Fast food workers, teachers, doctors, a failed U.S. Senator, and even a past-her-prime attention-seeking Miss America are all willing to celebrate or justify making excuses for celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk, but they don’t seem to like it when people notice them doing it.

The media’s cancellation campaigns are well-known, so their newfound love of “free speech” seems pretty opportunistic when their allies are feeling the consequences of their actions.

Here is an idea for the bad guys here: apologize and mean it.

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

7. Jimmy Kimmel’s comments spreading misinformation and smears about Charlie Kirk’s assassination drew criticism, leading FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to call for a review of broadcast standards and ABC to suspend the show. This led to cries about free speech from the same people who supported Biden-era pressure on social media to silence Americans.

6. Birmingham city leaders know that gunshot detection systems work, but because stopping crime is politically fraught in the city, they had to push the $1 million yearly investment in the system, which uses sensors to alert police to shootings, until after the latest municipal elections.

5. The Federal Reserve implemented a rate cut, reducing the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point, meaning money is cheaper to borrow which could help the economy.

4. Mahmoud Khalil was ordered deported by an immigration judge to either Algeria or Syria, where he holds citizenship, due to illegal entry and overstaying a visa. The ruling followed a hearing where Khalil’s legal team argued for asylum, but evidence of prior deportations sealed the decision. The case has drawn attention to border enforcement, with no appeal timeline specified.

3. President Donald Trump declared his intent to label Antifa a “major terrorist organization,” pointing to its involvement in riots and attacks. The proposal aims to enable federal resources to monitor and prosecute members.

2. Opelika city officials removed the very former Miss America Mallory Hagan’s signage from welcome signs after a petition highlighted her TikTok rant labeling Charlie Kirk a bigot and selfish for daring to voice his unpopular opinion; she also blamed him for his own death.

1. Auburn fired multiple employees for social media posts mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination, declaring it condemns the behavior, while another suspended educator in Marshall County asserted that “they can’t fire me” after parents complained about his Kirk comments.

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An investigation byYellowhammer News today uncovered the City of Opelika has removed Mallory Hagan’s name from the city’s official welcome signs.

The overnight change came after a petition to remove official town signs honoring Hagan had been signed onto by nearly 1,000 residents. The signs were initially put up to honor her winning the Miss America pageant in 2013.

RELATED: Opelika residents demand removal of Mallory Hagan from welcome signs after unhinged Charlie Kirk rant, calling him ‘bigot and a racist’ who was ‘selfish’

The petition’s author also claimed victory on Tuesday night.

“I am writing to let you all know that the city has removed the signs. We are thankful to the city and Mayor for their swift action in this matter,” Lori S. wrote, along with a timely quote from Kirk.

While Opelika officials were not able to comment on the removal on Wednesday morning, before and after pictures of the sign confirms it:

Residents were upset over unhinged videos she posted to TikTok in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“Idea that I shouldn’t speak about the vile human being that Charlie Kirk is because he was a husband and a father, is absolutely asinine to me,” Hagan said.

“Yes, he was a husband to someone who chose him, and yes, he was a father. And the thing I can get behind is that those kids absolutely did not deserve that. They did not deserve for their father to be gunned down in the middle of a public square, essentially Charlie Kirk, on top of being a bigot and a racist, was also selfish. He knew every single day that he went out into the public espousing the type of rhetoric and views that he did, that he was putting himself in danger, and that wasn’t enough for him to not do it in the first place. He could have chosen his wife and family.”

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. A group of Opelika citizens initiated a petition demanding the removal of former Miss America Mallory Hagan’s name from city welcome signs, objecting to her TikTok video where she called Charlie Kirk a selfish bigot. This is just her latest sad attempt to become relevant in left-wing Internet circles.

6. U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) suggested recently that Charlie Kirk statues should be placed at the U.S. Capitol, a contentious idea, but New College of Florida has found a more fitting venue and announced a bronze statue of Kirk at a table with a microphone on their campus.

