US Senate Candidate Catherine Fleming Bruce fills in as a guest host for Jumelle on this special outdoor live recording from the “Pretti Good Reason for a Protest” rally in Uptown Greenwood, South Carolina! Bill and Catherine cover her campaign, the state of our country and chat with a wide variety of surprise guests that stopped in to say hi!

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Pre-show banter (0:00:00)

Or Better Yet - Pregnancy Ombudsman! (00:01:01)

1. SC's 'Mothers and Preborns Act' looks to change legal definition of fetus, issue brochures [ABC15 News]
2. Frogmore Stew Podcast
3. Frogmore Stew clip about Sen Billy Garrett [TikTok]

Introductions & Protesting (00:06:31)

1. Public outcry! Speaking out: About 50 protest ICE, Trump immigration policies in Uptown Greenwood [Index Journal]
2. Occupy Wall Street swept the world and achieved a lot, even if it may not feel like it [The Guardian]

Interview with Catherine Fleming Bruce Pt 1 (00:16:12)

1. Catherine Fleming Bruce for US Senate [website]
2. Ranked Choice Voting [Fair Choice]
3. Ranked choice voting in NYC showed us what elections could look like [WBUR]

Surprise Guest: Suzy Holloway (00:25:19)

1. Video of Suzy waving flag [YouTube]

Interview with Catherine Fleming Bruce Pt 2 (00:28:13)

1. Modjeska Simkins' History [Historic Columbia]
2. Modjeska Simkins School for Human Rights [SC Progressive Network]
3. The Sustainers: Being, Building and Doing Good through Activism in the Sacred Spaces of Civil Rights, Human Rights and Social Movements [Amazon]
4. South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation [Wikipedia]

Surprise Guest: Rev Caroline Dennis (00:33:44)

1. Episode 55 “Stewed Moose” with Caroline & Phillip Dennis [BWaBitS]

Interview with Catherine Fleming Bruce Pt 3 (00:40:09)

1. What, Exactly, Is a Grand Jury? [MoloLamken LLP]
2. Justice Department tried to bring a third felony charge against Letitia James [CNN]

Surprise Guest: Eunice Lehmacher for US Congress (00:43:23)

1. Eunice for SC

Interview with Catherine Fleming Bruce Pt 4 (00:49:23)

1. Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts [NPR]
2. Email the campaign at info@catherineflemingbruce.com

Surprise Guest: Dr. Jermaine Johnson for SC Governor (01:02:43)

1. Dr. Jermaine Johnson for SC
2. Trump won’t apologize for sharing since-deleted racist video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social [CNN]
3. Trump video depicting Obamas as apes draws mixed reaction from South Carolina leaders [WYFF]
4. South Carolina lawmakers consider bills to close party primaries [Live5 WCSC]

Surprise Guest: Protest organizer Cynthia Halpin Brown (01:17:23)

1. 50501
2. Were the No Kings protests the largest single-day demonstration in American history? [The Guardian]

Closing (01:22:38)

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