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Hurricane Beryl: Tropical Monster
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s early days, but so far the 2024 tropical season is living up to its ominous hype. Projections of a “blockbuster” and “super-charged” season in the Atlantic basin remain up in the air – but the first storms out of the gate are doing their level best to justify the hyperbolic advance billing.
‘Gun Grant’ Scandal: Lowcountry Investigation Ramps Up
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Earlier this year, reporter Jocelyn Grzeszczak of The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier penned a detailed investigative report on the spectacular failure of a taxpayer-subsidized campaign to reduce gun violence in North Charleston, South Carolina. As we noted in our coverage of the scandal,...
‘Chaos In The Cabin’: Dreamliner Diverted
Severe turbulence injures dozens on trans-Atlantic flight …. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Boeing Dreamliner traveling from Madrid, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay was forced to divert to Brazil after experiencing turbulence so severe one passenger was jettisoned from their seat and propelled into an overhead storage bin. The...
Prioleau Alexander: Not With A Bang, But A Whimper
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Language is the loneliest art. You can’t absorb it with glance like a painting, or listen to it in a couple minutes like a song that might have stupid lyrics, but a great tune. When it comes to the written-and-recorded word, you have to commit to it. You have to invest your time delving into someone else’s thinking. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many people willing to invest the time — or willing to think, for that matter.
Guest Column: Jim Clyburn’s Backing Of Biden Imperils Rural South Carolina
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My name is Duke Buckner, and I’m the Republican nominee for South Carolina’s sixth congressional district. I want to talk to you about the economy, which is the single biggest issue facing our nation and the people of the sixth district. The...
Donald Trump Hails Supreme Court Immunity Ruling
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Former U.S. president Donald Trump – riding a wave of momentum after his 2024 rival bombed calamitously at a high-profile presidential debate last week – received another shot in the arm on Monday when the U.S. supreme court issued a key ruling on presidential immunity.
Palmetto Political Stock Index – 7/1/2024
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In a campaign cycle that has already seen its share of history-making drama, this one tops them all. We’ve suddenly found ourselves in the midst of the biggest presidential political crisis since 1948. Back then, unhappy conservatives and progressives bolted the Democratic Party – stranding Harry Truman on a lonely island as he battled for reelection.
Charleston Day Chaos: Head Of School Abruptly Resigns
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The leader of the embattled Charleston Day School (CDS) – one of the most prestigious private academies in the Palmetto State – abruptly resigned her post this week. In a letter sent to the families of students, Judith Foley Arnstein announced she...
SLED Charges Upstate Man With Impersonating A Lawyer
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged a man in Oconee County last week for impersonating a lawyer, practicing law without a license and forgery. The SLED investigation executed three arrest warrants against Nathan Lee Chambers, 30, of Oconee, S.C. for alleged conduct...
Joe Biden To Remain In 2024 Presidential Race
President’s family blame staff for debate debacle …. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Incumbent U.S. president Joe Biden will reportedly remain in the 2024 presidential election at the urging of his family – led by his wife, Jill Biden, and son, Hunter Biden. That controversial decision could...
Missing Inmate Caught On Camera At South Carolina Walmart
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Agents of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are searching for an escaped inmate last seen at a Walmart in Greenville County, according to agency spokesperson Renée Wunderlich. Billy Reed Fletcher, 43, is said to have escaped from the Carter County Detention...
South Carolina Job Woes Continue
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... South Carolina’s labor participation rate held at near record low levels once again during the month of May, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Meanwhile it’s unemployment rate – a more widely watched but less comprehensive indicator of joblessness – ticked upward.
K9 Officer Charged With Domestic Violence After Suffocating Spouse
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An officer of the Myrtle Beach Police Department (MBPD) stands accused of domestic violence after an assault was recorded on his home surveillance camera, according to agents of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). On Thursday, June 27, 2024, MBPD K9 handler Christoper...
Three Deputies Arrested During Sexual Misconduct Investigation
Three deputies of the Berkeley County Detention Center stand accused of felonious misconduct followi. The story of a system given a monopoly on force continues. Power is an attractant to all sorts of vermin. Corruption, sexual assault, coercion, theft, and bribery always follows power. The state must create a façade...
Guest Column: A Personal Apology For My Generation
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I often reflect on how lucky I am to have been born in America at the time that I was. It was like winning the lottery, being born in this amazing country and experiencing the historical dividends from decades of prosperity and peace. I couldn’t ask for more; well, maybe having been born in South Carolina instead of the north, but you can’t have everything. At least I found my way to the Palmetto State as soon as I could.
Spy Apps: Balancing Privacy And Practicality
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In recent news, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has expressed concerns about the lack of transparency from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the use of AI technology to detect tax evasion. The AI software was instrumental in identifying nearly $700 billion in unpaid taxes annually by randomly selecting tax returns for audits and scanning for signs of tax avoidance. Despite the software’s effectiveness, the IRS has not disclosed sufficient information about the software’s key components and technical specifications.
Joe Biden’s Debate Disaster
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you noticed a glow on the horizon Thursday night, it was cell phone towers set ablaze by Democratic leaders frantically calling one another. They were in full freakout mode after their party’s impending presidential nominee spent two hours looking positively baffled and befuddled before millions of Americans on live TV.
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