5. Several University of Alabama professors posted derogatory comments about Charlie Kirk on social media following his assassination, including jokes about his death, prompting outrage among students and demands for apologies or disciplinary action.

4. A teacher at a Marshall County High School was removed from the classroom for comments disparaging Charlie Kirk’s assassination, they released no specifics but it is just another example of teachers using their platform to spread horrific ideas; teachers should know that the Alabama Education Association will defend these monsters and their jobs.

3. The media and their Democrats are working to explain why Charlie Kirk’s assassination was justified and how Luigi Mangione might be right, and now mobs are appearing outside courtrooms cheering on Mangione’s terrorism case being dropped.

2. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey notes that Birmingham and Montgomery are currently not in line for a deployment of the National Guard, which currently focuses on Washington, D.C., Memphis, and Chicago, while emphasizing attempts to drive down crime in Alabama’s most crime-filled cities.

1. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) argued against seeking unity with the left, stating there can be no healing after Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the glee too many Democrats continue to express over it.

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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

Some residents of the city of Opelika want street signs mentioning former Miss America Mallory Hagan to be removed because of “her divisive rhetoric.”

A petition to remove official town signs honoring Hagan has been signed onto by hundreds. The signs were initially put up to honor her winning the Miss America pageant in 2013.

“We, the undersigned citizens, respectfully request the removal of the Mallory Hagan additions to our local signs in and around Opelika,” the petition states.

“This individual, though born here, does not represent the majority of Opelika’s people. Her divisive rhetoric and disgusting words against a dead political figure’s character and body-shaming is shameful and does not reflect the standards of Opelika or her people.”

Hagan posted a video on her TikTok page shortly after the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, calling him “vile.”

“Idea that I shouldn’t speak about the vile human being that Charlie Kirk is because he was a husband and a father, is absolutely asinine to me,” Hagan said. “Yes, he was a husband to someone who chose him, and yes, he was a father. And the thing I can get behind is that those kids absolutely did not deserve that. They did not deserve for their father to be gunned down in the middle of a public square, essentially Charlie Kirk, on top of being a bigot and a racist, was also selfish. He knew every single day that he went out into the public espousing the type of rhetoric and views that he did, that he was putting himself in danger, and that wasn’t enough for him to not do it in the first place. He could have chosen his wife and family.”

@itsmalloryh 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ #charliekirk ♬ original sound – Mallory Hytes Hagan

The petition against signs mentioning Hagan said this doesn’t reflect the community.

“Our welcome signs should reflect the character of our people, which Ms. Hagan does not embody. We urge you to remove the signs and replace them with wording that reflects Opelika as a whole,” the petition continues. “We sign below in support of this change, feeling it is necessary for the reputation of our city.”

A video of Hagan’s went viral earlier this year after she told Trump supporters on social media they should stay silent about the child abuse ring uncovered in Bibb County.

“If you still support Donald Trump, do not fix your mouth to talk about those babies in Bibb County,” she said.

“If you live in Alabama and you voted for Donald Trump, I better not see your ass comment or say anything, nothing, because the cognitive dissonance is outrageous around here.”

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

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Florida already passed a law that makes abusing children a potentially capital offense. Governor Ron DeSantis is now making use of that law to stack death row.

After what happened in Bibb County, those monsters deserve the same fate, BUT Alabama law does not allow that sentence to be handed down.

Time to fix it… NOW.

The media and their Democrats have been weaponizing the Jeffrey Epstein case to hit President Donald Trump for over two weeks, this is fair, as Trump is making this pretty easy.

In Alabama, ghoulish failed politician and Miss America Mallory Hagan is using the victims of abuse in Bibb County to smear her political enemies.

This is all par for the course for political operatives with no morals and fewer skills. They are doing the best they can because their arguments do not stand on their own.

7. U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is being touted as the future of the Democrat Party after a piece in The Atlantic praising her style, but Crockett attempted to suppress the article after the author went to other Democrats, who are not impressed.

