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On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the ATF's rule making possession of bump stocks a crime is unenforceable. The decision was written by Justice Clarence Thomas and passed the Court 6 to 3. Bump stocks had been legally sold across this country for years, until an assassin used them in a Los Vegas mass shooting to kill 60 people and wound a hundred more at an outdoors concert. Bump stocks allow a conventional semi-automatic rifle to achieve a much faster rate of fire. Following the...
On Friday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) voted against the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that passed the House of Representatives on Friday. Sewell voted for the NDAA when it came out of the House Armed Services Committee where she is a member. On Friday she voted against the bill after Republicans added a number of partisan amendments that Democrats opposed to the bill. "I am beyond disappointed that House Republican leadership has once again abandoned a...
On Friday, the Justice Department (DOJ) issued a determination that Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland committed no crime when he refused to honor the subpoena of Congress and hand over the of President Joseph R. Biden's (D) conversation with special counsel Robert Hur. Based on that conversation, Hur determined that while Biden "willfully" retained and disclosed highly classified materials from his vice presidency with a ghost writer when he was a private citizen; his memory was...
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led all Republican Senators in a joint statement supporting continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization. "Senate Democrats have embraced a Summer of Scare Tactics-a partisan campaign of false fearmongering intended to mislead and confuse the American people. In vitro fertilization is legal and available in every state across our nation. We strongly support continued nationwide access to IVF, which has allowed...
On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama), and 26 other Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the Biden's administration's weaponization of the American judicial process and the conviction of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan. "The Biden Administration is complicit in the destruction of due process of law," the Senators wrote in the letter. "The elusive crimes for...
The Birmingham Stallions have only been in existence for three years and they have now won their third championship. On Sunday, the Stallions defeated the San Antonio Brahmas 25 to 0 in a game where the Stallions defense played virtually perfect throughout. The Stallions finished the year with a record of 11 and 1. Skip Holtz has coached the Stallions to three championships. "We played real conservative," said Coach Holtz. "That's easy to do when your defense is holding them to zero points."...
On Tuesday the Montgomery County Commission will consider a proposal by a multi-national corporate conglomerate to turn thousands of acres of south Montgomery farmland into a massive solar farm. Local residents of the Snowden community are so concerned with this project that they held a community meeting to voice their concerns last week. There were concerns that the massive development will be unsightly, will lower property values, and will come with environmental consequences for the...
In 2020 Donald J. Trump (R) received more votes than any previous Presidential candidate in the nation's history. Trump received 74,223,975 votes in 2020. That is over 11 million voters more than the 62,984,828 votes he received in 2016 when he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton (D). Trump won the electoral college vote in 2016 but lost the popular vote to Clinton. Trump's 2020 performance bested Hillary's 2016 numbers by over 8 million votes. Hillary R. Clinton received in...
Democrats in Alabama House District 52 (HD52) vote today in the special Democratic primary to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of disgraced Alabama House member John Rogers (D-Birmingham). Six candidates have qualified for Tuesday's special Democratic primary election. These are: Dedra Campbell Kelvin Datcher Eric Major LaTanya Millhouse Eyrika L. Parker Frank Woodson According to Birmingham Watch, Dedra Campbell Dedra Campbell is 49 years old, serves on the Jefferson County...
Over one hundred members of the community crowded into the Montgomery County Commission seeking information about a proposed massive 1,600 acre solar panel farm near the Snowden Community. County Commissioner Singleton said that he had arranged for another public meeting be held on the topic next Tuesday night. "The owners of the property and representatives of the Solar Farm will be here and they will answer every question you have," Commissioner Singleton said. Montgomery County already has a...
On Thursday, two major league baseball teams will play in Birmingham to pay tribute to the Negro League. The game will be played in historic Rickwood Field – the nation's oldest ballpark – where the Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons played prior to desegregation of professional baseball. The San Francisco Giants will play the Saint Louis Cardinals. The Giants are 36 and 39 and are currently in fourth place in their division - ten games behind the Dodgers. The Cardinals are 36 and 37 and...
Democrats in Alabama House District 52 (HD52) voted on Tuesday in the special Democratic primary to advance Kevin Datcher and Frank Woodson. The two will face off in a Democratic party runoff on July 16. The vacancy was created by the resignation of disgraced Alabama House member John Rogers (D-Birmingham). Datcher and Woodson were the two highest vote getters out of the six Democratic primary candidates. Kelvin Datcher is the Deputy Director for Community Development with the Birmingham...
