Adventures of RantWoman

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Spectator in Someone Else's Election: the SC GOP Senate primary

#SCpol

Early Voting August 5-7. Primary Vote August 11

Sen. Darline Graham "I'm not a millionaire."

RantWoman votes in WA not SC but does believe in understanding the various flavors of #GOP Kool-aid.

RantWoman is amused by a voice on Twitter / X complaining about everyone outside SC telling SC Voters how to vote. Noted. But we all live in the same country and have to figure out how to work together.

Once in a while a circumstance comes along that sparks RantWoman's curiosity about a political race far from RantWoman's home turf. This election cycle, RantWoman is going to look into the SC #GOP Senatorial primary.

Here to get things started, the SC #GOP Senatorial debate.

RantWoman notes with interest that neither of the Intro commentators have what RantWoman expects to be a southern accent.

Extremely interesting initial polling.

Also based on clips RantWoman saw elsewhere: pay attention to the positions about data centers; starting about minute 58.

Concerns about utility impact but "we have to compete with China."

One against FLOCK cameras, surveillance state

SAVE Act and filibuster about minute 1:02

"Make 'em talk all night"

Abolish filibuster because Dems are going to do it anyway.

Voter Id Voter ID

Immigrants: stealing jobs, sucking up health care capacity get rid of waste fraud abuse

National security threat of 8000 Afghan refugees (RantWoman goes off: theseare interpreters, translators, people who have risked their and their families' lives to assist the US)

Concern about interest on debt

Healthcare: let (make) people shop. Health savings accounts

Foreign policy Minute 1:16

Closing statement: about Medicaid expansion.

Spin room about 1:30

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Guns. Shootings. Investigations...?

#2A #In-n-Out #TwinFalls #BiteOfSeattle

RantWoman cannot speak for everyone who probably felt understandable panic at the #BiteOfSeattle during the recent mass shooting. RantWoman and a friend were on our way home from a weekend trip when two police vehicles went screaming past us about 6 pm. Very quickly there was a post on Twitter / X "shooting at Seattle Center. Please avoid the area." That was all the info RantWoman needed for the moment.

Now, aside from police chief exit and transition drama, RantWoman is curious about LOTS of details. Investigators so far say the bullets fired by the 15-year-old arrested on the scene are not the bullets that killed the people who died. It is not clear based on information released so far how many bullets were fired from which guns and who fired the guns.

RantWoman is wondering: did some of the gunfire hit people who were just bystanders? Was the possible third shooter an armed civilian or somehow involved in whatever led up to the gunfire. RantWoman has no basis for speculating and will be very interested to see whether anything useful gets uploaded to the Seattle PD information portal.

In the meantime, just down the road, another mass shooting at the new #In-N-Out burger in Twin Falls, complete with an armed, and apparently well-trained civilian in the picture.

Readers absolutely are likely to find some of the perspectives in this video challenging.

RantWoman HAS OPINIONS on the other side.

RantWoman's opinions:

1. As with the Seattle Center shooting, RantWoman wants to know who fired the fatal bullets.

2. RantDad would not be the sort of father who would hand his daughter a handgun and tell her how to handle things. RantWoman really also considers it impractical even to make use of the provision in WA state law that allows legally blind people to get concealed carry permits.

3. RantWoman finders herself wondering whether there would be less gun-related STUPIDITY if EVERYONE were forced, say in high school, to take a gun safety class.

4. RantWoman recently received email from a Jewish friend who lives in a Southern state. Ahead of the coming High Holy Days, this friend's synagogue is offering training training basically about first aid for gunshot wounds. RantWoman so wishes that were not necessary.

5. Ditto for the gun check RantWoman and a young student visiting Seattle for a summer internship encountered when we went to a neighborhood Juneteenth celebration. RantWoman follows enough news to understand why, and yet...