6. Governor-elect Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) outlined a governing philosophy that returns power to states, which comes just as he is preparing to be governor, comparing his expected new role to that of a football coach recruiting for Alabama.

5. A shooter in Midtown Manhattan’s business district triggered a massive police response with 5 dead; it is suggested that his target may have been the NFL over CTE issues.

4. The handling of the Jeffrey Epstein situation continues to plague President Donald Trump and distract Trump and the media from his recent success. But he continues to make less-than-ideal statements about booting Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, Epstein Island, and a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.

3. Alabama lawmakers are calling for a state investigation into the hot car death of a 3-year-old in the Department of Human Resources’ custody.

2. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall suggested lawmakers revisit a death penalty bill for child rape in light of the Bibb County sex ring case.

1. A former beauty queen and multiple-time political loser, Mallory Hagan showed her ugly, past-her-prime, not-very-smart side as she attacked Republicans for daring to call for the death penalty for the monsters who abused children in a bunker in Bibb County because of … wait for it … President Donald Trump.

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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.

A leading voice in the Alabama Democratic Party is facing backlash this week after telling Trump supporters on social media they should stay silent about the child abuse ring uncovered in Bibb County.

Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade last week detailed horrifying findings of a months-long investigation into a child sex trafficking ring that authorities say victimized at least 15 children.

Former Democratic candidate for office and Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan responded to the horrific news on TikTok by telling supporters of President Donald Trump to “shut your mouth” about the issue.

RELATED: Horrific crimes revealed in Bibb County: Sheriff Wade details child sexual abuse bunker

“I’m about to say something that’s going to piss a lot of folks off, and if it makes you mad, if it pisses you off, I think you should really look inside yourself and consider why,” Hagan said.

“If you still support Donald Trump, do not fix your mouth to talk about those babies in Bibb County. If you live in Alabama and you voted for Donald Trump, I better not see your ass comment or say anything, nothing, because the cognitive dissonance is outrageous around here.”

@itsmalloryh Sorry not sorry. #bibbcountyalabama #bibbcountysheriff #bibbcounty #alabama ♬ original sound – Mallory Hytes Hagan

Hagan ran against U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) in 2018 as a Democrat and lost, and then ran against State Rep. Phillip Rigsby (R-Huntsville) for Alabama House in 2022 and lost then as well.

“How is it that you can find empathy in your heart and call for the death penalty for people who have clearly committed outrageous crimes, but you can’t see that same quality in the man that you have thrice probably voted for,” Hagan continued. “So if you still support Donald Trump, shut your mouth. Shut your mouth talking about any form of [child sexual abuse] CSA.”

The children have been removed from the home and are now in the care of the Alabama Department of Human Resources, receiving medical, emotional, and psychological support.

Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade spoke recently to the importance of protecting the children’s identities and minimizing further trauma.

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 X @Yaffee

7. Media gets their Trump vs. DeSantis storyline, thanks to Trump

• Former President Donald Trump goes to a swing state, Pennsylvania, and attacks… Biden? Fetterman? Democrats? Liberals? Yes, but the most media attention went to “Ron DeSanctimonious” a name used to mock Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is a popular governor up for re-election and traveling the country helping swing state Republicans.
• Reportedly, this was spurred on by the suggestion that DeSantis was working with anti-Trump Republicans to stop Trump, who is probably running for president. DeSantis’ camp says this story is untrue. Trump then would tell voters to vote for DeSantis on Sunday. The media loves it.

6. Political intimidation hits the trail

• A supporter of U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) was choked while holding a “vote them out sign” with a picture of his opponent, New York Gov. Kathleen Hochul. A photo in the New York Post captured the moment.
• In Arizona, Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake’s office was shut down and the FBI was called after an envelope was delivered to her office with a suspicious white powder in it. As of now, no one has asked her opponent if she feels responsible for the incident. Lake was asked repeatedly if she was responsible for a break-in by an illegal immigrant last month.

