7. Harvey Updyke probably going back to jail Harvey Updyke, the man who poisoned the Toomer’s Corner oak trees has only paid off $6,900 of the $800,000 he owes in penalties and restitution, so he could be going back to jail. Updyke’s hearing is scheduled for today, but a doctor has said that Updyke is […]

FULL DISCLOSURE: I like former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and I think he was/is the Trump administration’s MVP. I also think Trump should leave him alone. But I don’t think he should enter the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Sessions is everything good about President Donald Trump with none of the bad. Regardless […]

7. Alabama kids don’t want to go to school after Halloween Vestavia Hills High School students have started a petition to cancel school the day after Halloween this year. Tre Stoutermire wrote for the petition that a big part of Halloween is being able to stay out late, adding, “Having to go to worry about […]

The death of a terrorist leader, monster, rapist, slavery-enabler and an all-around terrible person should be easy for everyone to celebrate. But for some, it was a bad day. And unfortunately for Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), those are his key supporters. It didn’t have to be this way.

7. Alabama has been bumped out of the No. 1 spot After LSU beat Auburn 23-20 on Saturday, LSU moved into the top spot on the Associated Press AP Top 25 poll, displacing the University of Alabama. The Associated Press poll was “one of the closest votes ever,” according to the organization, but this will […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Could the GOP protests that U.S. Representatives Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) and Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) took part in lead to more openness in the impeachment process? — Who is funding the shady group targeting the Poarch […]

7. Katie Hill lucky she’s a Democrat U.S. Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for her behavior, and now a picture of Hill has been released that shows her nude, holding a bong and indicates that she was in a “throuple” relationship that included her husband and a […]

A new interest group, Poarch Creek Accountability Now, is up running ads on radio and online in Alabama. The group has an odd strategy for addressing gambling concerns in the state of Alabama: Refuse to be transparent about who is funding them and be shocked when the Indians don’t support plans to disrupt their business. […]

7. NYC Bar demands Barr recuse, seems unlikely  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has been assisting with the Department of Justice’s probe into the phone call President Donald Trump had with the president of Ukraine, but now the New York City Bar Association is demanding that Barr recuse himself. The statement put out by the […]

U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) was one of the conservative congressmen who attempted to see the transcripts from the latest impeachment inquiry hearings involving acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor. https://twitter.com/TheDaleJackson/status/1187013810437218309 The media and their Democrats are asking the public and even members of Congress to trust them and let the process play out […]

7. The other investigation continues into the origins of the Russia investigation The investigation into the intelligence and law enforcement communities that handled the Russia probe is being led by U.S. Attorney John Durham and has been expanding. A House GOP source has said that this investigation could help Trump. The source told Fox News, […]

Sometimes politics gives us heavyweight battles that we can’t help but stop and watch. Nixon vs. Kennedy. Bush vs. Gore. Trump vs. Clinton. Zeigler vs. Ivey? After State Auditor Jim Zeigler killed the I-10 bridge toll in Mobile, he made it clear that his disapproval of Governor Kay Ivey would not stop.

7. San Francisco has blacklisted Alabama The 22 states on San Francisco’s blacklist all have “restrictive abortion laws,” so now city employees aren’t allowed to do official business with companies based in any of the states or travel to those states for work. States like Alabama and Georgia made the list. Mayor London Breed said […]

Although the state of Alabama is now reliably red, we still have not fully grappled with our long history of being a reliable Democratic state for decades. The Alabama legislature was full of Democrats for 136 years until the Alabama Republican Party took it to ALGOP supermajority in 2010. Monday night at the Madison County […]

7. Troy King campaigning for the AL-02 seat Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King has announced that he’ll be campaigning for the AL-02 seat since U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) won’t be running for reelection, and King is now talking about how much he loves the president. While interviewing on “The Jeff Poor Show,” King said […]

Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is the war of words between U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) and U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) a proxy war for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden? — Will Alabama Democrats ever end their infighting and […]

7. Beto O’Rourke coming to Alabama Former U.S. Representative (D-TX) Beto O’Rourke, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, will be in Montgomery Friday at the Goat Haus Biergarten at 7 p.m. to speak and take questions. O’Rourke will also be in Birmingham on Saturday to speak at the Alabama Democratic Conference. He will be the fifth […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) may be taking a pass on hitting his Republican primary opponents for the U.S. Senate for now, but he is not taking a pass on hitting who would be his opponent in the general election: Democratic Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). In an exchange on Twitter, which started with Jones calling out […]

7. Birmingham student went home with a fake gunshot wound Amonn Jackson, a second-grader at Phillips Academy in Birmingham, attended drama class where the teacher painted a gunshot wound on Jackson’s forehead. Jackson’s mother, Zakiya Milhouse, said she didn’t think painting something like a gunshot wound on young children is an appropriate lesson. The teacher […]

Much like last year with the gas tax, legislators know that the issue of prisons is looming, and they are trying to get out ahead of it. And like the gas tax play, it appears a special session during the 2020 regular session will be used. We have been hearing for a while now that […]

7. Halloween on Saturday This year, Halloween falls on a weeknight, so once again there’s a petition making its rounds that would move Halloween to the last Saturday of October rather than always being on October 31. The petition was started by the Halloween and Costume Association. The organization also altered the petition this year […]

7. LeBron James returns from China and immediately disappoints everyone Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James spoke to the press for the first time after returning from China and refused to comment on the situation in China, but was willing to criticize Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morley for daring to support the protesters in […]

U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) has a clear approach to the evolving situation in Syria: Leave it alone. Brooks’ premise is that both Turkey and the Kurds are American allies, so getting involved on either side puts us in conflict with the other. During a Monday interview on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show,” Brooks explained […]

7. Alabama man who wrote threatening note apologizes An 83-year-old Mountain Brook man, James Willoughby Wood, previously made headlines for leaving a threatening note at a hair salon that displayed a pride flag outside and demanded they take the flag down, but now he’s written an apology letter and donated money to charity to atone […]