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At least 2 were killed, and 12 were hurt, in a Montgomery mass shooting.

This is just more street violence in a blue city, where the National Guard could make a difference.

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed is trying to fend off criticism from Attorney General Steve Marshall, but declaring that things are going great crime-wise is not really all that believable.

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  1. 00:01:00 – Troy Triumphs in Overtime: “Battle for the Belt” Classic in the Sun Belt
  2. 00:04:30 – Bama-Vandy Breakdown: Tide Wins 30-14 but Red-Zone Questions Linger
  3. 00:07:00 – Jam Miller Shines, Yet Tide Still Searching for a True Game-Breaker
  4. 00:09:30 – “Betty Smith’s $75K Mobile Home” Promo Becomes a Radio Legend
  5. 00:13:00 – Kalen DeBoer’s “Statement Score”: Bama Fans Erupt After Late TD
  6. 00:14:30 – Missouri 5-0: Can the Tigers Trip Up Alabama in Columbia?
  7. 00:16:00 – Auburn vs. Georgia: The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry Takes Center Stage
  8. 00:32:51 – Penn State Collapse at UCLA Prompts Talk of “End of the Franklin Era”
  9. 00:33:23 – Tom Luginbill Declares: “Miami Might Be the No. 1 Team in the Country”
  10. 00:36:08 – Ty Simpson Proves Poised as Bama Finds Resilience in Red Zone
  11. 00:38:43 – “DeBoer Stops Coaching Scared”: New Confidence Energizes Tuscaloosa
  12. 00:42:46 – Missouri Scouting Report: Physical but Untested Heading into Bama Week
  13. 00:44:35 – Auburn’s Offensive Woes: Penalties, Play-Calling and Patience Running Thin
  14. 00:50:10 – Fan Chatline Chaos: JJ Calls Vandy “Better Than Georgia,” Barry Snaps Back
  15. 00:57:00 – Vegas Meltdown: Bama’s Last-Minute TD Flips the Spread and Fans Lose It
  16. 00:59:00 – Belichick in Chapel Hill? UNC’s Experiment Already a Disaster
  17. 01:01:30 – Clemson Opens With a Double-Pass TD vs. UNC — Dabo Sends a Message
  18. 01:04:00 – Miami Surging, Florida State Sliding — Playoff Picture Rewritten
  19. 01:06:00 – Bama’s Four-Game Gauntlet: Missouri, Tennessee, LSU and Oklahoma Ahead
  20. 01:09:00 – Inside Auburn’s Bye Week: Accountability, NIL Reality, and Locker Room Checks
  21. 01:12:00 – Who’s the Best Team in the SEC? Debate Heats Up on Air
  22. 01:20:00 – Troy’s Momentum Building: Sun Belt Standings Tighten After OT Thriller
  23. 01:45:00 – Final Thoughts: Tide Momentum, Tiger Mystery, and Rivalry Week Buzz

7. Alabama’s football team is now No. 8 in the college football coaches poll rankings following a decisive 30-14 victory over Vanderbilt, shutting up a trash-talking crotch-grabbing Deigo Pavia and getting vengeance for last year’s 40-35 loss.

6. A 3-year-old girl from Baldwin County was returned to Alabama after being allegedly kidnapped by her mother and taken to Mexico as payment for her illegal immigrant boyfriend’s cartel debts, following her father’s plea and international intervention; the mother has been arrested and is in custody.

5. The Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center’s absurd hate group map has been dumped by the FBI. The group has been further embarrassed after the assassination of Charlie Kirk exposed how the group targeted Kirk and Turning Point USA as purveyors of hate, which is obviously not true.

4. Candidate for governor, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears has released a campaign ad highlighting another call for violence by a Democrat. This time it is AG candidate Jay Jones, who maintains the support of prominent Democrats, after his violent text messages calling for the death of a Republican politician and her children were exposed.

3. The media and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) are whining and complaining that President Donald Trump’s recent actions, and memes, are unhinged and unreasonable. The government shutdown is surely going to enter its second week with the Senate failing to pass a funding bill and the House on recess for the week.

2. Attorney General Steve Marshall, a candidate for U.S. Senate, expressed concern over another mass shooting in downtown Montgomery and slammed the city’s leadership, including Mayor Steven Reed, for refusing to acknowledge a serious crime problem following a mass shooting; but Reed rejected the criticism and suggested gun laws and bail reform could solve these issues.

1. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) says this has to stop, “Crime has become too common in Montgomery, and this cannot continue. It’s past time for city leadership to take responsibility and put an end to this,” and voiced support for sending in the National Guard.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

Can you tell that a government shutdown is happening?

Is sports radio legend Paul Finebaum really running for U.S. Senate?

Should fatties be allowed to be in the military?

All this and more on Alabama Politics This Week, on TV, radio, and online all over Alabama…

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

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7. The “Rock the South” festival, billed as the “Biggest Party in the South,” is relocating from Cullman to Decatur to enhance its regional appeal and attract a larger crowd. New venue amenities will take the experience on land that the festival will now own to “the next level.”

6. ALGOP Chairman John Wahl attributed recent local election victories across the state to common-sense policies, contrasting them with radical left agendas of the national and Alabama Democrat parties.

5. President Donald Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ordered yet another special master to redraw yet another Alabama State Senate map before the 2026 election to address Voting Rights Act concerns raised in ongoing litigation, even though Gov. Kay Ivey wanted to wait until the Supreme Court rules on the matter.

4. It has been exposed that Montgomery taxpayers are paying $5,000 a month to get Mayor Steven Reed booked on appearances on TV, podcasts, and radio to promote city initiatives, even though the mayor and his staff regularly turn down interview requests.

3. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is urging Hamas to accept President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan with Israel, warning that this opportunity represents their last chance to avoid further conflict, being completely wiped out, and sparing the region a broader war.

2. As some mayors and governors are balking at using the National Guard to drive down inner-city crime, Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) endorsed deploying National Guard troops to urban centers struggling with crime control, advocating for federal assistance to cities like Birmingham and Montgomery if he were to win the race for governor, which he is going to win.

1. The ongoing government shutdown shows no signs of ending in the short-term on day 3 as the media and their Democrats continue whining about memes and their position on illegals receiving healthcare, while U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) noted, “This shutdown could end today if Democrats would support the clean continuing resolution to fund the government.”

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aldotcom has yet another anti-school choice piece on their website where they attempt to smear parents who want more for their kids.

As usual, the complaints are based on the students’ faith and the lack of government control over the schools, which they fail to understand is the entire point.

With enemies like this, school choice will continue to expand.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

7. ALFA (the Alabama Farmers Federation) has endorsed Katherine Robertson for attorney general; she is the chief counsel to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who is running for the U.S. Senate. The ALFA endorsement is a pretty big deal in this race.

6. Alabama improved its ranking as part of the Area Development’s 2025 “Top States for Business,” and the state also has a top-five ranking for incentive programs

5. Hamas doesn’t seem to be keen on President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza and is rejecting key terms, despite support from multiple Arab countries and even some Hamas allies.

4. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) took aim at and denounced Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies in liberal cities, while Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry asked for the National Guard to be deployed to New Orleans to deal with that city’s crime problem, signaling a growing support for the initiative.

3. Attorney General Steve Marshall welcomed sports radio legend Paul Finebaum to the U.S. Senate race by noting that Alabama voters will get a chance to see all of Finebaum’s previous remarks about President Donald Trump, including when Finebaum said Trump was “acting like a child” during the NFL kneeling protests.

2. The Trump administration continues to try to navigate the ongoing government shutdown after the Senate failed to pass the exact two short-term funding bills that already failed; now the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought has said the government will start layoffs in “one to two” days.

1. Alabama U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) continued to blame Democrats for a government shutdown, citing the more than $1.5 trillion Democrats want to spend (including spending on illegals’ healthcare), while the impact on Alabama’s military installations starts to take hold.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

Sports talk radio legend Paul Finebaum is now considering running for U.S. Senate from Alabama as a Republican, citing the killing of Charlie Kirk as a potential motivation.

Is Finebaum a Republican? Has he ever mentioned anything about it before this?

Couldn’t Finebaum use his platform for more good than being a Republican U.S. Senator from Alabama?

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7. Young Palestinians of Huntsville have chosen to announce they are organizing a week of action in the downtown Huntsville area to raise awareness about their cause during the week marking the 2nd anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel. They declare they are honoring the “martyrs” who committed the attack which targeted military targets but focused their barbarism on civilian families and children.

6. Florida A&M University’s announcer Joe Bullard has apologized for a pretty funny joke about the Alabama State University plus-sized Honey Beez dance team being sponsored by Ozempic; obviously, this will likely be seen as “not enough.”

