Posts by Yaffee — Page 26

Secretary of State Wes Allen announced Tuesday that he is instructing the Boards of Registrars in all 67 counties to immediately initiate steps to remove all individuals who are not United States citizens from Alabama’s voter rolls. https://x.com/alasecofstate/status/1823395189743911330 “I have been clear that I will not tolerate the participation of noncitizens in our elections,” Allen […]

Whether you like him or hate him, one thing you can say about former President Donald Trump is he is a genius at marketing. His “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan might be the most famous in history. Now, he’s using his marketing skills to push for a big expansion of missile defense in the […]

Alabama lawmakers are responding to reports that large charter buses are dropping off what appears to be Haitian immigrants at several locations in Marshall County. Social media posts from residents in the area show pictures of the busses. According to the Albertville Police Department (APD) initially, the busses were meant to transport employees of Wayne […]

Many small businesses in Alabama are still waiting to receive a tax credit that was offered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The IRS admits there is a backlog in processing claims from businesses to receive the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC). The tax break was part of the CARES Act and was for eligible businesses and […]

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is demanding answers from the Biden administration about the safety of American servicemembers in the Middle East. Seven U.S. personnel were injured on Monday in a rocket attack at Al Asad airbase in Iraq. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Iran-aligned militia groups are responsible for the attack. “It’s […]

Citizens in Montgomery Alabama are raising concerns after a picture of a man holding a rifle off the side of the road went viral this week. The photo shows two men standing on the curb located near Woodley Road in Montgomery. Both men are talking to someone in an SUV, and one of the men […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is making the legal case that illegal aliens should not be receiving healthcare benefits from the federal government. Marshall joined a coalition of 16 states in filing a lawsuit to stop the Biden-Harris administration from allowing illegal aliens from receiving the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). “The latest assault on […]

U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) are continuing the fight against biological men competing in women’s sports. Both senators endorsed a letter from U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) that was sent to NCAA President Charlie Baker, calling on him to make changes to the organization’s rule book when it comes to fairness […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall backed a ban on TikTok in the United States if the apps Chinese owners don’t sell the company. Marshall joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general Monday in asking the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to uphold the national TikTok divest-or-ban legislation passed by Congress […]

Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) warned that foreign adversaries would benefit from the Biden Administration blocking new approvals of pending applications for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Now it appears Britt’s predication is coming true as France is importing more LNG from Russia. According to reports, shipments of Russian LNG to France […]

U.S. Reps. Gary Palmer, Barry Moore, Jerry Carl and U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville called out President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for creating mounting and compounding problems in the nation’s economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,000 points Monday, stoking fears of a possible recession. The stock market losses come […]

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen believes that Terry Andrew Heflin, a Democrat running for District 5 of the Clay County Commission, will be convicted and serve jail time for voter fraud. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest of Heflin last week. The candidate was charged with 7 counts of unlawful use of […]

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) believes he has better chances of getting his reform bills through the Legislature next year. Elliott has already pre-filed bills on reforms to how local libraries and the Alabama Department of Archives and History appointment board members. He believes the debate over gambling in the Legislature stymied his ability to […]

U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) are among many across the world who are concerned about the controversy involving a male athlete boxing in the female competition at the Olympic Games in Paris. Alabama’s senators warn that the Olympics is allowing biological males to compete against females, which they argue is unfair […]

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), chairman on the House Armed Services Committee, reacted to the recent prisoner swap between U.S. and Russia, saying he’s “concerned” that it could set a bad precedent with Vladimir Putin. https://x.com/HASCRepublicans/status/1819087917098127573 President Joe Biden announced Thursday that Russia released journalist Evan Gershkovich, Marine Paul Whelan, and dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, […]

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) stood up to protestors outside the U.S. Capitol who accused him of only supporting Israel because of money from lobbyists. Carl shared a TikTok video on his social media, originally recorded by the leftist group Code Pink, showing his exchange with an activist that was protesting against Israel. On Code […]

Alabama’s Congressional delegation is calling on Mexico to stop unlawfully trying to take control the Vulcan Materials Company, an Alabama-based construction aggregates producer. U.S. Reps. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham), Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), Jerry Carl (R-Mobile), Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), Mike Rogers (R-Saks), and Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) released a joint statement condemning the ongoing harassment […]

Alabama voting

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen is highlighting the arrest and indictment of Terry Heflin, a Democrat running for District 5 of the Clay County Commission for felony absentee ballot fraud, as an opportunity to say the state is dead serious about election security. “I have been traveling this state and talking about absentee ballot […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) called out the Biden Administration for failing to address the current crisis at the southern border. “The southern border, the disaster there, is one of the biggest failures in my lifetime here in the United States of America,” Tuberville said Tuesday on Fox Business. “We have been overrun with terrorists, […]

The Republican candidate for Alabama’s Second Congressional District, Caroleene Dobson, continues to receive national attention in what is turning out to be a close race in the Yellowhammer State. Monday, the National Republican Congressional Committee announced that Dobson is on the initial list of 26 candidates for the 2024 Young Guns program. “Extreme House Democrats […]

Many of Alabama’s political leaders are condemning Paris Olympic organizers after the opening ceremony appeared to use drag queens and other performers to mock Christianity. The opening ceremony’s artistic director said on Saturday that the moment where it seemed the performance mimicked the “Last Supper” was not meant to “be subversive or shock people or […]

President the Mobile Chamber and former Congressman Bradley Byrne, said he is “disappointed” to see the Mobile Baykeeper is intending to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the Mobile Port widening project. The Baykeeper is claiming that the Corps failed to protect Gulf sturgeon during a dredging project in Mobile […]

U.S. Reps. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) and Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) showed their support for the American flag after some in Washington D.C. were desecrated by anti-Israel protesters. During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the Capitol Wednesday, radical pro-Palestinian mobs vandalized monuments and American flags across the nation’s capital. Viral video shows anti-Israel rioters taking […]

State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said state-sanctioned Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices closing in Alabama in compliance of a law passed by the Alabama Legislature earlier this year is a good step in making the state’s educational institutions stronger. The campuses within the University of Alabama System are eliminating all offices and programs that […]