SC Gov Haley can not make up mind about taking federal aid for state

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Governor Nikki Haley’s administration sought federal disaster assistance dollars during the ice storms of February but Haley and other Republican Governors have turned away federal dollars meant to extend health care coverage to the poor through Medicaid expansion. Is this hypocrisy or something else? This news and more Live at Five on Occupy The Microphone.

Governor Nikki Haley says its her job to keep jobs out of South Carolina

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February 21, 2014 - 5:00PM EST

Governor Nikki Haley says American car companies are not welcome in the state, A State Senator from Beaufort says he wants to legalize cannabis oil in South Carolina and a former U.S. Lieutenant General said Jesus will be armed with a AR-15 during the second coming. This news and more live at five on Occupy The Microphone!

Gov. Nikki Haley unveils South Carolina budget

Governor Nikki Haley rolled out her state budget yesterday but most of her time has spent talking about what is not in the budget. Tune in as we discuss the Governor's budget for the state. Today's program is sponsored in part by Yellow Mama Music.

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Medicaid rolls jump twenty percent in South Carolina without Medicaid Expansion

South Carolina Republicans led by Governor Nikki Haley rejected Federal money to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act but South Carolina is still experiencing a huge jump in its Medicaid rolls. What is behind the new growth? Are there more people becoming poor in South Carolina? Tune in for this news and more on Occupy The Microphone!

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Police team up with Feds to set up DNA checkpoints in Texas

Drivers in Texas are being stopped at police roadblocks and forced to turn over blood, saliva and breathe samples without the drivers having violated any laws and without warrants. At least one driver said she did not want to participate but was forced off the road into a parking lot by police. In other news, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley accused of playing political games in calling for her Democratic opponent Sen. Vincent Sheheen who is also a criminal defense attorney, to drop his clients. Tune in for this story and more on Occupy the Microphone!

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Nikki Haley on State of the GOP & White terrorist on the prowl

In the month of October, the GOP saw its lowest approval rating in 21 years. Governor Nikki Haley was among five Republicans interviewed by USA today who offered their views on the state of the Republican Party. White Separatist and hate crime fugitive Craig Cobb and another man have been taken into custody on terrorizing charges after approaching residents of Leith, North Dakota armed with a shotgun and rifle. Cobb wants to turn the small town into a whites-only enclave. Tune in today for these story and more on Occupy The Microphone, your news source for the 99%.

Torturing through Solitary Confinement & Governor Haley, Ethics Crusader?

Today on Occupy The Microphone, we will look at the case of Sam Mandez, A young man who was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a dubious trial and then driven insane by the torture of solitary confinement and ironically Governor Haley is threatening to expose legislators who oppose a South Carolina ethics reform bill. Tune in as we discuss these stories and more on Occupy The Microphone!

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With scant coverage, drone strike hearing takes place in Washington, DC

Although there has been scant coverage from the US based corporate media, a Congressional hearing on America’s drone warfare abroad took place today in Washington, DC which featured victims from Pakistan who put a face and voice to those commonly referred to as “collateral damage”. This follows sixteen-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai visit to the White House a few weeks ago where she asked President Obama to stop the drone strikes in her country. Representative Alan Grayson, a Democrat out of Florida, organized the hearing.

In local news, Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley plans to continue violating campaign ethics laws in the state.

This news and more today as we Occupy The Microphone!

Is Govenor Nikki Haley the teflon don of South Carolina politics?

Democrats accuse the Nikki Haley administration of stacking the deck against South Carolina businesses while a blogger accuses her of pressuring the state ethics commission. Is Nikki Haley a teflon Governor or are the democrats just so bad at politics that Haley will win despite her failings? A full hour of Haleyating today Live at Five on Occupy the Microphone.

Will Folks on how the SC Republican Party is falling apart

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Today is the twelfth anniversary of the 911 attacks.

We caught up with FITSNews’ editor and blogger Will Folks for a candid conversation. Folks revealed that he had engaged in an “inappropriate physical relationship” with then Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley who would go on to become South Carolina’s Governor. We will get his thoughts on why he believes the South Carolina Republican Party is falling apart.

Occupy The Microphone has provided in depth coverage of the adoption case involving a Cherokee child by the name of Veronica Brown whose father Dusten Brown contends was illegally adopted by a South Carolina couple. On September 9, NBC News and Reuters published and broadcast the first in a series of reports on the underground adoption networks operating in the United States where adoptive parents who want to give up their adoptive children, hand them over to other people without any government oversight.

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Is Secretary of State John Kerry being truthful about the Syrian opposition?

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Veronica Brown “adoption case” update: Dusten Brown turned himself in yesterday after "Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed an extradition warrant to send him to South Carolina’.

Is the Obama administration and key Republicans trying to play down the power and influence of Islamic extremists fighting in Syria? Tuesday while speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations committee, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian opposition "has increasingly become more defined by its moderation, more defined by the breadth of its membership, and more defined by its adherence to some, you know, democratic process and to an all-inclusive, minority-protecting constitution".

However, in July deputy director of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, David Shedd estimated that there were at least 1,200 different Syrian rebel groups and those Islamic extremists, notably the Nusra Front, were well placed to expand their influence according to Reuters. Other intelligence sources are also, at odds with what Kerry and people like John McCain are trying to sell to the American people concerning the make up of the Syrian opposition. A New York Times article published today citing the brutality of the Syrian "rebels" and that it was posing a problem for the West. It featured a photo of Syrian soldiers who had been captured being executed while bound, facedown and on their knees.

Jack Rasmus of the Green Shadow Cabinet Federal Reserve Chair will call in today to discuss the appointment of Larry Summers as Federal Reserve chairperson. Jack Rasmus is the author of the book, “Obama's Economy: Recovery for the Few”.  In a recent article at Mint Press News author Martin Michaels implies Summers could drive us into another financial collapse.

Vincent Sheheen, the Democratic state senator is challenging Republican Governor Nikki Haley and is making the hacking of South Carolina computers part of his campaign. He blames Haley for the data breach on her watch which resulted in millions of South Carolina tax payer’s personal information being stolen.

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Party of Black Americans denied service by Wild Wing Café in Charleston

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A black man says that his family and friends were denied service at Wild Wing Café in Charleston, SC. Michael Brown and his party were made to wait two hours and then told they could not be seated and denied service because another customer felt threatened by their presence. London also said, "The manager looked me dead in the face and said she was refusing us service because she had a right to and simply she felt like it.” USA Today reports that the group had been offered an apology and meals all around and said the restaurant has a meeting planned for later this week with some members of the restaurant party.

Mary Olson of the Nuclear Information Resource Service will join us to talk about a major Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting coming to Charlotte, NC (only meeting in South of 9 meetings nationwide) on radioactive waste regulation and the environmental impact it will have.

Governor Nikki Haley last Friday announced that the state of South Carolina has changed the requirements of a proposed contract to continue credit monitoring for taxpayers who had there personal data stolen by hackers from state computers. Last week, speaking at a cabinet meeting on Information Security, Governor Haley said that data will never be 100% secure.

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