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riversedge

(79,574 posts)
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:15 PM Oct 2025

BREAKING: South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an apparent explosion.

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BREAKING: South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an apparent explosion.







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BREAKING: South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an apparent explosion. (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2025 OP
OH MY GAWD. a kennedy Oct 2025 #1
Gonna jump out there and say UpInArms Oct 2025 #2
Yep. And any other judge who considers ruling against FoxNewsSucks Oct 2025 #45
Yup ck4829 Oct 2025 #71
ding. AllaN01Bear Oct 2025 #83
This happened Oct 4: Judge's house fire being investigated; 3 hospitalized riversedge Oct 2025 #3
Right wing godless Republican violence Champp Oct 2025 #77
Terrorist inciters trump and Miller are happy about this...not stochastic happenings. They bear responsibility. imo wcmagumba Oct 2025 #4
Here is a post with Elon Musk saying corrupt judges need to be impeached......... riversedge Oct 2025 #10
So Dump and co incited terrorism. Not surprised. sakabatou Oct 2025 #5
Is there a report that this is due to terrorism? chowder66 Oct 2025 #24
It's more likely. sakabatou Oct 2025 #30
Thanks. chowder66 Oct 2025 #55
Oh come on!!! hamsterjill Oct 2025 #33
Jesus. That's a lot of shit for a question addressed to someone that's not you. chowder66 Oct 2025 #58
Coincidence is a rare occurrence. If it walks like a duck... let's hope that some definitive proof will come to light. Magoo48 Oct 2025 #82
Sounds serious Torchlight Oct 2025 #89
Nope Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #92
It was noon, people were awake, they would of smelled the gas questionseverything Oct 2025 #94
I've got your left wing violence right here. usonian Oct 2025 #6
Thank you. nt Cha Oct 2025 #15
You're welcome. usonian Oct 2025 #16
Is that Portland, burning to the ground??? thought crime Oct 2025 #61
Lock them up malaise Oct 2025 #7
Time for Miller to be grilled by law enforcement. eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #8
"Miller is drooling"..... riversedge Oct 2025 #13
Before twitter, there was nothing on the scale of this. IcyPeas Oct 2025 #52
In the end, it is the vile parts of social media that will bring the US down. Not sure we can riversedge Oct 2025 #78
I think the movie with the highway stunt may have been "The Program." John1956PA Oct 2025 #38
Right on both counts. I can't find confirmation that they were sued, so maybe I got that one wrong. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #53
Can't those who incited this face charges?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 #49
It's the democrats who are inciting violence.... doncha know IcyPeas Oct 2025 #56
Certainly nothing to prevent civil charges. Provoking violence is not part of their official duties, nor will the 1st .. eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #81
Law enforcement seems to have fallen for every con out of these guys. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #87
He needs to be grilled with BBQ sauce... BigmanPigman Oct 2025 #95
" In early September, she issued a temporary restraining order to block the release of this data, following a lawsuit fi riversedge Oct 2025 #9
yikes BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #11
She received mutiple death threats during the last few weeks..... riversedge Oct 2025 #12
+1 dalton99a Oct 2025 #34
The right in this country is pure evil. milestogo Oct 2025 #14
JFC orangecrush Oct 2025 #17
