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Chad "Chig" Martin is running for Governor of Alabama in the Democratic Primary. Martin recently joined the Brandon and Christopher Show podcast to speak at length about his chances in the Alabama gubernatorial race and how a Martin administration would bring change for Alabama after ten years of Governor Kay Ivey (R). Probably the biggest area where Martin would be different would be in marijuana policy, "I am going to free the weed up in Alabama," said Martin explaining how he supported...
August 15, 2025 – DEKALB COUNTY, AL. – Congressman Barry Moore (R-AL01) formally launched his campaign for U.S. Senate at an overflow gathering on Sand Mountain in Sylvania. Moore is running for the U.S. seat currently held by Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama). Tuberville is vacating the seat to run for Governor. "I don't care whether I am in Coffee County or Sand Mountain it is always better in Alabama than in Washington," said Tuberville. Moore is a graduate of Auburn University. Moore is...
August 19, 2025 – AUBURN, AL – Auburn officials announced that they were claiming an additional seven football titles, including the 2004 team that was coached by Tommy Tuberville. Tuberville – now the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. Tuberville welcomed the belated recognition of his best team's greatness. "There is no doubt in my mind: the 2004 Auburn Tigers were the best team in college football," said Sen. Tuberville. "The players, coaches, and fans deserve to be recognized as the National...
August 22, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco (a 2019 Trump appointee) has ordered the state of Alabama to redraw its Senate district map to create a new majority-Black district in the Montgomery area. Manasco found in favor of plaintiffs who claimed that the 2021 redistricting map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of Black residents in and around the capital city. The ruling blocks Alabama from using its current Senate map in the 2026 elections and...
I last talked with him in June after my wife asked, “Who do you want to do your funeral?” “Jim Auchmuty,” I quickly replied. I called Jim, who agreed, after asking me why the hurry. He oversaw my mother-in-law’s funeral two years ago and was always a caring presence. Jim died Aug. 5 at age 90 after a short illness. After serving for 27 years at Shades Crest Baptist Church in Birmingham, in retirement he served First Baptist Church Roebuck Plaza for 25 years. He went to Roebuck as interim a...
It's a fairly new verb--"ghosted." Merriam-Webster added it in 2017. And I guess I did it. I used a certain business for many years and then hit a rough patch. They were closed on a number of occasions, and I never seemed to know the schedule. In the meanwhile, I found another business with regular hours of operation and more conveniently located and began to use them. This is what "ghosted" means. It normally applies to one who stops posting on social media or to removing someone as a media...
August 23, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tuberville (R-Alabama) made political waves on both sides of the ideological debate in a statement that has drawn both praise and criticism. Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama while promoting his Student Visa Integrity Act declared: "If you hate our country and break our laws, you shouldn't be allowed to study at our universities." The Student Visa Integrity Act of 2025, a bill aimed at tightening restrictions on foreign nationals seeking to stu...
August 13, 2025 - HOOVER, AL – The Alabama Republican Party applauds President Donald J. Trump for appointing three exceptional judicial nominees to federal court positions in Alabama. Each nominee brings a wealth of legal experience, a proven record of integrity, and a strong commitment to the Constitution. The nominees-Justice Bill Lewis, Edmund "Eddie" LaCour, and Harold "Hal" Mooty-were recommended to the White House by Alabama's U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville after careful c...
August 11, 2025 – Tuscaloosa, AL - Coach Kalen DeBoet has named redshirt Junior Ty Simpson the starting quarterback ending an eight month quarterback competition. Simpson was the experienced backup. Simpson was named QB1 for the opening game against Florida State. Critics of Simpson question if he has the arm strength to push the ball down the field. They also question his athleticism and ability to take the ball and run it for more than a minimal gain. Supporters of Simpson point out that t...
Why evil exists is one of the mysteries of our faith. Sometimes evil is welcomed when people choose to do something forbidden or enjoy perversity, but often evil appears as a temptation we don’t seek, and we succumb to it. During the Covid-19 era we sometimes wished we could see the virus and know when to flee. It would be good to visualize evil and know when to flee it, too. Because evil exists, Christians sometimes do unchristian things. Such was the case in the ancient church in Corinth, t...
On Monday, August 11 the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham held their Annual Memorial Mass and Reception to honor the life of Father James E. Coyle. The 104th Memorial Mass is held each year at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham, Alabama. The 104th Memorial Mass was celebrated by Bishop Steven J. Raica. Father Coyle was murdered in broad daylight in Birmingham by a Ku Klux Klan member on August 11, 1921. The KKK was then at the ascendancy of their power in Alabama, so they hired famed...
