Aiken Area Progressive

Progressive blog for the Central Savannah River Area.

Month: September, 2022

Government office closings and early dismissals

There are now closings and early dismissals coming in.

Due to Hurricane Ian, government offices in some local areas will be closing early today and will be closed all day on Friday.

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Tropical Storm Warning is now active for the Aiken Area (Update)

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for portions of the Aiken Area.

This warning is in effect until further notice.

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The National Hurricane Center issues a Tropical Storm Watch for the Aiken Area

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for much of the Aiken Area.

This watch is until further notice.

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South Carolina House rejects an even more extreme ban on abortion

Columbia — An even more extreme ban on abortion (if you can believe it) appears to be dead for the year.

The South Carolina House of Representatives rejected H. 5399, a bill that was written almost instantly after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

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Kemp is telling Georgians comfortable lies. Abrams is telling the brutal truth.

Atlanta, Ga. — On the Means Report hosted by WJBF News Channel 6’s Brad Means on Monday, Brian Kemp told comfortable lies in order to cover up his dismal record as governor of Georgia.

He lied about the federal government raising taxes on middle class Georgians. The Biden Administration has not raised taxes one red penny in passing a recent spending bill. In fact, the law Biden signed merely sent the taxes for the rich back to the 2016 levels.

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Bottom Line: Christian Nationalism is simply terrorism under a cutesy name

Lately, you have heard a number of prominent figures on the right declare themselves to be Christian Nationalists.

That is absolutely nothing to be flaunting around or be proud of.

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Now we know why conservatives want to deflect away from the top campaign issue in 2022 to shiny objects like the economy and immigration

Washington, DC — The drips just keep on coming.

Barely a week removed from South Carolina US Senator Lindsey Graham introducing a proposal to impose a national ban on abortions, Twitter sleuths unearthed yet another extreme national abortion ban from the GOP.

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All major US carriers and Google donated large sums of money to extreme bans on abortion

Basking Ridge, N.J. — It seems like misogyny of the most grotesque kind reaps in the dough for technology companies.

This past week, as Lindsey Graham introduced a near-total national abortion ban, Judd Legum of Popular Information unfurled donations 40 major corporations poured in to state and federal abortion bans in the past 12.5 months. The donations should infuriate everyone, especially if you have a mobile phone.

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FACT: 100% of all Republicans nationwide support a complete ban on all abortions without any exceptions

Washington, DC — Looks like conservatives have a lot to hide nowadays.

And they are trying to run away from the most important campaign issue in all elections from here on out: abortion.

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