5. University of Alabama professor Rahim Thawer, a “racialized,” anti-Zionist, queer” Muslim from Canada, with a focus on social work and an apparent dash of anti-semitism, continues to face calls for his firing after absurd posts attacking Charlie Kirk after his death and praising Hamas terror attack mastermind Yahya Sinwar after his death.

4. Now that sports radio legend Paul Finebaum has expressed interest in a United States Senate seat, as a Republican, the knives are out from the media, suggesting the guy blocked from interviewing President Donald Trump by ESPN is a hypocrite for seeking his advice; but Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is stating many will support Finebaum’s run.

3. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth summoned military leaders, telling them that the military needs to up its standards, end wokeness, and prepare for war, and telling those who are not on board to resign, so he is now facing pushback and silly calls for his resignation that will go unheeded.

2. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, both believe that  Democrats are pushing a government shutdown over some of their more “radical” policies and to “appease their left-wing fanatic base.”

1. The White House announced an imminent government shutdown late last night, and it is now in effect, kinda, after the Senate failed to pass a funding bill, with polls showing 65% of voters oppose Democrats shutting down government over ObamaCare tax credits; but a majority of Independents blame Republicans and President Donald Trump for the shutdown with the numbers being pretty split.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

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While Portland’s Antifa thugs continue their war against the federal government, the media and their talking heads insist that all is well.

In Alabama, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Montgomery) says it is time to spend more on the police, which is now a position the media and their Democrats have landed on to pretend crime is being handled.

If Figures really believes this, he would support a bill that would defund cities that try to defund the police.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

7. Auburn senior Maddie Jackson has created a hay sculpture in DeKalb County to honor Charlie Kirk, encouraging others to share Jesus’ message.

6. Failed BLM activist and wannabe influencer Carlos Chaverst Jr. sent a threatening email to a member of the media for reporting on the social media nastiness of Birmingham’s Carver High School teacher Jasmine Faith Clisby, expressing her impotent anger about a local church offering a prayer for Charlie Kirk.

5. After spending weeks in ICE detention, Alabama immigration advocate Giovanna Hernandez-Martinez has self-deported to Mexico following a lengthy media and activist campaign to have her released failed. Now she is working to legally re-enter the country.

4. Donald Trump Jr. is once again commenting on Alabama’s sports betting law, calling it crazy and responding to social media users complaining about Alabama’s law that he “totally” agrees on changing.

3. President Donald Trump is trying to force peace in the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel; his progress seems to be picking up steam with Israel, Muslim countries, and European nations supporting Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan, aiming to oust Hamas and restore Palestinian Authority rule.

2. Alabama radio legend, ESPN host, and voice of college football in the South, Paul Finebaum, is contemplating a run for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat after the assassination of Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk made his show seem less important, saying, “I spent four hours numb talking about things that didn’t matter to me.”

1. After Democrats and Republicans met at the White House, Vice President JD Vance predicted a government shutdown is coming, and Alabama’s state lawmakers are accusing Democrats of holding critical state funding hostage for political points.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

Catch live episodes of Longshore and McKnight daily on YouTube, Spotify, and on Yellowhammer News🎙️🔊

Today’s top moments:

00:01:00 – Auburn collapses at Texas A&M, 0-for-13 on third downs
00:07:00 – Fans and Jason Campbell vent over Auburn’s play-calling
00:14:00 – Questions raised about Hugh Freeze’s health
00:21:00 – Alabama shocks Georgia, snapping 33-game home streak
00:23:00 – Jam Miller’s clutch slide seals Tide victory
00:29:00 – Alabama’s turnover-free football compared to Auburn
00:33:00 – ESPN’s Tom Luginbill joins the show
00:40:00 – Kirby Smart outcoached, Ryan Grubb praised
00:46:00 – Alabama’s under-center offense dissected
00:48:00 – SEC depth improving: Vanderbilt & Mississippi State
00:49:00 – Arkansas fires Sam Pittman after Notre Dame loss
00:56:00 – College GameDay set for Alabama–Vanderbilt clash
01:02:00 – Can Vanderbilt test Alabama in Tuscaloosa?

7. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in a hard-fought game in Athens, getting back in the mix for the college football playoff conversation with a strong performance.

6. The Republican governor of Missouri signed a congressional redistricting map into law, aiming to bolster GOP seats in the 2026 midterms by potentially helping the GOP pick up one seat in the House.

5. Gov. Kay Ivey says she will decline to call a special session to redraw Alabama’s Senate map, drawing a majority-black district in Montgomery while awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

4. U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) spoke on some hot-button political issues when he questioned if the GOP would push for Epstein file release if Obama were involved, even though many in the GOP pushed for this information for years, and announced that he opposed the National Guard being deployed to Alabama or anywhere else.

