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Rep. Nancy Mace accused her ex-fiancé and three business partners of committing “depraved” sexual crimes against herself and a dozen other women — including underage girls — in explosive remarks in the House of Representatives on Monday. The South Carolina Republican pol said she came forward with the shocking allegations of rape, voyeurism and other sexual abuse after uncovering a trove of more than 10,000 videos and other photographic evidence contained on the phone of her former husband-to-be Patrick Bryant. “I accidentally uncovered some of the most heinous crimes against women imaginable — we are talking about rape, nonconsensual photos,...

In December 2024, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted a cryptic video to her Facebook page about having to move homes in order to escape her abuser. According to a video posted online this week, Mace has been “moving into and getting settled into” a new residence – which she claimed was her “fourth move” over the past year as she has sought to escape harassment from an alleged abuser. “It’s a place where my abuser doesn’t know the address,” Mace said. “He can’t try to break into or gain entry into this property three times like he previously tried to...

@elonmusk: Those who know, please reply to this post listing all the evil things that NED has done. It’s a long list. https://x.com/elonmusk/statu After that merciless arm-twisting, I have no choice but to recap my National Endowment for Democracy bashes going back to shortly after it was launched in 1983. In a November 29, 1985 piece in the Oakland Tribune, I hailed NED as “one of the newest, most prestigious boondoggles on the Potomac.” But there were plenty of scoffers early on: “NED has been called many things—an International Political Action Committee, the Taxpayer Funding of Foreign Elections Program, and...

We just went to our local Wal-Mart in Bluffton SC. Armed security at each entrance. My husband got to talking to one and asked if there was a problem in the store. The reply was NO, it is a new policy and will be from 11am til closing every day. Asked if they are authorized to use force if necessary and was told, “YES” there is a new President, new rules,”. Has anyone else seen this or has it been a policy at other stores? We were stunned.

RINO South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC’s Kirsten Welker on Sunday morning that he thinks Trump’s pardoning and release of January 6 hostages was a “mistake” while comparing the victims to radical left Black Lives Matter rioters who burned down cities across the United States. President Trump freed over 1,500 political prisoners last Monday. Men and women who’ve been imprisoned by the Biden/Obama shadow government for daring to protest the legitimacy of the 2020 election have lost family members, jobs, businesses, friends, and reputations, all because Democrats needed to push a fake narrative that President Trump committed a crime...

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...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he doesn’t approve of President Trump’s pardoning of the Jan. 6 rioters, especially those who “beat up cops” who were defending the Capitol. “No,” Graham said, when asked whether he’s OK with the most violent offenders on Jan. 6 getting pardoned, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I’ve always said that I think when you pardon people who attack police officers, you’re sending the wrong signal to the public at large, and that’s not what you want to do to protect cops,” Graham continued. “But he has that power.”

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was afraid there will be “more violence” as a result of President Donald Trump’s January 6 pardons. Host Kristen Welker said, “Your colleague, Senator Tim Kaine, had this to say about President Biden pardoning his family members. He says, ‘It’s harder to stand on the high ground and make a critique of the Trump pardons on January 6 when President Biden is pardoning family members.’ Do you agree with that? Does it make it harder to criticize President Trump’s decision to issue those blanket pardons to the...

A South Carolina utility wants to restart construction on a power plant that was mothballed eight years ago after running over budget and pushing an iconic American company into bankruptcy. Hoping to capitalize on the data center power boom, state-owned utility Santee Cooper is looking for partners to help finance and complete the two reactors at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Power Station, the Wall Street Journal reports. Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Power Station is a single reactor power plant. Santee Cooper was spearheading the construction of two new reactors, an expansion that began in 2008. The unfinished project was...

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...

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty to federal charges in the death of New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare, who was fatally shot by the man after prosecutors said he offered to help him with a flat tire. Jaremy Smith was on the run from South Carolina, where he’s accused of kidnapping and killing a woman, when Hare encountered him with a flat tire on Interstate 40 in Quay County, New Mexico on March 15, 2024, according to prosecutors.

It’s very likely that the former South Carolina governor was more popular than Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. But our system won’t recognize it.A s we prepare to watch Donald Trump take the oath of office Monday, it’s worth bearing in mind this fact. If America had an electoral system that elected the candidate whom a majority of America’s voters preferred when compared one-on-one to each alternative, it would be Nikki Haley, not Donald Trump, who would become the new President on January 20.Yes, we found out in November that the American electorate preferred Trump to Kamala Harris. But it...

As President Biden prepares to vacate the White House accolades are pouring in for his performance. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) asserted "he will go down as the greatest president we ever had. You know, I was the one who secured the Democratic nomination for him in 2020. That was one of the greatest accomplishments of my career. I think President Biden himself would admit he isn't a great orator, but he sure was a great doer of things while in office." "He did the big things that Trump would never have done," the Congressman pointed out. "He saved the nation...

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...

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has established herself as a flawed-yet-principled advocate for women. Meanwhile, former Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland, who served as Social Security Commissioner for less than a year under President Joe Biden and whom extreme political junkies might remember as an obscure Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, has exposed himself as the latest in a long line of cowardly and spiritually corrupt woke leftists who cannot, or will not, explain the difference between a man and a woman. On Wednesday, at a hearing of the House Oversight Committee focused on the stay-at-home federal...

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary pick, hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent, called out irresponsible and inflationary government spending and offered solutions to America’s financial crises in his opening statement. At his Senate confirmation hearing, Bessent criticized the out-of-control spending that members of both parties in Congress and the Biden-Harris administration have fueled. Bessent further emphasized the importance of having the U.S. dollar as world reserve currency and proposed tax cuts and tariffs as key solutions to the economic and financial crises America is currently facing. After predicting “a new economic golden age that will create more jobs, wealth and prosperity for...

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...

The bullying of Kelaia Turner was so bad that, at one point, even her glamorous teacher allegedly joined in — driving the schoolgirl closer to taking her own life. That's a claim at the heart of a shocking lawsuit against Olivia Grace Bennett and her colleagues at Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School in Greenville, South Carolina. Kelaia, then 12, faced merciless bullying from five classmates, who called her 'roach,' and 'a man' and physically attacked her, the suit alleges. Rather than stopping the bullies, Bennett, 26, was allegedly 'complicit,' pointing at the abused student as her classmates jeered. In...

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 Supreme Court has agreed to review a case addressing whether taxpayer funding can be directed toward abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. The case centers on South Carolina’s decision to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds. In 2018, Planned Parenthood sued Carolina after it determined that abortion clinics were “unqualified” to provide services under Medicaid. The organization argued that this decision was in violation of federal law, arguing that the the Medicaid program guarantees patients the right to select any “qualified provider” for non-abortion medical services. South Carolina countered that Medicaid does not grant an unconditional right to choose...