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A Trio of Data Center Bills Filed in the Senate
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- By Neil Wolin - SC Policy Council
Last year, the governor signed energy legislation that expedited energy projects in the state, most notably the Canady’s natural gas plant. Before signage, the House removed requirements that would protect ratepayers from massive energy infrastructure costs driven up by commercial data centers.
In the absence of these protections and heightened concerns about where and how data centers operate in the state, the Senate has introduced three new data center regulatory bills.
Nearly 80 percent of S.C. voters support data centers providing their own energy generation or paying for their own infrastructure costs, as indicated in SCPC’s recent winter poll.
Immigration Enforcement
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- By Mike Scruggs
Facing an Existential Threat to American Survival
First of all, as to the shooting deaths of protestors in Minneapolis by ICE agents, I do not wish to dwell upon the unfortunate details, although I agree they were indeed unfortunate. However, being a combat veteran myself, although not involved in close-quarter personal combat, I am familiar with the difficulties of high levels of adrenaline, stress, and urgency in combat situations. I have retired Army and Marine officer friends who experienced more urgent combat stresses at close-quarter. This is often the very hard but unavoidable part of dedicated and honorable soldiering and law enforcement. However, in enforcing immigration laws and enforcing law in general, these unfortunate incidents will happen. They should never happen by intention, but reasonable and economic actions to reduce such incidents should have constant attention.
Stop the Chemtrail Destruction
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- By Kathleen Marquardt - American Policy Center
Here’s a bill every legislator needs to support
Environmentalists have been using geoengineering to create the lies of climate change. They have used geoengineering to create unusual weather patterns to bolster the lie of climate change.
For decades governments have used various methods to alter or manipulate the atmosphere starting with cloud seeding to make rain for agriculture. That is a perfectly innocent use of geo-engineering. Regretfully, the powers-that-be who would control the world have devised far more negative, even demonic, uses.
If You Want to Stay Free, Stand Up and Speak Out!
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- By W.H. Lamb
Let’s begin this essay by examining a well known Bible passage—Matthew 5:13-16, with two versions--one from my favorite 1599 Geneva Bible (Super Titled in italics) and one from the New International Version (Sub-Titled in regular type):
Verse 13
“Ye are the salt of the world; but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted?
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scandal in History?
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- By Stephen Moore
Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex.
And for what?
Arguably, not a single life has been or will be saved by this shameful and colossal misallocation of human resources. The war on safe and abundant fossil fuels has cost countless lives in poor countries and made those countries poorer by blocking affordable energy.
Since the global warming crusade started some 30 years ago, the temperature of the planet has not been altered by one-tenth of a degree -- as even the alarmists will admit.
Senate Property Tax Debate Expands as Bright Pushes Broader Relief Amendment
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- By James Spurck, Publisher
S.768 would raise senior exemption to $150,000 as a proposed amendment seeks relief for all homeowners
Debate over property tax relief intensified this week in the South Carolina General Assembly as senators continue to consider the Senate Bill 768, a measure that would significantly expand South Carolina’s homestead exemption for seniors while also opening discussion about broader relief for all primary homeowners.
Senate Bill 768, as amended by the Senate Finance Committee, would increase the existing homestead exemption from $50,000 to $150,000 of fair market value for qualifying homeowners age 65 and older who have lived in South Carolina for at least five property tax years. Under current law, the homestead exemption applies to residents age 65 and older, as well as those who are legally blind or totally disabled, and exempts the first $50,000 of a primary residence’s fair market value from county, municipal, school, and special assessment property taxes.
FY 27: Another year of big state spending?
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- By Sam Aaron - SC Policy Council
On Monday, S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster released his proposed state spending plan for fiscal year 2027, which starts July 1.
His state budget proposal outlines several familiar policy priorities, including teacher pay raises, additional infrastructure funding, and an extension of the in-state tuition freeze.
So how does this budget shape up compared to last year's final figures?
HRC’s Corporate Influence Collapses, as Fortune 500 Companies Flee the LGBT Cause
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- By Suzanne Bowdey - The Washington Stand
Three years ago, if you’d asked the smartest conservatives in the room what it would take to change corporate America, nobody would’ve guessed six beer cans. But looking back, one of the best things that’s ever happened in this century will also go down as one of the worst business decisions ever made. When Bud Light plastered Dylan Mylvaney’s face on a pack of cold ones, a switch flipped in this country — sparking a grassroots revolution that’s still turning woke brands on its head. And while it’s gratifying to see the power shift from cocky CEOs to the people, what’s even better is seeing the bully behind it all crumble.