More radical left-wing violence. iemanja Oct 2025 #18
how the hell is this not headline news all over?????????????????? Takket Oct 2025 #19
I KNOW.....I guess she didn't die, like ya know, the "Right's" saint. a kennedy Oct 2025 #20
Because it's more right wing TERRORISM B.See Oct 2025 #21
Should by 24/7 wall to wall coverage malaise Oct 2025 #23
Because she isn't Charlie Kirk. Crunchy Frog Oct 2025 #37
Who's Charlie Kirk? Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #66
Chalkie Merx? marble falls Oct 2025 #75
Sounds serious Torchlight Oct 2025 #76
More - malaise Oct 2025 #22
Attempted murder ... FakeNoose Oct 2025 #41
Assassination malaise Oct 2025 #42
It can't be an innocent "gas explosion" because people were home FakeNoose Oct 2025 #43
Very suspicious malaise Oct 2025 #46
Working Their Way Up, I Fear WiVoter Oct 2025 #79
K&R spanone Oct 2025 #25
Sure looks like a bombing, unless gas explosion. Apparently, she has had threats for years, so I'm gonna wait Silent Type Oct 2025 #26
A reasonable response! Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #67
Must be some more of that radical leftist violence. Crunchy Frog Oct 2025 #27
And they are Jewish, I'm almost certain. PCIntern Oct 2025 #28
Multiple motives for white nationalist terrorists Hekate Oct 2025 #47
They sure know how to dog whistle their extremists in, don't they? marble falls Oct 2025 #29
They communicate by code. Wednesdays Oct 2025 #48
The enormity... GiqueCee Oct 2025 #31
Where is the effin media malaise Oct 2025 #35
Strapping on their knee pads... GiqueCee Oct 2025 #36
I only have Prime but none of the many news channels have it as their news blurbs. GreenWave Oct 2025 #98
Damn bootlickers malaise Oct 2025 #99
Let's see how fast DOJ/FBI jump on this. FloridaBlues Oct 2025 #32
Resignation isn't enough. calimary Oct 2025 #40
Let's see the federal authorities - FBI investigators for instance - find the evidence against Miller FakeNoose Oct 2025 #54
Patel is writing aNtiFA on the gas cans n/t leftstreet Oct 2025 #59
Don't hold your breath ck4829 Oct 2025 #72
And Portland is burning to the ground? AntiFascist Oct 2025 #39
Please say everybody got out alive, down to the last goldfish. OMG arson like that could kill the whole family. Hekate Oct 2025 #44
This is the sort of thing the drug cartels in Colombia do. iemanja Oct 2025 #50
Steven Miller is the acting POTUS!!!!! BigmanPigman Oct 2025 #51
What s slimy twerp Miller is. luvallpeeps Oct 2025 #57
Isn't the SC Guard in Washington DC??? Sancho Oct 2025 #60
meant as a threat to all judges LyfeTimeDem Oct 2025 #62
Welcome to Northern Ireland. They're called The Troubles. lindysalsagal Oct 2025 #63
Holy shit. (nt) Pinback Oct 2025 #64
This happened Saturday morning....why did the MSM not FalloutShelter Oct 2025 #65
Because in the absence of facts, all that's left is speculation. Igel Oct 2025 #68
Should give this a day or two Warpy Oct 2025 #69
Chilling ck4829 Oct 2025 #70
I wonder... Mike Nelson Oct 2025 #73
Arrest Miller's ass stollen Oct 2025 #74
We know it happened ReRe Oct 2025 #80
Did this Rebl2 Oct 2025 #84
Not a peep from the NY Times AStern Oct 2025 #85
Go to Google. Search for "judges home burns" MineralMan Oct 2025 #86
Can't find any links from the NY Times AStern Oct 2025 #88
Not really. Covering thoroughly means when you go to their main web page, you will see a story about it. Wiz Imp Oct 2025 #97
You don't say 'No!" to the mob boss. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #90
This message was self-deleted by its author kentuck Oct 2025 #91
Exactly. Preemptive hour long primetime newscasts. B.See Oct 2025 #100
The Snackshack Oct 2025 #93
Nicole about to cover this malaise Oct 2025 #96
Kick SheltieLover Oct 2025 #101

