7. Universal healthcare isn’t universal or healthcare While U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have made their “Medicare-For-All” plans a huge focus of their presidential campaigns, there is now new data released from the British government on their National Health Service (NHS), which is a comparative single-payer system. The report from the […]

7. Hate is so prevalent in our society that the “victims” have to fabricate it A sports talk show host in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been fired from his job after his employer found out that he sent a “homophobic” tweet to himself and then demanded $2 million dollars to settle a “workplace harassment case.” […]

Police shootings are obviously high-value news events. Any time a human life is taken by someone who is tasked with serving and protecting society, it needs to be investigated and publicly vetted. By most accounts, the shooting of 39-year-old Dana Fletcher at the hands of Madison police officers seems to be a “good shoot.”

7. Cam Ward is pushing for prison reform as he runs for Supreme Court State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) has announced that he will be seeking the Place 1 associate justice seat on the Alabama Supreme Court in 2020, and while speaking at the Shoals Republican Club meeting, he discussed his stance on prison reform. […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Will Democrats be able to convince more Americans that impeachment is the right move? — Can former Attorney General Jeff Sessions win a Republican primary in Alabama with President Donald Trump blasting him? — Wasn’t […]

7. The Senate has given the Moon mission more money For the 2020 Fiscal Year budget, the U.S. Senate has approved an additional $1.25 billion for NASA’s return to the Moon by 2024. Most of the money will be coming to Alabama for a rocket program managed in the state. $2.6 billion in 2020 will […]

7. Doug Jones donors cannot vote for him It’s not unknown that U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) has received a majority of his donations from out of state. New numbers show that he’s received the largest portion of his donations from California, totaling more than $664,000 from California alone but only $521,000 from Alabama. A […]

7. Harvey Updyke probably going back to jail Harvey Updyke, the man who poisoned the Toomer’s Corner oak trees has only paid off $6,900 of the $800,000 he owes in penalties and restitution, so he could be going back to jail. Updyke’s hearing is scheduled for today, but a doctor has said that Updyke is […]

7. Alabama kids don’t want to go to school after Halloween Vestavia Hills High School students have started a petition to cancel school the day after Halloween this year. Tre Stoutermire wrote for the petition that a big part of Halloween is being able to stay out late, adding, “Having to go to worry about […]

7. Alabama has been bumped out of the No. 1 spot After LSU beat Auburn 23-20 on Saturday, LSU moved into the top spot on the Associated Press AP Top 25 poll, displacing the University of Alabama. The Associated Press poll was “one of the closest votes ever,” according to the organization, but this will […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Could the GOP protests that U.S. Representatives Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) and Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) took part in lead to more openness in the impeachment process? — Who is funding the shady group targeting the Poarch […]

7. Katie Hill lucky she’s a Democrat U.S. Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for her behavior, and now a picture of Hill has been released that shows her nude, holding a bong and indicates that she was in a “throuple” relationship that included her husband and a […]

7. NYC Bar demands Barr recuse, seems unlikely  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has been assisting with the Department of Justice’s probe into the phone call President Donald Trump had with the president of Ukraine, but now the New York City Bar Association is demanding that Barr recuse himself. The statement put out by the […]

U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) was one of the conservative congressmen who attempted to see the transcripts from the latest impeachment inquiry hearings involving acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor. https://twitter.com/TheDaleJackson/status/1187013810437218309 The media and their Democrats are asking the public and even members of Congress to trust them and let the process play out […]

7. The other investigation continues into the origins of the Russia investigation The investigation into the intelligence and law enforcement communities that handled the Russia probe is being led by U.S. Attorney John Durham and has been expanding. A House GOP source has said that this investigation could help Trump. The source told Fox News, […]

7. San Francisco has blacklisted Alabama The 22 states on San Francisco’s blacklist all have “restrictive abortion laws,” so now city employees aren’t allowed to do official business with companies based in any of the states or travel to those states for work. States like Alabama and Georgia made the list. Mayor London Breed said […]

7. Troy King campaigning for the AL-02 seat Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King has announced that he’ll be campaigning for the AL-02 seat since U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) won’t be running for reelection, and King is now talking about how much he loves the president. While interviewing on “The Jeff Poor Show,” King said […]

Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is the war of words between U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) and U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) a proxy war for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden? — Will Alabama Democrats ever end their infighting and […]

7. Beto O’Rourke coming to Alabama Former U.S. Representative (D-TX) Beto O’Rourke, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, will be in Montgomery Friday at the Goat Haus Biergarten at 7 p.m. to speak and take questions. O’Rourke will also be in Birmingham on Saturday to speak at the Alabama Democratic Conference. He will be the fifth […]

Huntsville is in the running to be the headquarters of the new U.S. Space Command, a move that is a natural fit for Alabama’s Rocket City and its longtime support of space and defense programs. Goals of the new command are to better organize and advance the military’s extensive operations in space and to seek […]

7. Birmingham student went home with a fake gunshot wound Amonn Jackson, a second-grader at Phillips Academy in Birmingham, attended drama class where the teacher painted a gunshot wound on Jackson’s forehead. Jackson’s mother, Zakiya Milhouse, said she didn’t think painting something like a gunshot wound on young children is an appropriate lesson. The teacher […]

7. Halloween on Saturday This year, Halloween falls on a weeknight, so once again there’s a petition making its rounds that would move Halloween to the last Saturday of October rather than always being on October 31. The petition was started by the Halloween and Costume Association. The organization also altered the petition this year […]

7. LeBron James returns from China and immediately disappoints everyone Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James spoke to the press for the first time after returning from China and refused to comment on the situation in China, but was willing to criticize Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morley for daring to support the protesters in […]

7. Alabama man who wrote threatening note apologizes An 83-year-old Mountain Brook man, James Willoughby Wood, previously made headlines for leaving a threatening note at a hair salon that displayed a pride flag outside and demanded they take the flag down, but now he’s written an apology letter and donated money to charity to atone […]