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Dec 5, 2022

Seeing history in person is cool. It’s even more rewarding when it’s family. I got to look last week at manuscripts my great-great grandfather Solomon Schechter brought to Cambridge from the Cairo Genizah. So thankful to all the people at

@theUL

who have worked on this.

I don't think I've ever seen the entire grounds restricted, given the State House is directly in the middle of downtown and basically in the center of a huge university.

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The new BPS alert on Trump's campaign visit Sat: - State House closed, some access on Sumter side - Access to all other areas of the complex, incl buildings, grounds and McEachern garage restricted - State House complex employees must remove cars from the garage by Friday PM

Bristow Marchant

@BristowatHome

Update from the #MurdaughTrial media center: There's a wedding in the main room here today. The bride, in full dress, just walked through our filing room, apparently lost. She collected congratulations from the assembled press and a loud cheer was heard outside after she left.

Tim Scott’s tricky 2024 decision: To confront Trump in a race for president or not

new

's tricky 2024 decision. Beloved by donors + SC delegation + Senate colleagues. But how does a nice guy take on Trump w/o tarring his future? w/

@RepNancyMace

@RepJoeWilson

@RepRalphNorman

thots + anonymous member

mcclatchydc.com

The South Carolinian has taken steps of a contender in waiting, but hasn’t indicated a decision. Scott has many fans in the donor class but some see him more as vice presidential material in 2024.

Aside from the SC Supreme Court's decision over the 6-week ban, the Senate is still unlikely to have the votes to pass a ban at conception even with their exceptions added. House Republicans told reporters last week 2024 (when the Senate is up for reelection) could change that.

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Mary Green

@MaryGreenNews

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Abortion ban bill advances out of its House Judiciary subcommittee to the full Judiciary Committee in a 3-0 vote, all Republicans (two Democrats on the subcommittee had scheduling conflicts). Rep. Spencer Wetmore (D-Charleston) the bill “an assault to all separation of powers.”

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Ronen Schechter

@schechterr22

Jan 26

damn, they put my great-great grandfather on blast. release the classified documents, Solomon!

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Hebrew Nonsense

@hebrewnonsense

BREAKING: classified documents have been found in the attic of the Ben Ezrah Synagogue in Cairo

Random trial quote: "Ain't no gun rooms in downtown Columbia."

court time 🤝 senate time

Joseph Bustos

@JoeBReporter

An Alex Murdaugh formality in the state Senate.

@NikkiSetzler

just requested leave for the rest of the week for

@Harpootlian4SC

. There were no objections as Harpootlian is tied up with Murdaugh double-murder trial.

SC State of the State, one year ago today

Gavin Jackson

Mary Green

@MaryGreenNews

A House bill to restrict what can be taught in SC public schools advances out of an Education and Public Works subcommittee and to the full committee in a 4-2 vote along party lines (Republicans in favor). Here’s what the bill would and wouldn’t prohibit ⬇️

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Blake Douglas

@Blake_Doug918

That looks to wrap up business at the courthouse today — tomorrow, potential jurors will arrive at 10:45 and jury selection should be finalized.

South Carolina's most public building will be closed off to the public for Trump's Saturday campaign event, with parts of the complex also restricted. Secret Service were at the State House today. More via

@JoeBReporter

Trump’s SC campaign event closes State House, most of its grounds to the public

Access to the S.C. State House complex will be limited to the east side of the State House grounds only (Sumter Street side), which will only be accessible via Sumter Street, the state Department of...

Former Trump UN ambassador Nikki Haley gears up for likely 2024 run for president

NEW: Inside the

presidential campaign in waiting for if she runs. Haley's national finance committee is currently being formed. Donors are being mobilized. Staffers are being asked to report to S.C. by early Feb. New details w/

@KevinWilliamB

cnbc.com

Nikki Haley, who was former President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, is gearing up for a likely 2024 run for president against her old boss.

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Sen. Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Sen. Setzler is currently the second longest-serving state senator in South Carolina history, trailing only the late Sen. Marion Gressette, whose years of service he will surpass at the end of his current term. He is a treasure of our institution and of our Great State!

At least 2 SC legislators in the Alex Murdaugh courtroom today: Sen. Dick Harpootlian of course w/ the defense, and there's Rep.

@JustinBamberg

behind the prosecution.

Ted Clifford

@ted_clfrd

Judge Clifton Newman completes public examination of fourth and final jury panel in #murdaughtrial . Tomorrow at 11am the court will condense the 4 panels they've reviewed into one pool. 12 jurors and 6 alternates will be selected.

Morgan Hughes

@m0rgan_hughes

Walterboro SC, pop. ~5,400, expected true crime nuts and murder trial voyeurs to overwhelm the town for the #murdaughtrial, plus potentially more than a hundred journalists. Here’s a long read about the town itself and how the town has prepared for its “trial of the century.”

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The State Newspaper

@thestate

Food trucks, booked hotels and throngs of journalists marked the first day of the Murdaugh murders trial in Walterboro. But locals say it wasn’t as chaotic as they worried. thestate.com/news/local/cri

good ~vibes~ coming

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Holly Poag

@hollypoag

some news… I’m back at @thestate and covering Lexington County for the Midlands. Email me at hpoag@thestate.com for tips! Thank you @tolleybri for the opportunity - my love for the newspaper has only grown since my summer internship.

