Lawyer; Partners w/ Mitch Norrell in law firm & life; Former Legislator, SC House 2012-20; 2018 Dem Nom SC Lt Gov; Trying to live like I’m aware of time. ♥️
Lancaster, SC
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This is called emotional incest. Children should never be made to feel responsible for their parents’ feelings - especially in the field of romance! 😧
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You misspelled rape.
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Start making plans w/ separate accounts and a “go bag” just in case I get handed another red flag or two.
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She saved the name. Pelicot was her husband’s name and it would have otherwise been associated with horrible abuse. But it was also her children’s names. By making her identity public, the world now associates the name with HER - and with strength and dignity. She’s a great mom!
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I watched the JonBenet documentary on Netflix and I generally believe it was a intruder. But I have doubts. The show didn’t sufficiently explain the long and rambling ransom note or even address the pineapple she’d eaten a couple of hours before she died. Any theories on those?
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The more I handle domestic violence cases and the more victims who ask me to dismiss charges b/c they rely on their abusers for their basic needs, the more I’m committed to financial independence for women. Raise your daughters to be independent. Their lives could depend on it.
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I’ve seen plenty of male conductors with this level of enthusiasm for the music. I’ve never seen anyone suggest they were being ridiculous or attention-seeking.
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God, I loved this man so much. When I was 7 years old, I wrote to him and asked him to come to Lancaster and campaign. I told him that I got permission from my parents that he could stay at our house. When I was 10, I read Rosalyn's autobiography. It was the longest book I had read up to that point. I couldn't put it down. When I was 12, my dad went to NY to rehab tenements with him for homeless people, and he got Pres Carter's autograph for me. I wrote to him again to thank him and point out that he could run again for president. He wrote me back to thank me and tell me that he wasn’t planning to do that but he appreciated my faith in him. I get that now. And when the kids were little, we traveled to Plains to attend his Sunday School class. I cried through the whole lesson. Jimmy Carter is the reason I am a Democrat. I will miss his presence on this earth.
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One of my mantras is “nobody else gets a say in how I define success.” Another is “life is short and we only get one.” I will love like I’m aware of my actuarial table.
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I am seeing so much hate for Meghan and Harry on my feed in the last few days … and my feed has nothing to do with them. No way this is happening organically. Somebody is paying lots of money to a PR machine. Makes you wonder why.
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Alex Murdaugh is using the nicknames PawPaw and Mags to refer to Paul and Maggie. These are names we’ve never heard him use for them in his interviews and this change feels sort of odd.
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Mitch and I were talking last night about @harrisonjaime’s candidacy for US Senate: Record-setting fundraising, unassailable character, phenomenal work ethic, compelling story. Jaime is poised to win (w/our help)! Every time I think he can’t impress me more, he impresses me more!
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While public schools are still not funded at the “minimally adequate” level. 👇🏼
The $32 million for South Carolina private schools comes from Gov. McMaster’s discretionary COVID-19 relief account from the federal CARES Act legislation. trib.al/LSaLPKO
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Looks like prednisone. I’ve had moon face from prednisone. It’s pretty awful to experience.
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I can’t stop thinking about the parents and students of @appstate who can’t reach each other because all cell towers are down. No one in Western NC can reach anyone and 911 has been down most all day. There’s no reason to believe they’re not safe, but to be a parent unable to get to their teen in college would be so difficult in this circumstance. And to be a young college student in need of a parent’s reassuring voice but unable to reach this stabilizing force would be just as hard. If anyone has reassuring info about #BooneNC, please share it. 🙏🏼
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“Let Parents Decide” sounds good until you consider the fact that we legislate car seats, seat belts, smoking and drinking age, truancy, etc … because we realize that sometimes the state must step in to keep us all safe.
To suggest that bureaucrats in Washington should tell parents that they must force their children to wear a mask in school against their wishes is a drastic error. I think it's wrong.
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Yeah. But it gets better. And then you can’t even remember how tired you were… Also, you’ll always be tired from here on, just somewhat less.
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Character. @PeteButtigieg just called me to ask how Lancaster was doing in the midst of the pandemic.
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Saw an interview with a juror who said that Alex never cried. The interviewer said “When he was on the stand, we saw tears.” The juror said, “you saw snot.” Trust jurors to get it right.
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Alex was the only person to speak and he used that time to maintain his innocence, not even to publicly apologize to his family for what he’s put then through. Judge Newman says “I know you must see Paul and Maggie during the nighttime when you try to go to sleep.”
