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At Groucho’s
Older daughter: “Can I see a menu?”
Me (a Carolina grad):
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Dabo cites “the favor of God” as one of the reasons why Clemson won. That’s what turns people off. God isn’t any more of a Clemson fan than He is an Ohio State fan. Still a great team, but God doesn’t take sides in a football game. Clemson wasn’t playing ISIS.
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If you’re an adult and both of your parents are still living, consider that the biggest gift this Christmas. Not something to take for granted.
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Ponder this: The man Iowa believes should be president is literally flying to New York tomorrow to appear in a trial where the sole issue is how much he owes for defaming a woman he sexually assaulted.
We’re light years away from the party of Eisenhower, Reagan & G.H.W. Bush.
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Arguably the best/most teachable moments of today’s game.
When Iowa raced out to a huge lead. Clark was on fire.
Staley & the team didn’t panic. There wasn’t any yelling. No time outs.
They just played. And got back into it.
Grace under pressure.
@GamecockWBB
#Gamecocks
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Got my daughter’s bill to Clemson this semester. This is before scholarships are applied, but $31,000 is the rack rate for tuition/room/board at this state school. College education and its unaffordability for many is one of the biggest threats to South Carolina’s middle class.
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Just yelled at a guy in a restaurant in SoCal after the Iowa/UConn game who said: “I hope Iowa beats South Carolina. They deserve it.” Wife embarrassed. Tension high.
#ForeverToThee
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Also: No one in South Carolina actually calls it “The Palmetto Bowl.”
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Frank Martin is a man of character and a winner. The University of South Carolina is better for his tenure here.
@FrankMartin_SC
@UofSC
@GamecockMBB
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If you plant a Bradford pear tree in South Carolina, you should be imprisoned.
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Five Points was better with Yesterdays, the Exxon, and Franks Hot Dogs in it. And I know a lot of you like Home Team, but the chicken tender supremes at Harpers slapped.
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There is a conservative movement for those with education and sense and perspective who aren’t afraid of engaging with the world around them and aren’t theocrats or racists or populists. Those folks were the core of the GOP. The party has left those folks long behind.
Trump says he’s “getting rid of the Mitt Romneys” in the Republican Party.
Too late. We left—but we’re still voting in November. See you in the general, Donald.
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The University of South Carolina, the finest school in the South, was founded during this week in 1801. Happy 221st birthday Carolina!
#ForeverToThee
“Faithful Index to the Ambitions and Fortunes of the State.”
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One thing is for sure: The
#MurdaughTrial
is going to launch a 1000 CLE courses on cell phone forensics and social media discovery.
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We need to start an investment group in Columbia and buy/acquire the IP for the old concepts of Yesterday’s, Sandy’s, Capitol Restaurant, Dairy Bar, etc and start some of them back up. There’s definitely a market for them. Related: I sure could use a Sandy’s slaw dog right now.
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In SC this last year, we spent a disproportionate amount of time in the legislative session & primary races worried about non issues like CRT & “saving” women’s sports and not enough time on real threats to the middle class, such as access to primary care, esp in our rural areas.
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Proud of our daughter’s admission today to the University of California Santa Barbara. UCSB is a Public Ivy and is arguably one of the most beautiful campuses in the country.
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Defense lawyers watching their Plaintiffs law buddies collect $400,000 in fees on a limits case after spending the sum total of 4 hours on the matter.
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Something we all agree on as South Carolinians: We all hate I-95.
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Current sitch at Palmetto Pig. Also: Mustard base is the best.
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Fool’s errand in South Carolina in late March: Washing your car.
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Older daughter, who chose to go to Clemson over Carolina does not appreciate when I ask how things are going at the “udder” University of South Carolina.
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Dawn Staley
A’ja Wilson
The University of South Carolina
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There’s just something about Dawn Staley: her effervescence, attitude, and discipline. She brings a lot of hope and a sense of optimism to so many South Carolinians, of all walks of life. There isn’t a better ambassador for the state or the University of South Carolina.
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South Carolina summer this year will basically be dudes texting pics of their first visit to Buc-ees to one another.
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You want better government? Start by voting in the primaries. Many, if not most of the electorate has checked out and don’t vote. Get back in the game.
