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The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire after she had reportedly received death threats.

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 have not disclosed whether the fire is being investigated as an arson attack.

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 hours ago

Historians will say this was part of the civil war

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 hours ago

"set"? But " Law enforcement have not disclosed whether the fire is being investigated as an arson attack."

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 hours ago

Republicans own this

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 35 points 9 hours ago

well what do you know???? the violence is STILL maga, just like it always has been!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Nothing to see here, just normal MAGA head behavior.

[–] CaptainHowdy@lemmy.zip 11 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

...had to be rescued by kayak.

What?! Can someone explain to me (a verified idiot) how a person is rescued from a house fire by kayak?

[–] zarkony@lemmy.zip 12 points 9 hours ago

Looks like the house was right on the water. It's possible their only escape from the house was onto the beach or into the water.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Easy, just have to throw it hard enough.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago

But it's the left that does political violence. 🙃

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 97 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (14 children)

We’re already in the first throes of the Second American Civil War, we just haven’t started calling it that yet

Edit: throws to throes because I’m a dumb southern hillbilly

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 36 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 29 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Election Day, 1994, when Newt Gingrich and the Republicans took control of Congress with the Contract With America, and started the polarization that led to the Tea Party, and then to MAGA.

August 3rd, 1980 when Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for President in Philadelphia MS, near the site of the 1964 murders of Civil Rights Movement activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. The day psychopathic murderous racism was incorporated as a fundamental plank in the Republican platform.

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago

The tea party was my wakeup call, before that I was a Republican because I was Christian, my dad was Republican and I didn't pay too much attention. The more attention I paid the further left I became. The tea party was so obviously dumb and racist it forced me to evaluate my political beliefs.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 13 points 12 hours ago
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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 91 points 16 hours ago

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.)

This whole entire thing is fucked yep. Even more so now that Trump is deploying national guard troops everywhere.

[–] pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 29 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The words “I’m a Black trans communist immigrant that is woke” were found engraved on the lighters.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

No no, they were engraved in the matches before they were burned to ash.

[–] DaMummy@lemmy.world 42 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Let me guess, trans people with writings on lighters?

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 10 points 14 hours ago

Scented candles with ANTIFA designs in the wax...

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 53 points 16 hours ago

They must not have criticized Trump hard enough, you know, violent left and all. /s

Hey, at least it's not a war zone and a rubble pile like Portland. Where you can go out and enjoy a latte in this beautiful fall weather. At least if you can avoid the swarms of fascists.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 11 points 12 hours ago

Trump's Willing Executioners

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago

I'm sure this was political violence perpetrated by someone who also disagrees with trump right?

Right?

Huh.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Still being investigated as to whether it's arson or not. Time begging for clicks these days apparently.

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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

The word “could” is doing heavily lifting there.

Remember at this moment we have no idea why this home caught fire. We might later but at this point this is all clickbait.

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 28 points 13 hours ago (8 children)

What's funny about that is if a judge's house caught fire during the Biden administration, this kind of speculation wouldn't even happen because Biden didn't run a mafia State like the Trump regime.

Whether it's true or not at this point is irrelevant. The point is that under a mafia State, it's more likely and believable, tells you everything you need to know about living in Trump's Amerika.

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 hours ago

Biden didn't run a mafia State

You're right, but I couldn't tell you how many times I heard "Biden crime family" in the past 5 years. They're deluded into thinking that Biden did run a Mafia state, so even if they understood what trump is doing as Mafia shit, they'd excuse it as "just doing what the other side does".

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[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

House of a judge who is receiving death threats from MAGA mysteriously burns down.

House of a judge who is receiving death threats from MAGA is set on fire by crazed MAGA lunatic.

Its fucking obvious what has happened here

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

No, it isn’t. The cause could be faulty wiring and it could be a coincidence.

There’s zero reason to conclude anything when we have no evidence to support anything.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Pity we don't get this level of skepticism and calls to wait for a full explanation from MAGA

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 8 points 13 hours ago (10 children)

Found Stephen Miller's account.

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