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November 11, 2024 – MONTGOMERY, AL – State Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) has announced that he will be giving up his role as Senate President Pro Tempore ahead of the 2025 legislative session. Reed along with Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), and Governor Kay Ivey (R) are effectively the three most powerful people in Alabama state government. The Senate President Pro Tem. has enormous influence over what bills are considered, carried over, or pass...
November 18, 2024 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – after two decades of business the McGregor family is finally selling the old Birmingham Racecourse. A company owned by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) are purchasing the facility. The Birmingham Racecourse was originally built in the 1980s to host Thoroughbred racing. After that venture failed, the Thompson family sold it to the late Milton McGregor who owned a dog track in Macon County. McGregor reopened the failed racecourse as a dog track. Aft...
November 16, 2024 – AUBURN, AL – the Auburn University football team performed up to expectations in their rout of the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The Tigers blew out ULM 14 to 48 at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday. Senior Running back Jarquez Hunter was too much for ULM's defenders to handle. Hunter, one of the best running backs in the nation, rushed for 102 yards on just 14 carries. Hunter passed a thousand yards on the season. Hunter has 3,185 yards in his Auburn career with two gam...
November 20, 2024 - Certain libraries in Alabama in recent years have been proselytizing the LGBTQ+ agenda to small impressionable children through things like drag queen book readings, hosting special LGBTQ+ meetings and events; but most often by placing LGBTQ+ books promoting alternative lifestyles in the children's sections of the libraries. There adults are unlikely to ever notice them; but curious children can't help but come across the often-graphic materials. The Fairhope Public Library...
November 21, 2024 – MONTGOMERY, AL – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) lost re-election to Republican Dave McCormick on November 5. Casey lost by over 29,000 votes so most people expected that Casey would have conceded the election on Nov. 6; but the margin of victory was small enough that it triggered Pennsylvania's automatic recount provision. The Associated Press, and almost every other credible news outlet, has called the race for McCormick in the days that followed. Now it is Nov...
November 21,2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) reportedly is withdrawing from consideration as President-elect Donald J. Trump's (R) nominee to be attorney general. Vice President-elect U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) had introduced Gaetz to Senators on Wednesday. Whatever happened there apparently convinced Gaetz that his nomination could not move forward. Gaetz announced the decision in a message on X: "I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday," said Gae...
November 14, 2024 – the UAB football team went on the road and lost 18 to 53. No they were not playing a top tier SEC or Big 10 team. They were blown out by Memphis – an American Athletic Conference opponent. Memphis improved to 9 and 2 overall and 5-2 in the AAC; while UAB fell to a woeful 2 and 8 overall and 1 and 5 in AAC play. UAB head Coach Trent Dilfer has taken heavy fire from the fans and the sports media alike. The decision to move from Conference USA to the American Athletic Con...
November 14, 2024 – Both Alabama and Auburn paid woefully outmatched out of conference opponents to come to their stadiums to take a beat down. Both teams won their tune up games as they prepare for the homestretch of the SEC schedule. LSU continued its plummet into the abyss with another loss while Tennessee lost a game it needed to win to control its own destiny in getting a berth in the 12 team college football playoff. The SEC games of the week of November 14 were: Texas at Arkansas – Tex...
November 23, 2024 – there are just two weeks left in the college football regular season and six SEC teams are in contention for the SEC championship game and one of the twelves playoff berths. Someone's playoff dreams will likely be ended today. Auburn must win today to keep its bowl dreams alive. The stakes this week could not be higher. Alabama must win today in order to have a realistic chance of going to the SEC Championship game and the playoffs. The SEC Games of the week are: Ole Miss a...
November 21, 2024 – WASHINGTON D.C. – President-elect Donald J. Trump (R) nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) to be the next U.S. Attorney General. The announcement came after Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Donald Trump's previous pick for attorney general, withdrew from consideration. Bondi is a former attorney general of Florida. "Pam Bondi is a brilliant attorney with a long career of fighting for the Constitution," said U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville. "She will do a gre...
November 23, 2024- AUBURN, AL – Texas A&M's college football playoff dreams came crashing to Earth late on Saturday night when that A&M receiver dropped the pass in the endzone sealing an overtime win for the Auburn Tigers. Clearly this was the best win that Auburn has had thus far this season – and likely the best win that Auburn has had in the last four disappointing seasons. Auburn dominated the game earlier and looked like the far better team jumping out to a 21 to nothing lead by the mid...
November 23, 2024 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – the UAB Blazers football team picked up their third win of the season with an impressive performance against Rice 14 to 40. The win improves UAB to 3 and 8 (2-5 in the American Athletic Conference). UAB Quarterback Jalen Kitna had another impressive day completing 18 pass on 23 attempts for 174 yards and two touchdowns. Jalen is the son of longtime NFL quarterback John Kitna. Kitna took over midseason when UAB starting quarterback Jacob Zeno suffered a con...
