7. McConnell visited Alabama over the weekend U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently visited the area where he grew up in Alabama and stopped at various locations throughout the Limestone County area.  McConnell visited with Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks, the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives, his childhood home, and Athens Elementary, as well […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Will the special session on, mostly, redistricting be as non-controversial as it appears to be setting up to be? — Will Governor Kay Ivey adjust her thinking on banning vaccine mandates by private businesses after […]

7. Lawbreakers are about to get paid In a move that will surely only increase the already surging numbers of illegal immigrants entering the country, the Biden administration is preparing to offer a settlement of almost half a million dollars to every child and parent separated at the border in 2018. A Wall Street Journal […]

7. Fourth coronavirus shot already being discussed The possibility of some people getting another coronavirus vaccine shot is now being discussed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but only for individuals who are immunocompromised and have certain health conditions. For select individuals, this would mean getting a fourth coronavirus vaccination. Immunocompromised individuals […]

7. Shooting threat in Shelby County school area There has been a threat posted to Snapchat where a student said they would “shoot up” their school on October 27. Shelby, Calera and Helena County authorities are investigating the threat that claimed, “This is not one of those hoaxes. This is not a joke. I have […]

I wanted Governor Kay Ivey to issue an executive order or allow the legislature to act on a vaccine mandate ban that would “protect” Alabama workers. She didn’t really do that, but what she announced yesterday looks good, right? The federal government’s overreach has given us no other option, but to begin taking action, which […]

7. Ivey doesn’t include vaccine mandate ban in the special session The redistricting special session is set to start on October 28. Governor Kay Ivey has officially outlined that other than redistricting, the session will include “appropriations for pandemic-related healthcare service.” Ivey didn’t include any ability for the legislature to address vaccine mandates, as she […]

7. Obama is supporting the voter suppression narrative President Barack Obama has been campaigning for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe and recently said that Republicans are trying to keep people from voting while arguing Democrats are trying to help people vote.  Obama said Republicans are “trying to systematically prevent ordinary citizens from making their […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Will Mike Durant’s entry into the U.S. Senate race change the race significantly? — Businesses, small and large, ask Governor Kay Ivey not to interfere with the vaccination mandates some Alabama businesses are implementing. — […]

7. Bannon has been held in contempt The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress as he’s failed to follow his subpoena that was handed down by the committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot. The final vote was 229-202. The debate included the incredibly reckless U.S. Representative Liz […]

7. Colorado will do everything to keep Space Command from coming to Alabama U.S. Space Command was announced as coming to Huntsville, but Colorado lawmakers have regularly attempted to prevent this from happening since the temporary location is located there. Initially, it was alleged that then-President Donald Trump influenced the decision to move the base […]

Governor Kay Ivey supported “stay at home” orders, mask mandates and restrictions for children. Alabamians supported her. There was legitimate fear early on during this pandemic, and “15 days to stop the spread” seemed like a good idea because we wanted hospitals to get ready for the coming wave. But this went on for months. […]

7. Alabama is one of the most unhappy states NiceRX has released a study of the happiest states in the country, and unfortunately, based on their ranking, Alabama is the fourth unhappiest state on the list. The factors considered were income, life expectancy, homicide rates, mental illness and poverty. The happiest state was Hawaii, but […]

7. Racial justice group wants HPD accountable for woman entering a van in their parking lot After the death of Christina Nance, the group the Citizen’s Coalition for Justice Reform is demanding that the Huntsville Police Department be held accountable since she climbed into the back of a police van that wasn’t in use. The […]

Alabama is on the other side of the Delta variant surge of the coronavirus. That’s not me saying it — it’s science. The surge has ended in Alabama. Cases are lower than when the surge started. Hospitalizations are rapidly falling, too, as 942 were in the hospital as of Sunday, October 10, and only 690 […]

7. Democrats’ issues with spending lust continue The trillions of dollars of new spending the left-wing Democrat base desires is still running into roadblocks. There appears to be little movement among the more moderate members U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). Surprisingly, an editorial by a socialist in a West Virginia newspaper […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Will Governor Kay Ivey respond to calls for her to add vaccination mandate bans to the upcoming special session? — Are the proponents of Critical Race Theory fighting a losing battle on every level? — […]

A special session on redistricting is happening, and it appears all but certain that there will not be a “call” for COVID-19-related legislation. If that holds true, it means Gov. Kay Ivey will not allow the legislature to address the vaccination mandates that are currently forcing some people out of the workforce. The number of […]

7. Benjamin Crump is representing the family of a woman found in a police car Christina Nance was found dead in the back of an old police van on October 7, and it’s been determined by the Madison County Coroner Tyler Berryhill that there were no injuries or foul play that resulted in her death. […]

7. Borders with Mexico and Canada are opening, even though the southern border is clearly open While it’s already appeared that the southern border has been open under President Joe Biden, it’s now official that the United States’ borders with Mexico and Canada will reopen to fully vaccinated individuals. For now, only those traveling non-essentially […]

Every Republican legislator, governor and attorney general in the country is preparing to go to war with the Biden administration over the president’s vaccine mandate that seems to be inching closer and closer to reality. Whether or not they have the ability to fight this mandate is one thing, and whether they are serious is […]

7. Alabama wins big next-generation missile defense contract Northrop Grumman has announced that they will be hiring 500 more engineers in Huntsville to work on a missile defense program with the Air Force. Huntsville was selected for the “rich expertise and legacy” in the area for this industry. Vice president and general manager of Northrop’s […]

7. The federal government has time to continue the whipping investigation Despite the claims that Border Patrol agents were whipping Haitian migrants at the southern border in September already being disproven, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has continued its investigation that was only supposed to take “days.” A spokesperson for DHS said that they […]

7. More than 1,000 flights canceled Southwest Airlines had to cancel more than 1,000 flights in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend, and while the company has blamed the issue on weather and traffic control issues, other reports claim that the issue is related to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate and federal workers staging a “sickout.”  […]