More Quotes on the Civil War
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- By Mike Scruggs
Secession, Tariffs, Sectionalism, Southern Rights, Slavery, Truth, Defeated Valor
One of my favorite quotes revealing the real causes of Southern secessions from the United States, beginning with South Carolina on December 20, 1860, and leading to six other secessions and Confederate artillery batteries in Charleston bombarding Union held Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, is an early November editorial in the Charleston Mercury. On November 4, 1860, just two days before Lincoln’s election in November 6, the Charleston Mercury summed up the feeling of South Carolina on the impending national crisis:
“The real causes of dissatisfaction in the South with the North, are in the unjust taxation and expenditure of the taxes by the Government of the United States, and in the revolution the North has effected in this government, from a confederated republic to a national sectional despotism.”
Does The Final Cruise of S.S. Britanis Provide a Warning For America?
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- By W.H. Lamb
She was launched in 1932 and christened as the S.S. MONTEREY by Matson Lines. Over a 68 year illustrious life, with several different cruise line owners, she became the oldest continuously operated (with a few layup years) cruise ship afloat. Over all those years, when “cruising” became in turn very popular and, when air travel became faster, safer, and less expensive, almost dead for a time, she kept being retrofitted and modernized, often with spare parts from her scrapped sister ships. Her beautiful and majestic lines were known by various names over those decades (Monterey, Matsonia, Lurline, Britanis, and finally, as Belofin). On our one and only cruise on her in December, 1990, my wife and I knew and loved her as S.S.BRITANIS, and that’s what she’ll always be in our memories. We had a wonderful week on her, and we got to know every foot of her historic teak decks, inside and out.
Catastrophic Plate Tectonics
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
Catastrophic Plate Tectonics is a proposed geophysical model that is most commonly associated with young-Earth creationist frameworks. It explains large-scale geological features such as mountain ranges, ocean basins, sedimentary layers, fossils, and continental distribution through rapid, large-magnitude plate motions occurring over a very short timescale. This timescale ranges from months to a few years, rather than the millions of years required by conventional plate tectonics.
Catastrophic Plate Tectonics does an excellent job of modeling the global flood described in the book of Genesis in the Bible. It not only fits the description in the Bible but also explains how such a global flood is possible.
Free Healthcare Clinic This Weekend in Greenville, South Carolina to Address Limited Access to Care
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- By Press Release
RAM to provide free vision and medical services at University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville on February 14-15 GREENVILLE, S.C. (February 9, 2026) — For millions of Americans, access to basic healthcare is a challenge at best and an impossibility at worst. Due to geographic or economic factors much of the U.S. population is uninsured or underinsured. Remote Area Medical (RAM®) is stepping in to address this urgent issue by offering a free, comprehensive vision and medical clinic at University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville located at 607 Grove Road, Greenville, SC 29605 for two days only this weekend, on February 14-15. This clinic will provide vision and medical care to those who might otherwise go without these essential services. This free RAM Clinic is hosted by University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC): A Year of Progress and Purpose
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- By Benton Blount - Chairman of Greenville County Council
As many of you know, the Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC) serves as Greenville County’s primary engine for economic development, creating jobs, attracting investment, and strengthening our community’s long-term prosperity. I’m honored to serve on the GADC Board as Chairman of County Council alongside Vice Chairman Rick Bradley and Councilor Garey Collins, and to work with leaders across the public and private sectors on behalf of our citizens.
Under the leadership of Max Stewart, President & CEO, the GADC has continued to build a strong, strategic, and community-oriented path forward. Stewart, a seasoned economic development professional who joined the organization in 2024, has helped sharpen GADC’s focus on high-quality job growth, thoughtful business recruitment, and long-term opportunity for Greenville County residents.
America’s 250th Birthday Celebration has Begun!
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- By Press Release
The Semiquincentennial is Here
The inspiring words of the Declaration of Independence changed the course of world history. On July 4, 1776, a nation was born from that Declaration. ‘It stands forever, a light of admonition to the rulers of men; a light of salvation and redemption to the oppressed.’ So said John Quincy Adams on its 45th anniversary.
As we prepare to celebrate our Nation’s 250th birthday, Eagle Forum is honored to join the America 250 Civics Education Coalition (also called the Freedom 250 Coalition) to work with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and over 60 other organizations to ensure Americans understand our legacy, recommit ourselves to its ideals, and work tirelessly to strengthen our future. Here are resources and opportunities to begin using today to get the party started.
The Immigration Crisis and the Question of Fairness
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- By Joseph M. Bianchi
Between 1892 and 1954, 12 million people passed through the gates of Ellis Island in New York. These people were seeking freedom, a better and more prosperous life for themselves and for their children—and they wanted to be Americans.
