Opinion — Page 141

7. Alabama’s slow population growth could cost Alabama a congressional seat and a lot of federal funding — Alabama’s population only grew by 12,751 people, compared to Texas’ growth of 379,128. West Virginia, Illinois, Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and Wyoming all lost population over the same period. — The state’s slow rate […]

Make no mistake about it, Judge Roy Moore was a terrible candidate for U.S. Senate. Any of the other candidates, including highly-compromised Luther Strange would have trounced now-U.S. Doug Jones. The attacks on Moore led by the Washington Post, co-opted by AL.com and amplified by every other media outlet in America obviously put the nail in […]

7. The rich get richer as Alabama has the number one signing class after the first day of the early signing period — As if being in the College Football Playoff wasn’t enough, Alabama was able to win the first day of the early signing period with 22 signees. — The top four spots are all […]

President Donald Trump had made it clear, many times, he would do a government shutdown over the border. A timeline of Trump’s government shutdown threats as follows:   5/18/18: “We’re going to get the wall, even if we have to think about closing up the country for a little while.” 7/30/18: “If we don’t get […]

7. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is the latest political talker to be attacked by liberal groups and the media; He fought back — Multiple advertisers, including NerdWallet and Pacific Life insurance, have pulled advertising from the show. Others like Smile Direct Club have pulled all of their political advertising, which hurts shows that have nothing […]

Ask anyone with a brain how Alabama elected a liberal Democrat to the United State Senate in 2017 and they will give you one answer: Roy Moore was tarnished with a believable scandal and absurd claims that he was a “child molester.” Somehow, the main benefactor of Roy Moore’s issues and the mainstream media’s Roy Moore […]

7. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) may be the only person who can help Alabama keep its seven Congressional seats  — As Shelby is involved in negotiations for the next budget deal that could include parts of President Donald Trump’s border wall, Democrats are attempting to include language that will remove a census question that they fear […]

Breitbart News TV editor and Yellowhammer News contributor Jeff Poor and Calhoun Community College professor Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Michael Cohen’s sentencing and its impact on Trump. — How tariffs are hurting Alabama farmers and automakers but helping steel manufacturers. — What’s going on with Hoover’s […]

7. Jury recommends white nationalist get 419 years in jail — A jury recommended 419 years for James Alex Fields Jr., who was convicted of killing Heather Heyer by intentionally plowing his car into a group of protesters that were at a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. — The jury deliberated for four […]

7. More Americans get news from social media than from newspapers — Somehow, more Americans get their news from social media (20 percent) than print newspapers (16 percent). This is because of a steady decline in newspapers, but both get crushed by the Internet and television. — American television consumption of news is still the […]

7. While riots go on in Paris over climate taxes, America is still the leader in driving down its CO2 output — More than 1,700 people were arrested and 71 were injured this weekend as protests in Paris go on for the fourth consecutive weekend over green-friendly gas taxes and fuel prices. — Meanwhile, as […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Michael Flynn pleads and could get no jail time. Is this where they get Trump? — Could 40 Democrats actually run for president? — Who is the frontrunner out of the gate for the GOP […]

In an interview discussing the Thanksgiving night shooting, Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato encouraged people to support local businesses. It is a call that comes despite the lingering cloud shadowing a city that has erupted in protests over the killing of Emantic Bradford, Jr. He also made an astounding claim by calling the Riverchase Galleria “the safest […]

7. Classless pundits of all stripes use the death of President George H. W. Bush to rip President Trump —America’s media and political pundits from the right and the left are using the events surrounding former President George H.W Bush’s death as a jumping off point to pound away on Trump in an effort to score […]

President Donald Trump is a bit of a cad. If you want to slam him, just wait a few hours and he will say or Tweet something you can sink your teeth into. You can call him a fool, a dolt, a liar or a terrible person. And, often, you will be right. But America […]

7. As many as 40 Democrats could run for president; Joe Biden thinks he is the most qualified — With a little less than two years before the next presidential election, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) told MSNBC of 2020, “[T]here are a lot of U.S. senators, a lot of governors … a lot of people outside […]

Democrats like to note that in-person voting fraud is rare, and they are right. This argument is usually made to point out that voter identification laws are unnecessary, but they are wrong. Ballot security is important and voter ID laws have been found constitutional when partnered with free voter identification cards for those who can […]

7. Alabama-based religious broadcaster wins its battle with the federal government over religious liberty — The Birmingham-based Eternal Word Television Network has struck a deal with the Federal government, and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to stop trying to force EWTN to provide Obamacare mandated birth control and abortifacients as healthcare. — This battle […]

Whatever happened in Hoover when Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr. was killed on Thanksgiving night was obviously a tragedy. Whether the police officer killed him in cold-blood or was entirely justified, it doesn’t change the fact that this event was entirely preventable, nor does it change the fact that it will happen again. But our reaction […]

7. Bellefonte nuke deal falls through, but it still may not be over — The purchase of the Bellefonte nuclear power plant for $111 million dollars has apparently fallen through as the purchase failed to secure the necessary funding to complete the purchase. — The CEO of Nuclear Development LLC, Franklin Haney, has sued the […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is this when they finally get President Trump? — Is it possible to get a rational reaction from anyone after a tragedy like the shooting at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover? — Is Congressman Bradley […]

7. About that border wall: One-third in migrant caravan being treated for health issues — FoxNews.com reports one-third of the migrants in the caravan at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana are being treated for “respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other serious health issues,” per the Tijuana’s Health Department. — Perhaps the Trump administration should have […]

7. Looks like Speaker Nancy Pelosi is inevitable after all — Pelosi looks to be a lock after winning a Democratic caucus vote by a 203-32 margin. CNBC notes, “The 32 votes of opposition would be enough to sink her bid on the House floor, but some of those members will likely support her in […]

Since the day U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) won his election, the media has continued to hammer home a completely unsupported myth about how he won. It goes like this: Black voters showed up in record numbers to push Jones over the top. It’s just not true. It’s still not true, and it never was […]