🕊️ “Tell the truth or sell your soul.” A principle I live by daily, though I can’t take credit for it. Like so many things in my professional life, I owe it to a self-described redneck I met while working for @wis10. After a long fight with cancer, my dear friend Jeff Mattox passed away in a home where he and I had broken bread and talked for years about the horrors of our federal and state government, which he had a gift for stripping of all dignity with what he called, when being nice, “DUMB-ocracy.” A master carpenter by trade and an anarchist by conviction, he spent years as a thorn in the side of both Kershaw County Council and its sheriff’s office, armed with an old laptop, a well-worn YouTube page and a cast of puppets, including a pissed off sheep named “Poke Chop.” Having crossed paths with Jeffy during my own coverage of Kershaw County, I found in him someone who never hesitated to listen to my frustrations with WIS, push me to leave #MSM or shape the work I do at @FITSNews, an outlet he read as faithfully as he criticized… … and I owe him more than I ever got around to telling him. Rest assured, though, if heaven’s got a county council, Jeffy just became its most dangerous attendee.

‼️ SLED INVESTIGATING “INTERNET OUTAGE” IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY Spartanburg County’s government network, plagued by repeated cybersecurity attacks, is now experiencing what officials are calling an “internet outage” — with agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (#SLED) having been requested to investigate. While few details have been shared officially, a SLED spokesperson told @FITSNews the agency’s S.C. Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (#SCCIC) unit was “assisting Spartanburg County” regarding the so-called “internet outage.” The SLED spokesperson noted SCCIC’s investigation was “active and ongoing.” 📲 Read the full report at FITSNews

No evidence or hiding the ball? We break down the latest filings in the Beach v. Parker's “outrage” lawsuit with the professor and the judge assignment in Murdaugh. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

📕 Author James Lasdun - whose new book (and brand new article in @NewYorker) received some unfair criticism this week - spoke with our @IndyJenn_ on his search for answers in the #Murdaugh saga. fitsnews.com/2026/05/29/jame…

‼️ S.C. SENATOR, GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE JOSH KIMBRELL FOCUS OF FEDERAL INQUIRY, SOURCES SAY South Carolina Sen. Josh Kimbrell, a Spartanburg County Republican polling at the back of a crowded gubernatorial field, has officially drawn the attention of federal authorities, sources tell @FITSNews. These sources further allege that federal agents conducted at least one interview with a principal figure connected to a civil lawsuit accusing Kimbrell of diverting more than $2 million from Exodus Aircraft, LLC, a charter aviation company he once managed. When FITSNews reached out to Kimbrell for comment, his only response was a single text asking this reporter for his “full name and home address.” 📲 Read the full report at FITSNews.

Instadocs, a new quick-turn documentary series from Netflix, will take you inside the loudest current headlines starting May 30. The first installment — Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted— dives into the recent bombshell overturning of Alex Murdaugh’s double murder conviction. Featuring interviews with jurors, lawyers, and private citizens about Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill, whose jury interference was cited as the reason for the overturned verdict.