3. A shooter opened fire at an LDS congregation in Michigan, killing 4 and injuring multiple people before being killed by police. Now, people are trying to figure out his motives and noting a Trump sign on his property with a stop sign affixed to it.

2. Oregon filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Portland, “where protests are occurring or likely to occur,” citing overreach and declaring that the non-stop attacks on the federal building there to be a non-issue..

1. U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) says there is a 90% chance of a government shutdown at this point and the public will blame Democrats if a shutdown goes down Wednesday.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

Bruce Pearl has retired from Auburn, but is he running?

Is Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension a 1st Amendment issue?

How bad is the political violence going to get, and who is causing it?

All this and more on Alabama Politics This Week, on TV, radio, and online all over Alabama…

Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

Catch live episodes of Longshore and McKnight daily on YouTube, Spotify, and on Yellowhammer News🎙️🔊

7. The game between Pickens County High School and Gordo High School has been cancelled due to an overreaction to a social media post by Gordo High School that had a safari theme.

6. Several Alabama cities (including Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Decatur, and Muscle Shoals) are racing to impose a double tax on vape products by October 1 because after that date, the cities can not specifically raise taxes on those items.

5. State Representative Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) criticized the Alabama High School Athletic Association for being anti-school choice, adding to the chorus of voices critical of the AHSAA’s recent decision-making and heavy-handed nature..

4. The FBI is clearly laying out the motives of a madman who attacked ICE agents and killed an immigration detainee, as left-wing violence and Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) labeled the Dallas ICE facility shooting a continued escalation of violence by the left, as well.

3. The Justice Department has filed perjury charges against former FBI Director James Comey in Virginia for false testimony. The media, who cheerleaded every charge filed against every person in President Donald Trump’s orbit, is aghast.

2. College Republican Federation of Alabama Chair Riley McArdle demanding the University of Alabama fire professors for making vile comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination saying, “President Mohler, you have a duty to demonstrate moral clarity in this moment and show the people of Alabama that you will not sit idly by as the University of Alabama, an institution that has made our state proud for nearly two centuries, falls to depravity and is publicly embarrassed by deeply evil academic activists.”

1. The U.S. GDP grew at an annualized rate of 3.8% in the second quarter, up from the 3.0% previously reported, and bucking the experts once again, reflecting economic resilience and that tariffs have not destroyed the economy yet.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

A single gas station in Pike County was running a gambling operation when it was raided, with gambling machines and $25,000 being found.

The Pike County Sheriff’s Office says the station was selling scratch-off lottery tickets, “coin pusher” games, and even an electronic gambling scheme too.

If gambling is going to be illegal in Alabama, and it should be, people have to be shut down and punished more viciously.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

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7. The Justice Department is allegedly considering charges against former FBI Director James Comey for lying to Congress – which he did. Reports indicate classified documents found at former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s office, proving that a lot of President Donald Trump’s critics have a lot of issues of their own.

6. The Alabama Republican Party secured victories in multiple city hall runoffs, attributing success to unprecedented engagement in local elections following Democrats’ recent moves in municipal elections in recent cycles.

5. Big economic news for Madison County, which was ranked the seventh best place to live in the U.S., while Huntsville appears to be emerging as a hub for commercial space station development.

4. A Reuters poll showed Republicans leading Democrats on issues like crime, the economy, corruption, gun control, and immigration, while Democrats lead on women’s rights and democracy, as President Donald Trump’s approval dipping to 41% amid economic concerns.

3, A potential government shutdown is could come to fruition next week, and government employees are uneasy after reports that the White House is readying mass firings if there is, in fact, a shutdown as funding deadlines approach.

2. An apparent targeted terror attack that was carried out at a Dallas ICE facility, killing one detainee, injuring multiple officers, and injuring officers, as well, and bullet casings with anti-ICE messages have been found, but the media wants to suggest this could be a Republican “trolling” the police instead of what it obviously is.

1. Both of Alabama’s U.S. Senators, Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have issued statements urging prayer for ICE officers injured in a Dallas office shooting, condemning the attack with Britt calling it, “Another disgusting attack on our courageous ICE officers.”

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

Now that Bruce Pearl has handed over his Auburn basketball team to his son, what is next for him? U.S. Senate?

Governor of Alabama?

Lt. Governor?

Congress?

Presidential appointment?

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.