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The news about Rockaways on Rosewood Dr closing is about as painful as when Rupert’s Wings closed. Columbia will never be the same.
#iykyk
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Testing if someone is really from Columbia:
“What’s your order at Rush’s?”
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There is no Chick Fil A downtown. But there is one on campus. Went over there to lunch. Program note: At 50, you are the oldest person in the Russell House - by at least one generation.
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South Carolinian can be divided into two camps:
-Those who have driven over the old Cooper River Bridge; and
-Those who have not driven over the old Cooper River Bridge.
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Approaching 7.00p on Christmas night. Back when you were in college, this was the point in time where you’d be plotting your escape to meet up with friends all the while trying not to upset your mother.
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Light it up!
@GamecockMBB
win on the road against 6th ranked Tennessee. It’s great to be a
#Gamecock
!
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Got to make another (unexpected) trip to Clemson this afternoon. Daughter overestimated the capacity of her car and underestimated the amount she still had to carry back. Got her packed up. Celebratory Dad of the Year cocktail and steak at Pixie & Bills.
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The real target of the Chinese balloon surveillance: South of the Border, Dillon County, South Carolina.
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Wife and daughter left Columbiana Mall just minutes before the shooting this afternoon occurred. Thankful for our community’s law enforcement professionals who raced to the scene to restore the peace and care for the injured. Trained and ready.
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If you’re a sitting member of the SC House and did not vote to freeze college tuition in this year’s state budget, you’re doing a huge disservice to thousands of households trying to pay for college. If anything, we need to be cutting tuition for 4 year college education in SC.
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Good morning from the best university in the South on one of the prettiest days so far this year.
@UofSC
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January 10th. You go State Christmas Tree! Fight on!
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Somebody needs to buy the IP and ops manual for Sandys and reopen a location somewhere near downtown Columbia stat. We are solely missing those hot dogs.
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Rattler can finally relax now. Spent his entire career in Columbia running for his life. Glad he was able to finish at Carolina still walking. Now to the NFL.
#Gamecocks
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Every time I get a late night flight back to Columbia and there’s a bunch of 17 and 18-year-olds getting on, headed to Fort Jackson for basic, I’m reminded those kids have more guts and determination than 95% of folks walking around. Proud of our Army in Columbia.
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Unfortunately, we missed pushing the race for House District 85 into a runoff by a little more than 80 votes. We are disappointed by this outcome, but are thankful for all the support and friends we gathered along the way.
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Wondering when Hallmark starts making the after-Christmas movies when the big city lawyer wakes up in March in realizes she gave up a 500k job to make candles w/ a questionably employed man w/ no health insurance and live in a town with dicey internet and really crummy bagels.
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Friend encouraged me to run for office again. Spent the equivalent of an S Class Mercedes trying to get elected running on a common sense platform. Found out common sense is dead. There are only so many campaigns in me like that. Next time will likely opt for the Mercedes.
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Me to Wife: “Filing for legislative races is closing.”
Her: “No.”
Me: “Haley won a bunch of precincts in House 85. And where Trump won, it was barely. They’re not all crazy.”
Her: “Don’t even think about it.”
Me: “We could get the band back together.”
Her: “I will kill you.”
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New video from Jan 6. Broken windows; threatening members of Congress; interfering w/ the business of government. This year, when you’re casting your vote, the choice is easy: If the candidate does not call Jan 6 a riot and insurrection, that candidate does not deserve your vote.
“If we’re got to hang a bunch of crooked congressmen, we’ll do that, okay?”
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5 championship parades in downtown Columbia since 2010. Not too many other cities in the US can point to that track record.
@mainstcolasc
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Am very sad to hear of the passing of Professor John Freeman of the University of South Carolina School of Law. Tremendous person; tremendous teacher and lawyer.
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In South Carolina, our primaries by & large determine our representation in the General Assembly. Whether you like that or not, that’s the current truth.
Our turnout is a deplorable 13%.
What can be done to animate citizens to vote?
How can we make voting both secure & easier?
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Snow after a lot of years. The church down the street is ringing its carillon. Everyone is happy tonight in Columbia.
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If there is a “Golden Hour” for South Carolina, it’s arguably the period between mid-March and mid-ish May. The days are bright and getting longer. Humidity low. Temp is just right. The days when you can be outside comfortably and really enjoy yourself.
