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October 27, 2024 – NEW YORK CITY, NY - former President Donald J. Trump spelled out why he thinks the American people should give him a second term in the Whitehouse during a nationally televised speech at Madison Square Garden, New York. President Trump denounced the Biden-Harris administration's immigration policies which have allowed ten million people into the country in less than four years and promised to reverse those policies and launch the largest deportation program in American h...
October 28, 2024 – Monday was National First Responders Day and Alabama leaders took time out of their day to salute those who serve and protect our communities. Governor Kay Ivey (R) shared a video statement saluting first responders on her X social media account. "Here in Alabama, public safety is paramount," wrote Gov. Ivey on X. "Our law enforcement, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics carry this mission, stepping up every day to put their lives on the line. So, today and every day, we say a b...
October 25, 2024 – BIRMINGHAM – On Friday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) announced that the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and the Montgomery Regional Airport will each receive $5 million, for a total of $10 million in federal funding, to make improvements to the airports' infrastructure. Funding for these grants comes from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program, made possible by President Joseph R. Biden's (D) con...
On Tuesday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) let his true feelings be known about Republicans and Trump supporters when he called them "Garbage." On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) responded saying on social media that the Biden-Harris administration has treated Americans like garbage by settling ten million illegal aliens into the country. "Joe Biden finally said the quiet part out loud," said Sen. Tuberville on his X social media account. "He and Kamala Harris have treated...
October 29, 2024 – Tuskegee - a Macon County jury informed the judge that it was deadlocked in the capital murder trial of William Chase Johnson. Johnson is accused of shooting to death Lowndes County Sheriff "Big John" John Williams. Sheriff Williams told a group of rowdy teens at a convenience store and turn their music down. Johnson got out of his truck, got into an altercation with the Sheriff, pulled out a handgun, shot and killed the sheriff, and fled in a friend's car. Those facts are n...
October 31, he2024 – Today is October 31. This means far too many people will go to work wearing tacky costumes and most of us will consume insanely high levels of sugar today. It also means that Children dressed in costumes and will go door-to-door asking for free candy and that teens and even many adults will go to costume parties tonight. When you are out on the roads this evening be aware that children will be out and about (in many cases in dark costumes) walking up and down the roads. I...
October 31, 2024 – MONTGOMERY – Alabama is currently represented in the House of Representatives by six Republicans and one Democrat. The federal court system, civil rights groups, and the Alabama Democratic Party hopes to change that to two Democrats in Tuesday's election. The Alabama Republican Party however is doing everything it can to retain the recently redrawn Congressional District 2 in GOP hands. On Thursday, the Alabama Republican Party announced that one of the Republican Party's pri...
October 26, 2024 – the Alabama Gazette football panel was divided by the games this week and by the results we were right to be divided. Auburn had by far their most complete game of the season thus far and gained their first Southeastern Conference win when they defeated Kentucky. Alabama bounced back from a disappointing trip to Knoxville with a stellar performance at home against Missouri. The SEC games of the week were: Ole Miss at Oklahoma – Ole Miss won 26 to 14 Arkansas at Mis...
November 1, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) said that in the last three years inflation has cost the average family $1,100 a month. Palmer said in an email to constituents that the growing regulatory burden which has ballooned under the Biden-Harris administration is contributing to these costs. "Due to the policies pushed by the Biden-Harris administration for the past three years, the cost of groceries has gone up over $1,100 per month for the average family," sai...
November 1, 2024 - MONTGOMERY - Alabama has a bye week as they prepare for an epic showdown with LSU. The loser of that game will almost certainly not be in the playoffs. Auburn is at home this week hosting Vanderbilt. Auburn (3 and 5 on the season) desperately needs a win here is they hope to go to a bowl game and avoid a third straight losing season. The SEC games of the week are: Ole Miss at Arkansas Vanderbilt at Auburn Georgia and Florida at Jacksonville Maine at Oklahoma Massachusetts at...
November 1, 2024 – Country music superstar Lee Greenwood has endorsed Caroleene Dobson in Alabama's highly contested Second Congressional District race. Dobson grew up on her family's fifth generation farm near Beatrice, Alabama in Monroe County. She excelled in both rodeo and academics, becoming a national merit scholar. She has a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a law degree from the Baylor School of Law. She practices real estate law and lives in Montgomery with her two children....
November 4, 2024 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – Assistant Jefferson County Tax Collector for the Bessemer Cutoff recently spoke to the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans ahead of the November 5 general election. Republican Johnny Curry is the Republican candidate for Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector. Curry was appointed to the office by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on September 28, 2023. He previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1986 to 2002. He is retired from American Vil...
