This is part two of our recording with special guest and fellow candidate for SC State House in District 26, Matt Vilardebo (mattv4sc.com)!

Opening Banter (00:00)

Introduction (01:20)

• Nikki Haley on Saturday Night Live (YouTube)
• Why AP called South Carolina for Biden: Race call explained (AP)

Moms for Liberty Charter School in SC (08:53)

• Moms for Liberty activists starting taxpayer-funded charter school (Popular Information)
• Charter School Programs in South Carolina (SC Department of Education)
• Ashley River Classical Academy (website)
• Moms for Liberty Charleston Chapter (website)
• Republican officials are turning to Hillsdale College in Michigan for teacher training, textbook reviews and a curriculum that celebrates American patriotism. (NBC News)
• The 1776 Project Is a Desperate Search for the Right Enemies (Foreign Policy)
• The PragerU goal: "Indoctrinate kids at a young age into a far-right belief system" (Salon)
• Prager U Christopher Columbus cartoon (YouTube)
• Erskine again denied reaffirmation of accreditation (Index Journal)

Legislative Priorities for South Carolina (22:24)

• Brack: Start making progress on Palmetto Priorities (Charleston City Paper)
• New SC law guarantees many teachers daily break, planning time, but not right away (Live5 News)
• Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household in 2021, by ethnicity (Statistica)
• The Societal Impact of the Prison Industrial Complex, or Incarceration for Fun and Profit—Mostly Profit (Prison Legal News)
• System of a Down - Prison Song (YouTube)

Gov Henry McMaster Turns Down Free Money to Feed Kids (38:11)

• SC turns down federal program providing hungry kids with summer food assistance (Live5 WCSC)
• 'Let the children eat!' Lawmakers demand SC take part in summer grocery program (ABC WPDE)
• SC Dems urge McMaster to reconsider move to reject federal money to feed disadvantaged kids (The State)
• Definitions of Food Security (USDA)

Closing (45:52)

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