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Here's yet another reason why we can't have open borders. Over the weekend, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finally responded to information that a nightclub called "The Alamo," which was located in an industrial area in Summerville, S.C., may require the agency's attention. Summerville is located in Charleston County and sits about 25 miles northwest of the city of Charleston. The club had no license to operate or sell alcohol, and as far back as November, people filed noise complaints or reported fighting going on in the parking lot. [snip] As it turns out, the nightclub was run...

The Justice Department states that the judge who ruled Kilmar Abrego Garcia had to come back to the U.S. overstepped authority. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order to return a Maryland resident, who is also a Salvadoran national, mistakenly deported last month to El Salvador. The Justice Department is arguing before the high court that the judge who ruled the deportee, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, must be returned overstepped his authority. The administration also argued since Garcia was no longer in U.S. custody there was no way to get him back, according...

A paralyzed Army veteran who drowned in a swimming pool may have taken his own life because he discovered his wife was having an affair with a pastor, his sister has claimed. Chris Skinner, 41, was found dead in a neighborhood pool in Myrtle Beach, SC, on Sept. 6, 2021. Both the cops and coroner’s office eventually declared the case a suicide and ended their probes, but the coroner’s office recently reopened its investigation again, although there is no suggestion it involves foul play. She pointed to conflicting descriptions of how Skinner got into the pool from police and coroner...

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said Gen. CQ Brown was removed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff due to his race and responded to pushback that other officials who are white were dismissed by stating that Brown got called “woke” and “DEI” and “they are substituting these acronyms for the n-word. So, why would you apply the term woke to Gen. Brown? What does that mean?”Clyburn began by saying,” I believe that everybody knows what an outstanding soldier Gen. Brown is and has been, for many, many years. He has a...

A look at the Sunrise Movement and its socialist dreams. The Sunrise Movement (SM) is a 501(c)(4) environmental advocacy organization that, while denying that it is loyal to either “the right or left” side of the political spectrum, in fact throws its full support behind left-wing Democratic Party candidates and agendas. Most notably, SM endorses the enactment of a “Green New Deal,” environmental legislation whose multifaceted mission is to eliminate all fossil-fuel use from the U.S. economy (in favor of renewables like wind and solar energy) by the year 2030; create a “basic income program” and a federal jobs guarantee...

Joe Biden ‘conferred’ membership of the Freemasons in South CarolinaIn a private ceremony on January 19, Joe Biden was given membership in the Freemasons despite Catholic teaching that has remained constant for centuries firmly prohibiting such an action.Joe Biden welcomed into the Prince Hall Freemasons, Jan 19, 2025.Former President Joe Biden had membership of the Freemasons “conferred” upon him despite Catholic teaching firmly prohibiting joining the Masons and the automatic excommunication for doing so remaining quietly in place.One day before Donald Trump was inaugurated as President, Joe Biden attended a “private ceremony” in South Carolina to become part of the...

We have grave concerns about SC Senate Bills S36 and S37. These bills do not set the gold standard for elections. We must remember that the foundation of our Republic is the confidence of our voters and candidates in the electoral process. If passed, these bills will only serve to erode that confidence. Bill S36Bill S36 increases the precinct size from 1,500 to 3,000 and allows the county board of elections and registrations total flexibility in moving/changing polling locations or precincts. While this may be convenient for the election commission as it may reduce vote locations, it is far less...

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn believes Joe Biden will go down as one of the greatest presidents in American history. In an interview on MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports, the South Carolina congressman said that history will judge Biden kindly. “Given everything that was in place when he took office, Covid the economic challenges, do you think that this was in some ways inevitable?” Jansing asked. ”And how do you think history will judge this presidency?” Clyburn responded: I think that he will go down as one of the greatest presidents we ever had. I think the same thing about Jimmy...

NEW: Rep. Nancy Mace tells Jasmine Crockett to meet her outside after Crockett called the congresswoman a child and said her "coffers" were struggling. Crockett: "Somebody's campaign coffers really are struggling right now. So she gonna keep saying trans, trans, trans...

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduced an amendment to the Constitution on Wednesday to limit the amount of terms a House member and U.S. senator can serve. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced the Senate version. Under the amendment, a senator could serve two services and a House member could serve three terms. In terms of a special election, the amendment defines a "qualifying term" as one year or more in the House of Representatives and three years or more in the Senate. The amendment would not be retroactive and would apply to terms lawmakers serve after its adoption. Term limit bills...

