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Like millions of Americans, my family and I witnessed the horrifying assassination of Charlie Kirk.

At just 31 years old, Charlie was a rising conservative leader who was best known for speaking out against progressive liberal ideology. But more than that—far more than that—he was a devout Christian, a wonderful husband, and a doting father.

President Trump put it well: “Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country. An assassin tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed because together we will ensure that his voice, his message, and his legacy will live on for countless generations to come.”

Make no mistake: this was a political assassination.

The shooter chose Charlie because Charlie had become one of the most recognizable conservative voices in the Nation, and because Charlie was so successful at demolishing the left’s favorite talking points: their lies about crime, their endorsement of gender-transition surgeries for children, their promotion of abortion, and so much more.

Specifically, it appears that the shooter targeted Charlie Kirk because Charlie had the courage to challenge the progressive liberal endorsement of transgenderism.

Evidence suggests that the alleged shooter was in a romantic relationship with a transgender individual, and decided to assassinate Charlie because he had “had enough of [Charlie’s] hatred.”

You read that right: in the name of preventing “hate,” a progressive left-wing activist assassinated a God-fearing husband and father of two for daring to disagree with progressive orthodoxy.

This is the state of American liberal politics.

Senator Chuck Schumer didn’t waste a second before telling us that we shouldn’t be “pointing fingers of blame.”

Liberal late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel even went so far as to claim that the shooter was part of a “MAGA gang.”

Nonsense.

Senator Schumer, Jimmy Kimmel, and the rest of the left’s leadership is on the defensive.

They are trying to deflect. They realize that the hateful left-wing rhetoric that they and others in their party have spewed for decades and escalated in recent years is finally catching up to them.

From President Obama’s characterization of small-town conservatives as “bitter” people who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them,” to Democrat politicians’ nonstop accusations of fascism and Nazism.

Recently, prominent Democrats have gone so far as to paint us as the most evil people in the history of the modern world.

Is anyone surprised that some deranged lunatics take those leaders at their words—and act on them?

I’m not. Violence has been a staple of progressive politics in America for over half a century. From the late 1960s through the 1970s, left-wing domestic terrorist groups like Weather Underground carried out bombings and sought to overthrow the United States government.

Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals and advocate of modern “community organizing” based on incitement and resentment, was an inspiration for both President Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Liberal activists take violent actions because liberal politicians and media endorse it. Then the politicians and media turn a blind eye. Or worse, they try to confuse the situation to distract us from seeing the obvious.

That’s what President Obama did when he said that the riots in Ferguson that kicked off the Black Lives Matter movement were unfortunate but “understandable.” And that’s what Senator Schumer, Jimmy Kimmel, and the like are doing now.

Do not be fooled.

You saw a left-wing lunatic attempt to assassinate Congressman Scalise.
You saw progressive Antifa activists set cities across the country ablaze in “fiery but mostly peaceful” riots. In fact, you saw its devastation right here at home as rioters set fires and fired gunshots throughout Birmingham.
You saw a would-be assassin fly across the country and attempt to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
You saw left-wing cultists murder border patrol agents.
You saw two attempts on President Trump’s life.
You saw anti-conservative transgender ideologues massacre children in Tennessee and Minnesota.
And you saw a progressive radical—with transgender and Antifa ideology inscribed on his bullets—assassinate Charlie Kirk.

I saw them too. Today, I see these bad actors for what they are: domestic terrorists.

President Trump, Vice President Vance, and others are also recognizing the very real threat that these groups pose. In fact, just this week, President Trump signed an Executive Order rightfully designating Antifa as a terrorist organization.

As your Attorney General, I vow to work with the federal government and use our own state resources to protect our citizens from violent radicals.

The time for excuses and political correctness is over.

What we are witnessing is the systematic breakdown of civil society, and I won’t tolerate it.

Together, we must reject violent political philosophies and create safety for law-abiding citizens. And together, we must ensure the safety and freedom of all Alabamians.

Jay Mitchell is a former Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and 2026 Republican candidate for Alabama Attorney General.

7. A federal judge ordered the release of Opelika El Patron kitchen manager Isaac Fernandez-Lopez, who was detained during ICE raids, because he doesn’t appear to be the hiring manager.

6. Israeli media reporting suggests the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are about to approve a plan to re-occupy Gaza amid ongoing conflict with Hamas, the only thing that makes sense at this point.

5. The White House highlighted Alabama lawmakers celebrating President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” a tax and spending package signed on July 4 with State Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville) saying, the “Big Beautiful Bill will certainly secure tax cuts for Alabamians, and we certainly support that.”

4. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the arrest of Texas House Democrats who fled the state to block a redistricting vote, which is why no one believes that Democrats are the party of democracy despite all of their proclamations.

3. Alabama Republicans are hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court will revisit a redistricting case, potentially altering congressional district boundaries as part of the broader redistricting effort.

2. Governor-elect Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) suggested that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, and his administration’s worst actors should face treason trials, citing their alleged involvement in the Trump-Russia/Russian collusion hoax scandal that they concocted in 2016 and used to derail the first Trump administration..

