The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire after she had reportedly received death threats.

State law enforcement is investigating the house fire on Edisto Beach which began at around 11:30 a.m. E.T. on Saturday, sources told local news outlet FITSNews.

Goodstein was reportedly not at home at the time of the fire, but at least three members of her family, including her husband, former Democratic state senator Arnold Goodstein, and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries. According to the St. Paul’s Fire District, which responded to the scene, the occupants had to be rescued via kayak. Law enforcement have not disclosed whether the fire is being investigated as an arson attack.

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    18 hours ago

    Modern wars lack defined front lines – just look at Ukraine and the accompanying conflict between Europe and Moscow.

    While historically there has been only peace and war, nowadays cold and hybrid wars are states between peace and (hot) war that are real.

    The current state of the US is not the hybrid state of the Second US Civil War, btw, it’s the North American theater of the hybrid state of WWIII.

    I hope WWIII will be resolved before it gets too hot.

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      18 hours ago

      The front lines of the Ukraine war are well defined. You can see them on a map.