No, they did not just want the title of being an American citizen, they wanted to truly adopt their new country; they wanted to know its history, customs, mores and status in the world.
Many, or most, were working class people with very little material possessions. But what they had was the inkling of the American ideal—that if you are honest and work hard, you will be rewarded.
Pray Safe Bill?
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- By SC Freedom Caucus
The Devil's in the Details
A bill set to be voted on TODAY in the SC House sparked a fiery debate last week.
"The Pray Safe Act" provides government grants (up to $750,000 of taxpayer cash) to qualifying “private religious organizations” for safety improvements. With the rise in attacks on churches and synagogues from gunman, arsonists, and left wing protestors this may seem like a reasonable solution.
However, the devil is in the details.
This Little Light of Mine
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- By Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. - Arizona Today
The Bible depicts our world as a place of darkness – a world controlled by the “rulers of the darkness of this age” (Eph. 6:12). I sincerely think if you look around it would not be at all difficult to “see” the darkness across our nation, and across the world. In the midst of this spiritual night-time, the Christian must stand out in sharp contrast. Because we have been called “out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9), we have an important mission. The Lord said clearly, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matt 5:16).
The Blue-Collar Tax Hike: See How H.4216 Hits Your Household + Immediate Action Steps
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- By Alaina Moore - Palmetto State Watch
The South Carolina legislature has come back to attempt passage of H.4216 which increases taxes for lower income families and eliminates all standard and itemized deductions. Legislators tried to push this through last year, as we sounded the alarm in previous reporting, but thankfully legislators were forced by the grassroots to hold off due to clear opposition. Now, they are back to finish what they started if you don’t act soon.
The Scary Details – Reverse Robin Hood
As described by former Rep. Jonathon Hill in his latest Bad Bill Sheet, H.4216 changes the state individual income tax in four major ways:
- Establishes two tax brackets: 1.99% for all incomes up to $30,000 a year and 5.39% for all other incomes.
- Eliminates all standard and itemized deductions.
- Add a graduated deduction of up to $30,000 for those earning less than $110,000.
- Conditionally lowers the top rate by 1% per year until it reaches 1.99%.
USPIE Joins Rep. Barry Moore in Introducing H.R. 2691 to Return Education to the States
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- By USPIE
United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) has been working to close the U.S. Department of Education and return control to parents and local communities.
Most recently, the organization has been working with Congressman Barry Moore from Alabama, who introduced H.R. 2691 to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, end all federal education programs, and transfer funding to the states.
“USPIE has met with him and his staff and encouraged him,” said Melanie Kurdys, USPIE’s Michigan PIE president and board member. “We really want to get this done, without seeing key functions parceled out to other agencies. It’s time to pull the plug on the federal educational behemoth.”
James Hoard Announces His Candidacy for County Council District 17
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- By Press Release
James Hoard announces his intention to seek the Republican nomination for Greenville County Council from District 17 (Northern Greenville County).
James Hoard is a resident of Taylors, having lived in the district for approximately 15 years. He is deeply passionate about preserving the Northern part of Greenville County, from Travelers Rest to Slater/Marrietta to Tigerville to the NC border.
James has 3 key initiatives.
1. Fighting for the family; James has spent the last four years fighting for family values and parental rights. He has spent the last 4 years serving on the Greenville County Library Board, where he has spent a great deal of effort to protect our kids from adult-themed material in the children’s section of public libraries. He will always stand firm and have the courage to defend our children that allows children to be children without the pressures of sexualization. The family unit and parents are the only people who should determine when and where their children are exposed to adult material.
ACSI Launches National Effort to Expand Access to Christ-Centered Education Through Federal Tax Credit Scholarship
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- By Association of Christian Schools International
Every Student. Every State.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) is launching a national initiative, “Every Student. Every State.,” to educate families, schools, and communities about the Federal Tax Credit Scholarship and its potential to expand access to Christ-centered education across all 50 U.S. states.
The Federal Tax Credit Scholarship, formerly known as the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), encourages private contributions to nonprofit scholarship-granting organizations that provide tuition assistance and education-related support to qualified elementary and secondary students.
Flat Earth, Round Earth, and the Bible’s Forgotten Clue
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- By James Spurck, Publisher
How Scripture described the boundary between light and darkness long before modern astronomy gave it a name
For centuries, critics have claimed that the Bible reflects an ancient and primitive understanding of the universe and of science in general, assuming that modern science must correct what Scripture once misunderstood.
But what if that assumption is backwards?