1. The Department of Justice has convened a grand jury to investigate the origins of the efforts to tie the Trump presidential campaign to Russia in 2016, looking to target various players in the Obama administration, based on declassified documents.

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U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville continued to hold a hardline stance against the corruption of the Democratic Party during an appearance on Newsmax over the weekend.

Alabama’s senior senator called for numerous establishment liberal leaders to be indicted and charged with treason as their role in the Russian collusion hoax of the 2016 Presidential Election becomes increasingly clear.

According to Tuberville (R-Auburn), the effort to undermine Trump’s candidacy and first term was led by two individuals in particular: former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“They all should go to jail, at least be indicted,” Tuberville said.

“The American people want justice, and we watched what happened in Russia-gate, the fraud during COVID, and of course when Joe Biden took over and didn’t know what day it was most of the time in office. Other people were running the country. And that’s how the Democrats work. They work behind the scenes, they manipulate, they cheat, they steal. It’s amazing to me. I’ve been up for one on five years, and I’m just shocked at how crooked this place is, with the Democrats every step of the way, trying to manipulate the American people and the American people’s money.”

Tuberville said that the duo of liberal leaders have been ‘caught dead to rights’ in the act of treason, thanks to a federal investigation, which has largely been since declassified.

“They know they’re caught,” he continued. “And that’s the reason they have to every day come out and say, there’s a problem with this. It’s all fake news. This is not fake news. This is all coming from their mouth or their computer, from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama to all these people behind the scenes. Clapper and Comey, Brennan, they were all in on this. And again, it was trying to bring a government to its knees. And they almost they almost accomplished that.”

Republicans, according to Tuberville, must hold the guilty parties accountable.

“If Kamala Harris would have won, it would have been over. And thank God she didn’t. So at the end of the day, thank goodness that President Trump is our leader. But they are not finished. They’re coming after him every day. They’ll come up with some other conjecture over the period of the next year or so. They are going to fight as hard as they can. We have got to make sure that we do not let up on them and hope to god for the American people, that these people are at least indicted and brought to court, criminal court to where they can stand trial for treason.”

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Auburn men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl has never shied away from sharing his political views, particularly when it comes to Israel.

During a recent appearance on Outkick with Dan Dakich, Pearl was speaking about Obama’s role in talks between Israel and Palestine, and spoke about his belief that Obama caused not only the conflict to be worse, but race relations in the United States:

Auburn Men’s Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl on Barack Obama:

“Rather than uniting us as a country… he divided us! Everything was black and white… everything was [about] the obstacles that were against my players from being successful!”@dandakich @coachbrucepearl pic.twitter.com/webgc2yPud

— OutKick (@Outkick) August 1, 2025

“I get so frustrated when I hear what a terrible country we are, how racist we are, how this is not the land of opportunity for everybody,” Pearl said.

“Look, we’ve got a lot to work on and there’s racism that absolutely exists and it’s wrong. But it’s a lot better for my players than it was for their fathers….so I want my guys to recognize there are gonna be obstacles but not roadblocks.”

Pearl would go on to bring up former President Obama and his belief that much of the division in the nation today came from his policies.

“I disagree with so many of his policies,” Pearl said, admitting he was a great public speaker. “I thought in so many ways that rather than uniting us as a country even by race, he divided us! Everything was black and white…everything was [about] the obstacles that were against my players from being successful.”

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7. Hoover mayoral candidate Nick Derzis wants the city to join a lawsuit with Tuscaloosa and Mountain Brook against Alabama’s online sales tax distribution, arguing it deprives Hoover of millions in revenue.

6. Space Command HQ is headed to Alabama within weeks, according to an announcement from U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), bringing in up to 4,700 jobs and $647 million.

5. Seven individuals have now been charged in Bibb County for sexually abusing 10 children in an underground bunker, shocking the community.

4. Federal agents arrested 11 individuals at a Loxley elementary school construction site in a multi-agency ICE raid targeting illegal immigration, the second such arrest in Baldwin County.

3. U.S. Sen.Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) accused Obama-era Democrats of plotting against President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, urging them to “lawyer up” over Russiagate allegations.

2. Much to the chagrin of CNN, which cut away from the press conference, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the trove of documents the Trump administration has recently declassified shows a “gross politicization and manipulation of intelligence by the Obama administration,” and that Russia had a lot of negative intel on Hillary Clinton including heavy tranquilizer use.

1. A federal judge says her “hands are tied” and she can not release grand jury transcripts regarding Jeffrey Epstein as the House Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for records. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Donald Trump’s name appears in the Epstein files but the report plays down the fact that it is reported as hearsay to maximize outrage and pressure.

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7. Sad days for the media and their Democrats as FCC Chairman Brendan Carr criticized the partisan left’s reaction to CBS’s cancelling of “The Late Show,” calling them out for acting like they are losing a DNC spokesperson. Meanwhile, various Alabama Public Radio and TV stations are poor-mouthing after cuts become a reality with threats of stations going dark.

6. SEC schools, including Texas at No. 1 and Georgia at No. 2, Alabama (6), Oklahoma (7), Tennessee (9), and LSU (10) made the Forbes’ list of the 10 most valuable college football programs, boosting regional pride, with Florida and Auburn coming in at Nos. 12 and 13.

