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Episode 78 BONUS ANNOUNCEMENT
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Join us this week as SC Rep Brandon Guffey & Heath Sessions review a pint of Party Starter, Marzen Lager and discuss the weeks political topics including the protecting kids, Reps repin' other house candidates for profit, the superior hockey of Team USA, unemployment reform, the upcoming budget and more. As always thanks to our sponsors Comer Distributing, Burns Automotive Group, and Burns Service. Produced by: Tad Atkinson
Episode 79 of Pints & Politics is the “Vance Walker edition,” as Rep. Brandon Guffey holds court with Fort Mill’s Rep. David Martin over a Highland Brewing oatmeal porter, filling in while Rep. Sessions is out sick and longtime sponsor Comer Distributing keeps the taps flowing. The guys preview a grab‑bag week at the South Carolina State House: campus safety H‑4739, high school athletics and the SC High School League, Heath Sessions’ parental rights bill, a lab‑grown meat ban and roadside markets for boiled‑peanut‑stand farmers, invasive blue catfish, an official migratory bird, and Rep. Yow’s America‑First Buy American Iron and Steel Act. From there they dive into tort and liquor‑liability reform, that 2017 million‑dollar minimum and what it did to insurance markets, then pivot into judicial reform and the JMSC fight: whether lawyer‑legislators should sit on the commission, how much power governors should have over judges, and why red‑state conservatives still need to think about what happens when the pendulum swings blue. They mix in billboard repair and ugly, unfixable signs, Joe White’s barbers and cosmetologists bill and over‑the‑top licensing rules, Guffey’s tattoo and piercing rant, Tommy Pope’s DNA‑privacy bill, sovereign‑citizen horror stories, and Rep. Gatch’s earthquake‑insurance debate over mandates, exclusions, and when “the government should rebuild my house” stops being fair. This episode closes in full campaign mode: Guffey and Martin talk looming primary challengers, out‑of‑district and out‑of‑state money, what it means to be a Fort Mill/York County first representative, and why they’d rather make unflashy, technical changes that actually help small businesses and families than chase viral culture‑war clicks. Along the way they shout out Gavin’s Law, AI and cyber policy work on the Regs Committee, small‑business tax credits for office gear, Burns Automotive Group as a new sponsor, and invite listeners to plug in at https://pintsandpolitics.show, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeart. Martinforhouse.com Heathsessions.com voteguffey.com #PintsAndPolitics #SouthCarolinaPolitics #SCStateHouse #CampusSafety #ParentalRights #JudicialReform #TortReform #SCFarmers #LabGrownMeat #SmallBusiness #YorkCounty #FortMill #RockHill
Season 3, Episode 5 THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: this episode of Pints & Politics cracks open a Dirty Bastard Scotch Style Ale from Founders Brewing and dives into the latest round of South Carolina political chaos, from the State House soap opera to the backroom maneuvering you’re not supposed to hear about. join us as SC Reps Brandon Guffey & Heath Sessions break down who’s really calling the shots this session, We'll have special guest SC House Rep Greg Ford of District 98 in Dorchester on to discuss hemp legislation. We'll also discuss why some “family values” politicians suddenly love big government when it helps their friends, and how local races are quietly setting the stage for 2026—between sips of Dirty Bastard and a few well‑earned eye rolls. You’ll get plenty of straight talk, some sharp elbows, and just enough policy detail to make you dangerous at your next happy hour. This week’s featured pint is Dirty Bastard, a Scotch Style Ale from Founders Brewing, a malty, high‑gravity bruiser that pairs perfectly with a long night of calling out political nonsense.
This week SC House Reps Brandon Guffey & Heath Sessions enjoy a Carolina Blonde Ale from Foothills Brewing and discuss Gov. McMasters 10th State of the State address, big project change orders, passing the Protecting Girl's Spaces bill, what is fair compensation, abitrage, judicial selection. As always thanks to our sponsor Comer distributing in Rock Hill SC. Produced by: Tad Atkinson
Join us this week as SC House Reps Brandon Guffey and Heath Sessions weather the ice storm with a pint of Modelo Negra from our sponsor Comer Distributing. This weeks topics after we discuss the many accolades of Guff include, the parental rights and protecting girls spaces debate of the past week at the state house, Sessions battle with PBMs and medical billing, protecting children online, and the upcoming week at the statehouse.
Join us this week as SC Reps Brandon Guffey & Heath Sessions discuss eating bananas, sentencing of founding member of the sc freedom party RJ May, protecting women and girls, cutting regulations, parental rights, closed primaries and more. This weeks pint is a first from DuClaw Brewing in NJ a Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Porter called Sweet Baby Banana! As always thanks to our sponsor Comer Distributing in Rock Hill. Produced by Tad Atkinson
Join us for the 1st episode of 2026 as SC Reps Brandon Guffey & Heath Sessions get ready to head back to Columbia and enjoy a pint of A LITTLE SUMPIN' SUMPIN' SMOOTH AND SILKY IPA by Lagunitas in Petaluma, CA. While we had a clear outline of discussion topics, we basically made it through the first section...upcoming bills for the session. We touched on Infrastructure, DOT, Insurance Reform, Tort reform, Med mal, DUI penalties, Parental rights, and more. Join us as we start the session and look out for our Mid week sips starting this week. As always thanks to our sponsor Comer Distributing in Rock Hill SC.
A little bonus shot for everybody to see how bad our sports predictions were as well as a few public service announcements.
Join us this week as SC House Reps Brandon Guffey and Heath Sessions hold a no money wagered fantasy draft as applied to the pre-filed legislation for the upcoming session. The Main Event: JMSC reform, the Firestarter: Girls safety(safe spaces), , Doomsday Prepper: Chem trails hmmm...., Palette Cleanser: I love you sign language symbol for the state. This week we enjoy a pint of PLUFF MUDD PORTER from Holy City Brewing
Join us this week as SC Reps Brandon Guffey & Heath Sessions enjoy our annual holiday pint of CHRISTMAS COOKIE Winter Amber from Sycamore Brewing and dive into the week in review which was busy for both Reps. starting with Guffey back in DC for ALEC and potential further use of Gavin's law as a model bill, Heath on DOT ad hoc and telling us about some of the craziness that is billing in healthcare in SC. Of course we talk Carolina and Clemson football among other college football, we also look under the hood at upcoming pre-file bills.