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Episode 77 • 26th November 2025 • Black White and Blue in the South • Dr. Jumelle Brooks and Bill Kimler
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Bill and Jumelle welcome Stacey Mars, chair of the Greenville County Democratic Party and co-host of The Whole Truth Podcast.

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Pre-show banter (0:00:00)

Introduction (00:01:02)

  • Josh Johnson’s website
  • Josh Johnson on people being upset by Bad Bunny performing at the next Super Bowl [TikTok]
  • The real reason conservatives are furious about Bad Bunny’s forthcoming Super Bowl performance [The Conversation]
  • Greenwood goal: $2500 for Dr. Jermaine Johnson for Governor [ActBlue]
  • Videos and speeches from the 2025 Carnell Drummond Mays Banquet [YouTube]

Interview with Stacey Mars (00:15:15)

Your SC Lawmakers at Work (00:27:33) 

Campaign Corner - Redistricting (00:36:49)

  • Latest House results confirm 2018 wasn’t a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami. [CNN]
  • Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms [The Texas Tribune]
  • What happens to California's redistricting after Texas' congressional maps were struck down in court? [CBS News]
  • Justice Alito restores GOP-backed Texas congressional map, for now [Axios]
  • Mapped: Where Redistricting Battles Are Unfolding Nationwide [Democracy Docket]
  • South Carolina GOP targets James Clyburn's district in gerrymander wars [ABC News 4]
  • 2025 Redistricting Tracker - VoteHub 
  • Redistricting between censuses has been rare in the modern era [Pew Research Center]

News: Dismantling the Department of Education (00:50:04)

  • Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department [Politico]
  • What does the US education department do - and can Trump truly dismantle it? [BBC]
  • The Education Department is being dismantled. Here’s what that means [AP News] 
  • ‘Abuse, Grooming, Drugs, and Sexual Coercion’: The Scandal Wrestling Buried [Rolling Stone]
  • Ring boys push back against WWE and McMahons’ attempt to end abuse case [Post Wrestling]
  • Title 34 Subtitle B Chapter VI Part 668 Subpart A § 668.2 [Code of Federal Regulations]
  • AACN Alarmed Over Department of Education’s Proposed Limitation of Student Loan Access for Nursing [American Association of Colleges of Nursing]
  • Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a ‘Professional Degree’ by Trump Admin [Newsweek]
  • Mayra Rivera Vasquez’s post [Facebook]

News: Greenwood Passes a Prejudice Ordinance (01:06:10)

Closing (01:24:31) 

  • Marc Maron - Democrats have a buzzkill problem [FB Reel]

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