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This moment in Maggie’s sister, Marian’s, testimony, I think, was a surprise to the defense. She testified that everyone seemed scared about the killer. But AM didn’t.
She’s yet another very brave woman testifying in this trial. Marian will be in my prayers.
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#MurdaughTrial GM OnStar data showing all of Alex Murdaugh’s vehicle’s movements on June 7. The State only received this from GM a few days ago. This feels a lot like a Perry Mason moment (and these almost never happen in trials).
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Your periodic reminder that financial dependence upon your partner can be dangerous. I often meet with domestic violence victims who beg me to drop charges bc they depend on their abuser for their basic needs. Harrison Butker can kick rocks.
Man makes his ‘I have a Handmaid’s Tale dream’ speech attacking graduating women for choosing to work saying, “I’d guess the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will have”, and praises his wife who “leans into her vocation of homemaker.”
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Objection! He’s badgering the witness and he’s too close. He’s standing in the doorway!
Meadors: Well he he’s been standing in the doorway this whole time. He aimed a gun at us from here yesterday.
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I love it when someone with a deep southern accent shows that they are brilliant, competent and highly educated. The witness on the stand now destroys stereotypes about southerners and southern accents - and I am here for it!
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The fact that ABC reached out to the city manager of Springfield ahead of the debate to ask if, in fact, people were “eating the dogs…”
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The lack of National MSM coverage of the devastation is Western NC makes me wonder what else we’re not learning about. The irony is that it is SO bad it’s not being covered bc it’s TOO bad to get to - and the victims don’t have cell reception to tell their stories. I get that they don’t want to use (buy) other people’s (unverified) pictures, but they could still cover this catastrophe. Thankful for the local media on the ground. This reinforces my belief that local journalists should always be who we look to first for authentic and accurate reporting.
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I have just left a coffee shop, where I learned (and you’ll be surprised to learn) there are people in South Carolina who are going about their lives as if they are not consumed by the culmination of a murder trial happening in Walterboro. Follow me for more shocking revelations.
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I get why she may have thought a private jet for less money was possible. I get ads about secret deals for private jets all the time that make these scam claims. There’s a lot of misinformation out there and she seems kind of naive. He was a jerk for recording it to shame her.
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“Issa chicken”
Those words on that video made me think of Paul the young man I first met when he was eleven. Shy and respectful to his dad’s friends and colleagues. Quiet. Gentle handshake. Eyes a little down. “Nice to meet you.”
He had troubles. But he didn’t deserve this.
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I really think if Judge Newman did random bond hearings or prelims tomorrow morning at 9:30, we’d tune in.
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Guilty on all counts. Expect sentencing this evening.
And these cameras zoomed in on Buster are horrible. He is a victim.
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Over the past several years, I’ve been in awe of the bravery of @MandyMatney, @elizfarrell, and @MosesWanders. Without worry for their personal safety, they embarked on a mission to “find the truth wherever it leads,” and I’m not sure we would be where we are today without them.
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If I may... don’t pressure yourself to be productive. You’re growing a human on the inside of you. That’s about as productive as a person can literally be. Rest in whatever way is most restful for you. ❤️
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The mistaken premise of this post is that women’s highest aspiration is to attract men when it’s actually to be comfortable in our own skin. Pamela Anderson is an icon today!
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🧵 It appears I have been ripped off. It’s the Pyrex version of the Nigerian Prince Scam or the Ghana Romance Scam. I saw an almost too good to be true listing of vintage Pyrex and jumped on it. I knew it could be fake but thought it was worth the risk. 1/
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Media is no longer in the news business. They’re in the entertainment business. We must stop thinking of them as being in the news business. That ended several years ago.
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Roger Dale Davis, witness in the #MurdaughTrial, seems like a man who truly knows himself and what makes him happy. He’s not letting anyone else have a say in how he defines success. A lot of people could learn from him. Here’s an excerpt about his daily routine:
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The state has put up an admirable case against Alex Murdaugh and wisely finished with a timeline witness who tied together so many otherwise confusing facts and times. Well done, SCAG and Creighton Waters and team. The information will crystallize w/ the jury over a long weekend.
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My gut says he knows she’s about to smell that perfume on him and he wants to be able to gaslight her and say it’s her *own* perfume she smells… and that somewhere in her intuition she knows this too. The argument wasn’t about the perfume it was about his plans to gaslight….
