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Prioleau Alexander: Browsing The Left’s Social Media
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Among the most moronic crap I’ve read on social media in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump are these Twitter nuggets, along with my actual responses. Idiot: Trump set it up. He wasn’t shot. That was faked!. Me: What...
Soft Coup Update: Joe Biden Back On The Ropes
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While much of the nation’s attention has remained focused on Donald Trump this week (including unanswered questions from Saturday’s assassination attempt, J.D. Vance’s selection as Trump’s running mate, and the former president’s big acceptance speech in Milwaukee on Thursday night), the civil war at the very top of the Democratic Party is raging fiercer than ever.
South Carolina Attorney General Addresses Title IX Changes
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Earlier this month, our media outlet reported on a major ruling at the U.S. district court level in Kansas regarding president Joe Biden‘s ongoing crusade to erode women’s rights by redefining Title IX. Title IX (.pdf) – adopted in 1972 – outlaws...
It’s Getting Hot In South Carolina
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... South Carolina’s capital city of Columbia likes to brag about being “famously hot.” According to a recent report from the S.C. Office of Resilience (SCOR), though, it’s not just the state capital. The entire Palmetto State has experienced noticeable upticks...
Jeff Mattox: Give Anarchy A Chance
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The American Dream is an age-old concept promoting ideals comparable to that of anarchy. Yet the general populace marvels with disillusion at a dystopian America — addled with rules, regulations, fines, fees and flagrant corruption. Anarchy, as previously mentioned, is the philosophy of...
SLED Agent Charged With DUI In A Government Vehicle
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A special agent of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has been terminated for misconduct after 15 years as an investigator with the Gang Intelligence Unit, according to personnel files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). On May 25, 2024, SLED...
Fatal South Carolina Dog Attack: Charges Filed
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two Pee Dee, South Carolina residents were arrested on Wednesday (July 17, 2024) and charged with owning a dangerous animal that attacked and killed a fellow citizen. According to the Florence, S.C. police department, Justin Conroy and Ashley Maclean – both of Florence –...
More Issues Arise Between Clemson And The ACC
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With college football season right around the corner, fans of Clemson and the University of South Carolina are already eagerly anticipating this year’s big rivalry game. After losing 16-7 to Clemson last year, the Gamecocks ended their 2023 campaign with a brutal record...
SLED Agent Terminated Following DUI Arrest
A special agent of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has been terminated after 15 years as an investigator with the Gang Intelligence Unit. On May 25, 2024, SLED Lieutenant Mark R. Berube was stopped for speeding in a state-issued vehicle by an officer of the S.C. State Transport Police (SCSTP). When the officer smelled alcohol on Berube, he was asked to perform a standard field sobriety test and failed.
Carlton Huffman: Nikki’s Fall, Nancy’s Rise
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While the Badger State is certainly at the center of the Republican National Committee (RNC)’s 4-day extravaganza in Milwaukee, the Palmetto State won’t be denied its ‘First in the South’ due. The state’s two highest-profile women – former governor Nikki Haley and congresswoman Nancy Mace – have starring roles at the 2024 GOP national convention.
Ron Paul: Why We’ll Never Know What Really Happened In Butler
“We live in an empire of lies, propped up by the mainstream media.”. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Just days after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, theories are flying from all directions. Many who ridiculed the “conspiracy theories” of conservatives are now suggesting the whole event was a set-up to boost Trump in the polls ahead of the election. Others suggest it was the “deep state” or even foreign actors who organized it.
The Murdaugh Saga: Loose Ends
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After dominating the media cycle in South Carolina (and beyond) for several years, things finally got quiet in the ‘Murdaugh Murders‘ crime and corruption saga in 2024. Over the past five months, the once-incessant updates regarding various court filings and investigative updates finally ground to a halt (at least prior to last week, when a sudden influx of new developments hit the news again).
Palmetto Political Stock Index – 7/16/2024
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Fortunes can turn on a dime in politics,” we noted in last week’s edition of this index. That truth was capably reinforced in the most profound way possible by last Saturday’s events in Butler, Pennsylvania. A dime’s width one way or...
‘Greenville’s Future’ Pushes Back Against Billion-Dollar Tax Hike
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A group of current and future leaders in Greenville County, South Carolina are joining forces and calling on voters in this staunchly GOP enclave to reject a local option sales tax that would drain $1 billion from taxpayers over the next eight years. The...
SLED Investigating Another Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Pickens County
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Agents of the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are investigating another fatal officer-involved shooting in Pickens County, according to a news release from the agency. After receiving multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding a domestic dispute at 117 Scott Avenue – located in the...
Upstate Gym Battles Eminent Domain Taking
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Plans to oust the decades-old Nautilus Fitness Center from its downtown-Spartanburg location to construct a joint city/county administrative building were met with outrage from members of the local community at a heavily attended city council meeting last week. Both the city of Spartanburg and...
Trump’s Veepstakes: J.D. Vance Tapped
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Former U.S. president Donald Trump ended months of speculation on Monday when he officially tapped U.S. senator James David “J.D.” Vance of Ohio as his running mate. Vance, 39, of Middleton, Ohio is the youngest person to be nominated for the vice...
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