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Today we are proud to announce the release of American Scapegoat: How a Corrupt Justice System Sacrificed Derek Chauvin to the Mob by former federal prosecutor T.J. Harker (@TJ_Harker). Six years ago today, George Floyd died while in custody of Minneapolis beat cop Derek Chauvin, sparking the most destructive riots in our nation's history and becoming the pretext for an era of mass political hysteria that threatened to rip apart the very fabric of American life. Cities burned. Floyd's body was paraded around in a gold casket. Every institution was made to bend the knee to BLM. Ordinary white Americans, represented by the person of Derek Chauvin, were called to account for three centuries of racial grievance. All most Americans saw of that day was the grainy cellphone footage of Officer Chauvin's knee restraining the back of George Floyd's neck. Few bothered to learn any other details about the case, and by the time the trial rolled around, the verdict was a foregone conclusion. An innocent black man had been killed by a racist white cop, they were told. And for America to atone for its original sins, that racist white cop had to pay the price. What they didn't know was that Chauvin's knee did not prevent Floyd from breathing. They didn't know Chauvin was following procedure by the book. They didn't know Floyd had taken lethal amounts of fentanyl minutes before being restrained. They didn't know Floyd had a pre-existing heart condition. They didn't know the autopsy report had been revised under threat of professional harm. They didn't know the original prosecutor removed herself from the case after seeing all of the evidence. They didn't know the subsequent prosecutors had to abandon their theory of the case just days into the trial. They didn't know the prosecution never established a cause of death, let alone that Derek Chauvin was responsible. In American Scapegoat, author T.J. Harker breaks down what happened on that fateful day six years ago, analyzes the thousands of court documents manipulated and recontextualized to achieve the trial result Minnesota politicians demanded, and relives the trial itself in thorough, painstaking detail to definitively show that Derek Chauvin did not kill George Floyd. Never in modern American history has our justice system been so corrupted by public mass hysteria than in the case of Derek Chauvin. This is the story of that trial. This is the story of how a man was sacrificed to the mob. American Scapegoat is available for pre-order now. Coming Fall '26.

𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐭 By @SarahGAllenSC So you thought you were following a nonprofit government watchdog group, DOGE SC? Think again.. You’re now following a campaign for governor, featuring the group’s founder himself, Rom Reddy. Convenient timing for a newly filed candidate to suddenly have 34,000 followers overnight. @RomReddySC’s run may not come as a surprise. But it is notable that a candidate branding himself as “something different” has previously donated thousands to the very politicians many believe have kept South Carolina stuck in the same cycle. SC Confidential took a closer look at those records. You can read the full article here: sc-confidential.com/sc-statehouse/… 𝐀𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐲. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. On Monday, Reddy said he first considered running for governor one month ago. But Facebook’s page transparency records show the account now known as DOGE SC was originally created as “Reddy for Governor” in August 2024. So which is it? SC Confidential reported that Reddy was planning to run for governor two months ago. Political insiders and legislators knew this. The issue isn’t when he considered running. It’s what happened to the platform. If a following was built using PAC resources and later converted into a personal campaign page, that raises serious questions about how those assets were built, transferred, and whether proper disclosures were followed. For someone who built a brand on demanding transparency, this is a questionable way to launch a campaign. Because if the timeline doesn’t add up on day one… what else doesn’t? 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐩. After FitsNews shared my post on X, Reddy claimed that changing a page name “changes it historically.” His campaign strategist and others echoing that the same line. However, that’s not accurate. As demonstrated by Stephen Goldfinch’s page history, name changes do not retroactively alter a page’s original creation details. When presented with that evidence, there was no factual rebuttal - only personal attacks and attempts to dismiss the issue as “Facebook conspiracy theories.” Even FitsNews labeled this a “spat”—an interesting choice for an outlet that claims neutrality while reporter Dylan Nolan has transitioned to serve as Reddy’s communications director. The campaign has since shifted its explanation, stating that “DOGE SC was a committee” and that “the campaign bought the assets,” calling it “totally legal.” Does that sound like an outsider? Let’s be clear: the issue isn’t early preparation - it’s consistency and transparency. If a platform built under one purpose was later repurposed into a personal campaign, voters deserve a clear and direct explanation. Deflection, insults, and minimizing the issue don’t change that. When the facts can’t be refuted, the tactic is to discredit the person asking the questions. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬. sc-confidential.com/sc-statehouse/…