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State legislators continue to debate a bill that would require restaurants to disclose if their shrimp is domestically-caught or imported. They were unable to reach an agreement on May 14. postandcourier.com/charleston_sc/…

Joint statement from Charleston Mayor William Cogswell and Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie re: SC redistricting. Both are Republicans. "Redrawing congressional maps on a compressed timeline is not the deliberate, principled process South Carolinians deserve." #scpol #chsnews

South Carolina’s population increased faster than any other state in 2025, and new census estimates show where those people went. It wasn’t Charleston, Myrtle Beach, or Greenville, but smaller cities. postandcourier.com/news/census-so…

A new report released Wednesday suggests students in U.S. schools are performing worse than their peers a decade ago. abcnews.link/mqtmG5U

JUST IN: Reading scores for students in grades 3 through 8 have fallen in 47 of 50 states since 2015.

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. abcnews.link/xPaGhxl

Love hearing @vbauerlein’s take on things. Always insightful, professional and impartial…

A principled stand in the face of retribution …. Who would have thought! thestate.com/news/politics-…

“South Carolina’s most famous criminal, Alex Murdaugh, has been ordered to receive a new trial for the killing of his wife and son. The S.C. Supreme Court issued an opinion the morning of May 13 that cited a court official’s prejudicial comments to jurors as a reason…”

Here it comes. More cost increase for groceries. Actually, for everything, on top of the gas prices.

Shane Massey’s speech from the well of the SC Senate yesterday was one of the best I’ve heard. I follow politics closely. I love my home state. It’s nice to see a leader with such conviction and courage take a stand for SC. We need more of this.

"I don't think you can do this job effectively if you're worried about what the next election is," Massey told us. "If you get caught up in that stuff, then you don't need to be here. You've got to do what you think is right, and you've got to be able to explain it to people."

@chas_swim_mom @fitsnews @shanemassey @realDonaldTrump Well, change it the right way. Not two weeks before an election so it costs us millions of dollars. Follow the process, and do it the right way.

@TMJWatts @fitsnews @shanemassey @realDonaldTrump I’m from here and keeping a district that votes in lockstep with Ilhan Omar, AOC, Rashida Tlaib, and Pamilla Jayapal is retarded.

🏛️ Love him or hate him, agree with him or disagree with him, S.C. Senate majority leader @ShaneMassey just delivered one of the most honest, impassioned speeches we've ever heard from the well of his chamber - outlining his refusal to go along with @RealDonaldTrump's congressional maps.

Massey: Too many people in power want to do whatever it takes to stay in power. But I ask, to what end? What do you with it when you've attained it? I believe the legitimate use of power in this context is to make people safer. #scpol

Massey: I've heard it argued this is what you're supposed to do with power. you're supposed to punish your opponents. "Really is that how it's supposed to work?" he asks. "Is that how it's supposed to work here?" #scpol

@DLMorgan1956 @fitsnews @shanemassey @realDonaldTrump He’s a Southerner. Attended Clemson and Carolina. Loved in his district.

@TMJWatts @fitsnews @shanemassey @realDonaldTrump He is doing the will of out-of-state GOP loyalists. Get real. For what it's worth, Massey is not a native South Carolinian.

"I have too much southern blood in me to surrender," Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey tells chamber.

White House has pressed members, he said. This vote is "every senator for his or herself." Only a couple Republican 'no' votes could tank the two-thirds threshold needed for passage. Some asked how to flip his vote -- they said don't bully him. "I got too much red in my neck."

"I don't want to be a participant in further eroding federalism and further diminishing the essential role of states," he adds. States are not mere subdivisions of the federal government, are not here to take orders and direction. States "are sovereign independent creatures."

"I've heard it argued that this is what you're supposed to do with power," he said. "That this is what you're supposed to do with a super majority. You're supposed to punish your opponents." "Really?" he asks. Calls this an example of how many in power have "lost their way."