5. President Donald Trump compared illegal immigration under Biden to the 101,821 attendees at an Alabama-LSU football game, claiming daily border crossings doubled that figure; Trump also spiked the football on the U.S. Olympic Committee banning men from women’s sports.

4. A 17-year-old Alabama teen, Cameron Leonard Phinizee, was indicted for felony murder and first-degree robbery surrounding the shooting death of 13-year-old Kentrell Brown, whom Phinizee allegedly coerced into a robbery.

3. Alabama’s new hemp law resulted in its first arrest in Athens. Mary Noble (not Kay Ivey) has been charged with allegedly possessing prohibited hemp products, resisting arrest, attempting to elude authorities, and providing a false identity.

2. A new poll shows Attorney General Steve Marshall as the obvious frontrunner with 80% name-ID and a 35% to 12% lead over U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), with 44% undecided.

1. Former President Barack Obama denied President Donald Trump’s claims that he orchestrated the Russian collusion hoax, calling them bizarre in a rare statement, after Trump accused many in Obama’s administration of treason, which seems far more accurate than the Obama’s DOJ suggestions that Trump committed treason in 2016.

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Say no to a 3rd terms, Trump or Obama.

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

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5, and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind Shomari Figures, endorsing his former aide in Alabama’s closely watched 2nd Congressional District race.

In a recorded statement, Obama said Alabama has played a leading role in the American civil rights movement and urged voters to cast their ballots for Figures to continue the effort.

“By sending Shomari Figures to Congress, you’ll have someone committed to improving economic and healthcare outcomes for everyone. I know this because Shomari served in my administration, helping implement policies to make life better for all Americans,” Obama said in the recording.

Figures worked for Obama’s 2008 campaign before serving a 12-year stint in roles throughout the federal government, including in the Obama White House as Liaison to the U.S. Department of Justice. Later, Figures served in roles at the Departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Justice. He most recently worked as Deputy Chief of Staff to AG Merrick Garland under the Biden-Harris administration.

“I am humbled and grateful to President Obama for his support, and for the incredible opportunity I had to work and learn from him and his Administration,” Shomari Figures said.

“His humility, integrity, decency, and historic leadership continues to inspire millions of people around the world, and I am thankful he gave a kid from Mobile, Alabama the chance to play a small part in such a historic and productive chapter in America’s story.”

Voters in the newly-redrawn Alabama 2nd Congressional District to head to the polls to decide between Figures and Republican challenger Caroleene Dobson. Both nominees are first-time political candidates.

Grayson Everett is the state and political editor for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270

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Democratic nominee for Alabama’s newly-drawn 2nd Congressional District, Shomari Figures, is highlighting his connection with former President Barack Obama in a new round video advertisements shared yesterday by Punchbowl News.

The first ad details Figures’ time as an advisor to former U.S. Attorney General Lorretta Lynch.

“Shomari worked in the Justice Department for the first black woman attorney general,” the ad says, “and the White House where he worked for President Barack Obama. Now, Shomari Figures is ready to lead with courage as a Congressman for times like these.”

In another ad, Figures sets forth that he’s following in his father’s “footsteps.” His father, Michael Figures, was a civil rights leader, attorney, and politician in Alabama.

“For my father, a law degree was part of the dream,” Figures says in the ad. “He helped integrate the University of Alabama law school. So I followed in my dad’s footsteps. And I went on to work at the Justice Department and for President Obama in the White House.”

“In Congress, I’ll work to make college affordable for everyone,” Figures continues in the ad. “Increasing workforce development and job training opportunities. Bringing good jobs with good wages to Alabama families…I’ll always work to keep the dream alive.”

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7. Birmingham’s “Project Safe Streets” is a four-month pilot program aimed at reducing crime in the Eastlake neighborhood by placing barriers at 18 entry points to limit access. The initiative has received mixed reactions from residents—some see it as a safety improvement, while others feel inconvenienced and trapped. The program, which began in July 2024, will be evaluated in October based on crime data and resident feedback to determine its effectiveness and future but he city says it has seen some positive impacts, including reduced speeding and cleaner streets.

6. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen is taking measures to remove non-citizens from voter rolls, instructing all county Boards of Registrars to initiate the process. Several voting rights groups, including the SPLC and ACLU, have threatened legal action, accusing Allen of violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Allen remains defiant, stating he will not yield to pressure from activist groups and is committed to maintaining election integrity by ensuring only U.S. citizens can vote.

5. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages during a complex rescue operation in Gaza, highlighting ongoing efforts to return all hostages while U.S. and international parties work on securing a ceasefire in the region. Hamas, obviously, accused the United States of delaying efforts to end Israel’s military actions in Gaza by proposing a revised ceasefire deal, which would allow Israel to keep troops in the region with Hamas remaining skeptical of the new U.S. proposal, citing concerns of bias toward Israel.

4. Republicans who hate Republicans and all things conservative get another moment of fawning from the media and their Democrats, this obviously includes former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump expressed openness to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. playing a role in his administration if Kennedy drops out of the 2024 race and endorses him. Trump praised Kennedy as “brilliant” and “very smart” and said he would consider appointing him to a position and Kennedy’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, suggested the campaign might endorse Trump to reduce the risk of Kamala Harris winning.

