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. [South Carolina Daily Gazette]
7. Good to Know: Why do we need government? [Michigan State University]
8. 30-year fixed mortgage rates: 1982 - 2025 [Bankrate]
9. Library of Alexandria [Wikipedia]
10. The Burning of the Library of Alexandria [The Ohio State University]
11. Eratosthenes & the circumference of the Earth [Britannica]
12. Why are home prices so high? How today's market impacts housing costs. [Yahoo! Finance]
13. Illicit fentanyls in the opioid street market: desired or imposed? [NIH]

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Bill and Jumelle welcome Stacey Mars, chair of the Greenville County Democratic Party and co-host of The Whole Truth Podcast.

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• Josh Johnson’s website
• Josh Johnson on people being upset by Bad Bunny performing at the next Super Bowl [TikTok]
• The real reason conservatives are furious about Bad Bunny’s forthcoming Super Bowl performance [The Conversation]
• Greenwood goal: $2500 for Dr. Jermaine Johnson for Governor [ActBlue]
• Videos and speeches from the 2025 Carnell Drummond Mays Banquet [YouTube]

• Greenville County Democratic Party
• The Whole Truth Podcast with Stacey Mars & Charles Morris
• Emerge South Carolina
• The relatively unknown Democrat drawing huge crowds in South Carolina [Politico]

• 2025 Legislator Compensation [NCSL]
• SC legislators pass $14.7B spending plan despite concerns over legislators’ pay raise [South Carolina Daily Gazette, May 28 2025]
• SC Supreme Court strikes down legislative pay raise [South Carolina Daily Gazette Nov 12, 2025]

• Latest House results confirm 2018 wasn’t a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami. [CNN]
• Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms [The Texas Tribune]
• What happens to California's redistricting after Texas' congressional maps were struck down in court? [CBS News]
• Justice Alito restores GOP-backed Texas congressional map, for now [Axios]
• Mapped: Where Redistricting Battles Are Unfolding Nationwide [Democracy Docket]
• South Carolina GOP targets James Clyburn's district in gerrymander wars [ABC News 4]
• 2025 Redistricting Tracker - VoteHub 
• Redistricting between censuses has been rare in the modern era [Pew Research Center]

• Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department [Politico]
• What does the US education department do - and can Trump truly dismantle it? [BBC]
• The Education Department is being dismantled. Here’s what that means [AP News] 
• ‘Abuse, Grooming, Drugs, and Sexual Coercion’: The Scandal Wrestling Buried [Rolling Stone]
• Ring boys push back against WWE and McMahons’ attempt to end abuse case [Post Wrestling]
• Title 34 Subtitle B Chapter VI Part 668 Subpart A § 668.2 [Code of Federal Regulations]
• AACN Alarmed Over Department of Education’s Proposed Limitation of Student Loan Access for Nursing [American Association of Colleges of Nursing]
• Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a ‘Professional Degree’ by Trump Admin [Newsweek]
• Mayra Rivera Vasquez’s post [Facebook]

• Exploring the First Amendment [@ashleytheebarroness on TikTok]
• City of Greenwood moves forward with ordinance punishing prejudice-based conduct [Index Journal] 

• Marc Maron - Democrats have a buzzkill problem [FB Reel]

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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 challenge for state House seat currently held by Jimmy Bales [The Post and Courier Free Time, 2020]
• Agreeing to Disagree and the Theater of Elected Office - With Representative Jermaine Johnson [Bourbon in the Back Room]
• Exclusive One-on-one with Democratic State Rep. Jermaine Johnson and Republican State Senator Matt Leber [The Arena SC] (Nov 2024)
• SC down a second ‘sister senator’ as Sandy Senn concedes in GOP primary [South Carolina Daily Gazette]
• Matt Leber’s Mistress-gate: Domestic Violence Charge Filed [FITSNews]
• Rep. Jermaine Johnson announces bid for governor [WACH FOX]
• Jets Insider Confirms Jermaine Johnson is NOT Getting Traded [New York Jets News]
• Visit https://johnsonforsc.com/

• Dr. Jermaine Johnson speech on State House steps, Oct 1, 2025. [Instagram]

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Bill and Jumelle are thrilled to speak with US Senate Candidate Dr. Annie Andrews, a dynamic fighter for the children and ALL residents of South Carolina! 

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• JoyAndProgress [TikTok] 
• David Pakman Show [TikTok] 
• JiggsTheStoryTeller as a Proud Black Conservative [TikTok]
• The Know It All Podcast [YouTube]
• White House announces Smithsonian review amid Trump’s cultural reckoning [Politico]

• Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump [The Guardian]
• Remembering Hands Across America [history.com]
• 1986 - Hands Across America - Music Video [YouTube]
• No Kings rally reaches Greenwood after nationwide protests [Index Journal]

