SCDP Press Clips for November 11, 2020
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INSIDE SOUTH CAROLINA
Former contestants and Columbia man remember Alex Trebek and his kind words. Not every person with a fond memory of Alex Trebek competed on the show Jeopardy! One Columbia man never got a chance to meet him but was moved by Trebek without ever getting to shake his hand. Read More.
SC Senate minority leader stepping down from role after Democrats lost seats in 2020 Senate Minority Leader Nikki Setzler, D-West Columbia, will not to seek reelection to his leadership position after eight years at the helm of the Democratic caucus, according to caucus political advisor Antjuan Seawright.. Read More.
Hilton Head’s HGTV Dream Home sold in just 3 weeks. Here’s how much it went for. Hilton Head Island’s HGTV 2020 Dream Home is off the market. Read More.
Tamika Myers was a dark horse for Richland 1, yet she won with 23,000 votes. Tamika Myers isn’t really a politician. She isn’t a high-profile public figure. She has very little social media presence. Yet Myers, who considers herself “a concerned parent,” managed to wrangle roughly 23,000 votes Nov. 3 in the Richland 1 school board election, ousting incumbent Jonathan Milling, who is popular in some parts of the district. Myers finished second in the race for two at-large seats. Read More.
Kristin Graziano hopes to offer new growth and potential for Charleston County Sheriffs Office. “We have to look at how our manpower is being distributed. We cannot continue to work our officers for a ridiculous amount of hours because we don’t have bodies to do it. We have to give them some relief,” Graziano said. Read More.
Sanford on presidential election: Trump will ‘fight this thing out to the end’.“Former First District Congressman and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Monday he expects a “prolonged” legal battle on the road to final results of the 2020 presidential race. Read More.
SPORTS
A Muschamp buyout? SC Senate candidate Jaime Harrison jokes about helping with that “I’m so close to setting up a fundraising effort to buy out Muschamp’s contract! Jeez! Dude has got to go!” Jaime Harrison said via Twitter. Read More.
Five finalists named for South Carolina’s 2020 Mr. Football award. The South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association selected the finalists and all five players will be recognized in early December, followed by the introduction of this year’s award recipient. The date and venue of the announcement will be published in the coming weeks. Read More.
Gamecocks students set up "Colaroo" music festival Gamecocks pitcher Thomas Farr is one of several students who are planning the event, which is capped at 400 people at The Senate in Columbia, as a part of their SPTE 590 course. The event will take place on two different stages with tickets being sold for $10 in advance and $15 at the door. A portion of the proceeds go to benefit Columbia’s Congaree Riverkeeper organization. Read More.
NATIONAL NEWS
What Biden means for Big Tech—and Google in particular. Technology policy is not a priority for the president-elect, but the government's lawsuit against Google will continue. Read More.
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine won't stay on under new president. NASA will be getting a new top dog once President-elect Joe Biden is in office. Read More.
American Airlines is quietly bringing back the 737 Max. Here's why that's disturbing. In recent times, the hurriedly released Boeing 737 Max was clearly not ready for takeoff. In two horrific incidents, 346 people died. In both cases, the pilots weren't able to handle the software in such a way as to rectify the nose of the plane being pushed down, ultimately leading to fatal consequences. Read More.
Opinion: There Is An Attempted Coup Happening Right Now. I don’t mean to be an alarmist, but there is an attempted coup d’etat happening right now in this country. Our future as a constitutional republic is legitimately at stake, and whether we survive will be determined over the next two months. Read More.
AROUND THE WORLD
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff. In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 patients: 92.5% and rising. Read More.
Peru plunged into political upheaval as Congress ousts President Vizcarra Peru's Congress ousted President Martín Vizcarra on Monday in an impeachment vote over corruption allegations, prompting immediate tensions in the Andean nation. Read More.
Saudi leaders congratulate Biden, Harris one day after election victory King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly congratulated Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris according to the Saudi Press Agency, the state news agency of Saudi Arabia. Read More.
China, Iran join queue to scrutinize US at UN rights body The United States faced its first review in five years at the U.N.’s main human rights body on Monday, with the detentions of migrant children and the killings of unarmed Black people during the Trump administration’s tenure among issues high on minds. Read More.
