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On July 16, 2024 a would-be presidential assassin grazed former President Donald J. Trump with a shot fired from a long rifle. Sadly, there is a long history of guns being used in political violence and terrorism. The new element was that the shooter scouted the whole scene hours earlier with a drone to analyze defenses, the terrain, and pick his location. What if he had used an armed drone to launch his attack? In the war in Ukraine both sides are using drones to kill people, trucks, artillery...
September 9, 2024 - the University of Alabama had its' hands full on Saturday with the University of South Florida. For three and a half quarters the final outcome of the game was very much in doubt before Alabama pulled away and added some exclamation point touchdowns in the final five minutes of the game in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Legendary Tide Coach Nick Saban was on hand on Saturday as Alabama named their field after him. It will still be Bryant Denny Stadium but the field will be Saban Field...
On Saturday, the Auburn Tigers played a better team and were beaten on the field 21 to 14. Auburn's defense limited Cal to just fourteen points in three quarters of action; but the offense just never could get on track. Auburn scored its first touchdown early in the first quarter with three crisp pass completions and then did very little offensively until the fourth quarter. Cal's Fernando Mendoza had a much better game than Auburn's Payton Thorne. Mendoza had two touchdown passes and 233 yards...
On Monday, leaders of the Alabama Legislature voiced their support for Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's (R) efforts to force the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs Commissioner Retired Admiral Kent Davis to resign. On Monday, the Alabama Legislature's General Fund Chairmen, Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) and Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville), along with Chair of the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) and Chair of the House...
Three months ago the Boeing Starliner launched into space to take two astronauts, Butch Williams and Suni Wilmore, and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). Butch and Suni were supposed to return in eight. Three months have gone by and they are still there. The Alabama built Boeing Starliner returned on Friday night – without Butch and Suni. They will await the arrive of SpaceX's Dragon9 mission – join that team and then return to Earth in February – eight months later than original...
On August 31 hundreds of boats, many of them loaded with families and friends, took a lengthy tour of Lake Martin to show their support for the election of former President Donald J. Trump (R). The organizer of the event was former State Representative Perry O. Hooper Jr. Hooper is a member of the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee. Hooper was the Chairman of the Trump Victory Fund in 2016, and he remains a committed Trump supporter. "I want to thank Chief Brooks, his Marine Patrol...
The Alabama Gazette panel had a largely successful week during week two of the college football season. The Berkley Bears coming to Auburn and stifling the Tigers offense was surprising to the panel. Only Christopher Peeks correctly predicted that one. The South Carolina would thoroughly dominate Kentucky Wildcats shocked the panel. The panel was divided on the Arkansas versus Oklahoma State game. That was proven correct by Oklahoma State narrow victory. In the Arkansas versus Oklahoma State...
September 11, 2024 – millions of Americans watched as former President Donald J. Trump (R) debated Vice President Kamala Harris. Both candidates sought to convince voters that they should be the next President of the United States. Following the debate, Alabama Republican leaders shared their response to the debate U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) shared her thoughts on the debate on the social media platform known as X. Britt said that it is, "No surprise that Kamala Harris didn't answer w...
Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville applaud House passage of legislation to protect American Farmland from Adversaries September 12, 2024 WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) both issued a statements applauding the U.S. House of Representatives for passage of the companion legislation to the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. The bipartisan legislation, which Senators Britt, Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Tommy...
The third week of the SEC season is here. While many SEC teams are still playing non-conference opponents, more Southeastern Conference Teams are beginning conference play. The Alabama Gazette staff are picking the SEC games each week of the college football season. The games this week are: LSU (1-1)at South Carolina (2-0) Alabama (2-0) at Wisconsin (2-0) Boston College at Missouri (2-0) Texas A&M (1-1) at Florida (1-1) UAB (1-1) at Arkansas (1-1) Tulane (1-1) at Oklahoma (2-0) Ole Miss (2-0)...
On Saturday, UAB picked up its first loss of the season when the Blazers traveled to play ULM at Malone Stadium. The Warhawks crushed the Blazers in a 32 to 6 rout. UAB could not stop the ULM run game. The Warhawks rushed the ball 48 times for 205 yards and 2 touchdowns. ULM's Car'lin Vigers returned an interception 30 yards for another touchdown. UAB also turned it over twice on fumbles. ULM added three field goals and a safety. UAB scored on one field goal in the first quarter and a field...
September 13, 2024 – Montgomery – Republican National Committee (RNC) Co-Chair Lara Trump was in Montgomery to address Alabama Republicans at the Alabama Republican Party's annual summer dinner. Trump urged Alabama Republicans to vote for her father-in-law former President Donald J. Trump (R) and to work hard for her campaign. Co-Chair Trump urged Alabamians to go to Georgia to work for Trump – where his campaign is struggling to overcome former a late charge from Vice President Kamala Harris ...
September 15, 2024 the FBI announced that it is investigating what appears to be a second assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald J. Trump (R). For the second time in just nine weeks gunshots were fired in his vicinity. The Trump campaign says that the former President is safe. The FBI says that it is taking the lead in the investigation of the incident. No details have been released; but the Associated Press is reporting that the Secret Service has fired shots at a...
September 13, 2024 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas admonishing him for what Tuberville called abusing immigration laws to permanently change the landscape of the United States. In the letter, Tuberville expresses his grave concerns about the unprecedented amount of foreign nationals flooding into rural communities, putting Americans' lives and property at risk. "Throughout your tenure as Secretary of...
The 2025 Alabama Legislative session n does not begin until early February; but already the wheels are in motion for the next session and legislators are already prefiling dozens of bills. Legislators have already filed four bills restricting firearms. House Bill 26 (HB26) by State Rep. Phillip Ensler (D-Montgomery), HB23 by Rep. Kenyatta Hassell (D-Montgomery), HB13 by Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham), and HB12 – also by Givan. HB26, the Glock switch bill, by Ensler is likely to pass in s...
Auburn improved to 2 and 1 on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium with a blowout win over New Mexico 45 to 19. Auburn opened the first two games of the season with Senior Payton Thorne starting at quarterback; but after week two's disappointing offensive performance in the home loss to California at Berkley Coach Hugh Freeze made a change at quarterback. Freeze announced on Friday that freshman quarterback Hank Brown would be the starter against New Mexico. That gamble by the coaching staff paid big...
It was billed as Bama's toughest test yet- a SEC powerhouse program versus one of the historically top 4 or 5 Big 10 programs. What it turned out to be was another tune-up game ahead of the University of Alabama's Southeastern Conference opener. The Tide journeyed all the way to Madison Wisconsin and thoroughly throttled the outmanned Badgers 42 to 10. It was Coach Kalen DeBoer's third win as the Tide's head coach and it was utter domination. The Tide defense was pushed on the first drive by...
On Wednesday, law enforcement in New York are denying reports that a bomb was found in a car inside the security perimeter where former President Donald J. Trump (R) is scheduled to hold a rally this evening. President Trump is scheduled to speak at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Thousands of supporters are already lined up in the area to hear the former President speak at 6:00 p.m. C.D.T. "Sources in the Nassau County Police Department just told me that 'the perimeter was breached and a...
September 19, 2024 – WASHINGTON -The federal fiscal year ends in just eleven days and again Senate leadership has not brought what should be routine appropriations bills to the floor of the Senate for amendments and an up or down vote. U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) on Wednesday delivered a speech on the Senate floor calling for the consideration of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and the FY25 Defense A...
The Alabama Gazette panel correctly picked that Georgia would defeat Kentucky; but most of us thought that Georgia would win it by four touchdowns. The hard fought defensive contest that they actually played in the third week of the SEC season was entirely unanticipated by most of the staff. The staff was divided on the LSU versus South Carolina game and we were correct in that game could have gone either way. Most of the panel failed to predict Toledo's dominance over Mississippi State. More...
September 19, 2024 – WASHINGTON – U.S Representatives Mike Rogers (R-Alabama) and Adam Smith (D-Washington), the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, recently led a bipartisan congressional delegation visit to Silicon Valley. Joining them on the visit were U.S. Representatives John Garamendi (D-California), Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), Ro Khanna (D-California), Carlos Gimenez (R-Florida), Sara Jacobs (D-California), Nancy Mace (R-Sourth Carolina), Marc Veasey (D-...
September 17, 2024 – Montgomery – retired longtime state legislator Priscilla Dunn (D-Bessemer) passed away she was age 80. On Thursday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) spoke on the House Floor to honor the life and legacy of former State Senator Dunn. "A lifelong educator and trailblazing public servant, Senator Dunn dedicated her life to the betterment of her community and the State of Alabama," said Rep. Sewell in her House floor speech. "In 1961, she graduated from Abrams High School in...
Overall the Alabama Gazette panel had a good week picking Southeastern Conference football games. More teams will be starting conference play this week so expect some real wars like the LSU v. South Carolina and Georgia v. Kentucky games this week. A number of teams are still playing out of conference opponents. SEC games of the week Florida is at Mississippi State Ohio is at Kentucky Arkansas is at Auburn UCLA is at LSU Vanderbilt is at Missouri Akron is at Sout Carolina Bowling Green is at...
The UAB Blazers football team traveled to Arkansas on September 14 and picked up their second loss of the season. UAB was stepping up in class to play a Southeastern Conference powerhouse – the Arkansas Razorbacks. UAB looked much improved over its week 2 performance against ULM; but still picked up the L – 27 to 37. UAB has started the season 1 and 2. The game was tied at halftime at 20 points; but Arkansas dominated the second half 7 to 17. UAB moved the ball at will racking up 354 yards of to...
Auburn has played four opponents. They crushed SWAC Alabama State (2-1), lost to the University of California, beat (0-3) New Mexico, and now have been defeated by their first SEC opponent in Arkansas (3-1) 24 to 14. It was Auburn's second five turnover performance and Auburn's second disappointing home loss. Auburn though they had their quarterback situation settled moving forward after the win over New Mexico. Nothing could be further from the truth in the wake of Saturday's performance at...