On June 8 radio personalities Amie Beth Shaver and Allison Sinclair spoke to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club. The conservative talk radio hosts expressed their dissatisfaction with the Republican controlled Alabama State Legislature. They urged legislators to have a "Biblical world view." Sinclair is the founder of LOCAL – a grassroots conservative group, with an early emphasis on medical freedom. "COVID hit and the world got crazy," Sinclair said. "Loved ones were dying alone in hospitals, p...
Last week, the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). On Tuesday U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) released a statement about the NDAA. Sen. Tuberville serves on SASC. Tuberville said that during the committee markup process, he fought for Alabama's defense priorities and worked diligently to secure amendments that will directly benefit Alabama's installations, promote conservative values; while ensuring...
Republican leader David Black passed away on Saturday. Black was a Republican State Executive Committee member from the Northwest corner of the state. Democrats entirely dominated the Shoals area of the state for over a century and even after Republicans won supermajorities in both Houses of the Alabama Legislature. No individual did more or worked harder to change that reality than Black who was a relentless GOP organizer. Black has hosted Republican breakfasts on the first Saturday of the...
If you are planning to participate in this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the Haj, you might want to rethink those plans. The heat this year has been extreme, even by Middle East standards. Over a thousand pilgrims have already died. Among the dead are Americans. A Maryland couple, Alhaji Alieu Dausy, age 71, and his wife, Haja Isatu Wurie, age 65, left their home two weeks ago and unfortunately both perished from the heat wave. Their daughter Saida Wurie told DC News, ""My parents meant the...
Sunday saw 99-degree temperatures and higher in many parts of Alabama and according to NBC 13 News's Brylee Brown Tuesday could see temperatures reach 100 degrees from much of Alabama with very low chances for precipitation. "Tomorrow we will be very close to triple digits," Brown said. "Birmingham topped out at 99 yesterday." According to Birmingham meteorologist James Spann for June 21st, the average high for Birmingham is 89° and the average low is 70°. The record high is 99° set in 1981, wh...
A large party in Montgomery turned deadly as the early Sunday morning party of over a thousand people degenerated into a massive gun battle with a number of shooters and hundreds of rounds were fired. Thirteen people were wounded in the event, that is being called – the largest mass shooting in Alabama history – outside of the Civil War and the Creek Indian uprising. "I am proud to be standing before you today along with our law enforcement officers," said Mayor Reed. "I am not proud to be sta...
On Tuesday, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced that he has chosen a new interim police chief and a public safety adviser. James Graboys will serve as interim chief and Lawrence Battiste IV will serve as the Mayor's public safety adviser. Graboys was the police chief at Alabama State University. He was presently working as a senior specialist with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Graboys served as the police chief at Alabama State University from 2012 to 2019. He has 20 years of service...
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court found in an 8 to 1 decision that a federal law that bans domestic abusers from owning guns meets Constitutional muster. The federal law disarms people under domestic violence restraining orders. A Texas man was accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend, which whom he has a child with, and threatening a witness so was placed under a restraining order. A subsequent search of his homes subsequently revealed a rifle and a handgun. He was charged federally under this...
Tonight, Donald J Trump and Joseph R. Biden will hold the first of two scheduled debates. This is a very unique Presidential election where both candidates have served four years as President of the United States. Both men have been in the public eye for decades. Trump burst onto the public scene as a businessman, showman, and reality TV host who was frequently openly discussing pursuing the Presidency, before finally entering the 2016 field. Trump served from 2017 to 2021. Biden was elected to...
The U.S. House of Representatives and the House Armed Services Committee wants to give a raise to members of the military, with the biggest raises going to junior, enlisted members of the armed forces. This effort is being opposed by the White House who want a much smaller pay increase. In a statement the White House said that they "strongly oppose" a large pay increase. Members of the House Armed Services Committee told the Washington Times that the lowest-ranking enlisted military members are...
Democrats were horrified by President Joseph R. Biden's awful gaffe filled debate performance. Republicans were thrilled with President Donald J. Trump's debate performance. President Biden was unable to complete his own opening statement. The 81 year old President looked frail and his voice was thin and raspy to begin the debate Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl issued a statement at the conclusion of the presidential debate in Atlanta. "Donald Trump delivered a strong debate performa...
On Thursday, Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) released a statement supporting a resolution introduced by Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Missouri) to rescind the subpoenas issued last Congress by the January 6th Committee for Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro; to withdraw the recommendations that these individuals be found in contempt of Congress; and to require the Speaker of the House to notify the Department of Justice of these actions. "Nancy Pelosi's...
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that Presidents have 'absolute' immunity for clearly official acts; however Presidents have no immunity for unofficial acts. The Supreme Court ruling was passed on a 6 to 3 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the dissenting opinion. "A former president is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his "conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,"...
