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The Democratic National Convention begins today Democrats from across the nation are in Chicago today to begin their national convention and formally nominate Vice President Kamala D. Harris and Tim Waltz as their 2024 presidential ticket. President Joseph R. Biden (D) will speak tonight to formally hand off the torch to Harris. Biden had been the presumptive nominee just four weeks ago; but was forced to withdraw by powerful Democratic elites, including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...
August 19, 2024 - (Dallas County, Alabama) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced temporary restraining orders (TRO) have been obtained against five illegal gambling facilities in Selma. "These facilities are operating with complete disregard to Alabama law," said AG Marshall. Monday's raids were in conjunction with the Dallas County Sheriff's office and the Dallas County District Attorney's office. "I applaud Dallas County Sheriff Granthum's dedication to combat this blight, a...
Late on Monday night, a teary-eyed President Joseph R. Biden (D) spoke to the Democratic National Convention just four weeks after former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and other Democratic elites forced Biden to end his bid for a second term in the White House. Democrats chose to replace their nominee not just because Biden – age 81 – is suffering from cognitive decline, but also because of the scandals swirling around the President and his family. Earlier in that day, Hou...
On Monay, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that she has set the time frame for the execution of Carey Grayson. This will be just the second time that the state has used nitrogen hypoxia to execute a condemned man. Grayson's execution is set to occur beginning 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2024 and expiring Friday, November 22. The governor has sent a letter to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm, as well as the Supreme Court's order informing them of her...
Alabamian Shomari Figures will address the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night (August 22, 2024). Shomari is the Democratic nominee in Alabama's Second Congressional District. CD2 was recently redrawn by the federal courts in order to make the district more winnable for a Black person. Figures left his position with the U.S. Justice Department, where he was chief of staff for Attorney General Merrick Garland, in Washington D.C. to return home and run for Congress. "Alabama is...
On Friday afternoon, former Congressman Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed former President Donald J. Trump (R). On Friday night, Kennedy joined Trump at a rally in Arizona where Trump said that Kennedy's support will have a "huge" impact on the campaign. "We are both in this to do what's right for the country," Trump said. "He is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country." "I think he's going to have a huge...
Southeastern Conference football cranks up the 2024 season starting this weekend - August 31. The Alabama Gazette panelists ranked the SEC and found Georgia to be the class of the SEC. 4 of the 5 panelists picked Georgia to finish the regular season in first place in the SEC. Luisa Reyes was the lone vote picking Alabama. Texas was second, followed by Alabama. Historically that would be a disappointing year for Tide fans, but with the 12 team playoff format this year, third place will get you a...
On Saturday, NASA announced that it was concerned enough with the problems on the Alabama made Boeing Starliner that when it leaves the International Space Station (ISS) NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will not be on board. Instead Butch and Suni will wait for SpaceX to send up one of their Dragon spaceships. Butch and Suni will join that crew and remain at the ISS until their return in February. The two astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on June 6, expecting...
On Monday, longtime TV and radio sports journalist John Longshore spoke to the Montgomery Kiwanis Club about the upcoming college football season. Longshore predicted that after 2026 there would be another round of conference realignment and that the SEC would not take Clemson and Florida State because Florida and South Carolina like being the only SEC teams in their respective states. Longshore said that the SEC's long-term expansion interests are in Notre Dame and North Carolina. Longshore...
The Alabama Gazette panel unanimously voted to pick Alabama and Auburn to win their SEC openers. The Tigers will be hosting Alabama A&M on Saturday; while Alabama will host Western Kentucky. The SEC game of the week is Georgia hosting Clemson. The panelists all predicted that Georgia would win; though Luisa Reyes said that she would not be surprised if Clemson wins. The panelists are all predicting that Notre Dame will defeat Texas A&M at College Station. All the panelists also agreed that...
On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) was interviewed by reporters on CNN. Congressman Gary Palmer (D-Hoover) was skeptical of her performance. "Last night's CNN interview with Vice President Harris raised even more questions in the minds of the American people about her fitness to serve as President," said Rep. Palmer. "The only true statement made during the interview was that her values have not changed. This was her way of saying to her base that, regardless of her current moderate...
The UAB Blazers opened the 2024 college football season on Thursday with a resounding win over Alcorn State 41 to 3. The game was delayed over an hour and twenty minutes due to bad weather in Birmingham; but that was the only setbacks that the Blazers faced on Thursday. The Blazers were up 28 to 3 by halftime, allowing Coach Trent Dilfer to substitute a lot of players in for the second half. UAB's offense ran the ball at will accounting for 298 yards of offense on the ground. The stout Blazer's...
On Friday, U.S. Special Forces, aided by drones, and the Iraqi armed forces launched a raid on ISIS in Western Iraq. 7 U.S. service members were wounded and 15 terrorists were killed. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) was upset that while U.S. service members were engaged with enemy combat forces President Joseph R. Biden (D) was away from Washington on another extended vacation. "Here's what the media won't mention: While special ops members risked their lives, @JoeBiden was enjoying...
