7. Absurd drag queens are reading to toddlers at a Mobile public library — A group of drag queens will be reading to children (if any show up) at a public library. Pastors and others are having none of this. — A Mobile-based Tea Party group says they will be protesting the event, which is sure […]

Friday night, the Alabama Republican Party will host its summer dinner at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa. Some of the discussion around the room will undoubtedly include the current saga involving President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his now-felon associates Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort. Now that we’re beyond the primary stage […]

Now that Democratic candidate for governor Walt Maddox has accepted that there will be no debate in the Alabama gubernatorial race, we can move on to some real issues, like the lottery. With Mississippi already being the state for casino gambling and sports betting, the lottery seems like a logical next step. Now that it […]

7. Not that this is a huge deal or anything, but President Donald Trump loses in projected match-ups with Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and former Vice President Joe Biden — A poll that is being done way too early has Trump polling behind former Vice President Biden and Sen. Sanders by 12 points each. He trails Warren […]

I voted for Trump. If the 2016 election were today, I would vote for Trump again. If Trump is running in 2020 against Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders, I will gladly cast another vote for the current president of the United States of America. The economic and immigration policies the president has put in place […]

7. Florida and the Department of Homeland Security call out Senator Bill Nelson for lying — Democrats are still trying to make Russia the largest campaign issue of the next election, and are failing to do so. Florida Senator Bill Nelson appears to have lied about Russians attacking Florida elections. — The DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and FBI […]

In 2009, Alabama was a super-majority Democratic state with a Republican governor. Republicans took over the state legislature and every single statewide office in 2010, and since then, Republicans have seen a series of events that should have ruined the Republican brand and assisted Democrats at making a comeback. The Republican governor, the Republican speaker […]

7. Gov. Kay Ivey continues to strip Alabama sheriffs autonomy on inmate feeding program and the money that comes with it — Ivey had the state comptroller draw up agreements the sheriffs must sign by September 1st that will force the sheriffs to spend the funds preparing food, serving food and other services related to the […]

One of the more infuriating things about President Donald Trump and his loyal base is their failure to understand how politics work. Yes, Trump won in 2016 by acting in a way that no one had seen before and no one expected to be successful, but the idea that abnormality is the new normal is […]

7. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper won’t admit it, but he made the case for President Donald Trump revoking CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance — Clapper appeared on CNN Sunday morning to make the argument that the president was entering dangerous territory by revoking the clearances. Instead, he made the president’s point […]

On the campaign trail in 2012, Mitt Romney remarked that “charter schools are so successful that almost every politician can find something good to say about them.” Romney was right. President Bush told crowds he was a “big believer” in charter schools, President Obama proclaimed National Charter Schools Week year after year, and 2016 presidential […]

[WRITER’S NOTE: Before I get started, let me just short-circuit 90 percent of the response to what I am about to say is going to get: No, fivethirtyeight.com was not totally wrong about the presidential election. They said Hillary Clinton was going to win the popular vote, and she did. If you are an elected Congressman from Alabama, you […]

Mobile’s University of South Alabama first opened its doors in 1963, but it didn’t play a varsity football game until 2009. In the span of the nine years since, the urgency for South Alabama Jaguar football has gone from decades to days – a message conveyed by Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson. On Wednesday, Stimpson issued […]

7. Trump nails the media to the wall after they tout their editorials slamming him — Hundreds of newspapers attempted to coordinate an attack on the American president because he was mean to them, further proving they are an agenda-driven monolith. — After Trump called the media the “opposition party,” he accurately laid out the […]

So you’re a Democrat in Alabama, and you want to be elected to high office? You approached your run for office thinking that Doug Jones showed what’s possible for a Democrat in Alabama. Therefore, you determined the time is right to run. And here you are. You put up your qualifying fee and made it […]

7. In a story that surprises no one, former White House staffer Omarosa lies about being interviewed by Robert Muller’s investigators — Omarosa already has some credibility issues but there is no evidence she has ever been interviewed in any capacity by the Mueller team. She claims she has and that she has new information for him. […]

This summer, a Democratic state representative, a lawyer and a major coal company executive were convicted of federal charges including conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery. The coverage of this story had actually been pretty good. The facts are clear and the villains are easily defined, but now the trial is over and it is time to […]

During the rise of the Tea Party, the American media pretended the group was violent and was going to get people hurt. There are multiple instances where the media disingenuously tied violent acts that were unrelated to the group or others on the American right; the facts didn’t matter. Now, liberals are in the street […]

7. A Mexican restaurant in Houston is under fire for daring to serve Attorney General Jeff Sessions — El Tiempo Cantina posted a photo of Sessions and its owner on social media. It was immediately attacked for serving the AG. Eventually, the restaurant apologized for posting the photo and shut down their social media accounts. — […]

SCOTTSBORO – If you’ve ever made the journey down Sand Mountain and into the Tennessee River Valley — from Section into Scottsboro, on Alabama Highway 35, down to where the old steel-truss B.B. Comer Bridge once stood — you’ve seen the concrete cooling towers that are part of the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant. They stick out […]

In early 2015, Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley wrote a letter, and it included details about an embarrassing ordeal where she was unable to get off the toilet, which is still a pretty good metaphor for Alabama Democrats. “April brought another trauma to my knees which balked when I tried to rise from my […]

7. The American media wants you to know they are a biased monolith by conspiring to publish 100 similar editorials on the same day — The “coordinated response” to President Donald Trump’s “enemy of the people” comments is being spearheaded by The Boston Globe, and is predicated on the premise that Trump hasn’t been clear […]

In a Friday editorial, the Anniston Star gave its readers a lesson on the First Amendment. Correctly, the Star explained that even though conspiracy radio talker Alex Jones was denied access to platforms hosted by Facebook, Apple and Google, his First Amendment rights had not been violated. “Alex Jones’ First Amendment rights have not at […]

One year ago, a relatively-unknown company announced that, for a monthly fee of $9.95, subscribers could see one movie a day without paying anything at the box office. That’s right – even though the average movie ticket in the U.S. is $9 – a $9.95 monthly subscription could get you into 31 movies. Since last […]