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YCDP-TV

York County SC Democratic Party

This is the official podcast of the York County SC Democratic Party. Our shows are mostly audio lifted from our YouTube video series @YCDPTV

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00:20:08

YCDP TV 42: No Kings II, Rock Hill October 2025

YCDP-TV ·

2025/10/22

York County turned out in force for the second nationwide No Kings protest, sponsored by YCDP, York County Rising, Indivisible, 50501 and many others across the country (and around the world). We got this video after producer Gary Pearce rushed from his flight from London down to Rock Hill on Saturday, October 18. Earlier, another York County protest happened betweet Fort Mill and Tega Cay.You’ve proably heard Republican leadership call this the “Hate America” rally. Just shows how out of touch they

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00:16:08

Episode 41: Library Board Punts PART TWO

YCDP-TV ·

2025/08/20

The YCDP TV Media Empire was actually on a mini-vacation up in the North Carolina mountains as we edited Part One of this story, so kind of a rush job and we left a few things out. So here in Part Two, we stuff them back in. That includes a little more history, a little more analysis, and some media stories from WRHI Radio, WSOC TV9, and the Rock Hill Herald newspaper.

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00:22:28

Episode 41: Library Board Punts on LGBTQ Books

YCDP-TV ·

2025/08/16

LListening to their lawyer, the York County Library Board wasn’t ready to institute a new policy of moving books written for children about LGBTQ+ issues, or just including LGBTQ+ characters, from the Children’s section to the Adult section at it’s August meeting. Instead, they will have “continuing discssions” about the matter until… who knows?The meeting was held at noon on August 14 at the main branch of the Library in Rock Hill. Attendance was limited to 60, with public comments from six

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00:15:45

Episode 40: Meanwhile, Back on Dave Lyle…

YCDP-TV ·

2025/08/11

Meet some more of the activists who occupy a block of Dave Lyle Blvd in Rock Hill ever other Saturday! 2-4 PM. And/or drop by the Indivisible folks at 10 AM Mondays as they protest and drop some mail on Ralph Norman's doorstep. 516 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC. Also, the YCDP Executive Committee has it's quarterly meeting on Saturday, August 16 at 10 AM, either on Zoom or — for the first time in a few years — in person. Same place we had the YCDP Convention earlier this year. Check your email, the

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Episode 39: Rock Hill Rage

YCDP-TV ·

2025/08/03

The YCDP TV Media Empire crew was handling family stuff on Saturday while the nationwide Rage Against the Regime coincided with York County Rising's bi-weekly Dave Lyle protest. Fortunately, reporters and crews from WCNC and WBTV both covered the event. And we stole their reports. If you can't make it every time, come when you can. And at the end of this video is a short PSA on something else you can do: send postcards.

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01:40:45

Episode 38: Library Update (the Republican’s Long Game)

YCDP-TV ·

2025/07/24

York County Council Republicans have been playing a long game with the county library system. They didn’t have much choice, but a culture war battle that started in 2022 is finally about to be completed.In 2022, Councilman Tom Audette started making noise about a list of children’s books in the library that addressed LGBTQ topics. He didn’t invent the issue—it had been a hot potato in right-wing circles for a while in other areas of the state and nation. Back then, behind the scenes, he was reported

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00:39:25

Episode 37: Forward Together (Candidates) / Rock Hill...

YCDP-TV ·

2025/06/30

TIMECODE INDEX to the YouTube Video BELOW ⌚ It was another YCDP Weekend, with the Forward Together party on Friday (June 27) and another every-other-Saturday protest along Dave Lyle in Rock Hill on Saturday. We lead off with Rock Hill, and some longer interviews with some of the activists, Savanna, Will and Anna.Then backwards in time (a few hours) to the YCDP Forward Together event, where we hear from three candidates who were present. US Senate Candidate Dr. Annie Andrews leads off, then two

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00:24:03

Episode 36: No Kings NATIONWIDE (and Rock Hill)

YCDP-TV ·

2025/06/16

NOTE: this is the audio track from our YouTube video. There are lots of interviews and voices, but there are some visual elements that aren’t described. Not much, but drop by YouTube if you miss it.Rock Hill, York and Lancaster Counties turned out in force for the June 14 Nationwide No Kings Protest. Crowd estimates approached 2000, by far the largest turnout for the every-other-Saturday event along Dave Lyle Blvd, sponsored by York County Rising, along with several other progressive groups. Of

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01:44:24

Episode 35: Rock Hill Protest / SCDP Convention / Tim...