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Last Wednesday: “I think I’m going to run for the House of Representatives.”
Her: “Just don’t embarrass us.”
The best person I’ve ever known. And the most tolerant, as well as the most brutally honest: Paige Long Stegmaier
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@blakeshelton
’s tour with Tracy Byrd, Trace Adkins, and Martina McBride in the main act arguably has set the standard for country music tours for the near future. This was the way to do it. Extended the show that much more w/ some great songs; folks leave knowing they got value.
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Arguably the biggest story of the night. Think a lot of people in South Carolina, for whatever reason, have just checked out of politics.
#SCPrimary
turnout: At last count,
@SCVotes
is at 438K ballots cast in
#SC2024
- which is an anemic 13.5 percent turnout. If that holds, it would be the lowest turnout since 2012 (when 11.5 percent of registered voters cast ballots). Runoff polling places gonna be ghost towns!
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Folks in the South that say derogatory things about places like New York, Chicago, or California likely have not spent any real time there, know folks there, or do business there. Vice versa for folks who say bad things abt the South. There is good everywhere: People & places.
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Hot take or not? Play the Final Four for both women and men at the same location. Make it a big huge weekend.
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New Greene Street bridge at The Colonial Center open for business. One the best things to happen infrastructure-wise for Columbia in a long time.
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Just got this text from a college buddy. If you were a Carolina student of the 1990s, early 2000s, you know ….
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I gave serious thought to running for the House again. I think I can add something to mix. With that said, it’s a time & money-losing proposition for me & my business to spend endless hours trapped in unserious debates about Woke, CRT, or DEI. Good way to run good people off.
Fixing our roads, healthcare, education…. Amazing how little time the legislature spends on the issues that affect our daily lives. Instead we spend hours debating a far right bill to make our college campuses less diverse, less equitable, and less inclusive.
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You’re remembered by the way you win. Was in California last weekend. Had breakfast with an Iowa atty. Big into Iowa Women’s B-Ball. Was effusive about Dawn Staley & her graciousness at the Final Four. Her words: “
@dawnstaley
would be invited to dinner in any household in Iowa.”
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A highlight of being an adult: Buying Easter candy and eating it whenever I want.
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“Midsection?” It’s “Midlands” when you’re talking about South Carolina,
@nytimes
@jonathanweisman
@NickNehamas
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South Carolina’s Judge J. Michelle Childs, new to the DC Circuit, is now front and center in one of the most important cases in modern times.
Here’s the order from
#SCOTUS
denying cert. before judgment in the Trump immunity case.
All this does is kick things back to the D.C. Circuit, which is already set to hear argument on January 9—and will likely rule soon thereafter.
Then, we go back to the Supreme Court…
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Winnsboro is a great little town. But it’s in desperate need of a Renaissance like Newberry and Sumter have had. Industry, something to create a spark.
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Lot of new kitchens and boats were bought with PPP money. Not so much with student loans.
Stop conflating PPP with student loans.
PPP was compensation from the government for shutting down small businesses. It was structured to be forgiven unless you didn't meet the criteria.
Student loans, while awful, are personal loans for personal development....
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Hang it in the Louvre.
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Took the family to Europe for the last several weeks.
-Americans should travel to when/if they can. Perspective is everything.
-People are decent irrespective of nationality, language, race, income, etc.
-We need more study of art and culture, not less.
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This message would be so much more powerful if she would articulate: “DJT is a clear and present danger and that’s why I’m staying in the race. And under no circumstances will I ever endorse him.” There’s a solid 25-30% of Republicans who follow that message anywhere.
Nikki Haley: “It’s not America first to withdraw from the world. It’s not America first to praise dictators who want to kill Americans. It’s not America first to bankrupt social security...That’s what we get with Donald Trump.”
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In D’s Wings. Every single television in here is on the Carolina game. That’s our hometown.
#Gamecocks
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As an appellate clerk, I saw counsel for the appellant spill an entire pitcher of water on his notes & briefs seconds before the panel came in for argument. To this day, 20 yrs later, I never drink water or mess w/ the pitchers in the courtroom.
#appellatetwitter
#superstitious
"For every oral argument, carry water and raisins. You never know how long you will have to wait, and the water is always helpful!" - Lynn K. Neuner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
#WIPL2019
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