Posts by Dale Jackson — Page 109
Operation Warp Speed director of supply, production, and distribution Lt. Gen Paul Ostrowski said on MSNBC that by June, “100% of Americans that want the vaccine will have had the vaccine by that point in time.”
sed on reports from the Alabama Department of Revenue, the state is on track to meet or slightly surpass holiday spending seen in 2019. In September alone, spending was up 8%.
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee Member Lisa Handback take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Is overwhelming straight-ticket voting really a surprise in Alabama with all of the polarization we have seen? — Was Attorney General Steve Marshall right to sue Madison County for moving their […]
In Alabama, the number of people that went to their polling place or voted Absentee who voted straight-ticket made up 67% of ballots counted in the 2020 election
The U.S. General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy has been accused of withholding transition resources and attempting to stall the transfer of power, but now Murphy has informed former Vice President Joe Biden that the transition can begin.
Alabama’s secretary of state is in “trouble” again because of social media. It isn’t because Merrill has done anything wrong, but because of the number of bad-faith actors on the platform and in the sad Alabama political press that takes their marching orders from their 30 Twitter followers. The media fears them and their mean […]
Mackey said that while it’s Governor Kay Ivey’s decision about whether to keep schools open, he “would not recommend that,” and he believes “we should probably try to finish out the school year as best we can and hope that after a vaccine comes, things get a little better faster.”
Why are we seeking more coronavirus cases in Alabama and how will that affect schools and Thanksgiving?
7. Cam Ward plans to be ‘pragmatic’ in new role After it was announced that State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) will be appointed to the director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, he’s now said that he will take a “balanced approach” to issues within the agency. Ward said that with the agency, […]
Governor Kay Ivey has officially said that she doesn’t have plans to send Alabama into another lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Joe Biden is probably going to be inaugurated in January. I think most people accept this. A small group of people believes the 2020 election was stolen. I am not one of them. What I do believe is that multiple entities in multiple states worked to lessen ballot rules to allow for more shenanigans to […]
7. Huntsville CEO indicted Paul Daigle, a Huntsville CEO, has been charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and false claims. This was in his attempts to defraud the Defense Department in relation to the war in Afghanistan. According to investigators, Daigle used underqualified workers, causing the government to overpay for labor, and he told employees to […]
In Alabama, it’s likely that the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine could be available to some by mid-December
Media outlets, politicians, healthcare “experts” and social media heroes are welcome to step up and prove their points that Alabamians are not taking this seriously. Will they?
President Donald Trump has remained consistent and strong on the matter of the general election, maintaining that former Vice President Joe Biden being the projected winner is on the basis of fraud
Jackson closes the show with a “parting shot” at those who wanted to see the investigation concerning Russia and President Trump to play itself out but want all questions about this election dropped immediately.
But Secretary of State Merrill thinks some states have too many different systems internally and believe states should work to do this after this election to bring themselves in line with what Alabama has done.
With the threat of another potential lockdown, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) has said that he will fight back against any presented lockdowns
Ten to fifteen million is not enough to immunize people who are high risk for complications…It’s a ray of hope, but right now we have to slog through what these numbers are showing.”
Joining the military was the greatest decision I ever made, without that decision who knows what my life would look like.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said that there’s “no reason for alarm” over why all Republican leaders haven’t admitted that Biden has won and congratulated him yet.
Over 62% of Alabamians were able to vote this year, no one has presented a single incident of voter suppression or a lack of voting opportunities. This is a solution in search of a problem.
The Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus has been reported to be 90% effective, and UAB vaccine expert Dr. Paul Geopfert, M.D. has said this is “tremendous news”
As former Vice President Joe Biden has been declared the projected winner of the presidential election and delivered a victory speech, now there are questions about if President Donald Trump will concede with reports indicating that he will and will not.