One last best-of episode for Winter Break with some very special moments from the first half of 2025. We’ll be back in two weeks with an all-new original show!

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1. Original plaque of those lost from Greenwood in the World Wars, segregated [The Historical Marker Database]
2. The Story of "Fired up! Ready to go!" [YouTube]
3. South Carolina War Plaques Are 'Glorifying Segregation,' Mayor Says [NBC News, 2015]
4. Greenwood resident: I violated Heritage Act [Index Journal, 2018]
5. South Carolina Heritage Act [Wikipedia]
6. After 54 years, Confederate flag comes down in S.C. [CBS News]
7. South Carolina still recognizes Confederate Memorial Day. Make it stop [The State]
8. Check out the album, “A Man Who's Never Plowed” by The Trey Ward Band featuring the song “Greenwood Mill”.

1. A $1.8 billion mistake could cost the South Carolina treasurer his job (AP News)
2. How to Steal A Lot of Money -- Legally (forward by Curtis Loftis) (Amazon)

We are on Winter Break, so here is a best-of episode to help kick off the New Year! We’ve compiled a bunch of hilarious “Or Better Yet” segments that opened many of our episodes.

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1. McCravy Resigns (YouTube)
2. SC legislator loses leadership role, asks to be reassigned, in another GOP spat (South Carolina Daily Gazette)

1. SC Senate can’t figure out Zoom (YouTube)

1. Tizzy Ent video about Elon Musk’s son & the Oval Office press conference (TikTok)
2. Did Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son tell Trump to ‘shush your mouth’? The internet is divided (The Straits Times)

1. SC state senator insinuates group tried to buy his vote then later walks it back (AOL)

1. One state wants to classify 'Trump derangement syndrome' as a mental illness. 7 things to know [The Palm Beach Post]
2. Republican Behind 'Trump Derangement' Bill Quits After Sex Charge [Newsweek]
3. Eichorn ad and newsclip from CourierNewsRoom [

Bill and Jumelle finish up Season 3 with a memorable Christmas episode with a number of friends of the show joining in to provide topics of discussion.

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1. House Republicans’ attempt to censure Democrat over texts with Epstein fails [The Guardian]
2. @aerialist_elena2 repost of @hereswhykevin on TikTok showing Rep Tony Wied playing deaf AND dumb

1. The Whole Truth interviewed Sylvia Wright
2. How Tariffs and Interest Rates Drove Up Small Business Bankruptcy Rates [Inc.]

1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [Wikipedia]
2. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) [US Gov]
3. Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long? [NPR]
4. When AI Technology and HIPAA Collide [The HIPPA Journal]
5. You’re Not Imagining It. People Actually Are Starting To Talk Like ChatGPT [Vice]
6. Hundreds of girls in SC are trafficking victims. A Columbia nonprofit offers help for survivors. [

Bill and Jumelle are honored to score the FIRST podcast interview with Dr. Jermaine Johnson since he launched his candidacy to be governor of South Carolina two weeks ago. We explored a side of this dynamic leader that you simply won’t see or hear anywhere else!

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• Democrats win across the spectrum as voters reject Trump [CNN]
• Speaker Johnson Holds News Conference on Day 36 of Government Shutdown [C-Span]
• Trump blames shutdown for Republicans' election losses to Democrats [Axios]
• Fox News Host Drops Stunning Take on Election Bloodbath: ‘By Winning Democrats Are Actually Losing’ [Mediaite]

• Dr. Jermaine Johnson campaign launch video [YouTube]
• Jermaine Johnson (politician) [Wikipedia]
• SC House representative releases documentary on his life as a homeless teen [ABC 4 News]
• I Got Myself a Yard - Theatrical Trailer [Vimeo]
• Prepping for Preparation: Based on NEB's "Program Preparation" [Amazon]
• Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One (Basketball) Commodore 64 C64 Longplay [YouTube]
• Alumnus is a Game Changer [The College Today - College of Charleston]
• From homeless youth and turbulent CofC career, Jermaine Johnson is Andrew Yang's guy in SC [Post and Courier]
• Democrat Jermaine Johnson to...

Bill and Jumelle welcome Jonah Cooley, Chair of the newly formed College Democrats of Lander University. We gain the perspective of a young activist and dive in deep on the views of the upcoming generation.

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• Ted Cruz: Stop attacking pedophiles [YouTube]
• Come From Away the musical
• Centre Stage Theater in Greenville, SC

• The ‘woke’ words Democrats should cut from their vocabulary [Politico]
• Was It Something I Said? [Third Way]

• GWCDP Bkfst 2024-07 Jonah Cooley - Can't look to past [Full speech]
• Crowd boos mention of Netanyahu during Witkoff’s speech in Tel Aviv [Al Jezeera]
• Police: 2 people shot in Greenwood near Lander University [Fox Carolina]
• Lander Dems [Instagram, Lander page]

• South Carolina Senate Bill S.323, Unborn Child Protection Act [scstatehouse.gov]
• Total Abortion Ban (S. 323) [ ACLU South Carolina]
• SC senators hear testimony on one of America’s most restrictive abortion bills [Carolina Reporter]
• Fact-Checking the Baby Olivia Video [Planned Parenthood]

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Bill and Jumelle welcome Teresa Goodman, Executive Director of Community Initiatives, Inc., where we learned what it’s like to run multiple nonprofits in this political climate.

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• Jerry Mazzanti obituary
• Valentine “John” Mazzanti obituary
• Italians of Sunnyside
• Lake Village, Arkansas [Encyclopedia of Arkansas]

• Original Greenwood Christmas theme announced on Aug 7 [Facebook]
• New theme announced on Sep 25 [Facebook]

• Stopping a Dangerous Article V Convention [Common Cause]
• H. 3558 Commissioners to Article V Convention Rep. Taylor
• SC’s Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program

• The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare [Center for American Progress]
• Best explainer about Medicaid cuts [@lthlnkso on TikTok]
• A Closer Look at the Work Requirement Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law [Kaiser Family Foundation]
• Trump bill's health effects won't be felt until after midterms [Axios]
• New Medicaid work requirements explained [@seizethemeansshirts