Chris Christie’s not gonna like it. Neither is Jennifer Rubin. And Peter King would object too. But Rand Paul is now the leader of the herd of Republicans who covet the 2016 GOP nomination for president, placing the Kentucky senator at the top of The CHASE this month for the first time. (What is The CHASE? Read […]

MOBILE – He’s been described as the anti-establishment establishment’s candidate, having not only scored support from household conservative media names including Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, National Review editor Rich Lowry and American Spectator editor R. Emmett Tyrell, but other figures including former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, now a Republican, and 2012 GOP presidential hopeful […]

On Thursday, Wells Griffith, a Republican hopeful to fill the seat Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, is soon to vacate, made his first big splash on YouTube with a two-minute video touting his candidacy. The video was shot at his family’s historic Shell service station on Government Street in Mobile, and Griffith frames himself as both […]

People are mad at Apple. No, not the hundreds of millions of people who have their iPhone attached to them literally everywhere they go, or the tens of millions of people who have abandoned their laptop for an iPad, or the countless number of people who haven’t had to hit control-alt-delete since acquiring an Apple […]

Yellowhammer and the Baldwin County Young Republicans have teamed up to host a candidate forum featuring all of the currently declared Republican candidates for U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s First Congressional District. Yellowhammer founder Cliff Sims will moderate the forum, which is being held at the McCollough Institute in Gulf Shores this coming Monday […]

In 2002, in the early days of the war in Afghanistan, I had a great conversation with an Afghan man on the outskirts of the Coalition area of operations. He was amazed by the technology, values and freedom that I described to him in the land that I came from. I will never forget the […]

Has new EPA chief Gina McCarthy had her head buried in the sand for the last five years? Remember in 2008 when President Obama while discussing his plan to cap carbon emissions from fossil fuels plants, said, “Under my plan…electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket”? Or when Vice President Biden while ranting to an environmental activist […]

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, announced that he and Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. would be launching a bi-partisan effort to promote public-private partnerships to build and maintain the nation’s infrastructure. According to a press release put out Tuesday afternoon, their endeavor will be known as the Congressional Caucus on Public-Private Partnerships […]

Chris Christie ignited a firestorm when he essentially called Sen. Rand Paul and his fellow libertarian-leaning conservatives “dangerous” for their apprehension to the National Security Agency’s surveillance program and the FBI’s use of drones on American soil. “This strain of libertarianism that’s going through parties right now and making big headlines I think is a […]

In an interview with Mobile CBS affiliate WKRG that aired Sunday night, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, reacted to the controversy surrounding the National Security Agency (NSA) with the allegations even low-level bureaucrats within the organization have the ability to search the private emails and phone calls of Americans. Sessions told WKRG that it was only […]

According to a newly released Gallup poll, 52% of Americans say they would vote in favor if legalizing gay marriage nationally if given the opportunity. 43% say they would vote against such a measure. Self-identified liberals are the most likely to vote in favor of gay marriage (77%) and individuals with no religious affiliation are […]

Mike Hubbard, Speaker of the House Hubbard has become one of the most imposing figures Alabama state politics has seen in recent years. While he has been universally praised for his leadership leading up to the Republican takeover in 2010, he’s been the focal point of attacks since taking the reins as Speaker — especially […]

In a speech Thursday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, attacked President Barack Obama on the economy, just as the president is launching a PR campaign to promote his economic agenda. Sessions spent the early part of the summer as the chief opponent of the so-called “Gang of Eight” immigration […]

24 years ago today, then Congressman, now Senator, Dick Durbin gave the most stirring speech in defense of America’s favorite pastime in the history of the United States House of Representatives. “I don’t want to hear about saving trees, any tree in America would gladly give its life for a day of glory at home […]

Questions about the government’s use of drones on American soil became part of the national conversation in March after Sen. Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster of Obama’s nomination of John Brennen to head the CIA. Since then, Paul has written two public letters to FBI Director Robert Mueller requesting details on the domestic law enforcement agency’s […]

Above: Becky Gerritson on Fox News Channel’s ‘Your World’ “I think it’s like the captain of the Titanic calling the iceberg phony,” she said. “I think the only phony thing going on is the narrative the White House is trying to push off on the American people.” On Fox News Channel’s “Your World” on Thursday, […]

Alabama and Hawaii are the most honest states in the country according to a study by Honest Tea, a beverage company who recently conducted a nationwide experiment on honesty. Honest Tea set up unattended kiosks all over the country where their beverages were put out for sale for $1. A clear lock box was left […]

Above: Sen. Shelby’s full remarks from today on the floor of the U.S. Senate On Thursday, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, gave a wide-ranging speech on the Senate floor on jobs and the economy, during which he derided government spending, tax policy, over regulation and the fed’s monetary policy. In his opening remarks, Shelby called out […]

Above: minister John Jordan opens the Alabama Public Service Commission meeting in prayer Right Wing Watch, a media outlet “dedicated to monitoring and exposing the activities of the right-wing movement,” Queerty, an LGBT site, and a section of The Huffington Post called “Gay Voices,” are three of the media outlets who today criticized the Alabama […]

Above: Reason TV reports on the firing of Auburn police officer Justin Hanners A video report by Reason TV regarding the firing of former Auburn, Alabama police officer Justin Hanners is making the rounds on social media this week. According to Reason’s Tracy Oppenheimer, “after the arrival of a new police chief in 2010, the […]

Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history last week — $18 billion in debt with thousands upon thousands of creditors. The filing dwarfed Jefferson County, Alabama’s historic $4.3 billion bankruptcy, which was the largest in U.S. history before Detroit came along. Although Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said on CBS’s Face The Nation that […]

According to the office of George H.W. Bush, the former president has shaved his head in support of Patrick, a 2-year-old boy battling leukemia. Bush got the idea to go bald when he noticed members of his security team were shaving their heads to offer their support to the boy. Patrick’s father is a member […]

Senator Richard Shelby and Congressman Jo Bonner took exception to President Obama touting Airbus’s Mobile manufacturing facility during his economic speech today, as if his policies had any positive impact on the company’s decision to locate in Alabama. “Right now, more of Honda’s cars are made in America than anywhere else. Airbus will build new […]

Democrats holding public office in Alabama have become something of an endangered species. The party lost its last held-statewide office in November 2012 election when Twinkle Cavanaugh defeated Lucy Baxley by an 8 percent margin for the Alabama Public Service Commission presidency. The party now exists in the mostly urban and minority-dominated parts of Alabama. And […]