Sometimes, you can tell how much a columnist hates their life by how sad their work is.

The markets were quick to react to President Donald Trump's suggestion that people "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" hours before his announcement of 90-day tariff pause for most countries except China.

After foreign markets rebounded Tuesday morning, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average signaled they could rebound as well, and throughout the day it appeared that was happening, but by the end of the day the S&P 500 slid 1.6% (after being up as much as 4%) and the Dow saw a similar play while losing all of its 3.9% increase and ending up down .84%

The Alabama Legislature convened in a joint session Tuesday afternoon to commemorate Military Appreciation Day, honoring the state’s active duty service members, veterans and military families.  Lawmakers from both chambers and military leaders from the state gathered to express their gratitude to the service members and military families who contribute to Alabama’s identity and national […]

There is no political risk to Trump continuing to deport bad guys?

President Donald Trump continues to publicly battle some in his foreign governments, fake news, his own party, the media, and their Democrats on social media as the entire world has been thrown off kilter by his massive tariff gambit, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent  revealed that 50 to nearly 70 countries have approached the Trump administration to negotiate new trade deals

Maybe 2045 will be the year for gambling in Alabama?

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick asserts there’s no chance Trump will abandon his tariff plan, predicting long-term market gains despite immediate fallout, as Singapore and Switzerland pursue engagement with the Trump administration, France demands a European suspension of US investments, and China and Canada gear up for retaliatory measures

I'm sorry, what did Cory Booker do? What was he non-filibustering?

President Donald Trump announced "Liberation Day" tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, the tariffs include a 10% tariff on all imports with higher reciprocal tariffs on over 180 countries that include 34% on China, 24% on Japan, and 20% on the EU, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is warning countires against retaliation, stating it would lead to escalation, which seems inevitable, but Bessent is saying countries are already "coming to the table."

No one knows who will benefit from Trump's auto tariffs

As another judge steps in and protects a large number of Venezuelans from deportation after being let in by former President Joe Biden, the media, and their Democrats rage over gangbangers and other illegal immigrants being sent to El Salvador, the Trump administration moved 17 more alleged Tren de Aragua members, including Keivis Jesus Arrecheder Vasquez, from Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador

Gambling bill is coming and everyone in Alabama can potentially get a piece of the action

Over the past ten years, the following question has been posed to me, “Flowers, why in the world does Alabama not have a lottery, and why can’t we receive the revenue from gambling that every one of our surrounding states and almost every state in America thrives on?”  Over this past decade, I have spoken […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick, take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories

The push to legalize more intoxicants will never stop, they really want these tax dollars

President Donald Trump introduced a permanent 25% tariff on auto imports, claiming it would revitalize U.S. manufacturing and reduce the budget deficit, but the policy rattled markets, and foreign leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

The Magic City Acceptance Academy does not need to exist

President Donald Trump laid out his tariff strategy very clearly

Why in the world would U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) show up at one of these insane town halls?

Alabama State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) noted that Mississippi’s recent move to phase out its income tax was something Alabama should aspire to do and suggested that Alabama could follow suit in the next quadrennium with a broad tax reform package after hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts over the last couple of years and cuts on the agenda for the current legislative session

A series of federal court rulings, including blocks on President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban by Judge Ana Reyes, USAID cuts by Judge Theodore Chuang, mass deportations by Judge James Boasberg and a single deportation of a Georgetown fellow by Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, have stalled the administration’s early agenda, fueling outrage from Trump administration press secretary Karoline Leavitt who ripped “radical left-wing judges.

Richard Scrushy and Don Seigelman are clearly guilty, everyone knows this and these losers need to go away

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (R-N.Y.), speaking Wednesday, torpedoed the bill’s chances by refusing the eight Democratic votes needed against a 53-seat GOP majority, weakened by Rand Paul’s (R-KY) fiscal hawk “no," warning of a Friday midnight shutdown unless Republicans back his bipartisan April 11 CR plan