November 26, 2024 – HAWAII – the Auburn Tigers basketball team defeated Iowa State in in an invitational tournament played in the island state. The Tigers at one point trailed by 18 points to the number four team in the country; but Auburn is the number four team in the country for a reason. Auburn came storming back to win 83 to 81 when Johni Broome tipped the ball in for the game winning shot. Broome, a 6-10 senior, had 21 points and ten rebounds to lead the Tigers in the victory. "We are ver...
November 27, 2024 – HAWAIII - the Auburn University men's basketball team defeated number 12 ranked North Carolina to advance to the championship round of the Maui Invitational. The number 4 Tigers had previously beaten number 5 Iowa State. They will play Memphis who has beaten Michigan State and the University of Connecticut. Auburn is 6 and 0 with three wins against teams in the top 12. While Auburn had to come from behind to narrowly outlast Iowa State, Tuesday's (in Hawaii time) game a...
In recent Alabama elections observers could predict how Alabamians vote simply by eyeballing them with better than 80% accuracy. 82 to 84% of White voters voted for the Republican candidate and 90 to 94% of Black voters voted for the Democratic candidate. That trend may be changing according to the Alabama Republican Party's post-election analysis. ALGOP reports that they have made significant gains with Black voters – particularly in rural areas. The Alabama GOP picked up three seats in d...
November 27, 2024 - Four years ago the military determined that the best place to locate Space Command was at Huntsville, Alabama's Redstone Arsenal. This decision was based on a nonpartisan analysis by a Pentagon team that evaluated a dozen contenders for the site. Huntsville won going away. Then Joseph R. Biden became President of the United States and national security concerns became subordinate to political concerns. Alabama was a red state that had voted for President Donald J. Trump (R);...
Today is the official observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The original Thanksgiving holiday occurred 403 years ago. Most of the attendees were member of a Christian radical religious separatist group we now call Pilgrim and their Wampanoag Indian neighbors. The Pilgrims were supposed to have gone to the already established English colony in Jamestown, Virginia; but being religious dissenters enroute to America they announced their intention to form their own separate colony on the Hudson....
November 29, 2024 - It is hard to believe that the SEC season is coming to an end; but this is the last week; before we go to the SEC Championship game, the playoffs, and the bowl games. The SEC games of the last week are: Texas versus Texas A&M Vanderbilt hosts Tennessee Auburn at Alabama Georgia Tech is at Georgia Mississippi State is at Ole Miss Louisville is at Kentucky Florida State is at Florida South Carolina is at Clemson Missouri hosts Arkansas Oklahoma is at LSU The Alabama Gazette pan...
On November 5, 2024, the American people spoke in a loud voice to say that they did not believe any of the allegations of criminal misconduct against former President Donald J. Trump (R). On Tuesday, following a request by Special Counsel Jack Smith, a federal judge has dropped all the charges against President-elect Donald J. Trump. The futile attempt by the Biden Justice Department to use the court system to besmirch the character of the former President have final come to an end. "After caref...
The Alabama Gazette Panel was shocked to see Oklahoma's overwhelming victory over the University of Alabama. Alabama was tasked with beating LSU, Oklahoma, and then Auburn and then they would be in the twelve team playoff. They got the first part of that accomplished; but failed miserably at beating 5 and 5 Oklahoma. Now they are outside the field of twelve looking in. They need to somehow beat Auburn in the Iron Bowl and hope for there to be chaos ahead of them as they need help to make the...
November 30, 2024 – CHARLOTTE, NC – the UAB Blazers football team picked up their ninth loss of the year to Charlotte 27 to 29. UAB led late but Charlotte mounted a furious comeback in the fourth quarter to come away with the victory. UAB led 20 to 19, before Charlotte scored ten points to lead 29 to 20 with five minutes left. UAB added a late touchdown to narrow the score; but UAB kicker Jonah Delange missed a field goal that would have given the Blazers the comeback win. Charlotte had alr...
December 1, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hunter Biden received an early Christmas present from his father, President Joseph R. Biden, in the form of a pardon for gun and tax charges. President Biden issued the pardon on Sunday despite previously having pledged not to. "Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," President Biden said in a statement. "From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my s...
November 30, 2024 – TUSCALOOSA, AL – Auburn's disappointing season came to an end with a 14 to 28 loss to the University of Alabama. Auburn came in with a 5 and 6 record, so the loss means that the Tigers will not be bowl eligible. This is the fifth year in a row that Auburn has finished a season without a winning record. Auburn was able to drive the football on Alabama; but once in the red zone things went awry. Auburn turned it over on downs twice, made two field goals, and missed a field goal...
December 2, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C.- the day after President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) released a statement condemning the move by the lame duck President. "This is yet another blatant broken promise by President Biden and exemplifies why he has been the most unpopular president in modern U.S. history," said Sen. Britt. "From concerned parents at school board meetings to President Trump, the Biden Administration has spent four years...
December 3, 2024 - WASHINGTON D.C.- On Wednesday December 4, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall will attend oral argument at the United States Supreme Court in U.S. v. Skrmetti. In this case the Biden Harris Administration is using its' Department of Justice to challenge the state of Tennessee's law imposing age restrictions on sex-change procedures. Attorney General Marshall has filed an amicus brief with the Court in which he claimed that the medical community has conspired to advance...