YCDP-TV ·

2025/06/03

Saturday, May 31, 2025, was a busy day for the YCDP TV Media Empire. In the morning, our Columbia bureau (Gary) covered the South Carolina Democratic Party annual Convention. We're not showing you the whole thing*, but we are including all of the (short) speeches by candidates you'll see on your York County Primary ballot in June, 2026: Senate (4), Governor (1), Superintendent of Education (1) and US House from SC 5 (1). (The Primary is a year away, so we may well see more candidates for any of

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00:02:44

Lee Johnson Pre-Announcement for US Senate from SC

YCDP-TV ·

2025/05/12

Lee Johnson visited the YCDP Dessert Before Dinner event on May 2, and corralled our YCDP TV camera crew to make a pre-announcement of his intent to run for the Democratic Nomination for US Senate from South Carolina. That seat is currently held by Republican Lindsey Graham, who you can find on Fox News more easily than you can find him anywhere in the state he is supposed to represent. This election happens in 2026. The Primary will be in June, and the Election is in November, as usual. Several

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00:32:12

Episode 34: MayDay ThreeFer

YCDP-TV ·

2025/05/12

Your YCDP TV Media Empire Mobile Production Unit (Gary and his video camera) showed up at three events surrounding May Day this year.On Wednesday, April 30, the Lancaster County Democratic Party held an Empty Chair Town Hall at the Indianland High School auditorium. A couple dozen people addeessed a cardboard cutout of the otherwise absent Ralph Norman, who represents pretty much only the hard-right Republicans in the South Caroina 5th Congressional District. We're presenting just a few seconds of

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00:34:16

Episode 33: Eat Dessert First

YCDP-TV ·

2025/04/24

YCDP Chair Nikita Jackson joins Gary to talk about the YCDP fundraiser Dessert Before Dinner starting at 5 pm Friday afternoon, May 2, at our HQ office, 858 Cherry Rd in Rock Hill. Details and ticket purchase here.They also talk about the protests that continue across the country and right here in York County. Protests have been sponsored by Indivisible, York County Rising, 50501, and MoveOn. They will continue, with York County Rising scheduling one every other Saturday along Dave Lyle Blvd (at

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Episode 32: No Kings Rock Hill

YCDP-TV ·

2025/04/22

Once again, York County was part of thousands of protests nationwide on April 19, this time with the theme No Kings. The Rock Hill event was coordinated by the fairly new progressive group York County Rising, in cooperation with 50501, Move On, and many other organizations. And once again, YCDP TV was there to document the action. We have an extended interview with Brian from York County Rising to learn what this new group is all about. He appears for a minute at the top of the program, and much

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00:09:13

Episode 31: Hands Off Rock Hill

YCDP-TV ·

2025/04/06

Saturday, April 5, 2025 saw Hands Off protests in cities and towns nationwide, including Rock Hill in York County. Not the biggest, probably not the smallest… several hundred people lined Main Street near Fountain Park, and Dave Lyle Blvd to let the world know that we don’t like what’s happeining in Washington and Columbia. More are planned, nearly every week. You’ll probably see a notice on the YCDP Facebook Group (a private group).

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Episode 30: YCDP Convention 2025

YCDP-TV ·

2025/03/17

The York County Democratic Party met for our annual Convention on March 15, 2025 in Newport, SC. We elected officers for the next two years. See the Convention Page for details.

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00:42:19

Episode 29: Execs Get Political

YCDP-TV ·

2025/02/06

When we recorded Episode 28, after we finished talking about the upcoming YCDP Convention, Gary asked the assembled Board members to get political for a bit. And they did.

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00:25:57

Episode 28: YCDP 2025 Convention Plans

YCDP-TV ·

2025/02/04

In this episode, YCDP Executive Board members discuss the upcoming Annual Conventiuon, and a little bit about the State Convention. Details on the Convention itself are here on the website.Here are the basics:Date: March 15, 2025Time: 10 AMLocation: Union Baptist Church, 1195 Hands Mill Hwy, Rock Hill, SC 29732 (Newport)We’d like you to register if you plan to come.That and lots of other stuff on the web page.

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00:53:47

Episode 27: School Board Candidates

YCDP-TV ·

2024/10/07

When you get down to the level of School Board, many voters find themselves in the dark. School board seats are non-partisan, and the YCDP does not endorse any. There is a fairly new organization in York County called CAPE (Community Advocates FOR Public Education) that has taken on the mission of getting the word out. CAPE is also non-partisan and education focused, but they do advocate for all students. They recently participated in a School Board Candidate Forum hosted by - yes - the York County

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01:19:27

Episode 26: The Delegates are BACK

YCDP-TV ·

2024/08/28

On this episode, Nikita Jackson (YCDP Chair) and John Holder (too many to list) were two of the official Delegates to the DNC in Chicago, and we also have two 'Honored Guests' who also attended: Hattie Ross and William 'Perk' Perkins.They had fun, they have stories, and at least John has COVID😷.So, that Show Open thing.... So far, I've just started the shows by sitting in front of the Studio in the Bonus Room... I'm pretty sure that's scaring people away. So I'm asking YOU to help out.Here's how

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00:52:10

Episode 25: The Delegates

YCDP-TV ·

2024/08/01

YCDP Chair Nikita Jackson, 2nd Vice-Chair Ryan Stephens and multiple office-holder John Holder are among the delegates from York County and the 5th Congressional District who will be headed to Chicago in a couple weeks to participate in the Democratic National Convention. We talk about what they're expecting, and the big changes in the party with President Joe Biden dropping out of the race and endorsing VP Kamala Harris. Attending the convention is expensive 💰. The state party estimates it will

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