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Braylee Estep (left) & Mother Arrested “Assault by Mob” Charges Can you start an article with … “I am not surprised”? Or better yet … “we were expecting this!” Or maybe … “in our opinion this was not the first time Braylee was involved in an ‘Assault by Mob’.” Yes … Braylee Estep is the 22-year-old that Drew McKissick hired in 2023 as the SCGOP Political Director … for the entire State of South Carolina … in a Presidential Election Year with all eyes on our state. Only experience necessary … being a “thug” and willing to “lie”. Why would...

If you think the events in Hampton County & the Alex Murdaugh murders exposed “corruption” in South Carolina … you haven’t seen anything yet!!! The update from last nights SCGOP State Executive Committee meeting … and the Lexington County Republican Party … is simple: SCGOP Chairman Drew McKissick & the majority of the SCGOP State Executive Committee … DECLARED WAR ON MAGA & America FIRST!!! Yes, you read that correctly … Drew McKissick and his ilk want to stir up the FEBRUARY 24th, 2024, SC Presidential Preference Primary by shutting down TRUMP supporting County GOPs. Maybe to help Nikki Haley?...

Damage in the aftermath of yesterday’s storm Shortly after President Trump finished yesterday’s stump speech, a freak storm wrecked the small town of Pickens, South Carolina. Trees were uprooted, and roofs were blown away. One day later, the power has yet to be fully restored while nearly all 3,126 residents have a hand in cleaning up. But considering the way a crowd of 50,000 welcomed Sen. Lindsey Graham to the stage yesterday, the latest forecasting suggests bad weather has only just begun for the political establishment in the Palmetto State. “It was an odd, wild storm that only touched two...

The son of Elton’s embattled mayor is now being investigated for attacking the whistleblower who brought election discrepancies to light. Roderick Williams first spoke out to 7News about his concerns about what he saw as voting irregularities in the race for Elton mayor. We did our own investigation and found instances where voters who had a homestead exemption in another parish were still voting in Jeff Davis. We also found people registering to vote using empty lots or vacant homes as their addresses. Since we started, nearly two dozen people had their voting registration challenged and 12 were removed from...

May 11, 2017: The monument to Jefferson Davis in New Orleans, the former president of the Confederacy was removed just after 5 a.m.

The U.S. military will not provide details on specific cases of American service members injured in Iraq and Syria because it could give information to Islamic State militants, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday The spokesman, Peter Cook, was responding to a question at a Pentagon press briefing seeking confirmation that four Americans had been wounded in Syria earlier this month. Cook said there had been no a change in policy and aggregate numbers would still be provided. "Our policy is not to identify wounded service members for a variety of reasons, including operational security, including privacy reasons," Cook said....

The Republican nominee for governor of Hawaii stepped to the podium at a fundraiser for the state GOP, greeted by cheers and a standing ovation. Duke Aiona is the man who "will win, can win," a state senator insisted as he introduced the nominee. And the 200 donors and supporters in the audience apparently agreed. "I feel so confident right now," Aiona said in a pavilion lit by tiki torches, nestled in a valley on Oahu's North Shore. "This is a statement in and of itself, to have so many people here supporting the Republican Party." It's an odd sentiment...

But he didn’t listen to the campaign, and the result is the implosion of Wendy Davis’ personal and political narratives Wendy Davis, the progressive movement’s Texas darling because of her pro-late term abortion filibuster, is withering under revelations that much of her narrative of struggle and financial hardship is misleading at best, fabricated at worst. The wagons are being circled around her with claims of a War on Women and sexism … all because the truth has come out via an interview with her husband by the Dallas Morning News, and other investigation. There even are accusations by Texas Democratic...

Wendy Davis rose to national prominence when she conducted a filibuster to block a Texas bill restricting non-medically necessary abortions after 20-weeks. For that position, which is wildly unpopular, Davis became the next Elizabeth Warren — the Great White Hope in pink sneakers. Erick Erickson dubbed her “Abortion Barbie,” which led to howls of sexism. But as I explained in Why is “Abortion Barbie” off limits for Wendy Davis?, Barbie and Ken analogies in politics are quite common. Erickson’s remark was directed not at Davis’ gender, but her self-professed ignorance of the Kermit Gosnell House of Abortion Horrors. That someone...