5. Alabama and Auburn lose in overtime, dashing hopes in different ways

• The Alabama Crimson Tide’s hope to reach the College Football Playoff took a big hit losing to No. 10 LSU in Baton Rogue during an overtime nail-bitter 32-31. They still have a chance but will need a lot of help to get there.
• Auburn wishes it had those problems as their interim head coach Carnell “Cadillac” Williams’ debut was looking like a rout against Mississippi State before the Tigers came back and then lost in overtime 39-33. The Florida Gators are still unranked.

4. Joe Biden promises to make the energy issues worse, then lies about it

• President Joe Biden’s war on American energy is really the only thing he has done well, so it should come as no surprise that he claimed he would be “shuttering coal plants” if he has his way. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) called this kind of talk “disgusting” and “divorced from reality.”
• While Manchin demanded an apology and Biden, being a pathological liar, sent out a press release suggesting his very clear words were twisted. Obviously, this is not true.

3. U.S. asks Ukraine to be reasonable

• At the outset of the war Russia declared and has carried out on Ukraine, the Americans and the world suggested that giving Russia part of Ukraine was going to be tough, even knowing that Russia would keep going until it got what it wanted. Now the Americans are wanting Ukraine to make a deal.
• This comes after progressive Democrats sent a letter to President Joe Biden suggesting this and then retracted it. Republicans have suggested the days of blank checks to Ukraine are over and Ukraine’s allies appear to want to end now. Russia was always going to get what it wanted here, most people (Putin included) knew that the world was not prepared to actually stop them.

2. Doug Jones and AL Dems VP support election denier candidate

• After Yellowhammer News drew attention to the candidate for State House District 25 Mallory Hagan’s attempts to undo the 2016 election and this commentator highlighted the hypocrisy of Democrats’ stance on “election deniers,” former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) and x came to her defense.
• Jones hilariously wrote to the hilariously sad blogger Josh Moon that, “consistency in values for Alabama’s GOP always gives way to political expediency” which is exactly what is being called out. No one should care what Hagan, (Democrats’ vice chair Tabitha) Isner, Moon or Jones think about anything, but if Alabama Democrats are going to rail against election deniers, they shouldn’t have them on the ballot.

1. One day before an election, Democrats’ bleeding worsens

• In one of the last polls before the election, Democrats continue to find themselves confounded that the message of abortions for all, drag queens for kids and jail cells for Jan. 6 are not working. An ABC poll finds that voters prefer Republicans on the economy 52-38, inflation 50-38 and crime 54-34.
• An NBC News poll finds that 81% of Americans are unhappy with the economy, the second-highest number of voters feeling that way since 2010. For a reminder, 2010’s midterms found Republicans pick up 63 House seats and 7 Senate seats. There is one positive note, however, for Democrats, that same poll found Democrats matching Republicans on enthusiasm.

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7. Pretend journalists are pretending to be mad at a museum

• Two “prominent” “journalists,” think the state of Alabama operating a museum that houses Confederate history is an outrage. The state of Alabama spends $175,000 a year on the “museum, its upkeep, and its employees.” The premise is this is some might love the Confederacy if they see this sad house, doesn’t make sense.
• aldotcom’s Kyle Whitmire complains predictably, “(t)here is only history, but nothing about slavery.” The Montgomery Advertiser‘s Bryan Lyman oddly tweeted, “The idea that stately plantation houses were the norm in slave states can be seen as a Lost Cause attempt to retcon refinement into a base & brutal system.”

6. These are slot machines, too

• Some horse racing games that are actually slot machines are a big windfall for municipalities, firehouses, charities, hospitals and schools in Jefferson and Shelby counties. The fact that the Birmingham Racing Commission provides $4 million for these entities makes them hard to shut down or actually regulate this gaming and legislate for new gaming.
• The truth is that far more than that $4 million is taken from the communities in order to get the money to give away. Here is how it works according to aldotcom: “Most bettors choose to play randomized bets on the colorful machines, although they can bet based on information about the real horses and jockeys. The real names of horses and jockeys are shielded until after a bet is completed, then the full race or the end of it is shown on video on the machine, with the results revealed.” Sounds legit.