3. At an Albertville city council meeting, tensions surrounding immigration were eased by a pre-meeting discussion between local Haitian community members and a grassroots group with concerns involving housing issues and potential human trafficking in local chicken plants. Leaders emphasized unity and cooperation to address these challenges. The meeting concluded with calls for teamwork and understanding, highlighting the community’s commitment to supporting all residents regardless of background and addressing a high crime rate and worsening housing issues.

2. Alabama Democrats, after internal disputes, are pretending to be united at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to support Kamala Harris as the presidential nominee and claim she can help them win in the state. State party chairman Randy Kelley emphasized unity despite previous tensions, including disagreements over delegate selections with the Democratic National Convention, but this issue has been going on with the Alabama Democrats for over 15 years but the delegation is optimistic about Harris’s chances against former President Trump and the impact on local races.

1. While Vice President Kamala Harris apparently fled to Wisconsin over fear that President Joe Biden might get upset about former President Barack Obama and his wife appearing at the Democratic National Convention. While at the convention Michelle Obama gave a weird grievance-filled speech about how Donald Trump hates her and President Obama because they are black. This enamored the media even more than they were with President Obama’s speech, which was sure to “electrify” — was really just more attacks on Trump instead of actual reasons to vote for Kamala Harris for president.

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is making the legal case that illegal aliens should not be receiving healthcare benefits from the federal government.

Marshall joined a coalition of 16 states in filing a lawsuit to stop the Biden-Harris administration from allowing illegal aliens from receiving the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

“The latest assault on the American worker by the Biden-Harris administration is forcing tax paying American citizens to subsidize Obamacare for illegal aliens,” Marshall said. “Not only is this unconstitutional, but it is just plain wrong.”

The final plan, set to take effect November 1, would make more than 200,000 deferred actions for childhood arrival (DACA) recipients eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health plans, including 3,460 in Alabama.

DACA is and executive order that was put forward by then President Barack Obama. It is an immigration policy that allows some individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the U.S.

“First, this administration is demanding that hardworking Americans pay for someone else’s college degree, then it forces them to pay for medical procedures that violate their beliefs, and now they want to dictate paying for healthcare for people who shouldn’t even be in this country,” Marshall said. “At some point the taxpayers are going to run out of money to give the government to fund their ill-conceived entitlement programs.”

Marshall said that the new regulation announced by the Department of Health and Human Services violates the plain text of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, itself.

“In the ACA,” the complaint reads, “Congress limited eligibility to participate in a qualified health plan through a subsidized health exchange to citizens or nationals of the United States and individuals ‘lawfully present’ in the United States.”

According to the complaint, the proposed rule also violates a federal law that prohibits giving public benefits to aliens.

In addition to Attorney General Marshall and Kansas Attorney General Kobach, attorneys general from Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Virginia also joined the suit.

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7. Amtrak’s pointless and expensive passenger rail service is set to return to Mobile after City Councilman Josh Woods changed his stance, providing the needed majority vote. This agreement involves a funding and ground lease arrangement with Amtrak, allowing for two daily round trips between Mobile and New Orleans is for 3 years and Woods says the state will have to step in more after that.

6. State Sen. Merika Coleman (D-Birmingham) wrote a piece for Yellowhammer News declaring that the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is taking too long to make medical cannabis available to patients, despite legislation passed in 2021. Issues include failing to follow statutory guidelines, technology failures, lack of transparency, ignoring initial application criteria, legal actions, and it sounds like it is time to go back to the drawing board and scrap this idea in its current form.

5. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) has launched the Metro Area Crime Suppression Team to combat violent crime in Montgomery, which includes officers from ALEA, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, Montgomery Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, made 49 arrests and recovered 33 guns in its first 12 days.

4. Meanwhile, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is meeting with a rapper who is “famous” for rapping about killing people and has a bunch of dead friends from the city. Just to be clear, one of the most dangerous cities in the country is seeing a cycle of crime and death so the mayor sat down with someone who glamorizes that.

3. The Kamala Harris rebrand is not going well even though the media is going full-bore into Orwellian re-writes on her record, her time as border czar, and even funding the bail out for killers after the George Floyd riots. Montgomery-founded polling group Cygnal finding that Harris is unpopular among key voter groups, particularly Hispanics, making states like Arizona and Nevada difficult for Democrats. The Hill is reporting Harris is trailing former President Donald Trump in several swing states, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

2. For some reason, historic firsts are something the media likes to promote about Kamala Harris, like when the Sacramento Bee declared Harris was the first Indian-American U.S. senator from California years before the Los Angeles Sentinel noted Kamala Harris was the first black vice president. But the history will not be stopping anytime soon as Kamala Harris historically becomes the first presidential candidate to appear on “Ru Paul’s Drag Race”… seriously, it is cringe.

1. Surprise, after days of pretending there was a chance former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president, and news reports to that end, a 55-second video was released by her campaign shows they did a week ago. In the clip, the Obamas express their pride and commitment to supporting Harris through the election but the Obamas are the latest people to endorse Kamala Harris without mentioning a single Kamala Harris accomplishment.

