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This is an election year and not much gets done legislatively during presidential election years; but this is not your normal presidential election. On Thursday, May 30 a New York jury found the presumptive Republican nominee for President – former President Donald J. Trump – guilty on 34 counts. Republicans, including U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), are furious about the verdict and what they perceive as the Democrats weaponizing the legal system against Trump and the GOP. Tub...
On Tuesday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announces the conviction of a St. Clair County man on multiple counts of possession of child pornography with intent to disseminate and transmitting obscene matter. Terry DeWayne Herring is 28 years old and a native of Pell City. Herring pleaded guilty yesterday in St. Clair County Circuit Court to five counts of possession of obscene matter with intent to disseminate images and videos depicting a person under the age of 17 and one count...
On Tuesday, Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL03) strongly criticized President Joseph R. Biden (D) for opposing a significant pay increase for junior enlisted members of the armed forces. Rogers is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He released a statement on President Biden's objection to the 15% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers in the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (the 2025 NDAA). "President Biden believes providing...
Hunter Biden was found guilty on Tuesday of three charges related to the purchase and possession of a firearm. The three charges were making a false claim on a firearms application (by saying he was not using or addicted to illegal drugs), lying to a federally licensed firearms dealer, and illegally having said gun for 11 days. He is facing up to 25 years in prison. The prosecution convinced the jury that the First Son bought a gun during a crack run, had it on him when he met his dealer the...
U.S. Minister to France, Benjamin Franklin, read the Old Testament book of Ruth to court patrons who delighted in this love story and were often surprised to discover it was from the Bible. Ruth is preeminently a love story and demonstrates the hand of God through the adversities of life. The book contains three tragedies. First, Elimelech and wife Naomi left Israel for Moab during a famine, and Elimelech died there. Their two sons married Canaanite women, contrary to the Jewish law (and to Paul...
During the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) toured Omaha Beach, one of five beach landing sites for the Allied forces during World War II. "...80 years ago today, so many brave men came to protect freedom, freedom that we're enjoying now in America and across the globe," said Sen. Britt. "...we're the Land of the Free because of the Brave, and we got to see and celebrate the Brave today." "We hope that today, you will join us...
Alabama will receive $13.5 million for Alabama's portion of a $700 national settlement in allegations related to marketing of baby powder products that contained talc. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) and 42 state attorneys general announced that they have reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. As part of the settlement, which is pending judicial appro...
Pro-Life groups suffered a serious setback on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it has upheld a Biden Administration rule allowing full access to the controversial abortion pill – mifepristone. Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) released a statement expressing his disappointment with the ruling. "I am disappointed to learn that the Supreme Court upheld full access to the dangerous abortion pill, mifepristone," said Rep. Aderholt in a statement. "While I fully r...
On Thursday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) joined officials with Coca-Cola UNITED in a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of their planned new headquarters and operations center in Birmingham. The new facility is being built on the site of the long abandoned Stockham Valve site on Richard Arrington Boulevard, near the Kingston and Woodlawn neighborhoods. "Today is a great day for the City of Birmingham and the entire City of Alabama," said Gov. Ivey. "Coca-Cola UNITED's new campus is a $330 mil...
Every year on 14 June, Americans come together to honor a symbol that embodies the spirit and resilience of a nation — the Stars and Stripes. Flag Day is a time for reflection, pride, and unity as citizens across our country celebrate the adoption of the United States flag. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the first American flag by the Second Continental Congress on 14 June 1777. This resolution marked the beginning of a new identity for a burgeoning nation, struggling for independence fro...
The Italian American Heritage Society is hosting the Italian cultural festival at historic Sloss Furnace in Birmingham to celebrate Italian heritage and the Italian community's contributions to Alabama on Saturday, June 15. The first Festa Italiana will celebrate and preserve Italian culture and heritage in the Birmingham area and will feature Italian food, beverages, music, culture, tradition, and more. The main stage emcee will be media personality Niki Noto Palmer. The festival features live...
Before the start of the 2024 legislative session, the Alabama Senate outlined a plan to show our commitment to conservative governance. We were focused on delivering actual results that would continue to make Alabama the best state in the country to live, work, and raise a family because that is what Alabamians expect and deserve. As a caucus, Senate Republicans prioritized issues that aligned with Alabama's foundational values and pushed back against Joe Biden's liberal agenda. Alabamians...
I was territory I’d not seen before—the mountains of North Carolina. The mapping app took me via interstate the entire route to Asheville, but I decided I’d take my time on the way home and drive the backroads. Little did I realize how isolated these backroads would be. I remember the intersection where I messed up. I should’ve turned left on highway 74, but I turned right on highway 28. I’m not sure why. It was a winding road in the middle of nowhere. I lost cell service and couldn’t follow the...