5. No expulsion in Alabama schools for firing a gun

• If you are a kid in a school system under the Department of Justice’s thumb and fire a gun in a bathroom, you will not be expelled UNLESS the DOJ and a judge approved.
• This literally happened in Huntsville on Oct. 25 and Board Member Elisa Ferrell says the code doesn’t allow the expulsion of an elementary student and Board Member Ryan Renaud doesn’t even want to punish the kid, “We can control as best we can discipline inside of the classroom while they are inside of that school building, but what they bring into that building is a very difficult thing to manage… But it does trouble me at times to hear individual people make comments or demands for the system when it may or may not reflect the overarching view of the system.” Renaud is my school board member and this is one of the many reasons my kid goes to private school.

4. Drag queen back in Huntsville school

• Staying in Alabama’s worst-run school district, a drag queen teacher who was suspended for making sexual jokes around dogs and children at a “Drag Queen Story Time,” is back at work.
• James Miller, aka Majesty Divine, is back at Mountain Gap Middle School and claims he was suspended because of the outrage and “death threats.” The school system feels no need to explain itself, which is how you really gain the trust of parents and citizens.

3. The media’s dream of a DeSantis-Trump feud continues

• If President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis run against each other for the Republican presidential nomination, the race will be relatively close in Alabama. Alabama Daily News and Gray Television commissioned a Cygnal poll that shows Trump leads DeSantis 49.6% to 35.7%.
• But if Trump bows out, DeSantis is the clear frontrunner with 71.2% of ALGOP support and former Vice President Mike Pence getting only 7.1% among ALGOP voters. Fear not, media and super-Trump fans, it is expected he will be running and announcing soon but the DOJ thinks it should step in.

2. Democrats in Alabama have nothing to run on

• Much like the national party, the Alabama Democrat Party seems a bit rudderless. The Libertarian candidate for governor has spent more money than the Democrat candidate and there is literally no buzz for most candidates across the state.
• ALGOP Chairman John Wahl noted that they aren’t even touting their party, “They’re not putting the donkey on their signs. It’s almost like they’re ashamed of the Democrat Party, and they don’t want to tie themselves to these policies, these woke policies, coming out of the national Democrat Party, and I think that’s telling.”

1. So some election denial is better than others?

• President Joe Biden says that election deniers are on the ballot this year, but Hillary Clinton isn’t running, Karine Jean-Pierre is his press secretary and Biden is president (even if he doesn’t know it all the time), but there is Stacey Abrams in George he should have called out. In Alabama, a 2016 election denier, Mallory Hagan seeks to replace outgoing Speaker of the House Mac MacCutcheon (R-Monrovia)
• Hagan has taken quite the path to this contest: she ran for Miss America in Alabama and lost, then moved to New York and won, denounced Alabama, moved back to Alabama and lost a race to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and now has moved to Madison, Ala. Along the way, Hagan suggested the Electoral College overturn the 2016 elections and said she was “happy to try” to overturn a “legitimate free election.” Her opponent is Phillip Rigsby, a pharmacist who wishes “to carry on the legacy and groundwork (McCutcheon) has laid for our district.”

The race for House District 25, the seat held by retiring Alabama Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia), is seen as competitive among left-wing political circles.

Huntsville pharmacist Phillip Rigsby, the district’s GOP nominee who is running on a conservative platform, announced his candidacy in July 2021.

Rigsby, a pro-growth Republican, wishes “to carry on the legacy and groundwork he (McCutcheon) has laid for our district.”

“I will stand up for our 2nd Amendment rights, protect the unborn, and fight against the liberal policies that are being pushed upon us,” said Rigsby at the time of his campaign’s announcement.