FoxNewsSucks

(11,504 posts)
45. Yep. And any other judge who considers ruling against
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:09 PM
Oct 2025

tRump and the fascists are probably getting the message.

We are all fucked.

riversedge

(79,574 posts)
3. This happened Oct 4: Judge's house fire being investigated; 3 hospitalized
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:25 PM
Oct 2025

Judge’s house fire being investigated; 3 hospitalized


https://www.wistv.com/2025/10/04/sled-investigating-large-house-fire-leaves-3-hospitalized-colleton-county/



SLED is investigating a house fire in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon that has left three hospitalized.
By Joshua Hemphill and P.J. Williams
Published: Oct. 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM CDT|Updated: 10 hours ago

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - SLED is investigating a house fire in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon that has left three hospitalized.

According to sister station WCSC, three people were transported to a nearby hospital after a reported fire at Edisto Beach.

WCSC states Colleton Fire Rescue responded to the incident, where they treated and transported three patients. Reports show one was air-evacuated to the Medical University of South Carolina by C.A.R.E. Flight, while the other two were transported by ground to MUSC.

According to a release from the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the incident also involved Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein.

.............



wcmagumba

(5,681 posts)
4. Terrorist inciters trump and Miller are happy about this...not stochastic happenings. They bear responsibility. imo
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:28 PM
Oct 2025

riversedge

(79,574 posts)
10. Here is a post with Elon Musk saying corrupt judges need to be impeached.........
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:45 PM
Oct 2025

But not saying particular judge--



chowder66

(11,872 posts)
24. Is there a report that this is due to terrorism?
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:38 PM
Oct 2025

I'm not seeing any reason given for it. I just see that it's under investigation which means they don't know.

Maybe it was a gas line or something like that.

hamsterjill

(17,090 posts)
33. Oh come on!!!
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:49 PM
Oct 2025

It's a little bit too coincidental, don't you think? I'm not sure most of us would believe a report even if it says it WAS a gas line.

Go ahead and give me the DU lecture about "we have to deal in facts". Yes, we do. But we don't have to have our heads in the sand either.

chowder66

(11,872 posts)
58. Jesus. That's a lot of shit for a question addressed to someone that's not you.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:37 PM
Oct 2025

Who's doing the lecturing?

Magoo48

(6,696 posts)
82. Coincidence is a rare occurrence. If it walks like a duck... let's hope that some definitive proof will come to light.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:20 AM
Oct 2025

eppur_se_muova

(41,041 posts)
8. Time for Miller to be grilled by law enforcement.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:40 PM
Oct 2025

Remember when movies that showed dangerous tricks were sued by people who were injured by imitators ? A guy in a ticket booth burned by a flammable spray -- a trick seen in a recent movie ? Kids injured by laying down along the white line down the middle of a two-way road -- a stunt seen in a recent movie ? The producers of these movies were sued for inspiring copycat violence. Miller's rants have inspired plenty of violence already -- it's time he faced charges. https://www.freedomforum.org/negligent-publication/

Same, of course, applies to almost everyone in the MAGA "leadership". The dance has been fun, but it's time to pay the piper.

riversedge

(79,574 posts)
13. "Miller is drooling".....
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:06 PM
Oct 2025

I agree, it is past time for Miller to face the music!


Gockomo@Gockomo
·
1h
Miller is drooling



@Draknok6
He's been trying to reve up the militant right for a while now.🤨




IcyPeas

(24,907 posts)
52. Before twitter, there was nothing on the scale of this.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:25 PM
Oct 2025

Tweets like these go out to all miller's followers (he has 1.5 million followers). He's riling up the base.... it's enticing people to go do harm. Imagine the MAGA morons getting messages like this every freaking day you know their puny worm-ridden brains are going to act on it and see themselves as heroes.

But yeah, .... our rhetoric.

(Uugghh, so yeah, i just looked at the first few messages on his twitter since i went to see how many followers he has there... DHS is under attack by democrats... Democrats causing the shutdown because they want to give healthcare to illegal aliens... Kristi noem saying all the violence is being organized by democrats. the same lies over and over and over again. Every message is so angry. The sky is falling.... talk about brainwashing!!!) Imagine reading this shit daily plus watching fox news.

riversedge

(79,574 posts)
78. In the end, it is the vile parts of social media that will bring the US down. Not sure we can
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:12 AM
Oct 2025

recover if our democracy is at the bottom of the barrel. Serious.

John1956PA

(4,857 posts)
38. I think the movie with the highway stunt may have been "The Program."
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:55 PM
Oct 2025

I think the scene was soon cut from prints of the movie.

eppur_se_muova

(41,041 posts)
53. Right on both counts. I can't find confirmation that they were sued, so maybe I got that one wrong. nt
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:25 PM
Oct 2025

eppur_se_muova

(41,041 posts)
81. Certainly nothing to prevent civil charges. Provoking violence is not part of their official duties, nor will the 1st ..
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:07 AM
Oct 2025

... Amendment protect calls for violence.

Criminal charges will have to wait for another administration, or more willingness on the part of state prosecutors to engage this administration, beginning at the crime scene.

travelingthrulife

(4,492 posts)
87. Law enforcement seems to have fallen for every con out of these guys.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:17 AM
Oct 2025

They need to be arresting members of this administration for stochastic terrorism.