The news of Governor Henry McMaster reappointing Dr. Edward Simmer as the Director of the South Carolina Public Health Department has understandably angered countless South Carolinians following Simmer’s failed career as the head of DHEC during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. To fully comprehend Simmer’s mistakes as the Director of DHEC, I reviewed all of DHEC’s board meetings from 2021 and boiled down the main clips so you don’t have to. As the Health Director of South Carolina during the pandemic, Simmer spearheaded all vaccination efforts of adults and children, required masks for kids in school against the legislature’s efforts...

On December 28, an armed robber entered a Mini Mart & Tobacco store in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. The robber put a gun to the clerk’s head. The clerk accessed his own gun. The clerk shot the robber, killing him before the robber could kill him. The Sheriff’s office responded quickly, investigated the scene, and watched video from the store.Less than two days later, the Sheriff’s office released an official statement to the public. From Facebook, Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office:On December 28, 2024 at 8:47 pm, the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office responded to an Armed Robbery at the Hwy. 9...

The "South Carolina Ping List" has not been active in more than 16 months. It's time to get it going again, but with a different name and a more focused mission. My apologies in advance to long time Palmetto State Freepers who have been, and are still, active in trying to make South Carolina great again. This post is directed primarily to Freepers new to South Carolina, and new to our unbelievably screwed up RINO controlled GOP political BS. And, yes, I generally detest "politicians," especially RINO politicians. I know everyone has heard the old saying about the need to...

The mayor of a South Carolina town where the entire police force resigned in anger at local officials has died in a car crash — while being “pursued” and investigated by other law enforcement, according to reports. McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed when his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe plowed head-on into an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon — just five days after police Chief Bob Hale and his five officers stunned the small town by resigning. When he crashed, the newly elected mayor “was being pursued” by a Marlboro County sheriff’s deputy, the investigating coroner said. “The pursuit not related...

Cops are warning residents in rural South Carolina to shut their doors and windows after at least 43 monkeys escaped from a bio-research lab. The rhesus macaques slipped out of an Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee — which is just off I-95 in the south of the state — on Wednesday night. “We want to assure the community that there is no health risk associated with these animals,” the Yemassee Police Department said. Residents are being told not to approach the loose monkeys and instead call 911 and report the sighting. It’s unclear how the primates managed to break out.

The left has been seriously embarrassed by the stories of communist atrocities, corruption and monumental failures that have been pouring out of Eastern Europe since the collapse of the communist regimes there. The carefully cultivated image of communists as honest humanitarians dedicated to helping the poor and downtrodden has been thoroughly demolished. But American leftists are fighting back, trying to counter these stories by calling attention to the alleged sins and crimes of the United States. Hence the success of a recent disinformation operation that resulted in a spate of stories in U.S. newspapers and magazines charging that the our...

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) acknowledged that President Biden had a rocky debate performance, saying that he had “preparation overload.” Biden’s lackluster debate performance Thursday sparked concerns among Democrats about his ability to serve a second term in the White House. However, Clyburn shot down any suggestions that Biden should step down from the ticket, urging people to look at his administration’s record and not judge based on one night. “Yes, it was a bad performance. I’ve been around these things. I’ve been a part of debate preparation before, and I know when I see what I call preparation overload. And...

What would you say if I told you that there is a Republican House candidate who can topple Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), one of the most powerful people in American politics? Just two years ago, Duke Buckner, with a paltry $200,000 in funding, got 37.8% of the vote in his first campaign against Clyburn. Clyburn is beatable, and Duke has the intelligence, charisma, life experience, guts, values, and energy to do it. All he needs now is the money. For that, he needs your help. Rep. Jim Clyburn has been in the House of Representatives for 31 years and is...

Voters in South Carolina will have the opportunity to add an amendment to the state constitution that would allow only American citizens to vote in state elections. The amendment is titled "The Citizens Only Voting Amendment" and it was passed by the South Carolina House of Representatives 105-0 earlier this week. Last month, the Senate passed the legislation by a vote of 40-3. South Carolina voters will be able to vote on the amendment in November of this year. “Today South Carolina took an important step forward in defending the value of citizenship,” Senator Josh Kimbrell said, according to Legal...

Nine Republicans and one Democrat in the Senate voted Tuesday to advance a package that includes aid for Ukraine and Israel, after opposing the legislation in a vote earlier this year. The package advanced toward a final vote Tuesday in an 80-19 procedural vote. Overall, 31 Republicans voted to advance the package. The package includes $61 billion for Ukraine, $26 billion for Israel and global humanitarian assistance and $8 billion for allies in the Indo-Pacific. It also includes a series of national security items, headlined by a potential ban of the social media giant TikTok, or at least a forced...