Some Diamonds Come From Those Little Places (with Vicki Ringer)

Bill and Jumelle speak with Vicki Ringer, Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic, about the pending legislation in South Carolina that removes all abortion exceptions for rape and incest as well as making many contraceptives illegal.

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Pre-show banter (0:00:00)

Introduction (00:00:35)

• Travis & Jonathan [YouTube] 
• Tennessee natives mix politics, podcasting [The Tennessean]
• Donate to AJ Davis’s GoFundMe
• Listen to Episode 53 - Weaponized Ignorance (with Anjene “AJ” Davis)

South Carolina Lawmakers at Work (00:10:20)

• Rock Hill teen charged with DUI after truck crash with lawnmower leaves 2 people dead [The Herald]
• Senators push debate on strengthening SC’s DUI laws to 2026 [South Carolina Daily Gazette]

 Campaign Corner (00:17:42)

• Two longtime educators launch Democratic primary bids for state superintendent [Count On News 2]
• Episode 60: I Have Uranium Already (with Kyle Freeman and Sylvia Wright)
• Sylvia Wright 2026
• Sylvia Wright speaks at Greenwood Dem Breakfast Meeting [YouTube]
• SC for Ed
• Talarico launches Senate campaign in Texas [The Hill]
• White House to host UFC cage match on the South Lawn [Axios ]

Interview with Vicki Ringer (00:31:02) 

• Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
• Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic
• Episode 21: The Assault on Transgender Youth (Pt 2)
• Tim Scott thinks mothers are pregnant for 52 weeks [TikTok]
• First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human Trial [Scientific American]
• SC Senate Bill 323 - Unborn Child Protection Act
• Adrienne Lett on Instagram
• Extreme abortion ban hearing scheduled for Oct. 1 in South Carolina [ACLU]

Thoughts on the Charlie Kirk assassination (01:07:21)

• The Social Dilemma
• ParkerGetAJob Video 1 [TikTok]
• ParkerGetAJob Video 2 [TikTok]
• SC House Representative Justin Bamberg that he posted on Facebook

Closing (01:30:49)

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