November 4, 2024 – CARBON HILL, AL - There is one statewide constitutional amendment on the election ballot. This amendment would allow Franklin County School System to sell off a large portion of education trust property that it owns in Walker and Fayette counties in order to raise money for schools. The 225 acres of land was granted to the state of Alabama over 150 years ago by the federal government for the state to use for education. At the time it was intended for the state to sell t...
November 5, 2024 - MONTGOMERY, AL - It is finally here - the day we have been anticipating all year. No its not Christmas - It is election day. Four years ago, about 30,000 voters (less than .01 percent of Americans in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona ended President Donald J. Trump's presidency. He is back and seeking a return to the White House. Four years of legal scheming by the Biden administration has thus far failed to thwart Trump's comeback. After Trump crushed President...
November 5, 2024 – PELL CITY, AL – hundreds of voters, who were in line to vote in the presidential election were told they would have to wait because the ballots sent to their precincts did not have the two constitutional amendments on them. There is one statewide constitutional amendment on the ballot that would allow Franklin County to sell 225 acres of education trust property to developers for another truck stop or similar development to raise one time money funds for the Franklin County sc...
November 5, 2024 – PELL CITY, AL – a circuit court judge has ordered that the St. Clair County polling places will remain open until 9:00 p.m. CST. The move is to give voters more time after incorrect ballots were delivered to multiple polling places across the county. Voters, many of whom had been in line for an hour were not able to participate in the November 5 election because incorrect ballots had been delivered. A spokesperson for the St. Clair County Probate Judge's office said that (co...
On July 16, 2024 a would-be presidential assassin grazed former President Donald J. Trump with a shot fired from a long rifle. Sadly, there is a long history of guns being used in political violence and terrorism. The new element was that the shooter scouted the whole scene hours earlier with a drone to analyze defenses, the terrain, and pick his location. What if he had used an armed drone to launch his attack? In the war in Ukraine both sides are using drones to kill people, trucks, artillery...
September 9, 2024 - the University of Alabama had its' hands full on Saturday with the University of South Florida. For three and a half quarters the final outcome of the game was very much in doubt before Alabama pulled away and added some exclamation point touchdowns in the final five minutes of the game in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Legendary Tide Coach Nick Saban was on hand on Saturday as Alabama named their field after him. It will still be Bryant Denny Stadium but the field will be Saban Field...
On Saturday, the Auburn Tigers played a better team and were beaten on the field 21 to 14. Auburn's defense limited Cal to just fourteen points in three quarters of action; but the offense just never could get on track. Auburn scored its first touchdown early in the first quarter with three crisp pass completions and then did very little offensively until the fourth quarter. Cal's Fernando Mendoza had a much better game than Auburn's Payton Thorne. Mendoza had two touchdown passes and 233 yards...
On Monday, leaders of the Alabama Legislature voiced their support for Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's (R) efforts to force the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs Commissioner Retired Admiral Kent Davis to resign. On Monday, the Alabama Legislature's General Fund Chairmen, Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) and Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville), along with Chair of the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) and Chair of the House...
Three months ago the Boeing Starliner launched into space to take two astronauts, Butch Williams and Suni Wilmore, and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). Butch and Suni were supposed to return in eight. Three months have gone by and they are still there. The Alabama built Boeing Starliner returned on Friday night – without Butch and Suni. They will await the arrive of SpaceX's Dragon9 mission – join that team and then return to Earth in February – eight months later than original...
On August 31 hundreds of boats, many of them loaded with families and friends, took a lengthy tour of Lake Martin to show their support for the election of former President Donald J. Trump (R). The organizer of the event was former State Representative Perry O. Hooper Jr. Hooper is a member of the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee. Hooper was the Chairman of the Trump Victory Fund in 2016, and he remains a committed Trump supporter. "I want to thank Chief Brooks, his Marine Patrol...
The Alabama Gazette panel had a largely successful week during week two of the college football season. The Berkley Bears coming to Auburn and stifling the Tigers offense was surprising to the panel. Only Christopher Peeks correctly predicted that one. The South Carolina would thoroughly dominate Kentucky Wildcats shocked the panel. The panel was divided on the Arkansas versus Oklahoma State game. That was proven correct by Oklahoma State narrow victory. In the Arkansas versus Oklahoma State...
September 11, 2024 – millions of Americans watched as former President Donald J. Trump (R) debated Vice President Kamala Harris. Both candidates sought to convince voters that they should be the next President of the United States. Following the debate, Alabama Republican leaders shared their response to the debate U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) shared her thoughts on the debate on the social media platform known as X. Britt said that it is, "No surprise that Kamala Harris didn't answer w...
Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville applaud House passage of legislation to protect American Farmland from Adversaries September 12, 2024 WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) both issued a statements applauding the U.S. House of Representatives for passage of the companion legislation to the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. The bipartisan legislation, which Senators Britt, Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Tommy...