The Bible and an Overlooked Astronomical Reality
Long before telescopes, satellites, or space travel, the Bible described a physical reality that modern astronomy would not formally explain or name until thousands of years later. One of the clearest examples is an ancient phenomenon that astronomers today call “the terminator.” No, I am not talking about Hollywood, futuristic machines, or even Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. I am referring to the real, observable boundary between light and darkness.
The South Carolina Policy Council’s 2026 Winter Poll
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- By Sam Aaron - SC Policy Council
With the start of 2026, the second half of the legislative session is underway. Both new and existing proposals are moving through the South Carolina Statehouse. To provide lawmakers, members of the media, and the public with the most up-to-date insight into where likely South Carolina voters stand on key issues, such as taxes, judicial reform, and energy policy, the South Carolina Policy Council is releasing its latest policy poll.
The poll was conducted from January 24 to February 1 among 1,200 registered voters.
Taxes & Spending
This year, tax reform dominated the conversation at the Statehouse. Income tax reform, in particular, took center stage, with lawmakers debating whether to reduce or eliminate the tax altogether. But what do South Carolina voters think?
72% of voters supported reducing or eliminating the state income tax.
Columbia Thinks More Taxes, Not Concrete Will Fix Roads
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- By SC Freedom Caucus
Twenty-three lawmakers appointed by the Speaker to a special Committee traveled across the state (on your dime) for 6 public hearings to determine how to fix South Carolina’s crumbling roads.
Their answer—they need more of your money. No joke.
What was sold as a major Department of Transportation reform bill is in fact a confused amalgamation of tax hikes, long-overdue common sense reforms, and fiscally irresponsible proposals that would make matters worse.
Not to be outdone, the SC Senate has their own DOT reform bill that is even worse.
Ask Your Elected Officials to Vote in Favor of the SAVE America Act
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- By Eagle Forum
The elections this November will determine who controls the House and Senate, and whether the conservative agenda we care so much about will be advanced or stopped in its tracks. Lawmakers must take steps NOW to ensure our federal elections are secure. Last year, the House passed the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections and allow states to access federal databases to clean up voter rolls. It simply clarifies and strengthens the current law. The bill has been stalled in the Senate for months. But we now have the opportunity to attach this language to the Homeland Security funding bill currently being negotiated in Congress, due to Democratic demands on immigration.
Stop Calling Them Democrats!
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- By Allen West
It is time that we understand that there is a political party called Democratic, but that label, other than the jackass symbol, has nothing to do with who they are.
It is time that we understand that there is a political party called Democratic, but that label, other than the jackass symbol, has nothing to do with who they are. It is time we stop calling them Democrats and use references that align with their principles, values (or lack thereof), and political philosophy.
We should also stop calling Democrats liberals; they are not. True classical liberalism is that of its founder, John Locke, and can be found in his Second Treatise of Government, circa 1689. It was Locke whom Thomas Jefferson studied to frame our Declaration of Independence based on Locke’s Natural Rights Theory. It affirms that it is only natural that individual rights derive from the Judeo-Christian faith heritage of the Creator God—life, liberty, and property. Sadly, we have fallen under the toxic spell of leftists believing that they decide who will live, when you will die, determine your freedoms, and, as Cea Weaver has proclaimed, must redefine the essence of property ownership, which is, after all, a weapon of white supremacy.
Top 10 Misunderstandings About Creation Science
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
Here are 10 of the most common misunderstandings about creation science, along with a brief explanation of each one. Each of these is frequently cited by evolutionists as a counterargument to creation science. There are many more, but this is a concise list of ten easy-to-understand misunderstandings. If you spend any amount of time on social media, you will likely see these ten misunderstandings being touted by evolutionists as fact, and many more.
1. Creation science is just religion disguised as science
The misunderstanding is that creation science is purely theological and has no scientific component. However, creation science attempts to interpret empirical data (biology, geology, astronomy) within a creationist framework, often employing scientific methods but starting from different presuppositions than those of methodological naturalism. This is the key to understanding creation science, and that is that it involves accepting and looking at the data, but from a different perspective other than those that lead to the Big Bang to man story.
Tonya Shellnutt from Alliance Defending Freedom to Speak to Greenville Republican Women
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- By Press Release
- Ten Quotes from the Civil War
- A Poem for the Religion of Peace
- Newberry Judge Request Sworn Medical Affidavits and Sets Near-Term Deadline in Jeff Davis Case
- Greenland Defense and Arctic Economic Development
- These Are The New Times That Are “Trying Our Souls”! This Is Our New “American Crisis”!
- The Iranian Dilemma
- Are You, As A Christian, Or A Person Of Faith, Involved In Politics? Should You Be?
- Minnesota's Diversion Attempts
- Genetic Entropy
- Prepared Remarks from Palmetto Family Alliance President Steve Pettit
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