BigmanPigman

(54,617 posts)
95. He needs to be grilled with BBQ sauce...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:35 PM
Oct 2025

Like in the film Fried Green Tomatoes. Of course vomit bags are included with this particular entre.

riversedge

(79,574 posts)
9. " In early September, she issued a temporary restraining order to block the release of this data, following a lawsuit fi
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:41 PM
Oct 2025




Bruce Forman
@Brucenewsreview
·
29m
MORE: Judge Diane Goodstein, who was reportedly out for a walk when the explosion occurred, was recently involved in a controversial case regarding whether the South Carolina Election Commission could share voters’ personal information with the Department of Justice.

In early September, she issued a temporary restraining order to block the release of this data, following a lawsuit filed by Calhoun County voter Anne Crook, who opposed her information being shared with the federal government.

However, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Goodstein’s order, criticizing her for not specifying the potential harm of releasing the data, failing to assess the lawsuit’s likelihood of success, and improperly instructing the Election Commission before they were notified of the suit.

This ruling, signed by all five justices, sparked debate over voter privacy and judicial process.






Bella
@stockbella
·
1h
🔻BREAKING: Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein's South Carolina Edisto Beach home engulfed in flames on October 4, 2025, following an apparent explosion.



riversedge

(79,574 posts)
12. She received mutiple death threats during the last few weeks.....
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:02 PM
Oct 2025

Ali@MerruX
·
1h
She received mutiple death threats during the last few weeks


a kennedy

(35,356 posts)
20. I KNOW.....I guess she didn't die, like ya know, the "Right's" saint.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:31 PM
Oct 2025

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

B.See

(7,851 posts)
21. Because it's more right wing TERRORISM
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:32 PM
Oct 2025

courtesy of the AMERICAN TALIBAN.

NEVER a headliner in the so-called 'liberal' MSM.

malaise

(293,072 posts)
22. More -
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:34 PM
Oct 2025


https://nypost.com/2025/10/05/us-news/beachfront-home-of-south-carolina-judge-ex-senator-burned-to-ground-injuring-3/

An inferno ripped through the waterfront home of a South Carolina judge and her Democratic ex-senator husband on Saturday, leaving three people hospitalized, according to authorities and reports.

Circuit Court Judge Diana Goodstein’s Edisto Beach home went up in flames around midday, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and forcing her husband, former Dem state Sen. Arnold Goodstein, to jump from the first floor to escape the blaze, The Post and Courier reported.

Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional occupants, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the three-story home, resident Tom Peterson told the outlet.

The individuals were reached by emergency workers in kayaks, according to the St. Paul’s Fire District.

FakeNoose

(40,279 posts)
43. It can't be an innocent "gas explosion" because people were home
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:07 PM
Oct 2025

They would have smelled the gas, they would have shut off utilities and made phone calls. This is all deliberately planned.

malaise

(293,072 posts)
46. Very suspicious
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:09 PM
Oct 2025

Particularly given the threats and the vitriol spewed by those hunger attacking monsters

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
26. Sure looks like a bombing, unless gas explosion. Apparently, she has had threats for years, so I'm gonna wait
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:40 PM
Oct 2025

on motive.

I don’t think a few days delay in trump’s data gathering plan would have prompted a bombing. Now, stopping deportations might bring out white wingers. But, nowadays, anything seems possible.

GiqueCee

(3,447 posts)
31. The enormity...
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:48 PM
Oct 2025

... of Miller's evil on behalf of Trump can only be measured in astronomical terms. Only malignant Right-Wing filth would perpetrate such a heinous act, and only equally malignant Republican traitors will fail to condemn it. Ball's in your court, GOP. Charge Miller with incitement, or you are ALL going down.

GreenWave

(12,371 posts)
98. I only have Prime but none of the many news channels have it as their news blurbs.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:11 PM
Oct 2025

Scared shitless I guess?

FloridaBlues

(4,652 posts)
32. Let's see how fast DOJ/FBI jump on this.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:49 PM
Oct 2025

Every elected person should be loudly denouncing Miller and musk posts.
Demanding Miller’s resignation

FakeNoose

(40,279 posts)
54. Let's see the federal authorities - FBI investigators for instance - find the evidence against Miller
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:25 PM
Oct 2025

There's been all this screaming about "left-wing radicals" and sending ICE and other groups to Chicago, Portland, Memphis, etc. where no problems exist. Let's see how fast they act against right-wing crazies who are now a HUGE problem.

AntiFascist

(13,735 posts)
39. And Portland is burning to the ground?
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:55 PM
Oct 2025

time to quell the far-right insurrection that is still ongoing.