August 12, 2025 - CULLMAN, AL - Voters in portions of Cullman County went to the polls today for the Special Republican Primary Runoff in Alabama House District 12 and voted to elect Cindy Myrex as the Republlican choice to lead HD12 going forward. 100% of precincts are reporting. Clint Hollingsworth: received 2,160 votes, 41.47%; while Cindy Myrex received 3,048 votes, 58.53%. Myrex had almost won without a runoff four weeks ago so Tuesday's results were not unexpected. Lee Haynes, president...
August 12, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Trump announced his intent to nominate a slate of judicial nominees who were recommended by Alabama Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville. All of these nominees are highly qualified and well respected, and both Senators Britt and Tuberville believe they would uphold the law and make Alabama proud. "As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I have worked tirelessly to bring Alabama's conservative values to the forefront of the c...
August 12, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who is running for U.S. Senate in 2026, has joined a coalition of 23 states challenging what they describe as a "radical and potentially unlawful" effort to impose net-zero carbon emission standards on American industries-including agriculture. In a letter led by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Marshall and his counterparts are demanding answers from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a global climate...
On August 7, 2025, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama unanimously ruled that the state must continue using a congressional map created by a court-appointed special master. This map, implemented for the 2024 elections, includes two racially gerrymandered districts where Black voters get to decide there congressional representation -an outcome the court claimed was necessary under the 60-year-old Voting Rights Act of 1965. The panel-comprising...
August 3, 2025 – NASHVILLE, TN. - The 2025 Young Republican National Convention was held July 30 to August 3 at the Sheraton Music City. The event drew hundreds of energized delegates from across the country for a weekend of networking, training, and high-stakes leadership elections. The convention included a sizable contingent from Alabama led by Alabama YR Federation Chair Stephanie Petelos Nabavian. "The Young Republicans will continue to lead the charge on the ground to make gains for R...
Matthew 24:6-13 NIV 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. 9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith a...
“Our flag was still there” after the British assault on Ft. McHenry in 1814. Now there’s a different assault. Some protest the American flag in the worship place, decrying “Christian nationalism.” We probably have some who equate the USA with the “new Jerusalem,” but I don’t know that I’ve ever met them. They’re certainly not in any church I’ve ever served. What I’ve seen in my pastoral experience is sincere Christians who love God and love their country. Many of them served their homeland i...
August 7, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) celebrated the accomplishments of his friend and political mentor President Donald J. Trump (R) in the first 200 days of his second term. "Here's what 200 days of WINNING looks like:" Tuberville said on his X social media account. "– Securing the border. – Kicking men OUT of women's sports. – Permanently extending the largest middle-class tax cut in history. – Unleashing American energy production. – Bringing Amer...
August 14, 2025 – OXFORD, AL – Businessman and cattleman Rodney Walker launched his campaign for U.S. Senate with a barbecue at Hubbard's on Main restaurant in historic downtown Oxford. Walker announced that he was running as a Republican for the open U.S. Senate seat to a capacity crowd that enjoyed good food, fellowship, and live music from a country western band. "My name is Rodney Walker, and I'm a Republican businessman running for the United States Senate," said Walker. "I'm a hus...
August 14, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, joined her colleagues in advancing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act through the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The bill will now be considered by the full Senate before heading to the U.S. House of Representatives. Senator Britt directly secured more than $28.63 million in Congressionally...
August 18, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), co-chairs of the United States Senate Youth Program, are pleased to announce that Departments of Education from each state nationwide are accepting applications for the 64th annual Washington Week to be held March 7 – 14, 2026. "The United States Youth Program attracts the best and brightest young leaders, and I'm thrilled to support this program as a co-chair this year. I look forward to m...
July 31, 2025 – RUSSELL COUNTY, AL - The state of Alabama has ordered the closure of a livestock processing facility in Russell County, citing regulatory noncompliance and public health concerns. The processor, located in Seale and known as The Russell County Butchery, had served as a USDA-inspected site for beef, pork, goat, and sheep processing since its founding in 2022. The backlash to the closure has reached all the way to the Governor's race. 2026 Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken M...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken McFeeters recently joined the Heart of Dixe Podcast to discuss his campaign for governor and the issues that he feels are confronting the state of Alabama moving forward. "There's three things that I'm really concerned with running for governor. It's farming, education, education, and medicine," McFeeters said. "Farming is the only way we can have independence." McFeeters discussed how he is concerned that Alabama has become reliant on other states for...
Blount County District Attorney and Republican candidate for Attorney General Pamela Casey recently joined the Heart of Dixie Podcast with cohosts Brandon Moseley and Harry Still III. Casey was recently awarded the District Attorney of the Year award from the Alabama Association of District Attorneys.' "I used to kid that that I would never get that award and then I got it," said Casey. "I think it just goes back to a lot of work we've put in in our office prosecuting child sex crimes and...
