Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and […]

7. That Alabama Democratic Party is a mess, see their X account for more info on that, and now their leadership is claiming President Joe Biden is meddling in their business. Joe Reed, longtime chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference, has told the Biden campaign that their attempt to disqualify Reed’s delegates to the Democratic […]

Educators against school choice only have themselves to blame. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m

7. The Anti-Defamation League, which historically targeted anti-Semitism but has branched out into targeting conservatives in general, reportedly attempted to get government entities to investigate The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, Libs of Tik Tok, and conservative activist Christopher Rufo over their issues with LGBTQ-dogma being pushed on kids. Walsh correctly notes this move is a […]

Why are so many people trying to save this monster? Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m

7. Failed candidate for governor in Arizona and now candidate for U.S. Senate, Kari Lake has confirmed that the Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party offered her a bribe to stay out of the race. Some in the media are acting like this doesn’t make her look badass and are calling this a stunt, but […]

We don’t need all these flags. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m

7. Talk of NCAA’s “Name, Image, and Likeness” (NIL) issues driving coach Nick Saban into retirement may be overblown, according to Alabama’s former head coach himself. But fans are very serious about playing in that world. Message boards are now hearing a message that says to stop tithing to your church and start donating that […]

 Gambling proposal is not really a good bet. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m

7. Some good job numbers for Alabama last month: The Alabama Department of Labor says the state’s labor force participation reached 57.2% in December, a record high, with wages going up as well, but the unemployment rate is slightly up. Alabama’s Secretary of Labor Fitzgerald Washington notes, “As we continue to see growth in our […]

Radio talk show hosts Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and […]

7. Charles Barkley is mad and confused, also known as being in the normal Charles Barkley state, about presidential candidate Nikki Haley declaring America has never been a racist country. Responding on his terrible CNN show, the former Auburn basketball player and multimillionaire said, “If you forget about slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, antisemitism, Asian hate […]

 The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles is not the problem here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m

7. Inflation is shocking many Americans these days, none more than President Joe Biden who found himself shocked about a $6 smoothie but the White House decided to lie about the exchange anyway. Biden was surprised by the cost and even though inflation is a huge issue for this President, White House press secretary Karine […]

These are pearls of wisdom from Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m.

7. Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth is doing something most politicians don’t do: endorsing in a primary early on in the race. Ainsworth threw his support behind former Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Secretary Jeana Ross in her bid for State House District 27 saying, “I have known Jeana Ross all of my life, and […]

7. You may have heard of the Alabama football “LANK” motto, which apparently means “Let All Naysayers Know” and ESPN’s Pat McAffee says that motto is the closest we have come to living the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. As clumsy as that was, he expounded, “we are more close than we have ever […]

Nick Saban is not a Democrat hero. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m.

7. The Alabama Supreme Court denied convicted murder and soon-to-be nitrogen hypoxia execution guinea pig, Kenneth Eugene Smith’s latest appeal. Smith’s lawyers argued that the murderer going through an execution a second time would constitute cruel and unusual punishment but the AL Supreme Court said, “Nah.” 6. Former President Donald Trump and his MAGA Army […]

 Radio talk show hosts Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on […]

The NEA/AEA will attempt to scuttle school choice forever. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m.

7. The obsession our government has with building charging stations has always seemed odd.  U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) wants them built with American companies, if we are going to do it. To stop $7.5 billion from going to China, he voted for a resolution that bars that money from going overseas, “The Biden Administration […]



7. Presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has dropped out of the race for president of the United States on the same day former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took part in a CNN debate. His 12% in a recent New Hampshire poll could potentially swing that state […]