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Shocking how little reporting and discussion there's been about this issue, especially considering the recent concern over political violence. 

 

Time: House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

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Police are investigating the cause of a fire that burned down the home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein, who had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work.

State law enforcement is investigating the house fire on Edisto Beach, which began at around 11:30 a.m. E.T. on Saturday, sources told local news outlet FITSNews. Goodstein was reportedly not at home at the time of the fire, but at least three members of her family, including her husband, former Democratic state senator Arnold Goodstein, and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries.

According to the St. Paul’s Fire District, which responded to the scene, the occupants had to be rescued via kayak. Law enforcement has not disclosed whether the fire is being investigated as an arson attack.

“At this time, we do not know whether the fire was accidental or arson. Until that determination is made, [State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel] has alerted local law enforcement to provide extra patrols and security,” South Caroline Chief Justice John Kittredge told FITSNews, adding that the fire appeared to have been caused by an “explosion.”

The 69-year-old judge had received death threats in the weeks leading up to the fire, multiple sources told FITSNews. Last month, Goodstein had temporarily blocked the state’s election commission from releasing its voter files to the Department of Justice, a decision that was openly criticized by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon and later reversed by the state Supreme Court. The DOJ had sought the information, including names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and social security numbers, of over three million registered voters as part of President Donald Trump’s March executive order restricting non-citizens from registering to vote. (Non-citizens are already not allowed to vote in federal and state elections.)

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Hours before the fire at Goodstein’s house, Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller accused U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut of “legal insurrection” for granting a restraining order that blocks Trump’s deployment of the Oregon National Guard in Portland. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said in a post from his office that Miller’s accusation “for ruling on a case isn’t just reckless. It’s authoritarian propaganda, plain and simple.” (Miller has previously accused Democrats of using incendiary language to “mark people” for political violence.)

Trump has called specific judges who have pushed back on his executive orders “radical left lunatic” and “troublemaker and agitator.” In May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the panel of judges that ruled against Trump’s sweeping tariffs “activist judges.” In a post that month, Miller said, “We are living under a judicial tyranny.”

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Just now, RecoveringAlcoholic said:

This is both crazy and highly disturbing.

I’m sure we will get right on fixing it 

*laughs in Fox News* 

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57 minutes ago, RecoveringAlcoholic said:

This is both crazy and highly disturbing.

Cue James Brown….”Living in America…”

And hoping this is coincidental but not too confident.

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POTUS clearly stated that one side's political violence is absolutely justified. If he doesn't care, why should we?

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Huh.  I'm curious why Fox and NewsMax and super-serious real-deal director of the FBI Ka$h aren't all over this story, blaming "political rhetoric," and surely finding a gas can with "I did this for politically motivated reasons" etched on it.  It's a mystery, I guess.

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10 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Huh.  I'm curious why Fox and NewsMax and super-serious real-deal director of the FBI Ka$h aren't all over this story, blaming "political rhetoric," and surely finding a gas can with "I did this for politically motivated reasons" etched on it.  It's a mystery, I guess.

Maybe Ka$h is trying to figure out how he can tell the rubble of a house "I have the watch, and I'll see you in Valhalla."

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