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Pre-show banter (0:00:00)Introduction (00:01:02)

• 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]

Interview with Stacey Mars (00:15:15)

• 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]

Your SC Lawmakers at Work (00:27:33) 

• 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]

Campaign Corner - Redistricting (00:36:49)

• 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]

News: Dismantling the Department of Education (00:50:04)

• 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]

News: Greenwood Passes a Prejudice Ordinance (01:06:10)

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

Closing (01:24:31) 

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

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