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7. Not long after the American media (followed by the Internet) caught on to ammo vending machines at grocery stores, the complaints led to a Tuscaloosa grocery store removing their machine, even though it was in the store for seven months. Tuscaloosa City Council President Kip Tyner claimed the machines made the community less safe, but that is obviously untrue as the vending machine only had four purchases. The company says it was removed for low sales but that seems unlikely given the timing.

6. All but 5 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted against the SAVE Act which would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections on the same day Michigan gutted their election security mechanisms. Meanwhile, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has garnered praise from Twitter CEO Elon Musk for revealing that illegal immigrants were being provided voter registration forms via state agencies, which he attributes to the Biden administration’s use of the National Voter Registration Act. Musk argued, “When combined with mail-in ballots, the system is *designed* to make it impossible to prove fraud. Mail-in and drop box ballots should not be allowed.”

5. Alabama students showed gains in most subjects on the 2024 spring standardized tests, but concerning trends in second-, third-, seventh-, and eighth-grade math proficiency were noted as problem areas. Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey highlighted the need for more support in math and emphasized the success of the Alabama Reading Initiative. But the Alabama Numeracy Act lacks some of the accountability efforts of the Alabama Literacy Act, which showed positive results last school year.

4. As if it could not get any worse, President Joe Biden’s world continues to collapse as super-famous actor George Clooney has now suggested tossing Biden’s candidacy in the trash and confirmed that Biden was in fact a shell of his former self and was led around by President Barack Obama at Clooney’s fundraiser. His paid liar and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was further exposed that she had been lying about Biden’s meeting with Dr. Kevin O’Connor and neurologist Dr. Kevin Cannard on Jan. 17 was indeed for President Biden’s neurological exam, after Jean-Pierre initially denied the meeting was related to Biden’s care and further highlights the coverup involved in the matter.

3. As Democrats are increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s ability to win the 2024 election after his shaky debate performance, things keep getting worse with new polls showing New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York are all moving toward battleground status but Biden’s team insists he is staying in the race. Biden is now facing statements from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) who appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to urge Biden to decide soon, adding that “time is running short” for Biden to decide even though says he already has.

2. Seth McCollough, a middle school teacher in Auburn, has resigned after controversy over his podcast where he discussed educating students about gender and sexuality outside of school. McCollough, who also performs at drag shows, encouraged students to ask him questions about gender and advised them to distance themselves from “toxic” parents. His statements, which could easily be called grooming, sparked backlash, and his profile was removed from the Auburn City Schools website.

1. An illegal immigrant set free in Alabama after being denied asylum then released after crossing the border is allegedly responsible for the death of a 6-year-old daughter of his girlfriend who was not wearing a seatbelt in his vehicle when he wrecked at 3 a.m. with a .22 blood-alcohol level. 25-year-old Zelvin G. Pavon-Gomez is facing charges including DUI, manslaughter, and first-degree assault after the child’s mother got out of the vehicle with her dog but left the unrestrained 6-year-old in the vehicle. The child was ejected after Pavon-Gomez left the road, while driving 20 mph over the limit, and hit a fence.

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On Tuesday, Democratic nominee to Alabama’s newly-drawn 2nd Congressional District, Shomari Figures, announced the official support from Planned Parenthood, the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, and New Democrat Coalition Action Fund.

According to a campaign release, the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee strives to increase the number of Black Members in the U.S. Congress while also supporting Non-Black Candidates who will champion the needs and interests of the Black Community.

“In its 200-year history, Alabama has never had two Black members of Congress at the same time – leaving the priorities of millions of Black voters unrepresented in Washington, said CBCPAC Chairman Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY).

“This November, winning in AL-02 is mission critical. By electing Shomari Figures, we have an opportunity to make history and amplify voices that for too long have gone ignored. We look forward to welcoming Shomari to congress and tapping into his experience working in all three branches of the federal government – including in President Obama’s Administration – to advance policies that put Alabama, our communities and our country in better, stronger standing.”

In an interview with Punchbowl News, Figures warned against complacency, despite the Democratic lean of the new seat. “People need to know that this is a race. This is not a coronation,” Figures said. He added that Governor Kay Ivey carried the district in the 2022 election cycle.

As also noted by Punchbowl, “Alabama’s 2nd District is a significant chance for Democrats to flip a previously GOP-held seat. Given the small House Republican majority, Figures said his election could be the race that gives Hakeem Jeffries the speaker’s gavel.”

Figures, a University of Alabama and University of Alabama School of Law graduate, served in appointments across the Obama administration since 2008, including in the Departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Justice. In November, he’ll face Republican nominee Caroleene Dobson.

Last month, Reuters highlighted the contest as one of eleven House races to watch.

Alongside the endorsements rolled out by Figures included the support from Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which promotes three core philosophies as it relates to abortion, according to their website: “Abortion is Health Care. Abortion is Common. Abortion Is a Basic Right.”

