Conservatives in Alabama can find many things to embrace in the GOP tax reform proposal, but there’s at least one thing we should fear – deficits and debt. The share of our national debt is already $63,000 apiece, and that climbs to nearly $70,000 when you factor in Alabama’s state debts. If you […]

  Birmingham-native Gaston Mooney is at the forefront of the conservative media revolution, in a key leadership role in the innovative online television network CRTV (Conservative Review TV). The subscription-based service launched earlier this year and delivers daily programming from such conservative stalwarts as Mark Levin, Steve Deace, Michelle Malkin, Steven Crowder, as well as many others. […]

Dialogue from a Congressional appropriations hearing on the advancement of research on Down Syndrome held last week has taken the country by storm. As we reported yesterday, Mr. Frank Stephens, who has Down Syndrome, provided a compelling testimony before the committee, making the strong case for the sanctity of human life. Stephens and others had […]

On Friday, President Trump announced his nomination of Michael D. Griffin, an Alabamian, to be Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD AT&L) serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of […]

On Thursday, President Trump held a press conference in order to declare the national opioid epidemic as a public health emergency. Trump declared that “as Americans, we cannot allow this to continue. It is time to liberate our communities from the scourge of drug addiction… We can be the generation that ends the drug epidemic. […]

In Alabama, state law prohibits the use of gambling machines. The code says its illegal to operate, “Any device, machine, paraphernalia or equipment that is normally used or usable in the playing phases of any gambling activity, whether that activity consists of gambling between persons or gambling by a person involving the playing of a […]

As reported by ABC 33/40, the Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit against the city of Gardendale, accusing the city of implementing an illegal probation scheme. The SPLC alleges that the city is making those who can’t afford court fines and costs pay more, forcing many low income citizens into deeper debt. According to […]

According to reports by TMZ Sports and the Washington Post today, Huntsville native Bruce Maxwell—a catcher for the Oakland A’s—was out to eat not long ago with Huntsville city councilman Devyn Keith and another friend recently, when his waiter confronted him about kneeling for the National Anthem. Maxwell’s account of the story is that he […]

According to a report by the Florence Times Daily, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has stated that his office has identified 674 people who voted in the Democrat primary in August and then voted again the Republican runoff in for the U.S. Senate race in September—which is a violation of Alabama law. This past […]

Construction crews are toiling away in the intense California heat as they put the finishing touches on prototypes for President Trump’s border wall with Mexico. The crews have been given an October 26 deadline, which is rapidly approaching. The Arizona Republic, toured the construction site, where they found five of the wall designs already complete. The […]

Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore gave an interview with Time Magazine in which he said that NFL players who kneel during the national anthem are breaking the law. “It’s against the law, you know that?” he said. “It was an act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That’s the […]

Torrey Twane McNabb shot and killed a police officer sitting in his patrol car. On September 24, 1997, Montgomery Police Officer Anderson Gordon was found dead, slumped over the steering wheel of his patrol car at the intersection of Rosa Parks and National Avenue in Montgomery. Officer Gordon had been shot five times. At trial, […]

28 members of Congress have joined together to create a bipartisan congressional caucus to mark a new era in space exploration. Representative Mo Brooks (AL-5) is one of the founding members of the House National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) caucus. The caucus will be dedicated to advocating for the space agency’s economic and national […]

As reported by the Gadsden Times, the Gadsden City Council has voted to file a civil lawsuit against the nation’s top drug manufacturers in response to the monstrous opioid epidemic facing the city. The council voted Tuesday to contract the Gadsden law firm Cusimano, Roberts, & Mills to represent the city in the litigation process. The city […]

As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Bradley Byrne will sit on the House conference committee for the 2018 National Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA is the apparatus that outlines the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense. Passed annually since 1961, the NDAA is a critical piece of […]

In light of a handful of Republican U.S. Senators repeatedly siding with Democrats to block President Trump’s efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare, he is using the power of the pen to start the process on his own. In its news release yesterday, the White House quoted the President as saying: “The time has come […]

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions and his U.S. Justice Department have responded to seven municipalities for potentially violating federal law. Specifically, Sessions says that their “sanctuary city” policies—those that defy the federal law to give sanctuary to illegal aliens—will no longer be tolerated. The jurisdictions under DOJ’s scrutiny are: Cook County, Illinois Chicago, Illinois New Orleans, Louisiana […]

Weeks after Roy Moore’s victory in the Alabama senate election, political candidates across the country are biting at the bit to shake hands with Steve Bannon in hopes of getting his endorsement. According to the Sun Herald, from Senate candidates to state legislators, political rivals are jockeying for the ex-White House aid’s support. “Steve is one […]

The Birmingham City Council recently adopted a non-discrimination ordinance, penalizing anyone who discriminates based on several statutes including, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. The city claims that this new ordinance will ensure the equal protection of all citizens within the city limits, while bringing more small business to the Magic City. However, […]

In response to a federal judge’s order to fix Alabama’s prison system, the state has responded with a proposal to basically double the number of mental health workers in state prisons. The response, filed by attorneys for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), reads: In this Plan, the State proposes a concise, measured process to […]

In a push to be “a leader in the automotive industry,” Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that Alabama will be the first state to roll out nationally recognized manufacturing credentials at every community college. “We are once again proving Alabama is a leader in the automotive industry by offering these credentials in all of our […]

Over the weekend President Trump released a list of immigration proposals that, if granted, would help bring some of his campaign promises to fruition. The letter included the funding for a wall along the Mexican border, a crackdown on the influx of Central American minors, and the elimination of federal grants to sanctuary cities. Now […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a government-wide legal guidance memo on Friday that encourages sweeping protection of religious freedom within government agencies. The 25-page memo delivered to every federal agency could impact important policy decisions across federal agencies, and the announcement comes as a direct result of an executive order signed in May by President […]

On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that his Justice Department is reviving a Bush-era crime policy that focuses on strict prosecution of gun and gang related crimes. The program is known as Project Safe Neighborhoods, and is the next step in the Trump administration’s tough-on-crime agenda. According to POLITICO, the project is a large scale […]