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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...
The far left is blaming cows for climate change and their response it to force farmers to pay taxes on owning livestock. This has long been a plank of the anti-capitalist Far Left Denmark is a major dairy and pork exporter. The government claims that agriculture is the country's biggest source of emissions. The government has come up with a climate agreement, which also entails investing 40 billion krone ($3.7 billion) into measures such as reforestation and establishing wetlands (many of these...
The ongoing medical marijuana litigation resumes today in Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson's courtroom. Plaintiffs are suing the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) over the awards of medical cannabis that occurred back in December. Failed applicants have used the court system to restrain the AMCC from proceeding with the medical cannabis program. Plaintiffs claim that the commissioners made decisions on application awards in secret meetings in violation of the Alabama Open...
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6 to 3 to place limits on a controversial 40-year-old ruling. The decision puts some judicial restraints on federal agencies implementing regulations without those rules having been passed by Congress. The forty-year-old Chevron decision gave federal agencies broad powers to write their own interpretation of laws through rulemaking powers. Under the Constitution, Congress passes the laws and the executive branch enforces them. This constitutional...
The COVID-19 pandemic began in China in late 2019. The origins of the virus, the government response, and the safety of the subsequent COVID vaccine remain controversial even to this day. On Wednesday, Birmingham Doctor Jordan Vaughn testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust. The topic was "Follow the Science?: Oversight of the Biden Covid-19 Administrative State Response." "My name is Jordan Vaughn. I am an internist in...
On Friday, Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) released a statement after voting in favor of the 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Moore said that this legislation refocuses the Pentagon on what should be its core mission: delivering combat-ready military forces to deter conflict and ensure national security. This bill includes Moore's amendment to cut $4.91 million directed for climate change research and reallocate that funding to enhance Army unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). "We must...
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has turned himself in on Monday to federal authorities after a federal district court ordered him to prison. The 71-year-old Republican thought leaders and journalist surrendered to law enforcement to begin his four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress. Bannon turned himself in to the Federal Correctional Institute Danbury, in Danbury, Connecticut to begin serving his sentence. Bannon was left no choice after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday denied...
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6 to 3 ruling that likely upended all of the Justice Departments, already legally dubious, case against former President Donald J. Trump (R). Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) was extremely disappointed with the Court's decision. "This disturbing and anti-democratic decision by the Supreme Court's conservative majority is contrary to our nation's founding principle that no one is above the law," said Sewell. "At a time when our democracy is already...
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6 to 3 ruling giving President's "Absolute" immunity in their official actions. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) celebrated the decision in Trump v. United States. The Supreme Court overruled the D.C. Circuit's decision that former President Trump has no immunity from criminal prosecution. The majority held that "our constitutional structure of separated powers" entitles a former President to some absolute and some presumptive immunity from...
The multibillion-dollar Northern Beltline is back under construction after languishing for years from a lack of funding. The eventual 52 mile interstate will eventually connect I-59 near the Deerfoot Parkway in Trussville to I-65 north of Gardendale, to I-22 up above Adamsville/Graysville, and finally I-59/I-20 near Bessemer. The project has been on Jefferson County's priority list since circa 1979 but only some of the right of way acquisition, land clearing, and road subsurface work has been...
On Tuesday an estimated crowd of nearly 200 persons attended an informational meeting about a proposed 1,600-acre solar farm on Mount Zion Road near Snowdoun in a rural area of Montgomery County. Enfinity Global spokesperson Tom Anderson fielded residents many concerns in a meeting that went for two hours and twenty minutes. A packed crowd of farmers, ranchers, and homeowners said that they did not want the project in their community "I am here to answer questions about solar," Anderson said....
Last Thursday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced that he has joined Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to announce legal action against the Biden Administration's latest attempt to drive gas-powered cars off the road. Attorney General Marshall is joining the 26-state effort to block the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) strict fuel efficiency standards in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth...
On Sunday and Monday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) met at Camp David with First Lady Jill Biden and members of the Biden family on the issue of whether or not to remain in the presidential race. Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Biden family urged Biden to stay in the race. The President's son, Hunter Biden, is reportedly adamant that his father remain in the race and continues to stay the course. While the President was meeting with his family other Democrats were reportedly...
The Fourth of July is the holiday that commemorates the day that our nation's Founding Fathers formally declared this nation's independence from Great Britain. Since millions of Americans are traveling, expect traffic to be heavy from today through Monday morning as millions of Americans are on the roads celebrating the summer and the Fourth of July holiday. The Fourth of July falls this year on a Thursday so many people will also be off on Friday – though most of us will be back at work t...