While McCutcheon has held the seat for the past 15 years, a growing sentiment among Democrats suggests the seat held by the lower chamber’s most powerful member could be a toss-up. As such, the state’s minority party is banking on Democratic Party nominee Mallory Hagan’s chances of nabbing the retiring speaker’s seat.

Hagan, who was Miss New York 2012 and Miss America 2013, unsuccessfully ran for Alabama’s Third Congressional District in 2018. She lost to incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) by a 63.7% to 36.2% margin.

The liberal Democrat moved to the Huntsville area ahead of her bid for House District 25.

Thus far in her bid for the State House, Hagan has positioned herself as a moderate Democrat. A review of her social media history, however, shows she joined the calls of progressive members of her party who sought to deny former President Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Just hours after Trump was declared president-elect on Nov. 8, 2016, Hagan expressed concern over Americans having “no brains” and asked how the outcome could be rejected.

I'm so confused. I thought this was a no-brainer…. now I'm just concerned we have a nation of people with…. well, no brains

— Mallory Hytes Hagan (@ItsMalloryHagan) November 9, 2016

How do we, as a United States, reject this outcome? Surely there is a way to say "absolutely not."

— Mallory Hytes Hagan (@ItsMalloryHagan) November 9, 2016

Two days later, Hagan shared a petition urging Electoral College electors to make Clinton the nation’s 45th president. The petition falsely alleged, “Donald Trump has not been elected president.”

Electoral College Electors: Electoral College Make Hillary Clinton President on December 19 https://t.co/f9YQoQLzKM via @Change

— Mallory Hytes Hagan (@ItsMalloryHagan) November 10, 2016

In response to Hagan’s election denial, a Twitter user replied, “Blocking the outcome of a legitimate free election is not going to happen no matter how many signatures you gather.”

She answered, “Crazier things have happened in this world. I’m happy to give it a try,” followed by a winking face symbol.

Crazier things have happened in this world. I'm happy to give it a try 😉 https://t.co/VonXtHyHqd

— Mallory Hytes Hagan (@ItsMalloryHagan) November 10, 2016

When offered pushback once more, Hagan asserted, “It’s not a challenge, it’s literally within our constitutional right. Hillary won the popular vote and the electorate has not voted yet.”

Despite objections from progressive representatives, Congress officially certified the Electoral College vote and declared Trump as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 6, 2017.

The general election will be held Nov. 8.

Hagan did not immediately respond to Yellowhammer News’ request for comment.

Dylan Smith is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL

Friday on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Worley reacted to criticisms from candidates of her party as Alabama Democrats suffered many defeats a few days earlier.

Worley acknowledged to “Capitol Journal” host Don Dailey that the Democratic Party’s effort within the borders of Alabama could have been better. She also defended her party against claims put forth in a Montgomery Advertiser story that the party didn’t spend the money it could have to help its candidates in those Tuesday elections.

Two of the Alabama Democratic Party’s most prominent critics were congressional hopefuls Mallory Hagan and Tabitha Isner, both of which who suffered landslide defeats on Tuesday. Worley, a former Alabama secretary of state, responded directly to Hagan’s attacks and called the former Miss America out for her earlier attempt to make voter suppression a campaign issue.

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7. Red wave in Alabama is bigger than most expected — ALGOP adds seats to supermajorities

— A bloodbath for Alabama Democrats whose huge turnout yielded roughly the same number of votes as the party received in the 2017 special U.S. Senate election. Alabama Republicans swept in all statewide constitutional officers and judicial candidates on the ballot, and they also rendered “yes” verdicts on all of the Republican legislature’s constitutional amendments.

— Most shockingly, the ALGOP strengthened their supermajorities by gaining one seat in the Alabama Senate, making it now 27-8, and five seats in the Alabama House of Representatives, making it now 77-28.

6. Missing from all election talk is the fact that Republicans still control most legislatures (more…)

Two of the six Alabama Democratic congressional hopefuls that came up short in Tuesday’s midterm elections publicly voiced their frustrations with the state’s Democratic Party and its leadership.

