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Opening Banter (0:00:00)Introduction (00:01:17)

• South Carolina state representative arrested, booked [WCNC, YouTube]
• State Rep. RJ May arrested, booked at Lexington County jail [News 19 WLTX, YouTube]
• SC representative arrested, booked in Lexington County jail [South Carolina Daily Gazette]
• SC legislator denied bond on charges of distributing child sex abuse material [The State]
• Republican Behind 'Trump Derangement' Bill Quits After Sex Charge [Newsweek]
• Bill’s video of RJ May tapping away at his phone mere months after having had all of this electronics confiscated [TikTok]

Bill’s Wife Has Heart Surgery (00:12:27)

• Dysautonomia [Cleveland Clinic]
• The vasovagal response [NIH]
• Sketch the heart surgeon put on the whiteboard

Amanda’s Wedding (00:19:46)

• Bill’s bilingual speech at his daughter’s wedding (with captions) [YouTube] 

Jumelle on a Crusade against Hate Crimes (00:29:47)

• Greenwood City Council hears hate crime ordinance plea, reviews first reading ordinances [Index Journal]
• Richland County Hate Crimes Ordinance [Fox - YouTube] 

Your South Carolina Lawmakers at Work (00:41:16)

• SC House tries again with 12 weeks of paid parental leave for state workers [South Carolina Daily Gazette]
• House Bill 3645 [scstatehouse.gov]

Immigration and Protests (00:54:50)

• Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech on Crime and Immigrants [Brennan Center for Justice]
• 10 things more dangerous that undocumented immigrants [@ohhtatsritch on Instagram]
• Is Trump right about a ‘migrant invasion’ in Los Angeles? What facts say [Yahoo!]
• Everything we know about the protests in LA and other US cities [BBC]
• Latinas for Trump regret  [@whats_cracking_america on TikTok]
• Attorney general issues warning to potential protesters in South Carolina [Live 5 News WCSC]

Make America Hazardous Again (01:09:01)

• Nearly 11 million Americans would lose insurance under Trump's tax bill, analysis says [USA Today]
• The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist [NOTUS] 
• RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Cites Fake Studies [Gizmodo]
• RFK Jr. may bar government scientists from publishing in medical journals [The Hill]
• US, Argentina launching new ‘alternative’ to WHO [The Hill]
• RFK Jr. removes all 17 members of CDC's vaccine advisory committee [ABC News]

Closing (01:18:25)

• Rep Justin Bamberg on the keys [Facebook]
• Shrek the Fourth - “Get My Angry Wig” [YouTube]

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