On Sunday night the Louisiana State University Tigers face the University of Southern California. This is an early test for the SEC versus the Big 10. The Alabama Gazette panelists are all picking LSU to be victorious in their opener. USC started 5 and 0 in 2023; but collapsed down the stretch to a disappoint 7 and 5 finish. A victory over Louisville in the Holiday Bowl on December 27 did little to improve the mood of USC fans. Now USC head coach Lincoln Riley has to replace 2022 Heisman trophy...
For those Tide fans who have expressed trepidation about Kalen DeBoer as the new head coach – they had nothing to fret about on Saturday. Bama's beat down of the Western Kentucky team was as thoroughly dominating as possible. Alabama had 63 points and over 600 yards of offense. Star Quarterback Jalen Milroe threw for two touchdowns and ran it in for two touchdowns on the ground. The veteran signal caller contributed over 200 yards through the air and 79 yards of rushing. Milroe was sacked j...
Auburn opened its football season with historically Black college Alabama A&M. The game was not expected to be competitive and it wasn't. Auburn jumped out to an early lead and never looked back strolling to a 73 to 3 win. This is Coach Hugh Freeze's second year on the Plains and Tigers fans are hoping that this season will be an improvement on the 6 and 7 finish of last year. Auburn jumped out to a 28 point lead in the first quarter and another 24 points in the second quarter to go to halftime...
On Friday, the Alabama Republican Party announced that Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald J. Trump, will be the speaker at the ALGOP's annual summer dinner. The ALGOP said in a release that Lara Trump "has played a pivotal role in advancing conservative values and energizing the Republican grassroots base nationwide. As RNC Co-Chair, she has been instrumental in leading the party's strategic initiatives and rejuvenating the RNC with...
The Alabama built Boeing Starliner is scheduled to autonomously undock from the space station at approximately 5:04 p.m. CDT on Friday, September 6 if weather allows, The Starliner will then journey home for an 11:03 p.m. landing and conclusion of the flight test. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched on-board Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 5 for its first crewed flight, They arrived at the ISS on June 6 in a journey through space that was marred by helium leaks and...
The Alabama Gazette panelists correctly picked that Alabama and Auburn would both win their opening games. The panelists were unanimous in their first week picks and went 14 and 2 in the first week. Alabama coasted to an easy victory over Western Kentucky. Auburn similarly boat raced a much less talented opponent in Alabama A&M. The panel correctly picked that Georgia would defeat Clemson in Atlanta; though some members of the panel were shocked by the ease at which Georgia finished off Dabo...
September 6, 2024 - Montgomery - 3,193,141 Alabamians, (65% of the state's population) have received at least one dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines. Around 2,611,593 people (53% of the population of the state), have received both the initial vaccine and their follow-up annual boosters of the vaccine – thus are considered "fully vaccinated." Some of those Alabamians have, or claim to have had, adverse reactions to the vaccine. These so-called vaccine injuries include: bell's palsy, m...
September 5, 2024 – Montgomery - the Foundation for Moral Law announced that it has filed an amicus brief in support of the efforts by Veterans groups who have sued the Department of Defense after a left leaning Pentagon Naming Commission removed a Confederate veteran's monument from Arlington National Cemetery. On December 20, 2023, a Memorial to soldiers of the Confederate Army-also known as the Reconciliation Monument-was removed from Arlington National Cemetery under orders from President J...
On Thursday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) has removed a member from the Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs and is demanding the resignation of Commissioner of the state Department of Veterans Affairs W. Kent Davis. Ivey's removal of John Kilpatrick from the board was effective immediately. Ivey has demanded that Davis resign by the end of the day on Thursday. The Governor claimed in her letter that there was, "Ample cause exists for your removal as Commissioner. For example, your agency...
Friday, September 9, 2024 – week two of the college football season is upon us. Most Southeastern Conference teams are still playing nonconference opponents; but some teams are going ahead and starting SEC play. Last week the panel all made the same picks and went 14 and 2. This week the games are a little harder and there is more disagreement from the panel members. The SEC games this week are: Arkansas visits Oklahoma State Texas visits Michigan McNeese State plays Texas A&M Tennessee Tech a...
On Tuesday, the leading national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America reiterated its call to preserve national protections for unborn children in the GOP platform ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July. The group is urging former President Donald J. Trump (R) to keep the party platform strong on life in order to remain unified and defeat Joe Biden. SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser is the President of SBA Pro-Life America. "If...
On Tuesday, Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan announced that he is delaying former President Donald J. Trump's (R) sentencing hearing until September. Merchan had previously set the hearing for July 11 – just four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee was to begin. The decision comes after the Supreme Court ruled that Presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts outlined in Article II of the Constitution. The Supreme Court Justices added that evidence o...