A conservative group and several gubernatorial candidates are asking Democratic Attorney General Lori Swanson to investigate ACORN over voter registrations and other activities in Minnesota. Minnesota Majority president Jeff Davis says a felon convicted of registering illegally in Ramsey County claimed an ACORN canvasser helped her. He was joined at a news conference on Wednesday by a handful of GOP candidates and one Democrat.

SACRAMENTO – U.S. military authorities on Wednesday began investigating whether a California National Guard unit was established to spy on U.S. citizens, as about 30 demonstrators outside guard headquarters confronted officials backed by armed soldiers. The federal probe of the nation's largest National Guard force involves the U.S. Army's inspector general, the federal National Guard Bureau's inspector general and the National Guard Bureau's legal division. The unit has raised concern among peace activists that the Guard is resorting to the same type of civilian monitoring that characterized Vietnam War-era protests. "These are your mothers, grandmothers and neighbors," said George Main,...

One Nation, under Secularism? January 8, 2004 Everybody’s getting religion these days. By everybody, I mean of course all the presidential candidates, especially Democrats concerned with outreach to voters far from Vermont. Responding to this trend, Susan Jacoby, writing in the New York Times, notes regretfully that “secularism has become a dirty word.” In an essay titled “One Nation, under Secularism,” she argues that the Framers of the Constitution were driven by “secular convictions” when they wrote “the nation’s founding document.” She wants us to appreciate “the nation’s secular heritage.” She deplores “the misconception, promulgated by the Christian right, that...

HAMPTON, Va. - At Jefferson Davis Middle School, a civil war of words is being waged over a petition drive to erase the name of the slave-owning Confederate president from the school. Opinion is mixed, and it's not necessarily along racial lines. "If it had been up to Robert E. Lee, these kids wouldn't be going to school as they are today," said civil rights leader Julian Bond, now a history professor at the University of Virginia. "They can't help but wonder about honoring a man who wanted to keep them in servitude." That argument isn't accepted universally among Southern...

BILOXI - A group of Confederate re-enactors plans to demonstrate against the Ku Klux Klan if the Klan marches through Biloxi on Nov. 30.Michael D. Kelley, colonel of the 37th Texas Cavalry re-enactors, said Confederate organizations should take a stand against racist groups using Confederate symbols. The re-enactors plan to hold signs opposing the KKK and furl their flags at the approach of any white-robed Klansmen."When the Klan comes around, we will turn our backs and drop our flags to show our disapproval," Kelley said.The KKK has received a permit to march along city sidewalks, but Kelley's group has not....

<p>Time has claimed the Montgomery hotel where Jefferson Davis stayed before delivering his inaugural address on the steps of the state Capitol nearly 142 years ago.</p> <p>But that didn’t stop the first re-enactment of the textbook moment Saturday by those who aimed to keep it as historically correct as possible. It was a prelude to Davis’ birthday observance Monday.</p>

Davis and His Dog, Traveler By: L. H. L. Excerpted from the Confederate Veteran Vol. XVII, No. 4, April, 1909 Mr. Davis was very fond of animals and birds. He always gathered the scraps from the breakfast table to feed his peafowls, and his dressing gown pockets were heavy with grain for his beautiful pets. He had a large flock of peafowls, of which he was very proud and fond. Every morning Mr. Davis would take his excercise on a short pavement leading from the back steps at Beauvoir. "It is just the length of my excercise path in prison,"...

Complete History of Beauvoir 1848 - 1903  1848 - 1873The James Brown YearsFirst recorded purchase of the gulf side property and the construction of the main house and two out buildings. 1873 - 1879The Sarah Dorsey YearsThe story of the lady who gave Beauvoir it's name, and the sale of Beauvoir to Jefferson Davis. 1877 A Writer's RetreatThe writing of Jefferson Davis' two volumes of The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.1879 - 1889Jefferson Davis, Symbol to the CauseThe retirement years of the only President of the Confederate States of America. 1879 - 1889The Davis Family at BeauvoirThe Davis children Jefferson...