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Judge's house burned down after ruling against Trump Administration

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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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Clearly the Democrats need to tone down the rhetoric.

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.

That's a huge house. 

*insert cat reading newspaper with "I should have been a judge" meme*

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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Ohhhhhh ... so the thread isn’t about an unhinged RGV baseball nut unhappy with a certain Yankees player?

Fire is of course itself a representation of trans ideology produced by radicals. 

What was the Trump appointees "crime" according to the Trump admin? Maintaining State sovereignty over their voter rolls?

4 minutes ago, pacman said:

What was the Trump appointees "crime" according to the Trump admin? Maintaining State sovereignty over their voter rolls?

Ruling against the regime.

That's it.  That's the entire thing.  Issue a ruling that the regime has violated the law, and instead of saying "we disagree with but respect the ruling of the courts," you say "there is no separation of powers, America is a monarchy, and any ruling against the king is judicial tyranny and these tyrants must be brought down."  Sick, evil fucks.  But hey, @Enchubben thinks they're super cool.

2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Academy at 183 and 35 has a fuck ton of ammo right now. Just saying.

I'm surprised any big box retail has any presence in that no-man's land.

10 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

 

Rain holy hell fire.  On Judges.  Who "interfere" with the executive branch.

In case you wondered whether MAGA was a monarchist death cult.  There is no separation of powers, no three branches of government, no judicial review.  Just the decrees of the king.  

But, you know, it's the people who call out such batshittery who are the REAL danger, and have to stop with the dangerous rhetoric.  Right, @ChickenSandwich?

Dems need to stop dropping their mixed tapes all across ‘murica , very irresponsible of them. 

3 hours ago, pacman said:

What was the Trump appointees "crime" according to the Trump admin? Maintaining State sovereignty over their voter rolls?

Clarification.  The South Carolina judge was a state judge that enjoined state authorities from complying with the federal request or order or whatever.  Thus attracting death threats and someone likely burning down their beach house.

Immergut is the Trump appointee federal judge that ruled against Trump sending troops to Portland.  She hasn't had her house burned down yet.

2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Rain holy hell fire.  On Judges.  Who "interfere" with the executive branch.

In case you wondered whether MAGA was a monarchist death cult.  There is no separation of powers, no three branches of government, no judicial review.  Just the decrees of the king.  

But, you know, it's the people who call out such batshittery who are the REAL danger, and have to stop with the dangerous rhetoric.  Right, @ChickenSandwich?

Simplify it for the knuckleheads and draggers.

Checks and balances.  That's what I told that teachin lady.

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7 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Predictably quiet from the usual suspects on this one

They haven't found a nit they can pick at to ignore the issue, so they're sitting this one out I guess 

21 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Dems need to stop dropping their mixed tapes all across ‘murica , very irresponsible of them. 

Not even a mix tape, just a bootleg 

 

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i will hold my judgment on this one. Do they know what caused the fire? I have not seen anything yet.

It seems wrong to make public accusations based on suspicion alone and not facts, but hey, what do i know?

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Depends on who is doing the dumb shit.

Also, this stinks to the moon.  

But maybe it's just some light insurance fraud...

18 minutes ago, yoladu said:

i will hold my judgment on this one. Do they know what caused the fire? I have not seen anything yet.

It seems wrong to make public accusations based on suspicion alone and not facts, but hey, what do i know?

calmer minds will get bulldozed by those who are ready, fire, aim.....or even worse fire, fire, fire 

Fuck. I hope her family is ok and that this was an accident... They had to be rescued by kayak?

29 minutes ago, yoladu said:

i will hold my judgment on this one. Do they know what caused the fire? I have not seen anything yet.

It seems wrong to make public accusations based on suspicion alone and not facts, but hey, what do i know?

Hmmm, I’ll go with where there’s smoke…

 

Sorry no matter what they rule, sane people can draw conclusions on this one.  

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33 minutes ago, yoladu said:

It seems wrong to make public accusations based on suspicion alone and not facts, but hey, what do i know?

In Ground news this was the most neutral and highly factual source for this story, what public accusations are you referring to?

The judge was getting credible death threats referencing her rulings, the administration singled her out, and then a few days later her house burned down. Thems the facts

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25 minutes ago, Captainant said:

In Ground news this was the most neutral and highly factual source for this story, what public accusations are you referring to?

The judge was getting credible death threats referencing her rulings, the administration singled her out, and then a few days later her house burned down. Thems the facts

Daniel Goldman - or maybe he knows something that hasn't publicly been revealed, but i have my doubts.

 

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1 hour ago, B00M said:

Fuck. I hope her family is ok and that this was an accident... They had to be rescued by kayak?

the kayak part struck me as odd 

4 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

Predictably quiet from the usual suspects on this one

I think they deserve some amount of credit for not maniacally jerking off to it. 

2 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

the kayak part struck me as odd 

I think a lot of those SC low country houses are built basically on their own little islands, accessible by footbridge or boat, only.

4 hours ago, yoladu said:

Do they know what caused the fire?

Oily rags. Gas leak. Lightning. Rando arson. Batshit lunacy. Act of God. Destiny.

34 minutes ago, futureman said:

I think they deserve some amount of credit for not maniacally jerking off to it. 

I mean, they probably are, but good on them to keep it on the down low.

1 hour ago, futureman said:

I think they deserve some amount of credit for not maniacally jerking off to it. 

You don’t know this

13 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Ruling against the regime.

That's it.  That's the entire thing.  Issue a ruling that the regime has violated the law, and instead of saying "we disagree with but respect the ruling of the courts," you say "there is no separation of powers, America is a monarchy, and any ruling against the king is judicial tyranny and these tyrants must be brought down."  Sick, evil fucks.  But hey, @Enchubben thinks they're super cool.

I feel like Stephen Miller will be the one who gets the longest prison sentence once this eventually ends. The next 2-3 generations will be talking about him the way people talk about Goebbels right now.

5 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Oily rags. Gas leak. Lightning. Rando arson. Batshit lunacy. Act of God. Destiny.

Or aggy. Always blame aggy.

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