarolina

A gubernatorial ticket consisting of Dr Jermaine Johnson and Sen Katrina Shealy.

Am I crazy for thinking this would be special?
Or is this something we should will into existence?

#SouthCarolina #SCPol

We have to pause and realize that we just impacted the gubernatorial race in South Carolina. And it was a glorious thing to behold!

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #JermaineJohnson #NewSC #RunAnyway

https://youtu.be/hrIfDmIa4EI

Mark my words, Trump & his cronies will send ICE agents after delinquent student loan borrowers.

We see he wants to send them to be TSA agents at the airports. He's sent them as security to the Olympics in Italy. He had the National Guard on litter detail in Washington D.C. for crying out loud! You think he won't send his goon squad after you for student loans?

#StudentLoans #ICE

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/federal-student-loan-defaulted-record-b2942924.html

I give two more reasons why it's still worth running for office in a district that you believe you have no chance of winning.

#RunningForOffice #RunForSomething #UseYourVoice #SouthCarolina #SCPol

https://youtu.be/CKWzPPPs4fc

It's a sad day when we're echoing the words of an invading nation that's been stuck for years in their own war.
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"Last week, the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, said the US 'didn’t start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it'.

Throughout his own war, Putin used strikingly similar language. 'We didn’t start the so-called war in Ukraine,” he said in February 2022. “We are trying to finish it.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/how-the-us-israeli-war-in-iran-parallels-russia-invasion-of-ukraine

Imagine you engaged police in a 100 mph chase on the highway that ends with you colliding with another vehicle and crashing out.

What do you think would happen to you?

Now, imagine you were a wealthy white male of privilege. Watch this video and tell me again how we're a color-blind nation.

#WhitePrivelege #InequalJustice

So much for "Drill, baby, drill" 🤷

Business want stability. The Trump administration, propped up by spineless Republican lawmakers, have delivered nothing but chaos.

#IranWar #OilPrice #GasPrices #Chaos

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Drillers-See-Triple-Digit-Crude-and-Hit-the-Brakes.html

Maybe Trump and Ayatollah should've exchanged love letters. Then Iran would've been free to pursue all the weapons they wanted without so much as a peep out of Trump.

#Iran #NorthKorea

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/04/06/submartine-maintenance/4811775513610/

How did they go from hating high gas prices to loving high gas prices?

#GasPrices #MAGA #CoordinatedMessaging #IranWar #HighGasPrices

https://youtube.com/shorts/q842mH_B3Ds

He was pretty much the winner in the 2024 election as well

#Putin #Russia #Trump

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5810168-putin-benefits-iran-war/

Indeed, it is very exciting to see so much interest in running for office with record numbers of people filing in South Carolina - across ALL political parties!
However, there is a downside to this: With these record number of candidates, this also means a large number of races with multiple members of the same party competing. Which means many primary races as well.

A primary has low turnout to begin with (usually half or less that of the general election).

And then in many cases, where there are more than two candidates running for the same party nomination, there will need to be a runoff which has an even lower turnout.

So again we're back to a very small minority of voters selecting the candidates to run in the general election. Not to mention the amount of money required to spin back up all those election precincts, all those poll workers, all those machines. We are so far past time for ranked choice voting (at least in primaries) it's not even funny.

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #RankedChoiceVoting

https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting/

#NoKings

Hey MAGA... How would you have reacted if someone in the Biden administration told you to cut back on YOUR Starbucks?

You would have rioted in the streets.

Instead, you suffer from TLS - Trump Loyalty Syndrome. You support EVERYTHING the guy does even when it screws you over.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5792145-michele-tafoya-senate-candidate-gas-prices-iran-war/

"Many laughed when South Carolina’s state epidemiologist told lawmakers there is no evidence the MMR vaccine caused autism."

My heart goes out to Dr. Linda Bell and any other professional who spent years in hard study and practice only to be mocked by zealots who revel in their ignorance.

#measles #VaccinesWork #Vaccines #SouthCarolina #SCPol

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article314922657.html?giftCode=8744d4eb8efec9d7ba78bd7b18fd2363109ae64ab9eaea25eed2123ada3c4db6

Of course I'm against the bombing of Iran.

Do I trust anything this President and his lackeys are telling us? Of course not.

Do I believe this President has broken every promise he's made to the American people? Yes - but it's not a belief, it's a fact.

Are we in more danger now? Absolutely.

From the party that claims to oppose tax dollars being used for “indoctrination” comes this:

"Congressional Republicans are trying to eliminate a section of the tax code that prohibits churches and other nonprofit organizations from endorsing or formally opposing political candidates."

#ChurchAndState #TaxExempt #FreedomOfSpeech #Indoctrination

https://san.com/cc/republicans-want-to-eliminate-ban-on-church-political-endorsements/

"The latest data from December 2025 show more South Carolinians are struggling to find work than in recent years, with the current unemployment rate rising to 4.8%"

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #Unemployment

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article314894106.html?giftCode=face8da88835484560927cc3a83b567750e720d7bf01b4d3a2c58be4afa3e80e

"Respondents in these countries increasingly see China as a more dependable partner than the U.S. and believe the Asian economic colossus is leading on advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence."

#Trump #China #WorldTrade

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/15/trump-china-europe-closer-ties-00823457

#Republicans #RepublicanParty

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/theyre-echoing-nazis-its-not-an-accident

Where's Rep John McCravy's "Family Caucus" on this crisis? When he's not busy renaming bridges after Charlie freakin' Kirk, maybe the "Family Caucus" could, you know, help out families or something"

#Childcare #SouthCarolina #SCPol

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/03/05/huge-burden-sc-childcare-scholarship-program-hold-leaving-parents-providers-financial-strain/

Who can honestly say that Nancy Mace is in the least bit fit for ANY elected position, let alone Governor or US Congress?

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #NancyMace

Here's one very good reason why you should consider running for office even if it appears the odds are heavily against you.

#RunningForOffice #RunForSomething #SouthCarolina #SCPol

https://youtube.com/shorts/y7zI_Z_kKLE