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The attacks are getting ridiculous. Someone posted a picture of me in a diner without a mask on. The picture was from a 2018 newspaper article! So it’s time to come clean & let y’all know I didn’t wear a mask in public prior to 2020. Here’s proof so no one has to go digging:
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Maggie was running to her baby.
This, for me, was the most memorable line of the closing.
Maggie is running to her baby. 💔Creighton humanized Maggie which did not happen much during trial. No defensive wounds on her or Paul. They knew who did it. He put the jury right at the scene in their minds. A monster murdered his family. Alex Murdaugh is guilty. #MurdaughTrial
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I expect that we will soon hear more about *how* #MicaMiller died. That’s a big missing piece. All we know is that it was a gunshot wound in the Lumber River State Park. There’s still a lot that’s unknown about the circumstances of her death (unknown by us, but known by authorities). But whatever is ultimately determined, my heart breaks for how she had to endure the circumstances of her marriage. Based on his sermons, he does not seem like someone I would ever want to be around.
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Wow @harrisonjaime! I knew a long time ago. But still ... WOW!
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I ran against @MickMulvaneyOMB for state senate in 2008. There was definitely poverty in our district. Maybe not in Mick’s neighborhood, but definitely in mine.
Mulvaney on Fox: I was in Congress for 6 yrs & if I had poverty in my district like they have Baltimore..& I spent all of my time in..DC chasing down this Mueller investigation..I’d get fired. I think the president is right to raise the issue & it has absolutely zero to do w/race
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Not understanding the delay in vaccinating in SC. We have the vaccines on hand. Why isn’t this the highest priority?
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"... the hedge-fund managers we spoke to leaned toward the theory that Epstein was running a blackmail scheme under the cover of a hedge fund." nymag.com/intelligencer/2019…
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🧵 I’m sure there will be a lot of speculation about the family court filings in the #MicaMiller death. Here’s what is known in the context of SC Family Court law and practice (and remember, I’m a lawyer but I’m not *your* lawyer. This is not legal advice for your situation). 1/
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“Admits to using Ozempic.” Can we stop shaming people for getting help with weight loss and likely extending their life and quality of life?
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This was one of the first times I felt like they’re really appealing to the mommas on the jury. Yes, Creighton.
“she was running to her baby”
damn Creighton, you got me teary eyed there…
#MurdaughTrial
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Had sort of the opposite thing happen once. A divorce client brought in her husband’s credit card bill with what she thought was smoking gun proof of infidelity. She had circled a charge to Pep Boys. 😂
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Today’s the day it ends. (I’ve thought that the past 3 days). She texted me last night to confirm she’ll bring me the dishes today and says she’ll appreciate me releasing the hold on her Venmo. So many possibilities for today that don’t involve getting the dishes. #PyrexGate
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Do the folks who control the weather also control the Northern Lights? Because I’d like to see them more often, if it’s not too much trouble.
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Y’all, @stephjtruesdale and her sweet crocheted dolls of Creighton Waters, Judge Newman, and Bubba and his Chicken are in The Daily Beast! The sweetest story!!
apple.news/AFXuytJkvSCKmeZBY…
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Not because of threats and harassment from Twitter trolls, but because it’s the right thing to do:
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Harpootlian’s repeated objections make me think of the final seconds of a basketball game when your team is down and you start fouling in order to interrupt the leading team’s momentum. It’s smart strategy. Will the state make its free throws?
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At the courthouse today, I didn’t get teased nearly as much as I expected. 🤣 While I was there, an amazing high school classmate who runs an antique shop dropped off a “consolation prize” for me (a pristine vintage Pyrex butter dish). 💕 I love my people!!!
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I am exhausted from lawyers who live over a thousand miles away from SC, who’ve never practiced in SC, and maybe never even visited SC, opining as “experts” about SC laws, SC courts, SC witnesses, and SC juries.
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When a bar fight breaks out and you’re not in it, you just push your bar stool back and watch. I think that’s what he’s doing. No upside for him to take up any attention while Dems are fighting each other.
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Gov @henrymcmaster, you’re in a position to save lives if you shut it down. You may not get credit for saving those lives because, if it works, it might even *look* like you overreacted....But many of us will know. And God in heaven will know. Please shut it down, Gov. It’s time.
