7. Louis C.K. returned to the world of standup comedy and was immediately told his jokes’ subjects were off-limits — The disgraced comedian was trying out material in a new set that was leaked to the Internet. That set included jokes about the Parkland student activists and transgender people. — A torrent of social media […]

7. President Donald Trump’s treatment of Alabama’s Jeff Sessions — Trump’s treatment of the former attorney general started in 2017 and never stopped. He blamed him for Robert Mueller’s investigation. Sessions finally ended his tenure in late 2018. — Even though he was treated poorly, Alabamians disagree on whether it was appropriate. Sessions told a […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and guest host Frank Ward take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Are there any signs the shutdown is almost over? — Will anything come of the investigation into a tech CEO’s funded disinformation campaign? — What were the best and worst stories in Alabama politics in […]

7. A University of Alabama flag greeted Donald Trump in Iraq — When Trump arrived in Iraq, he took pictures with the 375th Engineer Company out of Huntsville and the familiar flag was prominently on display in the photos. — While the media hypocritically fretted over the soldiers’ enthusiasm and autographed Trump campaign hats, there appears […]

7. The New York Times went to the daughter of a long-dead doctor to concoct an anti-Trump hit piece — The paper found the anti-Trump daughters of a doctor who claimed that their dad helped now-President Donald Trump avoid military service during the Vietnam War with a phony diagnosis of bone spurs. — The Times […]

7. President Donald Trump caused some controversy when he discussed Santa with a seven-year-old girl — The resident and his wife were fielding calls from kids for the NORAD Santa Tracker when Trump asked Collman Llyod, “Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven, it’s marginal, right?” — The child said she still […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Why are we leaving Syria? — Are Alabama’s campaign finance laws too weak if national Political Action Committees are exempted? — How many dirty tricks were used in U.S. Doug Jones’ win over Roy Moore?

7. Alabama’s slow population growth could cost Alabama a congressional seat and a lot of federal funding — Alabama’s population only grew by 12,751 people, compared to Texas’ growth of 379,128. West Virginia, Illinois, Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and Wyoming all lost population over the same period. — The state’s slow rate […]

Make no mistake about it, Judge Roy Moore was a terrible candidate for U.S. Senate. Any of the other candidates, including highly-compromised Luther Strange would have trounced now-U.S. Doug Jones. The attacks on Moore led by the Washington Post, co-opted by AL.com and amplified by every other media outlet in America obviously put the nail in […]

7. The rich get richer as Alabama has the number one signing class after the first day of the early signing period — As if being in the College Football Playoff wasn’t enough, Alabama was able to win the first day of the early signing period with 22 signees. — The top four spots are all […]

President Donald Trump had made it clear, many times, he would do a government shutdown over the border. A timeline of Trump’s government shutdown threats as follows:   5/18/18: “We’re going to get the wall, even if we have to think about closing up the country for a little while.” 7/30/18: “If we don’t get […]

7. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is the latest political talker to be attacked by liberal groups and the media; He fought back — Multiple advertisers, including NerdWallet and Pacific Life insurance, have pulled advertising from the show. Others like Smile Direct Club have pulled all of their political advertising, which hurts shows that have nothing […]

Ask anyone with a brain how Alabama elected a liberal Democrat to the United State Senate in 2017 and they will give you one answer: Roy Moore was tarnished with a believable scandal and absurd claims that he was a “child molester.” Somehow, the main benefactor of Roy Moore’s issues and the mainstream media’s Roy Moore […]

7. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) may be the only person who can help Alabama keep its seven Congressional seats  — As Shelby is involved in negotiations for the next budget deal that could include parts of President Donald Trump’s border wall, Democrats are attempting to include language that will remove a census question that they fear […]

7. Jury recommends white nationalist get 419 years in jail — A jury recommended 419 years for James Alex Fields Jr., who was convicted of killing Heather Heyer by intentionally plowing his car into a group of protesters that were at a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. — The jury deliberated for four […]

The gas tax may be a foregone conclusion if you listen to the leadership of the Alabama legislature. Infrastructure needs are undoubtedly a priority heading into the next legislative session; how they get addressed is the battle we will see fought out. A gas tax of up to 12 cents a gallon has been discussed, but according […]

7. More Americans get news from social media than from newspapers — Somehow, more Americans get their news from social media (20 percent) than print newspapers (16 percent). This is because of a steady decline in newspapers, but both get crushed by the Internet and television. — American television consumption of news is still the […]

Even though no one discussed raising the gas tax in the 2018 election, it already seems like a done deal that there will be some kind of gas tax in the 2019 legislative session. This makes sense for few reasons. First, there has been no public debate about this matter in an election year, so […]

7. While riots go on in Paris over climate taxes, America is still the leader in driving down its CO2 output — More than 1,700 people were arrested and 71 were injured this weekend as protests in Paris go on for the fourth consecutive weekend over green-friendly gas taxes and fuel prices. — Meanwhile, as […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Michael Flynn pleads and could get no jail time. Is this where they get Trump? — Could 40 Democrats actually run for president? — Who is the frontrunner out of the gate for the GOP […]

7. Classless pundits of all stripes use the death of President George H. W. Bush to rip President Trump —America’s media and political pundits from the right and the left are using the events surrounding former President George H.W Bush’s death as a jumping off point to pound away on Trump in an effort to score […]

President Donald Trump is a bit of a cad. If you want to slam him, just wait a few hours and he will say or Tweet something you can sink your teeth into. You can call him a fool, a dolt, a liar or a terrible person. And, often, you will be right. But America […]

7. As many as 40 Democrats could run for president; Joe Biden thinks he is the most qualified — With a little less than two years before the next presidential election, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) told MSNBC of 2020, “[T]here are a lot of U.S. senators, a lot of governors … a lot of people outside […]

Democrats like to note that in-person voting fraud is rare, and they are right. This argument is usually made to point out that voter identification laws are unnecessary, but they are wrong. Ballot security is important and voter ID laws have been found constitutional when partnered with free voter identification cards for those who can […]