June 12th, 2024 was The Day The Dollar Died. It hasn’t collapsed yet, and won’t for some time. Like a wild hog, it will fight on, mortally wounded and bleeding, until it finally staggers, stumbles, then falls. The dollar is too big, too bound up in the global economy to go down to a single shot. It’s suffered nicks and scrapes these last few years, and will suffer more in the days to come, but Wednesday, June 12th was when the fatal blow landed. That was the day Russia suspended trading in do...
The inaugural class of the Alabama Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame was inducted last weekend during the World Championship Turkey Calling competition at the Mobile Convention Center, and the inductees should come as no surprise to those who call themselves a turkey hunter. Of the six inductees, only two are still living, Eddie Salter of Evergreen and 97-year-old Colonel Tom Kelly of Spanish Fort who now lives in Virginia and couldn't travel to the ceremony. Those honored posthumously were Lynn Dent...
UAB recently names Charlie Hoyle as their next head golf coach. Hoyle is the ninth head coach in school history. Mark Ingram is the UAB athletic director, "Charlie Hoyle is a true professional and our staff gravitated to him immediately," Ingram said. "He has a clear plan for UAB's golf program and a great respect for our history. Charlie expects success and has a great track record, a positive demeanor and was our athletic department's unanimous choice for this position. We couldn't be more...
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the ATF's rule making possession of bump stocks a crime is unenforceable. The decision was written by Justice Clarence Thomas and passed the Court 6 to 3. Bump stocks had been legally sold across this country for years, until an assassin used them in a Los Vegas mass shooting to kill 60 people and wound a hundred more at an outdoors concert. Bump stocks allow a conventional semi-automatic rifle to achieve a much faster rate of fire. Following the...
On Friday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) voted against the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that passed the House of Representatives on Friday. Sewell voted for the NDAA when it came out of the House Armed Services Committee where she is a member. On Friday she voted against the bill after Republicans added a number of partisan amendments that Democrats opposed to the bill. "I am beyond disappointed that House Republican leadership has once again abandoned a...
On Friday, the Justice Department (DOJ) issued a determination that Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland committed no crime when he refused to honor the subpoena of Congress and hand over the of President Joseph R. Biden's (D) conversation with special counsel Robert Hur. Based on that conversation, Hur determined that while Biden "willfully" retained and disclosed highly classified materials from his vice presidency with a ghost writer when he was a private citizen; his memory was...
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led all Republican Senators in a joint statement supporting continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization. "Senate Democrats have embraced a Summer of Scare Tactics-a partisan campaign of false fearmongering intended to mislead and confuse the American people. In vitro fertilization is legal and available in every state across our nation. We strongly support continued nationwide access to IVF, which has allowed...
I enjoyed O.S. Hawkins’ new biography of legendary pastor W.A. Criswell, a role model for my generation of pastors. Criswell served 50 years at First Baptist, Dallas, and was an itinerant preacher and an avid writer. Hawkins is remarkably honest about Criswell’s successes and failures. Criswell taught young preachers to devote Saturday nights to rest, and weekday mornings to time alone in study and prayer (he maintained a home office for his study). I tried to follow this guidance for many years...
On Friday, the United States Senate by unanimous consent this week passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) to celebrate the University of South Alabama's 60th anniversary. The University of South Alabama was founded on May 3, 1963, and has since awarded over 90,000 degrees. Notably, the University's nationally recognized health system, USA Health, is the only academic health system along the upper Gulf Coast and continues to lead...
On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama), and 26 other Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the Biden's administration's weaponization of the American judicial process and the conviction of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan. "The Biden Administration is complicit in the destruction of due process of law," the Senators wrote in the letter. "The elusive crimes for...
Percy is looking for a home. Percy is a seven-year-old big boy whose owner loved him but due to circumstances was unable to keep him. Percy is a big dog. He weighs 140 pounds and needs to lose weight. He is house trained, crate trained and great with other dogs, cats and children, He likes to sleep on the couch and loves attention. Percy has one special need as he must take Thyroid Medication (1 1/2 tabs of 1.0 mg Thyroid medicine/once a day). This is not an expensive med and the pills are tiny...
The Birmingham Stallions have only been in existence for three years and they have now won their third championship. On Sunday, the Stallions defeated the San Antonio Brahmas 25 to 0 in a game where the Stallions defense played virtually perfect throughout. The Stallions finished the year with a record of 11 and 1. Skip Holtz has coached the Stallions to three championships. "We played real conservative," said Coach Holtz. "That's easy to do when your defense is holding them to zero points."...