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Honored to be elected as First Vice Chair of the SC House Judiciary Committee today, making me the second highest ranking committee member and the highest ranking Democrat on the committee. (My predecessor was @JamesSmithSC). This is going to be a great session!
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Misspelled rape again.
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These are the Langfords. They bought my family’s farmland to build their dream house. In the barns, they found pictures and keepsakes and my parents’ first dishes and saved them for me. I met them today. There are good people in this world. 💕
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More times than I can count lately I’ve heard people say “if he was abusing her, then why didn’t she leave?” and “if the victim doesn’t care enough about their case to show up, then it should be dropped….” Abuse is not that simple. Abuse starts with mental control and moves to emotional and financial control. Before long, the trauma bond and dependency can be as strong as a heroin addiction. But the people who say these things already know that.
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“I respect the court but I would never hurt my wife Maggie or my son PaulPaul.”
Interesting that Alex consistently uses the word “hurt” in place of “kill” or “murder.”
Family annihilator Chris Watts also used this word when he confessed to killing his wife and daughters.
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Huge difference between speech permitted in the US and the UK. That’s been a big lesson in the past few weeks.
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I know that the names they gave their homes, like Moselle, Almeda, and Greenfield, are easy for shorthand reference, but they telegraph a significant divide between those who name their houses and the rest of us who don’t. Most jurors likely don’t name their houses. Relatability
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Municipal attorney for 25+ years here and I can’t wait to see how this goes! First, good on y’all! I can tell you that if this happened with one of my government clients, they would likely be furious with the contractors. Then they would likely try to negotiate compensation with the property owners. If that didn’t work, they’d go forward tomorrow with the flag men rather than trying to strong arm the property owners with bluffs about eminent domain as I’ve seen some commenters suggest. Although eminent domain can be done for temporary work, the big considerations here are start up costs and contractual penalties for delay… in addition to just compensation to the property owners. Start up costs likely outweigh the price of stopping the job and starting a months-long process and then shelling out money for lawyers, just compensation, delay fees on the contract, and returning the road to the same or better condition instead of paying a few flagmen and starting tomorrow as planned. Also, if flagmen are an option, the government may not be able to use eminent domain anyway just bc it’s more convenient for them. I look forward to an update, but I’m betting it goes forward tomorrow with flagmen and an attempt at negotiating a fair price with the property owners. But y’all are in control of that negotiation.
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Prediction: Creighton Waters will build momentum after lunch and end with a crescendo. Just like when he crossed AM, he got the slow basics out of the way the first day day b/c his time was limited and part 2 was perfectly choreographed with building energy.
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Dr Ellen Reimer is educating the jury about these horrific injuries using clinical but engaging terms, without giving in to the grotesque nature of it. If I were a juror struggling with the images, I’d find her comforting. She’s a consummate professional and a great educator.
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Motion for Directed Verdict denied by Judge Newman, citing “overwhelming evidence of guilt.” He is deferring sentencing to 9:30am in order to give victims and parties a chance to prepare.
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Wouldn’t it be great if we sent the nation a message that the privileged elite can no longer get away with rape and human trafficking? Jeffrey Epstein arrested in NY on federal sex trafficking charges pbs.org/newshour/nation/jeff…
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We’ve just learned that - thanks to the domestic violence reform laws we’ve pushed through in recent years - for the first time since 1996, SC is no longer in the top ten states of women killed by domestic violence! This is good news!
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Did @UofSC really not have any qualified female applicants? 54% of your students are women, but 0% of your finalists are.
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Time to shut it down to save lives, Gov @henrymcmaster . People are flooding into S.C. from places that have instituted lock down, making us less safe and threatening to crowd our hospitals in the near future. Governor, it’s time. live5news.com/2020/03/27/cit…
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A friend of mine died today from COVID19. I would love for this to be the last time I type that sentence. Please isolate ... and take care of yourselves.
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Oh I thought it was because she had surgery. So did they know when they announced in January that she wouldn’t come out till Easter that it would be because of Meghan and Harry? It’s so confusing…
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As the mom of a daughter who was this timid at that age, @KamalaHarris really touched my heart with this authentic moment. This little girl will remember this encounter her whole life. ... To women, girls, & anyone who’s inclined toward timidity, “You always hold that chin up.”
.@KamalaHarris to a little black girl: “You always hold that chin up.”
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I’m feeling what I think is a shift in the force. It feels like there’s a renewed positivity in the air. Does anyone else feel this?
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