The combined minimum net worth of all of the members of the U.S. Congress is a whopping $2.1 billion, up more than $150 million over last year, making the average net worth of America’s senators and congressmen at least $3.9 million. Every year since 1990, Roll Call, a Capitol Hill news publication, has dug into […]

The Washington Posts last week published an article titled “Governors to watch for 2016 and beyond” suggesting that Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley should be added to the list of GOP governors who are considered viable presidential contenders. So how did the Washington Post come to this surprising conclusion? Polling. The Post started by generating a […]

Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper is having quite a year as Blake Sims’ favorite target in the Tide’s high powered offense. He’s second in the country in total receiving yards (1,132), third in receptions (71) and touchdowns (9), and he’s doing it all for the nation’s third-ranked team. It’s the kind of year that not […]

In preparation for election day Nov. 4th, the Alabama Republican Party is using Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as its spokesperson in hopes of driving voters to the polls in what is expected to be a low-turnout election. Sessions cut two television ads and a radio spot paid for by the state GOP, all of which […]

Follow Cliff on Twitter @Cliff_Sims

WETUMPKA, Ala. — Becky Gerritson, President of the Wetumpka TEA Party, called Thursday’s U.S. District Court’s ruling to dismiss two lawsuits against the IRS by dozens of tea parties and other conservative groups “outrageous.” The IRS’s targeting of conservatives first came to the public’s attention in May of 2013, when Lois Lerner, then head of […]

Hollow victory: a victory with such a devastating cost that it is tantamount to defeat. Exactly one week ago today, an indictment was signed, paving the way for Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard to be arrested on 23 felony counts of public corruption this past Monday. On Tuesday, Hubbard orchestrated one of the most extraordinary […]

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Thursday during an interview with Birmingham conservative talk radio host Matt Murphy said that the timing of the recent spread of the enterovirus in the United States coincides with what he referred to as President Obama’s “enticement” of illegal immigrant children to cross America’s southern border. “Why the CDC is […]

(Note: All times are Central. For a printable version, click here.) Follow Cliff on Twitter @Cliff_Sims

Noah Galloway, a 32-year-old native of Birmingham, Alabama, is on the cover of this month’s Men’s Health magazine as a result of not only his physique and fitness level, but also because of his incredible back story. This week, Ellen DeGeneres invited Galloway to be a guest on her top-rated talk show so he could […]

One of my favorite recurring sketches on David Letterman’s Late Show on CBS is called “Is This Anything?” The stage curtain comes up and a performer has about thirty seconds to do whatever bizarre or unusual stunt they can, at which point the curtain lowers and Dave and band leader Paul Shaffer simply decide whether […]

There are plenty of reasons why you hire Bruce Pearl to coach your college’s basketball team; building excitement is certainly one of them. Post by Auburn Tigers. Follow Cliff on Twitter @Cliff_Sims

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is retiring this year, and that’s a shame for plenty of reasons, not the least of which is that his office will no longer publish his yearly — and now legendary — “Wastebook,” an annual look at the U.S. federal government’s most outlandish expenditures. “With no one watching over the vast […]

During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL3) and Mark White, an attorney for House Speaker Mike Hubbard, both accused Attorney General Luther Strange of “Chicago-style gutter politics” with regard to Hubbard’s indictment on 23 felony counts of public corruption. Rogers accused Strange of attacking Hubbard because he was a potential 2018 […]

Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard held a press conference Tuesday afternoon flanked by dozens of state and local leaders, including legislators, businessmen and local elected officials. Here’s a recap of the press conference, as told through Twitter, in order of the individuals who spoke. Hubbard Attorney Mark White White: "Mike Hubbard will not resign. Mike […]

President Obama recently authorized the Pentagon to call up the National Guard if they are needed as part of the U.S. government’s response to the escalating Ebola crisis in West Africa. The U.S. has committed to send as many as 4,000 American troops to African countries where the outbreak is spreading to provide humanitarian support. […]

[jwplatform DGeaVm0c] With Regions Field’s “Birmingham” sign serving as the perfect backdrop, the crew at the non-profit bike shop Redemptive Cycles held their second annual Bike Joust over the weekend to raise money to fund their operations for the year. Marcus Fetch and his small team at Redemptive Cycles rebuild, repair and resell used bicycles, […]

As news broke on Monday afternoon that Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard had been indicted on 23 felony public corruption charges, one of his House Republican colleagues was already launching a bid to succeed Hubbard in what is arguably the state’s most powerful office. Rep. Jim Carns (R-Birmingham) began peppering members of the House Republican […]

AUBURN, Ala. — Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been indicted on corruption charges stemming from a Lee County Grand Jury investigation that has been ongoing since at least January of 2013. Hubbard was indicted on 23 counts total, according to a release from the Alabama Attorney General’s office: • Four counts of using of […]

(Video Above: Irvin Carney’s epic Hate Week rant) We are approaching the fourth weekend of October, which only means one thing for Alabama fans: it’s Hate Week, the week leading up to the Tide taking on the loathed Tennessee Volunteers. When a local journalist filmed then-Alabama student Irvin Carney expressing his hatred of the Tennessee […]

It’s hard to believe, but less than a decade ago, Auburn’s Gus Malzahn was confounding defenses as the head coach at Springdale High School in Arkansas. Now he and several other former high school coaches are leading their college football powerhouses to the top of the polls. ESPN documented these former high school coaches’ unconventional […]

In April of 2012, Free Market America, a conservative advocacy organization that promotes free market principles, posted a four-minute, thirty-eight second video on YouTube titled “If I wanted America to fail.” In a world of Vines, listicles and snapchats, the serious tone and extended length of the video didn’t seem very well suited for viral […]

In case you haven’t noticed during a recent visit to a gas station, oil prices are in free-fall, down roughly $30 dollars per barrel since late June. And while that puts a bit of a damper on the shale oil drilling boom in states like North Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, among others, it’s great news for […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange announced in a press conference today that emergency personal responded to a possible Ebola victim from Nigeria at a local Montgomery eye clinic. However, medical experts say there is a very slim chance that the individual has actually has contracted the deadly virus, as none of her family […]