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October 12, 2024 - The Alabama Gazette panel bounced back in Week 7 after a really bad Week 6. Alabama's performance versus South Carolina was disappointing; but they managed to come away with the win. Auburn took the week off to try to get right for the SEC home stretch. Georgia is continuing to work on its issues, while Texas thoroughly dominated its rival. The staff finished in a 5-way tie at 6 and 1 for the week. The SEC games in week 7 were: Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 18 LSU 29, Ole Miss 26...
October 17, 2024 – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) will be in the courtroom today in Tuskegee for the murder trial of the man who gunned down Lowndes County Sheriff 'Big John' Williams. William Chase Johnson pulled a 9 mm handgun and fired the shot that killed Sheriff Williams on November 23, 2019. That is not disputed by the defense. The defense claims however that Sheriff Williams did not identify himself as a law enforcement officer. Johnson – now age 22 – claims that he did n...
October 17, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) has published a new article at the FOX News website in which she criticized former President Bill Clinton (D) for his remarks in Columbus, Georgia, this week. During the event, President Clinton tried to blame President Trump's opposition to a Biden border proposal for the tragic murder of Laken Riley saying, "A young woman who had been killed by an immigrant. . . if they'd all been properly vetted that probably w...
October 14, 2024 – New York City, New York – the New York Post has recently reported that New York City is trying to contract with 14,000 hotel rooms to house some of the millions of migrants that the Biden-Harris administration has settled in this country since coming to power. The New York Post reports that the city – long known for its high rents and housing costs – is seeking 14,000 hotel rooms to shelter migrants through the end of 2025. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), who has...
Today, October 14, 2024, is Columbus Day. It is a federal and state holiday celebrating the achievements of the great Italian Admiral Christopher Columbus. Columbus, who was born in Genoa, Italy, is celebrated for his 1492 discovery of the Americas on behalf of the Spanish crown. Courthouses, banks, government offices, most schools, and some businesses are closed today in honor of Columbus and his discovery of North and South America. Sometimes Columbus is credited with proving that the Earth is...
The University of Alabama Birmingham Blazers football team went to Westpoint and were completely by the cadets of Westpoint. Most of the Army players will be officers in the U.S. Army within four years – some of them as soon as this time next year; but on Saturday they were the better athletes in this one sided matchup between them and the Blazers. Army destroyed UAB 10 to 44. The Black Knights are an American Athletic Conference opponent making the loss even more of a disaster. UAB won their o...
October 11, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Brit (R-Alabama) commented following the publication of an NPR article detailing how TikTok executives blatantly disregarded the health and well-being of their users in favor of the company's bottom line: "There is no doubt that our nation's growing mental health crisis is inextricably tied to the rise of social media usage by children and teenagers," said Sen. Britt. "However, while our adolescents face these threats that are quite l...
October 6, 2024 – Hoover – Congressman Tom Emmer (R-Minnesota) addressed the Jefferson County Republican Party at their annual dinner banquet. Emmer is the Majority Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives and the former head of the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC). Emmer – who served with Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Tim Waltz in the Congress and lives in Gov. Waltz's state – warned that Waltz's view are far out left. Emmer accused Walz of raising taxes in Minneso...
October 12, 2024 – TUSCALOOSA – Tide fans got a little more than they bargained for when the South Carolina Gamecocks came to town and pushed Alabama hard for a four quarter slugfest that lasted literally all the way to the final play of the fourth quarter. The Alabama Crimson Tide survived a late comeback attempt by the Gamecocks to take away a narrow 25 to 27 win. Alabama was a 21-point favorite, so most football fans expected Bama to get out to a big lead in the first half and put away Sou...
The Alabama Gazette panel did a horrible job picking games in week 6. None of our panelists predicted that number one in the nation Alabama would play such epically poor defense against the Vanderbilt Commodores. That combined with other upsets contributed to the worst week of football prognosticating this year. Sadly, Auburn has played so badly in 2024 that no one on the panel had picked Auburn to beat Georgia – and they didn't. The week six SEC games were: Missouri at Texas A&M – Texas A&M...
The official launch of the Auburn basketball season will begin on Thursday, October 17 at Toomer's Corner. The Auburn Athletics Department and the City of Auburn have teamed up for an evening basketball celebration that includes: live music, vendors, shopping, sports and more culminating with a concert by renowned country music superstar, singer and songwriter Cole Swindell. The full event is free and open to the public. Fans with deeper pockets can purchase enhanced experiences through VBIP...
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...
The third week of the SEC season is here. While many SEC teams are still playing non-conference opponents, more Southeastern Conference Teams are beginning conference play. The Alabama Gazette staff are picking the SEC games each week of the college football season. The games this week are: LSU (1-1)at South Carolina (2-0) Alabama (2-0) at Wisconsin (2-0) Boston College at Missouri (2-0) Texas A&M (1-1) at Florida (1-1) UAB (1-1) at Arkansas (1-1) Tulane (1-1) at Oklahoma (2-0) Ole Miss (2-0)...
On Saturday, UAB picked up its first loss of the season when the Blazers traveled to play ULM at Malone Stadium. The Warhawks crushed the Blazers in a 32 to 6 rout. UAB could not stop the ULM run game. The Warhawks rushed the ball 48 times for 205 yards and 2 touchdowns. ULM's Car'lin Vigers returned an interception 30 yards for another touchdown. UAB also turned it over twice on fumbles. ULM added three field goals and a safety. UAB scored on one field goal in the first quarter and a field...
September 13, 2024 – Montgomery – Republican National Committee (RNC) Co-Chair Lara Trump was in Montgomery to address Alabama Republicans at the Alabama Republican Party's annual summer dinner. Trump urged Alabama Republicans to vote for her father-in-law former President Donald J. Trump (R) and to work hard for her campaign. Co-Chair Trump urged Alabamians to go to Georgia to work for Trump – where his campaign is struggling to overcome former a late charge from Vice President Kamala Harris ...
September 15, 2024 the FBI announced that it is investigating what appears to be a second assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald J. Trump (R). For the second time in just nine weeks gunshots were fired in his vicinity. The Trump campaign says that the former President is safe. The FBI says that it is taking the lead in the investigation of the incident. No details have been released; but the Associated Press is reporting that the Secret Service has fired shots at a...
September 13, 2024 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas admonishing him for what Tuberville called abusing immigration laws to permanently change the landscape of the United States. In the letter, Tuberville expresses his grave concerns about the unprecedented amount of foreign nationals flooding into rural communities, putting Americans' lives and property at risk. "Throughout your tenure as Secretary of...