Grayson Everett is the state and political editor for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @Grayson270

7. Sam Bankman-Fried, a crypto-entrepreneur, received a 25-year prison sentence for perpetrating a substantial fraud that affected hundreds of thousands of customers. The fraud came to light with the downfall of FTX, previously one of the most widely used platforms for digital

6. Alabama lawmakers could consider a ban on social media for minors following Florida’s prohibition on minors under 14 having personal social media accounts and mandates parental consent for those aged 14 and 15 to create profiles. The law in Florida compels social media companies to remove accounts of individuals under 14 and those under 16 lacking parental consent, enforcing third-party verification to identify underage users.

5. Alabama’s schools are looking to help Birmingham-Southern College students, Auburn is the latest to announce “expedited assistance” for displaced BSC students, including waived application fees and a “quick review” of applications. The University of Alabama System declared an accelerated transfer process for former BSC students to any of its schools, alongside waived application fees and credit transfer processing.

4. Social media users are reminding Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin that he is “not a rapper” after another embarrassing social media post. Woodfin is doing a “Mayoral Mixtape: Spring Break Edition”(?) but when one commenter suggested offering discounted or free access to local amenities for families to do something positive, like act like a mayor who is seeing a lot of homicides in his city, Woodfin responded dismissively, “Naw … I’m good”

3. Alabama is one of 11 states filing a lawsuit against the Biden Administration to halt a vote-buying/student loan scheme, claiming the president exceeded his authority in establishing the “Saving on a Valuable Education Plan,” as the Supreme Court already decided. Nonetheless, he persisted and the lawsuit contends that this plan resembles the president’s earlier unsuccessful attempt at student loan cancellation, Biden just does not care.

2. President Joe Biden held a fundraiser in New York City and raked in $25 million by selling $100k photos with former President Barack Obama and a credibly accused sexual assaulter, while his Jew-hating base rioted outside. Meanwhile, in the same city, former President Donald Trump attended the wake of a slain police officer where he called for “law and order.”

1. Alabama lawmakers are furious as illegal immigrant crimes continue to hit the state after an illegal immigrant is accused of raping a mentally incapacitated 14-year-old. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) criticized Biden for facilitating illegal immigration and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) slammed Biden for lax enforcement of the border. GOP congressmen sounded off as Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) expressed sorrow for the victim’s family and blamed President Biden’s policies, Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) called for border closure to prevent such incidents, and Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) emphasizing efforts to hold the Biden administration accountable for exacerbating the crisis.

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America’s university system is broken, and no, I’m not talking about the college football playoff. College tuition is too expensive and leftist indoctrination is too prevalent on campuses across the country.

Just last week, the presidents of three of the most prestigious Ivy League institutions in American couldn’t condemn the anti-Semitic calls for genocide seen at their universities. While firing those leaders would be a good start, it won’t solve the systemic problem. There needs to be real reform.

The other major issue is the rising cost of tuition.

According to U.S. News and World Report, the out-of-state tuition and fees at public National Universities have risen about 38% in the last 20 years when adjusted for inflation, and the in-state tuition and fees at public National Universities have grown about 56% in the last 20 years when adjusted for inflation.

So not only are too many students being trained in Marxist ideology, but they’re having to go into massive debt to do so. This is not how higher education should work in this country.

Believe it or not, there is a way to help solve both of these problems in our colleges, and one of the Republican presidential candidates brought up a great idea at the last debate in Tuscaloosa.

“Now I don’t support having a truck driver having to pay a student loan for someone that got a degree in gender studies. That is wrong. We should not have taxpayers do that,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on the debate stage. “What I’m going to do though is get to the root cause of the problem. These student loans will be backed by the universities because they should have an incentive to produce gainful employment for these people.”

I don't support having a truck driver having to pay a student loan for someone that got a degree in gender studies. That is wrong.

When I’m President, these student loans are going to be backed by the universities because they need to have an incentive to produce gainful… pic.twitter.com/j8Mf1mcTW5

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 7, 2023

The DeSantis plan is exactly what’s needed. Instead of tuition being backed and subsidized by the federal government, they would be backed by the universities. This will add some market accountability to the schools themselves. Currently there is no real incentive for them to lower costs because the institutions realize that they’ll be bailed out by the government. That perverse incentive structure needs to change.

DeSantis also addressed how this will help rid the colleges of leftist indoctrination.

“They should not be indulging in ideological studies,” DeSantis continued. “They should be focusing on things that work.”

DeSantis’ market based reforms will force them to change their ways or lose money. When these universities start losing income because they don’t offer real programs that help students find well paying jobs after college, they’ll start focusing on the right things or lose out to the competition.

The Florida governor also discussed his record on the issue in Florida and our leaders in Alabama should follow his lead.

“[W]e’re going to take some of this money and we’re going to move it to actually vocational training,” he explained. “In Florida we doubled apprenticeships. We have more truck drivers. These are in demand skills. Don’t let anybody tell you that the only way you can be successful is through a four year brick and Ivy degree. That’s one way you can be. It’s not the only way, and we’re going to fix that problem in the United States of America.”

In 2010, President Obama signed the 2010 was the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which not only hurt our healthcare system, but ruined our university system by replacing federally backed bank loans with direct government lending. The result has been these institutions wasting money on lavish campuses, bloated staffs, and more courses that don’t prepare young people for the real world.

