Opinion — Page 141
President Trump has now said that Republicans need to take another run at addressing healthcare and with ObamaCare in serious legal peril, they will now have the chance to do so.
If Trump is able to string together a couple of weeks like this, his entire presidency could turn around.
McConnell said, "I look forward to the release of more information in the coming days as the attorney general says he intends to do in consultation with special counsel Mueller."
This can not be overstated, not enough evidence to indict or convict is clearly a victory here for the President.
Paying the Special Counsel's report and their own words no mind, a lack of indictments will not deter those who have based their recent lives and careers on the premise that the Trump campaign was a Russian front from continuing that theme
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is Sen. Jim McClendon’s “clean lottery bill” clean or a lottery bill? — Why is Senate Pro Tem Del Marsh so adamant on taking on Common Core? — Why can’t President Donald Trump stop beating […]
7. In a twist on active shooter drills, a school in Indiana staged mock executions — Looking for realism, trainers used non-lethal ammo and pellet guns to shoot teachers in mock executions that led to screams and gave educators bloody welts. It sounds surreal but it is very real. According to tweets from the Indiana […]
From the White House lawn, President Trump, said he is ready to let the people see what the 22-month-long investigation has found, “Let it come out. Let people see it.”
There was hope that the Alabama legislature would be dealing with a simple and non-complex lottery bill this legislative session. This was false hope. Alabama Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville) touted his lottery bill as a bill that would simply give Alabama voters an opportunity to vote on a lottery. He wasn’t trying to solve the […]
7. President Donald Trump and conservatives vs. social media giants — Earlier this week, Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) sued Twitter and some users over harassment, shadow-banning, censorship and facilitating defamation. Part of his claim is that their content-based moderation makes them responsible for what is on their platform. President Trump has also jumped into the […]
Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) spoke in Birmingham and addressed the lottery calling it "number one discussion" in Montgomery at this point.
7. The president of the United States spent the weekend ripping the corpse of former Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — President Donald Trump brought up McCain’s role in turning over the Steele Dossier, tweeting, “Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier ‘is, unfortunately, a very dark stain against John McCain.” The dossier was part of […]
Jackson closes the show with a "Parting Shot" directed a Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and blaming him for the lack of discussion about the gas tax during the last election.
The surprising 59-41 vote in the Republican-led Senate had a few surprises, first the number of defectors and, secondly, one of the Republican who sided with Trump was frequent Trump critic Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE).
America is at a critical crossroads on the issue of illegal immigration. The president of the United States is about to veto a resolution blocking his emergency declaration on border security. That declaration is headed to the federal court system and will most likely end up before the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the Democrats are trying […]
Brewbaker added that the rank-and-file Republicans are probably not aware of this deal, but they will soon find themselves dealing with these issues in the regular session.
It was very non-controversial, after all the handwringing, the vote wasn't even close and an overwhelming number of State Senators voting for the gas tax increase.
This Rebuild Alabama Act is a gas tax increase that is filled with landmines for politicians. Any tax increase is going to be unpopular. I would vote no on this particular increase, but politicians make it worse by not explaining the reasoning for some of the more unpopular measures. One of those landmines is the “indexing” […]
It looks all but inevitable that Alabama's State Senate will vote to raise the gas tax by 10-cents on Tuesday.
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is the state of the state strong? — Why is Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) joining other Democrats in baseless allegations about voter suppression? — Will Alabama’s leadership get their gas tax increase passed?
The American media is a front group for Democratic causes and nothing more at this point.Most of the Alabama media is exactly the same.
After the meeting, the Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee approved the bills with a voice vote but with no opposition. The bills now move to the full House for an up or down vote on Friday.
7. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) has been appointed to a climate change panel in the House; All Republican members come from energy-producing states — While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) climate change panel may take up the Green New Deal and other legislative matters involving climate change, it seems unlikely that Republicans are prepared to […]

