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In recent Alabama elections observers could predict how Alabamians vote simply by eyeballing them with better than 80% accuracy. 82 to 84% of White voters voted for the Republican candidate and 90 to 94% of Black voters voted for the Democratic candidate. That trend may be changing according to the Alabama Republican Party's post-election analysis. ALGOP reports that they have made significant gains with Black voters – particularly in rural areas. The Alabama GOP picked up three seats in d...
November 27, 2024 - Four years ago the military determined that the best place to locate Space Command was at Huntsville, Alabama's Redstone Arsenal. This decision was based on a nonpartisan analysis by a Pentagon team that evaluated a dozen contenders for the site. Huntsville won going away. Then Joseph R. Biden became President of the United States and national security concerns became subordinate to political concerns. Alabama was a red state that had voted for President Donald J. Trump (R);...
Today is the official observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The original Thanksgiving holiday occurred 403 years ago. Most of the attendees were member of a Christian radical religious separatist group we now call Pilgrim and their Wampanoag Indian neighbors. The Pilgrims were supposed to have gone to the already established English colony in Jamestown, Virginia; but being religious dissenters enroute to America they announced their intention to form their own separate colony on the Hudson....
November 29, 2024 - It is hard to believe that the SEC season is coming to an end; but this is the last week; before we go to the SEC Championship game, the playoffs, and the bowl games. The SEC games of the last week are: Texas versus Texas A&M Vanderbilt hosts Tennessee Auburn at Alabama Georgia Tech is at Georgia Mississippi State is at Ole Miss Louisville is at Kentucky Florida State is at Florida South Carolina is at Clemson Missouri hosts Arkansas Oklahoma is at LSU The Alabama Gazette pan...
On November 5, 2024, the American people spoke in a loud voice to say that they did not believe any of the allegations of criminal misconduct against former President Donald J. Trump (R). On Tuesday, following a request by Special Counsel Jack Smith, a federal judge has dropped all the charges against President-elect Donald J. Trump. The futile attempt by the Biden Justice Department to use the court system to besmirch the character of the former President have final come to an end. "After caref...
The Alabama Gazette Panel was shocked to see Oklahoma's overwhelming victory over the University of Alabama. Alabama was tasked with beating LSU, Oklahoma, and then Auburn and then they would be in the twelve team playoff. They got the first part of that accomplished; but failed miserably at beating 5 and 5 Oklahoma. Now they are outside the field of twelve looking in. They need to somehow beat Auburn in the Iron Bowl and hope for there to be chaos ahead of them as they need help to make the...
November 30, 2024 – CHARLOTTE, NC – the UAB Blazers football team picked up their ninth loss of the year to Charlotte 27 to 29. UAB led late but Charlotte mounted a furious comeback in the fourth quarter to come away with the victory. UAB led 20 to 19, before Charlotte scored ten points to lead 29 to 20 with five minutes left. UAB added a late touchdown to narrow the score; but UAB kicker Jonah Delange missed a field goal that would have given the Blazers the comeback win. Charlotte had alr...
December 1, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hunter Biden received an early Christmas present from his father, President Joseph R. Biden, in the form of a pardon for gun and tax charges. President Biden issued the pardon on Sunday despite previously having pledged not to. "Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," President Biden said in a statement. "From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my s...
November 30, 2024 – TUSCALOOSA, AL – Auburn's disappointing season came to an end with a 14 to 28 loss to the University of Alabama. Auburn came in with a 5 and 6 record, so the loss means that the Tigers will not be bowl eligible. This is the fifth year in a row that Auburn has finished a season without a winning record. Auburn was able to drive the football on Alabama; but once in the red zone things went awry. Auburn turned it over on downs twice, made two field goals, and missed a field goal...
December 2, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C.- the day after President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) released a statement condemning the move by the lame duck President. "This is yet another blatant broken promise by President Biden and exemplifies why he has been the most unpopular president in modern U.S. history," said Sen. Britt. "From concerned parents at school board meetings to President Trump, the Biden Administration has spent four years...
December 3, 2024 - WASHINGTON D.C.- On Wednesday December 4, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall will attend oral argument at the United States Supreme Court in U.S. v. Skrmetti. In this case the Biden Harris Administration is using its' Department of Justice to challenge the state of Tennessee's law imposing age restrictions on sex-change procedures. Attorney General Marshall has filed an amicus brief with the Court in which he claimed that the medical community has conspired to advance...
November 29, 2024 – The SEC regular season is finally finished. All that we have left are the SEC Championship game, the playoffs, and the bowl games. Auburn will not be going bowling; while Alabama is clinging to that final spot in the college football playoffs as we head into championship game week. The Alabama Gazette panel generally had a good final week of predictions though there were some surprises – in a season full of surprises. One game that everybody on the panel missed was Ken...
December 3, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) met with both Representative Elise Stefanik (R-New York), President Donald J. Trump's (R) nominee to be Ambassador to the United Nations, and Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense. In both meetings, Sen. Tuberville discussed President' Trump's America First agenda and policy priorities for the upcoming administration. "Enjoyed meeting with Rep. Elise Stefanik this afternoon to...
December 4, 2024 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics Director Mark Ingram announced that "Coach Dilfer will continue to be our head coach in 2025." The announcement that ends weeks of speculation that the university might be making a change at the position. Some Blazer fans had expressed concerns about the state of the program after Dilfer went 4 and 8 in his first season and 3 and 9 in his second season. "Our last two football seasons have not met UAB's sta...
December 4, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) spoke on the Senate floor about the urgent need to pass the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA – like the budget – is supposed to be passed before the start of the fiscal year – October 1; but yet again Congress as a whole and especially the Senate has not done their work and gotten this done. In his speech, Sen. Tuberville highlighted key conservative wins in the NDAA, inc...
December 7, 2024 – ATLANTA, GA – the Southeastern Conference championship will be decided on the field today when the two beast SEC teams face off in Atlanta in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game. The University of Alabama is not a participant this year. The University of Georgia and the University of Texas will play for the SEC championship. This is a disappointment for Tide fans; but it appears after the Playoff Committee released their ranking showing Alabama ahead of Miami tha...
A recent study by a nutrition label making company found that Alabama has the seventh worst eating habits in the country. Louisiana was the worst state on the list with the worst eating habits in the U.S. Louisiana has the highest density of fast food chains. That and a significant intake of added sugars, contributing to an obesity rate of 40.1% in Louisiana. Alabama has a population of 5,143,033. According to the study 38.3 percent of Alabamians are obese. That translates to 1,969,782...
October 14, 2024 – Washington, D.C. - the Pentagon announced this week that 100 American troops are being sent to Israel to operate a new air defense system that the pentagon is sending to the country. The move is intended to bolster Israeli air defenses; but it also potentially puts American troops in harm's way as tensions rise between Iran and Israel. On Monday, reporters asked President Joseph R. Biden (D) why did he decide to give the permission for the THAAD to be deployed in Israel? "...
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...
