7 Things: Trump continues foreign policy frenzy; voters undecided in Alabama races; January 6 was bad; and more…

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January 7, 2026

7. The stock market closed at record highs, Ford sales spiked as they axed major EV plans; Hyundai and Kia posted record 2025 US sales with 8% and 7% growth respectively, as worries about tariffs and economic predictions appear off-base.

6. The Parlay Project, a Hoover-based Alabama non-profit founded by Nathan Burdette and Will Kadish, targets sports gambling addiction awareness, as the attempts to normalize sports gambling continue towards the inevitability of gambling being available at our fingertips everywhere all the time.

5. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) continues to express frustration with social media companies, wishing they would voluntarily do the right thing regarding child protection and related online safety issues while also calling out Congress for inaction.

4. Secretary of State Wes Allen removed 186 noncitizens from Alabama’s voter rolls using USCIS SAVE program, revealing 25 had cast ballots, vowing zero tolerance and referrals to law enforcement for illegal voting.

3. The media and the Democrats (and their selected Republicans) spent yesterday obsessing over January 6, which culminated in a pathetic performative display on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, and even aldotcom’s John Archibald got in on it by comparing the day to 9/11.

2. A poll showed “undecided” leading in GOP primaries for Alabama’s elected offices with 41% undecided in the Lt. Governor race, 46% bewildered by the U.S. Senate race, 72% with no clue who they will for Attorney General, 64% perplexed by the Secretary of State race, 79% confounded by who to vote for Agriculture Commissioner, and 75.8% wondering who will get their vote for the Public Service Commission, with actual candidates trailing far behind in early 2026 races.

1. President Donald Trump announced Venezuela’s interim government transferring 30-50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the US at market price for both nations’ benefit, amid ongoing tensions, Maduro’s detention, and, meanwhile, Trump may want to buy Greenland.

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