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Bill and Jumelle finish up Season 3 with a memorable Christmas episode featuring a number of friends of the show joining in to provide topics of discussion.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #GreenwoodSC #ChristmasParade #LocalLawmakers
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Bill and Jumelle finish up Season 3 with a memorable Christmas episode featuring a number of friends of the show joining in to provide topics of discussion.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #GreenwoodSC #ChristmasParade #LocalLawmakers
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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In Episode 77, Bill and Jumelle read a glowing review of our show!

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#podcasting #reviews #SmartAndFunny #ThankYou
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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In Episode 71, Jumelle endorses Sylvia Wright for Superintendent of Education in South Carolina. She says:

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#SouthCarolina #SCPolitics #Education #PublicEducation #SylviaWrightForSC
December 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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In Episode 69, Bill and Jumelle watch as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stands up to the Trump Administration.

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#Boston #MichelleWu #Immigration #TrumpAdministration #FightingBack
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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In Episode 63, Bill shares a video he published of now-jailed Republican Rep RJ May using a cellphone mere weeks after federal investigators raided his house and confiscated his electronics.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #RJMay #ChildEndangerment
#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #RJMay #FederalInvestigation #Exploitation #ElectronicDevices #NothingToSeeHere #CarryOn
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December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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In Episode 56, Bill & Jumelle watch as a Freedom Caucus representative tries to defend cutting tuition support from the budget.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #SCHouse #budget #debate #amendments #FreedomCaucus #tuition #TheCitadel
December 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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In Episode 77, Bill and Jumelle talk with guest Stacey Mars about Gov Andy Beshear's visit to South Carolina.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #Kentucky #AndyBeshear
The relatively unknown Democrat drawing huge crowds in South Carolina
Potential 2028 candidates, including Andy Beshear, descended on South Carolina in recent weeks to preview their campaign messages.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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In Episode 74, Bill and Jumelle watch testimony given on South Carolina's proposed complete abortion ban and Sen Katrina Shealy's reaction to someone calling her out.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #AbortionBan #SC323 #SenKatrinaShealy
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Lindsey Graham is failing South Carolina.

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Sen. Graham is ‘objectively failing at his job,’ says Democratic challenger
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Dr. Annie Andrews joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss her bid to unseat incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham. Dr. Andrews also calls for "generational change" in the Demo...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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In Episode 70, Bill reveals an investigative report about Highlands Latin School which has accredited a number of religious schools in South Carolina.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPolitics #PublicEduation #ReligiousEducation #SchoolVouchers
How Louisville's Highlands Latin School became a classical Christian education empire
With affiliates across the U.S., an accreditation body and a publishing arm that creates learning materials, HLS has grown mightily over the years.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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In Episode 77, Bill gives a brief history of the US Dept of Education before discussing how the Trump administration is dismantling it.

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#DepartmentOfEducation #PublicEducation #Reconstruction #DeptOfEd #SchoolSystem
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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In Episode 76, Bill and Jumelle interview Dr. Jermaine Johnson, candidate for SC Governor. We encourage you to watch his full announcement speech here!

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#SouthCarolina #SCPolitics #DrJermaineJohnson #SCGovernor #NewSC #Announcement
WATCH LIVE: Rep. Jermaine Johnson announces bid for governor
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December 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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In Episode 77, Bill tries to talk about a serious study on Congressional redistricting, but Jumelle and guest Stacey Mars get distracted.

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#Texas #Georgia #Redistricting #Census #Pew
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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In Episode 77, Bill and Jumelle talk about the chaos of nationwide Congressional redistricting in between census cycles.

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#SouthCarolina #Texas #California #redistricting #gerrymandering
Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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In Episode 77, Bill reveals something about guest Stacey Mars that Jumelle has a hard time believing!

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#SouthCarolina #GreenvilleSC #Kentucky #AndyBeshear #KFC
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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In Episode 77, Bill and Jumelle are outraged by the Dept of Ed's declassification of women-dominated fields as "non-professional"!

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#DepartmentOfEducation #nursing #professional #professionalcareers #studentloans
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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In Episode 77, Jumelle reveals the vote tally of a recent vote in the City of Greenwood about an almost hate-crimes ordinance.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #GreenwoodSC #HateCrimes
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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In Episode 77, Bill and Jumelle discuss how Linda McMahon, US Secretary of the Dept of Education, is embroiled in a lawsuit asserting abuse of minors in the 80s and 90s!

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#DepartmentOfEducation #PublicEducation #Reconstruction #DeptOfEd
'Abuse, Grooming, Drugs, and Sexual Coercion': The Scandal Wrestling Buried
An excerpt from Abraham Josephine Riesman's new book tells the story of Tom Cole, the WWF ring boy.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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In Episode 77, Bill gives a brief history of the US Dept of Education before discussing how the Trump administration is dismantling it.

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#DepartmentOfEducation #PublicEducation #Reconstruction #DeptOfEd #SchoolSystem
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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In Episode 77, we announced a campaign to raise $2500 for Dr. Jermaine Johnson for Governor by the end of December! Please contribute what you can. If you want change in SC, we have to step up for candidates ready to make that change!

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #DrJermaineJohnson #NewSC
Donate to Jermaine Johnson
Show your support with a contribution.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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In Episode 77, Bill brags about tickets his wife got them to see comedian Josh Johnson.

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#JoshJohnson #comedy #BadBunny #SuperBowl #Spanish
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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In Episode 77, Bill and Jumelle discuss how the SC Legislature's attempt to increase their own pay backfired!

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #payraise #SCSupremeCourt #SCLawmakers
SC Supreme Court strikes down legislative pay raise • SC Daily Gazette
Along with the $18,000 raise, legislators will not receive the $12,000 they have gotten for decades under the opinion.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Bill and Jumelle welcome Stacey Mars, chair of the Greenville County Democratic Party and co-host of The Whole Truth Podcast.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #GreenwoodSC #GreenvilleSC #Redistricting #Gerrymandering #DepartmentOfEducation
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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In Episode 76, Dr. Jermaine Johnson (@drjljohnson.bsky.social), candidate for SC Governor, explains why he broke with the House majority and voted against this year's budget.

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#SouthCarolina #DrJermaineJohnson #SCPol #BudgetCuts #PayRaises
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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In Episode 74, Bill and Jumelle watch testimony given on South Carolina's proposed complete abortion ban.

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#SouthCarolina #SCPol #AbortionBan #SC323 #AbortionRights #ReproductiveRights

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November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM