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June 10, 2025 - BIRMINGHAM, AL – Katherine Robertson officially announced her candidacy for Attorney General of Alabama, to a packed out room at Regions Field in Birmingham, pledging to continue her lifelong commitment to keeping Alabama families safe, defending conservative values, and supporting President Trump's agenda. Robertson is poised to lead from day one, having served as Chief Counsel to Attorney General Steve Marshall for nearly a decade and having previously worked at the U.S. D...
June 12, 2025 – MOBILE, AL – The "No Kings" protest movement in support of the L.A. protests are coming to Mobile. The Mobile Branch of the NAACP announced that it is deeply concerned about recent statements made by Mobile County Sheriff Burch (R), which, they claim if taken out of context, have the potential to incite violence within our communities. Mobile has had over 200 murders since 2020. Sheriff Burch remarked, "I wish we could put them all in an arena and let them kill the hell out of...
******UPDATED June 13,2025 ****** On June 13, the Dr. Nicole Jones Wadsworth campaign asked that we update this story with a statement from her campaign released to us on June 13. "Recent statements made by a former campaign staffer mischaracterized aspects of Nicole's background. In an effort to protect her, the staffer spoke without confirming key biographical details and shared inaccurate information. That individual has since departed the campaign, and his comments do not reflect the...
June 13, 2025 – A federal appeals court has sided with President Donald J. Trump (R) over control of the National Guard in California. Late on Thursday a federal district judge blocked President Trump's deployment of 2,000 National Guard to defend federal buildings and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents(ICE) agents against violent rioters. That order has been subsequently blocked. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked District Judge Charles Breyer's order that P...
June 13, 2025 – President Donald J. Trump (R) will turn 79 on Saturday. To announce their displeasure with the President and to protest raids by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on illegal aliens protest rallies are being held across the country – including here in Alabama. There are anti-Trump rallies planned for Huntsville, Mobile, Birmingham, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Auburn, Guntersville, Scottsboro, Jacksonville, Dadeville, and Selma. The group organizing this nat...
June 12, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) criticized fellow Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) following an altercation between Padilla and the Secret Service. Sen. Padilla forced himself into a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Krisit Noem in which he charged Noem. The Secret Service responded by forcing Sen. Padilla to the ground and then handcuffing him. "You can't show up without your pin, refuse to announce yourself, and lunge at a cab...
June 15, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump (R) addressed the thousands of soldiers and spectators at the parade in Washington in observance of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Continental Army was created by the Continental Congress on June 15, 2025 - over a year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence - thus the army predates the country. "Thank you to the greatest fiercest and bravest fighting force ever to stride the face of thi...
June 15, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump's (R) "Big Beautiful Bill" would make tax cuts permanent for 80 percent of Americans, keep the government funded through the end of the fiscal year, and it would also finally Defund Planned Parenthood – the nation's largest abortion provider, which relies on tens of millions of dollars of subsidies from taxpayers to pay for its ongoing operations. On page 339 of the House version of the bill, Republicans included a provision that...
June 16, 2025 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Vance Luther Boelter has been apprehended in rural Minnesota. Boelter has been charged with shooting two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses this weekend went to the homes of at least two other Minnesota elected officials as he carried out the attacks, authorities said on Monday. Joseph H. Thompson is the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota. Vance said that Boelter disguised himself and his vehicle as a law enforcement officer during the a...
June 17, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator. To help launch his campaign Marshall has named Logan Glass of Chandler Mountain in St. Clair County as the State Director for his Senate campaign. Logan is the outgoing Chairman of the St. Clair County Young Republicans, a member of the Alabama Republican State Executive Committee, and a former Vice Chairman of the St. Clair County Republican Party. Glass rep...
June 17, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Chairman John Wahl said that the Fairhope Public Library which has expressly defied state policy on not putting sexually explicit or LGBTQ+ proselytizing literature in the children's sections of public libraries. Wahl released his statement in response to the Fairhope Library Board's decision the previous night to retain the majority of books challenged by parents for sexually explicit content in the library's youth...
June 21, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump (R) addressed the nation to announce that the U.S. has launched devastating attacks on three Iranian nuclear sites. The U.S. Air Force used B2 stealth bombers armed with bunker buster ordinance to penetrate the hardened bunkers protecting the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL03) is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "The President made the correct decision to strike Iran's n...