Hekate

(100,132 posts)
44. Please say everybody got out alive, down to the last goldfish. OMG arson like that could kill the whole family.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:07 PM
Oct 2025

iemanja

(57,432 posts)
50. This is the sort of thing the drug cartels in Colombia do.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:20 PM
Oct 2025

Though they usually shoot the judges who go against them. Trump is orchestrating the US’s becoming a failed state.

BigmanPigman

(54,617 posts)
51. Steven Miller is the acting POTUS!!!!!
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:21 PM
Oct 2025
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How and what can we do to stop this shitshow?!?!?

There is NO WAY in hell that we can wait until the midterms!!!!! At this point there will be no more "midterms". We are totally fucked without judges and courts.

I bet Miller would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see anarchy and martial law. That has been his wet dream since the day he was spawned.

luvallpeeps

(1,269 posts)
57. What s slimy twerp Miller is.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:35 PM
Oct 2025

Both he and trump wouldn’t wear a uniform and fight a war, but they’ll use their big mouths & stochastic terrorism all day. Sending the flying monkeys out.

FalloutShelter

(14,204 posts)
65. This happened Saturday morning....why did the MSM not
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 09:36 PM
Oct 2025

Pick this up?
The Judges husband broke several bones in his hips, legs, and feet when he had to jump for his life. Searched all news articles on the web and NONE of them says the FBI is investigating.
WHY NOT?

This is some bullshit.

Igel

(37,395 posts)
68. Because in the absence of facts, all that's left is speculation.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 10:02 PM
Oct 2025

My adrenal glands have other things to be worked up about.

As NPR likes to say truthfully, yet preferentially, when citing politicians, the claims are "without evidence."

3 people hurt, 1 seriously. Saturday. House burned; from images, likely total loss.

Why? Cause? Agency? Dunno.

"Without evidence."

If I knew for a fact, it would change nothing. I don't know, so it changes nothing.

I sit and I wait, but my breath continues apace, un-abaited.

Warpy

(114,410 posts)
69. Should give this a day or two
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 10:13 PM
Oct 2025

which is what it will take to differentiate arson vs. something like a gas explosion.

Although the timing is incredibly suspicious for a Klanner/MAGAt attack, I'll wait for official confirmation about the cause of the explosion.

I just hope the injuries are minor and recovery is quick.

Mike Nelson

(10,925 posts)
73. I wonder...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:03 AM
Oct 2025

... if this will be like food poisoning or falling out of a window. None of the "all-news" channels didn't do much with it... CNN had their pre-taped shows, FOX complained about the Democrat shutdown, MSNBC did have one rare, actual "live" panel - among their usual weekend reruns - but did not discuss this... and the News Nation discussed the OJ trial.

ReRe

(12,179 posts)
80. We know it happened
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:27 AM
Oct 2025

but when did it happen? Oct 4th or 5th? Has there been any updates on this? Question in my mind is when did she make rulings against Trump, before or after the explosion? This was no random accident. I don't see how anyone could have made it out alive, though I read in your update that 3 did make it out.

MineralMan

(150,676 posts)
86. Go to Google. Search for "judges home burns"
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:56 AM
Oct 2025

Looks like the media is covering it pretty thoroughly. Often, it takes one day for all of the media to publish stories. Short-staffed, they are.

But, do the search.

Wiz Imp

(9,062 posts)
97. Not really. Covering thoroughly means when you go to their main web page, you will see a story about it.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:37 PM
Oct 2025

This apparently happened on Saturday. As of this morning, there was nothing on the main page at MSNBC, FOX, NY Times, Washington Post, AP, News Nation, CBS News, NBC News, or USA Today. They may have had stories on it, but you have to dig on their websites to find them.

The only 2 outlets I found with a story on their main page were CNN & ABC News, and on CNN it was near the very bottom of the page. ABC News was the only outlet that had a story anywhere near the top of their main page.

That's not remotely close to "covering it pretty thoroughly". More like ignoring it as much as they can get away with.

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Snackshack

(2,573 posts)
93. The
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 PM
Oct 2025

GOP / SCOTUS need to wake up and starts to do their jobs as a 'check & balance' on each other.

We have seen this played out all through history so there is no ambiguity of how these ends if left uncorrected by the current adults in the room.

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