In their losses, both second congressional district Democratic hopeful Tabitha Isner and third congressional district hopeful Mallory Hagan indicated the Alabama Democratic Party under the leadership of chairwoman Nancy Worley and the Alabama Democratic Conference’s Joe Reed left much to be desired.

Hagan went as far as accusing the state’s Democratic Party of defecating on its candidates.

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Tuesday night didn’t go the way Democratic Party congressional hopeful Mallory Hagan had hoped.

In a speech to supporters after her crushing 28-point defeat to incumbent Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) in Alabama’s third congressional district contest, Hagan ripped the Alabama Democratic Party by declaring it did not have “your best interests at heart.”

In a concession speech that more closely resembled a rant, Hagan attacked the leadership of the Alabama Democratic Party.

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According to a letter dated October 25, 2018, from the Federal Election Commission addressed to Carlton Hunley, the treasurer for Alabama third congressional district Democratic nominee Mallory Hagan’s campaign, there are some campaign finance questions regarding her bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks).

The letter from the FEC’s Chris Jones, identified as a campaign finance analyst for the agency’s Reports Analysis Division, cites two potential areas of concern for the Hagan campaign regarding her most recent quarterly report filed October 15.

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Back in 2013, former Miss America Mallory Hagan, the Democratic nominee for the upcoming election for Alabama’s congressional district seat, proclaimed herself a New Yorker. However, since making those 2013 remarks, Hagan has returned to her home state of Alabama to seek political office.

An article from Yellowhammer News published in August referenced Hagan’s 2013 remarks, and in an appearance on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Hagan defended them.

Hagan was asked by “Capitol Journal” host Don Dailey if she thought those remarks had been “turned around” on her. Hagan said she did think that and explained why she thought describing herself as a “New Yorker” at the time was appropriate.

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Did you know today is the last day to register to vote in Alabama?

No? Well, turn on your TV, radio, computer, cell phone or open a newspaper if you can find one and you will probably find some disingenuous hack proclaiming how important it is for you to register to vote.

It’s not hard to register to vote. You can do it right here right now.

But, dishonest politicians across Alabama and elsewhere are constantly pushing a dumb narrative that voter suppression is alive and well in Alabama and elsewhere, even though there is little to no evidence it is actually happening. (more…)

In a Monday appearance on Birmingham Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show,” Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill elaborated on his Twitter back-and-forth with Alabama third congressional district Democratic nominee Mallory Hagan over voter participation that went down on Saturday.

Last week, according to the Associated Press, Hagan alleged that “more than 55,000 voters in the 3rd Congressional District have been disqualified or labeled inactive since February 2017.” She went on to announce at a press conference in Tuskegee she was forming a “Voter Protection Committee” as a response.

However, Merrill said Hagan’s effort was nothing more than an effort to replicate the controversy generated by Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams.

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Earlier this week in an appearance on MSNBC, comedienne Rosie O’Donnell made a startling call for the military to be sent to the White House and “get” President Donald Trump.

In addition to her call for the military to supersede the civilian-controlled executive branch, O’Donnell also referred to Trump as “evil” and “dark,” and said she fell “physically sick” on election night in 2016. She added that it took her an entire year to overcome that sickness.

Despite those unfortunate circumstances plaguing O’Donnell beginning nearly two years ago, she has been active financially in politics, including in Alabama.
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Friday evening, Alabama’s third district Democratic congressional nominee Mallory Hagan took to Twitter to complain about what was part of an apparent effort to draw attention to her flailing campaign.

Hagan, in a story published earlier that day, made an extraordinary claim to the Associated Press’ Kim Chandler that “more than 55,000 voters in the 3rd Congressional District have been disqualified or labeled inactive since February 2017.”

She used a two-year-old quote to bolster her claim cited by Refinery 29, a website that also produces insightful documentaries entitled, “From eyeshadow to lipstick, learn how your favorite products are made,” in which Merrill said exercising the privilege of voting required “some initiative.”

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