If we want to fix our colleges and universities, the DeSantis plan is one way to do it.

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee

7. Biloxi, Miss.’s mayor may have solved the city’s homeless issue by sending homeless people to Mobile, Ala. Mobile would like them to stop.

6. Employees in the Madison County library system have declared they are not going to comply with directives from the entities overseeing them, which should end well.

5. After former President Barack Obama’s DOJ cleared the previous versions of Alabama’s congressional districts, his attorney general sued the state over those maps and now Obama says, “historic win for voting rights and democracy, and it happened thanks to the hard work of Black voters, advocates, and organizations.”

4. The Speaker of the House fight continues in Washington, D.C., and only one Alabama member of the House, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), is supporting U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), as is former President Donald Trump.

3. More than 1,100 people are dead, and that number is rising, after a series of terrorist attacks on Israel. Iran supports Hamas and far too many politicians are hanging on to the fact that the $6 billion given to Iran recently could not have been an issue because it is still frozen.

2. Democrats all over the country held rallies supporting terrorists and members of Congress found themselves releasing statements criticizing the Israelis for this attack. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, behaving like a coward, deleted a tweet showing support for Israel after backlash. This is the same guy who called an earlier trip to Israel, “The most powerful moment in my life in 2022 was a trip to Israel that became an unintentional spiritual journey.”

1. A vast majority of Alabama leaders have responded with unequivocal support for the state of Israel, with U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) reiterating that Israel has a right to defend itself. An Alabama church group is stuck in Israel as this battle rages on.

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Last Friday, State Rep. Chris Pringle told Alabama Public Television’s Todd Stacy he believed former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is behind Alabama’s congressional redistricting.

Today, a federal three-judge panel will convene for a remedial map hearing.

Pringle (R-Mobile) co-chaired the Joint Committee on Reapportionment that was tasked with drawing the Legislature’s maps.

“I had lawsuits filed against me in 2021 before I ever even introduced a map,” Pringle said. “The litigation was there.

“You know what they ruled originally was there was a likely violation of Section 2 in the original maps we passed in 2021 and now they’ve said what we passed in the special session did not remedy the previous violation, so they appointed a special master.”

Pringle said that there is little variance in the three maps the court will consider today.

“We were under the impression that the special master was going to turn over three different maps for the court to decide; and what the special master actually did was take the plaintiff’s VRA plan and gave three different variations of that plan,” Pringle said.

Pringle said the way the First and Second Congressional Districts are drawn by the special master will racially gerrymander the state.

“It really depends on what they decided to racially gerrymander,” Pringle said. “I think two of the plans racially gerrymander Houston County. All of them racially gerrymander Mobile County. Of course, they racially gerrymander Tuscaloosa County also.”

Alabama has had one majority minority district for more than 30 years.

“Remember, these existing districts were put in by the court in the ’90s. All we have done is adjust them for population deviations,” Pringle said.

Proponents of creating the second majority minority district say that it is justified because of increasing Black population in Alabama. Pringle disputes that.

He said Holder and Democrats are behind the effort to overthrow the legislative redistricting through the courts.

“When Eric Holder was the Attorney General of the United States of America, he precleared our congressional plans under Section 5 when we were still had Section 5 preclearance,” said Pringle. “Once he left the Justice Department; he was hired by this Democrat litigation group. I think it is being funded by George Soros. They have got like $300 million to bring these lawsuits all over the place. Once he precleared us, he said ‘you are fine under Section 2 of the 14th Amendment’ and went to this new Democrat congressional litigation thing and then turned around and sued me and said your plan violates Section 2 of the 14th Amendment. He is just getting paid.”

Pringle said this goes beyond the state of Alabama.

“This is an effort all over the nation to sue every southern state and force these kinds of plans to be drawn,” Pringle said.

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7. Alligator wins in Huntsville, but the city will put some signs up so people will know where the alligator lives before it will eat their kids, pets, and senior citizens.

6. If you want to affordably rent in Alabama, you need to make $59,000 to not be considered “rent burdened,” this is more than Alabama’s median income. Being rent-burdened means you spend 30% of your income on rent.

5. Former President Donald Trump sent a “Truth” that people then posted on social media sites that people actually use that reportedly was former President Barack Obama’s home address. Later, a man was arrested with firearms near this house who told his loser followers on YouTube that he was trying to get a “good angle on a shot.” This is as terrible as posting Supreme Court justices’ addresses.

4. A law enforcement source is suggesting that there is no way to know who brought the drugs into the White House. An argument so absurd that it can not even be suggested that this is serious. Amazing that one of the most secure buildings in the world is allowing people in with narcotics and the cameras can’t tell who was behind it. Also, we will never know why the trans shooter in Nashville shot up a school, why a man who wore women’s clothes in Philadelphia shot up a street, or where COVID-19 came from. Sure.

3. The push to widen I-65 from border to border continues. Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth has been one of the more vocal voices on this issue and record holiday travel is being used to highlight the need. Even if he gets his way, Ainsworth said it would take 10 to 15 years to get the job done.