May 23, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald J. Trump (R) issued an executive order to reform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Nuclear power does not require fossil fuels, does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and a typical reactor produces far more power than wind mills and takes a tiny fraction of the land area of solar farms. Unfortunately, hysteria after the Three Mile Island incident and the China Syndrome movie about a nuclear meltdown led to a general reluctance to...
May 28, 2025 -FULTONDALE, AL - Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson announced on Tuesday evening that he will run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. The seat became open when U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) announced that he was running for Governor of Alabama. Hudson last ran four years ago for Sheriff of Jefferson County – ultimately losing to incumbent Sheriff Mark Pettway (D). Jared Hudson is a former Navy SEAL who has a business – The Shooting Institute – that trains law e...
May 21, 2025 – GUNTERSVILLE, AL – Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth (R) announced that he will not run for Governor in 2026. "After much prayer and many discussions with my family, friends, and supporters, I will not be a candidate for governor during the 2026 election cycle," Lt. Gov. Ainsworth said on social media. With Ainsworth out of the race, and rumors rampant that U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) will announce his campaign for Governor in coming days, it appears highly lik...
May 26, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-elect Trump promised that he would end the Ukraine-Russia war on Day one of his presidency. President Donald J. Trump (R) has found it more difficult to settle than he had anticipated. On Sunday the President vented on Truth Social about the situation and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has gone absolutely CRAZY!" "I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him," said President Tru...
May 28, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) addressed the Central Section group of the Alabama Associated General Contractors at their regular meeting at the Montgomery Country Club on Wednesday. AG Marshall told the contractors that his office, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), and the Montgomery Sheriff's Department all stepped up to help stamp out crime in the troubled City of Montgomery. "We had crime problems here in Montgomery, very serious cri...
May 27, 2025 – AUBURN, AL – Alabama Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh has resigned her position to accept a role in the Trump Administration as Alabama state director for Rural Development. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the appointment on Tuesday afternoon, "President Trump is putting Farmers First, and so is the incredible team we are building at the Department of Agriculture," said Secretary Rollins. "Our latest additions to the...
May 27, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – All eyes in the Alabama political world are fixed on U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama). The popular former football coach is one of the most liked political figures in state history and would cruise to re-election if he decided to run for a second term in the Senate. Speculation is widespread in Montgomery however that Coach Tuberville will be announcing his decision to run for governor of the state of Alabama as early as today with an announcement exp...
May 15, 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – The new members of the Birmingham Water Works Board met for the first time. After decades of incompetence and corruption, the Alabama Legislature abolished the old board and created a new regional water utility outside the control of both the old board and the City of Birmingham. Senate Bill 330 (SB330) was sponsored by State Senator Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) and carried in the Alabama House of Representatives by State Representative Jim Carns (R-...
May 17, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Yesterday we looked back at the ten most consequential bills that did pass. Dozens of bills did not pass. A lot of conversations are being had right now about what went wrong on those last two legislative days that resulted in bills dying by the dozen for "lack of time." Democrats and the Senate rules are getting blamed for "killing" the bills; but there are only 8 Democrats in the 35 member body so if Republican Senators did their jobs there SHOULD be nothing tha...
May 19, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) is urging Congress to end all of the bickering and pass Trump's budget which will keep the government funded until the end of September. Sen. Tuberville joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the urgent need for Congress to finally pass President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." The budget proposal cleared the House Budget Committee last night. An earlier version of the bill failed when a handful of Republican b...
May 16, 2025 – the 2025 Alabama regular legislative session is over and pundits and citizens alike are left to contemplate what just changed here in the state of Alabama. Some pundits have recently said that the legislators did not accomplish much of anything this session. That take could not be more wrong, as this session yielded several pieces of legislation that will be felt if you are a parent, student, or operate a business in this state. Whether you agree with everything the Legislature d...
On May 25, 1977. the first Star Wars film was released. The movie starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guiness, and Harrison Ford was a commercial success and spawned what became a cultural movement. Prior to the release of Star Wars, which has since been retitled 'Star Wars : Episode IV: A New Hope' science fiction was a niche market for Hollywood. There were more crime movies and westerns than sci-fi movies. That all changed with the box office of Star Wars. The movie is ostensibly about...
May 23, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) denounced growing antisemitism around the world after two Israeli embassy employees were gunned down in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night. Tuberville released a statement the morning after the senseless attack on the young couple. “I want to begin today by extending my condolences to the families of the two Israeli embassy staffers who were tragically murdered by a terrorist in our nation’s capital just last night,...