Who is the woman asking each individual Murdaugh juror questions about work, relationships? She's great.

Per audio, Creighton Waters w/ the SC Attorney General's Office mentions to jurors that John Meadors is part of the prosecution team background on Meadors via

@jmonkatthestate

Veteran murder trial prosecutor hired by SC attorney general. Will he join Murdaugh team?

The trial in the double murder case against Alex Murdaugh will start Jan. 23 in Colleton County.

Sen.

set to deliver the Democratic response to Gov.

@henrymcmaster

State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023.

Blake Douglas

@Blake_Doug918

Alex Murdaugh has arrived

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Blake Douglas

@Blake_Doug918

The public is arriving at the Colleton County Courthouse for the Alex Murdaugh trial, day. Jury selection will take up most of the day, potentially spanning multiple days.

Patricia Murphy

@MurphyAJC

The Jolt: Anti-abortion leader faces backlash for jab at late House speaker

After an anti-abortion leader thanked God Friday for the death of the late House speaker, a state House Republican called the insult “a spectacular way to kill a bill before it’s introduced.” #gapol

ajc.com

Georgia anti-abortion advocates already face an uphill battle this legislative session in their hopes to pass a complete abortion ban. Their climb just got steeper.

Jan 22

A team of reporters from The State/Island Packet will be in Walterboro to cover Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial, which starts Monday. Here's a list of our reporters you can follow, and more links to stay up to date on courtroom developments.

How to watch the Murdaugh double murder trial, who to follow from The State, Island Packet

The trial, starting Jan. 23 with jury selection, will be streamed on Court TV. You can also follow a handful of South Carolina reporters, including from The State newspaper, about trial updates. What...

A thread about Team

's coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. Reporters from

@thestate

and the

@islandpacket

will be inside and outside of the courtroom. #readlocal

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Olivia Ali

@OliviaNAli

Jan 22

Good morning! I’m heading down to Walterboro, SC today for the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, which starts tomorrow. Thread

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Jan 22

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is putting its support behind SC getting the 1st Dem presidential primary vote

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic backs SC as 1st Dem presidential primary vote

On the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe ruling, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is joining calls to put South Carolina first on the Democratic presidential primary calendar.

Jan 21

ICYMI: A man’s world in SC’s State House? Not if Katrina Shealy has anything to say about it (she does)

A man’s world in SC’s State House? Not if Katrina Shealy has anything to say about it (she does)

The frank-speaking, donkey-owning Republican South Carolina senator from Lexington County sat down with The State newspaper to talk about being one of five women in the upper chamber, men, abortion...

Witness Says Inside Information Helped Fox Win World Cup Rights

Ken Bensinger

@kenbensinger

Jan 21

When ESPN and NBC vied for rights to the 2018 & 2022 World Cups, they bid blind. But not Fox. New testimony alleges it got inside information on how much to bid from a FIFA VP who’d been taking bribes from a Fox business partner for years. Fox won.

nytimes.com

A marketing executive testified that a top FIFA official provided secret bidding information that allowed his company to acquire valuable television rights.

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Javon L. Harris, JD

@JavonLHarris_JD

Jan 20

Here's the latest on SCDOT's plan to widen I-95.

After hours-long bowl game bottlenecks, will SC finally fix its stretch of I-95?

Gamecock fans — and everyone else — have asked whether the S.C. Department of Transportation plans to expand Interstate 95 after traffic left many at a standstill as they headed to bowl games. Here...

John Monk

@jmonkatthestate

Jan 20

More than 100 reporters & support staff expected for Murdaugh murder trial in Walterboro, including one from France, Colleton County official says. “I’d say 100 is lowballing,” he says.

Operative jumps from Haley team to Pence amid 2024 jostling

Meg Kinnard

@MegKinnardAP

Jan 20

NEW: The executive director of

@NikkiHaley

's political action committee is leaving to help run PAC efforts for

@MikePence

, according to a statement that the former vice president provided to

@AP

. My latest:

apnews.com

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The executive director of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s issues advocacy group is leaving to help run similar efforts for former Vice President Mike Pence, a...

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To be clear, they were not happy with House GOP Caucus members trying to unseat one of their own members.

Again, we're in 2nd week of session. And, unlike DC, we're not having a fight over the speaker and committee assignments, etc. So what's the impact? We'll likely see more floor fights like yesterday and maybe more campaign involvement. Welcome to legislative sausage making

More: - Of the 4, are they still in HFC? Unclear, bc HFC Chairman Adam Morgan declined to answer repeated questions about that, or the rules, negotiations - The debate in the House was largely in response to the House GOP Caucus press conference Here's what we don't know:

Meanwhile, HFC members have been tweeting that they are "kicked out" of the caucus. OK, so here's what we know courtesy of actually being there yesterday and talking to both sides: - At least 4 HFC members have signed the rules - Negotiations are ongoing, acc to some

House GOP Caucus announced 2023 priorities yesterday. W/ them were some HFC members. Majority Leader Davey Hiott told reporters of those members who haven't signed the rules, "They have chosen not to caucus with us at this time" but said the door is always open.

It's been reported for weeks that some ~20 members of the HFC didn't sign these 'rules/loyalty pledge/oath,' though there's been conflicting info on the actual signing part. But anyway, reports said 20. The number appears to be lower than that.