Posts by Dale Jackson — Page 22
No one knows who will benefit from Trump's auto tariffs
As another judge steps in and protects a large number of Venezuelans from deportation after being let in by former President Joe Biden, the media, and their Democrats rage over gangbangers and other illegal immigrants being sent to El Salvador, the Trump administration moved 17 more alleged Tren de Aragua members, including Keivis Jesus Arrecheder Vasquez, from Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador
Gambling bill is coming and everyone in Alabama can potentially get a piece of the action
There will have some form a gambling bill to fight over in the Alabama legislature according to State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) is championing a broad gaming package that would establish six Class II gambling sites, sports betting, a lottery, and oversight commissions, though he’s struggling to secure votes due to “fear of political blowback” with elections looming in 2026
Signal app issues; no more Alabama income tax; lottery lives; and more on Alabama Politics This Week
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick, take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) endorsed the Trump administration’s detention of Alireza Doroudi, an Iranian doctoral student at the University of Alabama, telling NOTUS that lawbreakers should be jailed, even though the Department of Homeland Security only cited vague “security concerns” without specifics
The push to legalize more intoxicants will never stop, they really want these tax dollars
President Donald Trump introduced a permanent 25% tariff on auto imports, claiming it would revitalize U.S. manufacturing and reduce the budget deficit, but the policy rattled markets, and foreign leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
The Magic City Acceptance Academy does not need to exist
Alabama lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of the Signal story with U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) “still trying to find out what happened" before holding a hearing at the Armed Services Committee, which Rogers leads.
President Donald Trump laid out his tariff strategy very clearly
The Alabama Public Library Service Board has finally cut state funding to the Fairhope Public Library after conservative parents objected to books like “Sold” in the teen section, a decision Board Chairman John Wahl defended as protecting kids, though critics like Amber Frey of Read Freely Alabama (a group with zero policy victories but a load of glowing media coverage) called it extremist overreach
Why in the world would U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) show up at one of these insane town halls?
Alabama State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) noted that Mississippi’s recent move to phase out its income tax was something Alabama should aspire to do and suggested that Alabama could follow suit in the next quadrennium with a broad tax reform package after hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts over the last couple of years and cuts on the agenda for the current legislative session
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick, take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories
A series of federal court rulings, including blocks on President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban by Judge Ana Reyes, USAID cuts by Judge Theodore Chuang, mass deportations by Judge James Boasberg and a single deportation of a Georgetown fellow by Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, have stalled the administration’s early agenda, fueling outrage from Trump administration press secretary Karoline Leavitt who ripped “radical left-wing judges.
Tuberville may be planning to run for office but the media and their Democrats are preparing as well
They are going after Tuberville before he runs for governor.
A fake town hall will be held this Saturday in Athens, as Indivisible targets U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, but another town hall put on by another dumb mob as they are attempting to appear like their astroturfed antics are a grassroots response to what is happening in Washington D.C. as they scream at a member of Congress foolish enough to set-up a town hall for them, this time it was U.S. Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.).
Deporting illegal immigrants is a 80-20 issue, Democrats and the media can't stop being out of touch
Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted a 30-day halt on attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during a call with President Donald Trump, though he declined a broader 30-day total ceasefire that Ukraine had endorsed, citing concerns about Kyiv rearming during that timeframe.
Do NOT let police have access to your security cameras
The price of eggs are still coming down with Wholesale egg prices have fallen to $4.15 per dozen from a high weeks ago, thanks to no major bird flu outbreaks in March, yet retail prices might not drop for days due to inventory and caution, the Trump administration's "Rapid Response 47" Twitter account shows that the price of eggs is down 47.3% since Inauguration Day
Schools want federal dollars, the federal government wants to stop DEI, the answer is to stop DEI
he town hall drama continues with a the American media and their Democrats Alabama GOP lawmakers, including Rep. Dale Strong, are dodging town halls as anger rises over Trump’s DOGE-driven federal job cuts, particularly in the 5th District with its high number of government workers