• Dr. Annie Andrews for US Senate [web site, Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, Bluesky, TikTok, YouTube]
• Katie Couric: Meet the Woman Running to Unseat Lindsey Graham [YouTube]
• Annie’s episode of At Our Table with Jaime Harrison
• Annie Andrews takes leave from MUSC amid political attacks [Count On News 2]
• Nancy Mace falsely accused this doctor of child abuse & she lost her job. She’s running for Senate. [LGBTQNation]
• The Congressional campaign aftermath, in Annie’s own words. [Their Future. Our Pod.]
• Pediatrician launches new PAC focused on children [Roll Call]
• My Friend the U.S. Senate Candidate [Dr. Michael O’Brien on substack]

• City of Greenwood Council Meeting Minutes, July 21
• City of Greenwood Council Meeting video [Facebook]
• AG opinion: Local hate crime ordinances likely unconstitutional under South Carolina law [Index Journal]

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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 Instagram]

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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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• Christina Lorey - Facebook Reel
• Harris interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters on first night of book tour [PBS News]
• Five things we learned from 107 Days, Kamala Harris’s campaign trail memoir [The Guardian]
• Yemisi Egbewole about the Harris protests [Instagram]

• Community Initiatives, Inc.
• La Clinica Gratis
• Safe Haven
• Toddler Learning Center
• Donate to Community Initiatives.
• Trump’s War on non-profits [Politico]

• Tina Belge is running for Greenville City Council
• Heather Bauer is running for reelection in House District 75
• Revisit our interview with Heather back in Episode 58
• Dying to Be Men: American Masculinity as Death Cult [Ms. Magazine]

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Bill and Jumelle speak with Vicki Ringer, Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic, about the pending legislation in South Carolina that removes all abortion exceptions for rape and incest as well as making many contraceptives illegal.

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• Travis & Jonathan [YouTube] 
• Tennessee natives mix politics, podcasting [The Tennessean]
• Donate to AJ Davis’s GoFundMe
• Listen to Episode 53 - Weaponized Ignorance (with Anjene “AJ” Davis)

• Rock Hill teen charged with DUI after truck crash with lawnmower leaves 2 people dead [The Herald]
• Senators push debate on strengthening SC’s DUI laws to 2026 [South Carolina Daily Gazette]

• Two longtime educators launch Democratic primary bids for state superintendent [Count On News 2]
• Episode 60: I Have Uranium Already (with Kyle Freeman and Sylvia Wright)
• Sylvia Wright 2026
• Sylvia Wright speaks at Greenwood Dem Breakfast Meeting [YouTube]
• SC for Ed
• Talarico launches Senate campaign in Texas [The Hill]
• White House to host UFC cage match on the South Lawn [Axios ]

• Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
• Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic
• Episode 21: The Assault on Transgender Youth (Pt 2)
• Tim Scott thinks mothers are pregnant for 52 weeks [TikTok]
• First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human Trial [Scientific American]
• SC Senate Bill 323 - Unborn Child Protection Act
• Adrienne Lett on Instagram
• Extreme abortion ban hearing scheduled for Oct. 1 in South Carolina [ACLU]

• The Social Dilemma
• ParkerGetAJob Video 1 [TikTok]
• ParkerGetAJob Video 2 [TikTok]
• SC House Representative Justin Bamberg that he posted on Facebook

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Bill and Jumelle deliver the second half of our episode from last week, this time focusing on Sen Wes Climer and Artificial Intelligence!

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• Barrett Gruber
• Big Media LLC

• Rock Hill state senator launches bid for SC’s 5th Congressional District [South Carolina Daily Gazette]
• US Rep. Ralph Norman endorses SC state Sen. Wes Climer to succeed him in Congress [WIS 10]
• Providence Classical School in Rock Hill
• How Louisville's Highlands Latin School became a classical Christian education empire [Courier Journal]

• NotebookLM Stands Alone in a Sea of AI Tools: Here's Why I Love It [CNet]
• Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI [BBC]

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Bill and Jumelle welcome Jessica Bright, a woman whose political activism in South Carolina impacted numerous people in our state and beyond.

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• Cracker Barrel’s New Logo [Brent Terhune on Facebook]
• Podcast: Politics of Being Black in America

• Thumb Down, McCain Votes No On 'Skinny Repeal' [AP on YouTube]
• McCain Votes No, Dealing Potential Death Blow To Republican Health Care Efforts [NPR]
• US Senate Candidate forum in Greenwood [videos available on GWCDP Website]
• Democrats flip Iowa state Senate seat, breaking GOP supermajority [The Hill]

• Jessica Bright is a realtor with Carolina One Real Estate.
• Jessica Bright, 30, of Walterboro, S.C. is a Clinton delegate [greenvilleonline.com]
• Bernie Sanders moves to nominate Hilary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention [PBS on YouTube
• Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 [Wikipedia]
• Green For All
• Progressive Turnout Project
• Emerge South Carolina

• 'Don't Just Say This Is About Thoughts & Prayers': Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Reacts To Shooting [Forbes YouTube]
• Fox News: “It’s always a young white male. Almost always.” [Veronica De La Cruz on Instagram]
• Newsom doesn't think Trump 'wants another election' [Politico YouTube]
• Boston Mayor Wu Responds To AG Pam Bondi's 'Sanctuary City' Warning [Forbes on YouTube]

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