For Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox to have a realistic shot at becoming Alabama’s next governor, two improbable events will have to occur. First, his Republican opponent incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey will have to face a scandal proportionate to the scandals Roy Moore encountered during his years in the political arena, including the allegations of having inappropriate […]

7. Journalists, who have whined for two years about attacks on the press, attack the press — Last week, journalists were apoplectic that the president would criticize a CNN reporter who used to work at the Daily Caller. Now, they are criticizing the president and the Daily Caller because they got to ask the president […]

“Embarrassing” is the best way to describe former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore’s latest public performance. His appearance on Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who is America” consisted of Moore being wanded with an Israeli military “pedophile” detector. All said, the appearance wasn’t close to the most embarrassing the show has seen, but this still isn’t a […]

7. Alabama Democrats love playing the victim. It won’t stop this election cycle — Whining about debates has been Walt Maddox’s main form of gaining media attention for weeks. Now, Peter Joffrion, candidate for Congress in North Alabama, has joined that parade by demanding Mo Brooks debate him. — The Democrats across the country are claiming Russians […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is Trump racking up trade wins with his chaotic trade strategy? — How can Democrats keep talking about abolishing ICE as cartels continue to import drugs and violence? — Is Walt Maddox nothing but media […]

When you are losing a political race, you need a hook, and it looks like Alabama Democrats are looking to make themselves the victim in 2018. There are many different angles the Democrats are taking: The Russians are coming.

1. Robert Mueller’s Russian interference probe is looking at Tweets to find obstruction of justice, which is not collusion — In a sign that the special counsel probe may be running out of gas, the New York Times is reporting that Mueller is now “scrutinizing tweets and negative statements” regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former […]

Make no mistake about it, Walt Maddox is getting crushed in the race for Governor. Polls place him in the upper 20s while Ivey is over 50 percent. She is also the 3rd most popular Governor in the country. He and his campaign are constantly repeating that they want a debate, knowing they are never […]

1.  One of President Trump’s trade wars might be off, EU agrees to come to the table — In what could turn out to be a big win for the President, the EU’s leader appeared at the White House and agreed to a framework for a deal to ease trade tensions with the U.S. — The halt […]

1. President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen released a tape of the president discussing paying off a Playboy playmate — Cohen’s attorney, former Clinton confidant Lanny Davis, says that the tape is his client hitting the “reset button” and he is preparing to tell the truth. — Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani argues that the […]

Does a media outlet have a requirement to disclose if a writer is an employee or a contributor? This question was raised by Congressman Mo Brooks after a series of negative, and he argues inaccurate, columns by AL.com featured columnist Clete Wetli. Wetli has been a columnist for years at AL.com, but recently received a […]

1. While Democrats continue to blast ICE and immigration detentions, Alabama’s Rep. Bradley Byrne stands by the nations’ Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents — Democrats won’t vote to abolish ICE, but they will keep talking about it every chance they get. This will not play well for Democrats in states like Alabama, who will not […]

A stunning story this morning by AL.com’s Carol Robinson lays out some pretty terrible things going on involving Mexican drug cartels in Alabama. Stories of a decapitated 13-year-old who was killed by her grandmother’s drug dealing lovers, and 2 meth dealers associated with the cartel were arrested all in the last two weeks. Earlier this […]

1. For the first time ever, a FISA warrant has been released and both President Donald Trump and his enemies both claim it validates them — President Donald Trump tweeted out that the entire investigation was a scam: ‘Congratulations to @JudicialWatch and @TomFitton on being successful in getting the Carter Page FISA documents. As usual they […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Did President Trump mess up the Vladimir Putin summit? — Did Alabama candidates who went negative cost themselves their races? — Is there any evidence a “blue wave” is ready to hit Alabama? Candidate for […]

1. As if President Trump is not bogged down enough with Russia, he has now invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House — The President has instructed national security adviser John Bolton to work on bringing Putin to the U.S. and the invite has been issued. When the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats […]

1. President Donald Trump declares he supports the notion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election — The third time is a charm for the president. He tells CBS News he agrees Russia meddled in the 2016 election, saying, “Yeah, and I’ve said that before, Jeff. I have said that numerous times before, and I […]

The Secretary of State John Merrill estimated that turnout in yesterday’s primary run-off would be 15-18 percent. Many have pretended that this is a failure of the process, that we should beg people to register and vote. This is a complete misunderstanding of the situation. We do not need to prod people to participate in […]

1. President Donald Trump backtracks and tells an absurd lie  — After stating he believes Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence officials, President Trump backtracked. He received intense criticism from within his own party, from Democrats and from a deranged media. — In a statement read by the president of the United States, and believed by […]

Russia meddled in the 2016 election and President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence acknowledges it. Russia wanted Trump to win, Russian President Vladimir Putin even admitted it. This does not mean there was collusion, it does not mean the election was stolen, and it doesn’t mean you have to support Hillary Clinton in 2020 or […]

1. President Donald Trump confirms everyone’s worst fears about his trip to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin — Media and Democrats got exactly what they wanted, a president who puts the U.S. and Russia on equal footing and at equal fault for the meddling in the 2016 election. — Republicans got exactly what they did […]

Whether you view former Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore as the “Ten Commandments’ Judge”, the “guy banned from the Gadsden Mall”, or the “guy who lost to Doug Jones”, you probably don’t think very highly of him. He has brought loads of scorn upon the state of Alabama — some feel this is not his […]

1. One day left for primaries run-offs across Alabama. AG, Lt. Gov., and AL-02 are most interesting races — These elections will have very low turnout. 18 percent is the high projection, so if you are reading this, you probably will have a big impact on how these things turn out. — The ugliness and dishonesty […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Why are we pretending Trump isn’t all in on NATO after he called for more defense spending? — Are the Alabama Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor races the nastiest ever? — Why is Walt Maddox […]