2. Transgenderism is a social contagion and this is a fact: After New Jersey implemented a transgender curriculum, they saw a 4000% spike in non-binary students. In 2019, the district had 16 non-binary students, in 2020 they put gender identity and transgender topics in the second graders, now they have 675 non-binary students. This is grooming.

1. The media and their Democrats believe that “In Alabama, queer is the new black” and claims that Republicans needed someone to pick on because, “[t]hey sought out someone smaller to pick on, someone who didn’t have 27% of Alabama voters behind them.” Reminder, Democrats actually removed their LGBTQ caucus from their list of preferred victims.

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7. Alligator wins in Huntsville, but the city will put some signs up so people will know where the alligator lives before it will eat their kids, pets, and senior citizens.

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7. Alligator wins in Huntsville, but the city will put some signs up so people will know where the alligator lives before it will eat their kids, pets, and senior citizens.

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7. Alligator wins in Huntsville, but the city will put some signs up so people will know where the alligator lives before it will eat their kids, pets, and senior citizens.

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7. Alabama A&M and Alabama State have finally both signed an agreement to keep the Magic City Classic going for four more years. This rivalry has been going on for 81 years and is considered one of the biggest HBCU games.

6. Three repeat Alabama drug dealers have their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden. Scottie LaDon Dixon got a second sentencing cut from an administration Biden is a part of after President Barack Obama cut his sentence from life in prison to 221 months with 10 years of supervised relief in 2016

5. U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) is praising the job done by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). During a Fox News podcast, Palmer said, “It’s a bottom up leadership style. When you see the bills that are getting introduced, they’re starting in subcommittee and then going to the full committee and then going to the rules committee and then going to the floor. That’s regular order. You didn’t have that before under Pelosi.”

4. Democrats have relied on courts to overturn any congressional districts that they feel are unfavorable to them. Unfortunately, for them, state-level success for the GOP in recent years seems to be making that a little harder. The North Carolina Supreme Court just handed the state’s GOP a victory that could see them pick up 4 congressional seats.

3. The White House Correspondents Dinner, in all of its obnoxious navel-gazing glory, took place this weekend. President Joe Biden took shots at Tucker Carlson and Fox News, while telling the truth with one joke where he summed up his term, “I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions and cheerfully walk away.”

2. An illegal immigrant, who had been deported five times, committed a mass shooting on other illegal immigrants in Texas and is currently on the loose. Meanwhile, the head of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas continues making excuses about a border crisis that is about to get way worse and he thinks the solution is to let more people in.

1. Alabama is up next: A bill has been filed that would stop obscene drag performances that are sexual in nature from including children in their acts or as viewers. Democrats have an issue with this because they have decided that your kids need to see drag shows, with morbidly obese men in sequined-covered women’s clothing gyrating to vulgar music or they will grow up to be intolerant monsters.

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Hoda Muthana left the United States to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014.

Now, she wants to come back home.

Muthana, of Yemeni descent, was born in New Jersey. Her family moved to Hoover, where she was raised in what the Associated Press has termed a “conservative, Muslim household.”

In 2014, Muthana told her mother she would be going on a trip for academic purposes to Turkey. However, instead of Turkey, Muthana went to Syria and joined the terrorist organization.

Democrat and Republican administrations alike have taken measures against Muthana. President Obama’s administration revoked her citizenship in 2016 and President Trump’s administration blocked her from returning.

Trump, in 2019, tweeted, “I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the country!”

Pompeo said Muthana is not an American, and “does not have any legal basis, no valid U.S. passport, and no right to a passport.”

It isn’t only presidents who have taken issue with her seeking to return to the U.S. Recently, the Supreme Court declared it would not consider her lawsuit requesting entry back into the country.

Muthana, who has been married three times, has a child by a now-deceased ISIS militant. She and the child are among thousands of other ISIS members who live in a camp in northeastern Syria.

Within these camps, ISIS still practices its inhumanity. Two girls of Egyptian descent, ages 11 and 13, were beheaded in December.

Muthana, a self-described victim of ISIS, discussed conditions that she lived in upon her arrival in the Middle East.

She told The News Movement, according to the Associated Press, “I’ve never seen that kind of filthiness in my life, like there was 100 women and twice as much kids, running around, too much noise, filthy beds.”

She also discussed with TNM what her plans would be if she were released from the camp, and her reservations about speaking openly against the terrorist group.

“Even here, right now, I can’t fully say everything I want to say,” she said. “But once I do leave, I will be an advocate against this.

“I wish I can help the victims of ISIS in the West understand that someone like me is not part of it, that I, as well, am a victim of ISIS.”

One of the lawyers for Muthana said her age should be considered in the possible decision of allowing her re-entry to the U.S.

According to the AP, attorney Hassan Shibly said, “She was a teenager who was the victim of a very sophisticated recruitment operation that focuses on taking advantage of the young, the vulnerable, the disenfranchised.”

NEW: Hoda Muthana was 20 when she left the US to join ISIS.

In her first video interview since she lost her appeal to return home, she explains why she joined the group, what life was like when she first arrived and what should happen to her now. https://t.co/QGRUsDjhjg

— The News Movement (@thenewsmovement) January 9, 2023