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On Sunday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) spoke with reporters in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump (R) in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. "Last night, I spoke with Donald Trump," said President Biden. "I am sincerely grateful that he is doing well and recovering. We had a short but good conversation. Jill and I are keeping him and his family in our prayers." "We also extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed,"...
On Monday, former President Donald J. Trump (R) won a major court victory when federal Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case against President Trump. This is the case over the alleged mishandling of classified information. Judge Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was not lawfully appointed. This was the first time one of his four criminal cases has been dismissed entirely. "The Superseding Indictment is dismissed because Special Counsel Smith's appointment violates the Appointments...
Seven people were slain and ten were wounded Saturday in two events in Birmingham. On Sunday Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond and Mayor Randall Woodfin said that the two events were "targeted" shootings. Birmingham Councilwoman Latonya Tate, Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway, members of the US Attorney's Office, US Marshalls, Secret Service, FBI, and ATF also attended the news conference. "The last 24 hours, we lost seven community members, and 10 others were injured by gun violence. T...
The Republican National Convention opened on Monday with President Donald J. Trump (R) having just survived an assassination attempt on Saturday. Trump will be the Republican nominee for President of the United States for the third consecutive time. If the assassin's bullet had been one and a half inches to the right, the GOP delegates would have been meeting in Milwaukee today without a candidate. Fortunately, that did not happen. Trump will announce his running mate today. The finalists are...
On Monday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) delivered remarks during prime time on the opening night of the 2024 Republican National Convention. Britt told the GOP convention that life has gotten "much more difficult-and way more expensive" under the Biden/Harris administration. Sen. Britt said that the price of groceries had risen 21% and that electricity bill are up 31% while interest rates on homes have doubled. "We need to change the direction of our nation, and Donald Trump is the...
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) cast Alabama's fifty votes for former President Donald J. Trump (R) at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "Madam chair, I'm Coach Senator Tommy Tuberville," said Sen. Tuberville. "I'm proud to represent the great state of Alabama--one of the most pro-military and pro-veteran states in the country. Huntsville, Alabama has sent somebody to the moon from the United States in the past, and we will do it again in the very...
On Monday, former President Donald J. Trump (R) announced this his running mate would be freshman U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). The decision has been widely applauded by Republicans. The Alabama Gazette spoke with Logan Glass – an Alabama delegate to the convention and the youngest delegate there about the choice at age 22. "I was shocked," said Glass. "I did not have him in my top three or even top five," speaking of Vance. "I am pleasantly surprised with the pick," Glass said. "Vance w...
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-Selma) celebrated the announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior of its plans to nominate five Alabama Civil Rights sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Alabama sites designated for potential nomination include: Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama Greyhound Bus Terminal, Anniston,...
Last week Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the laundry rooms of middle-class Americans. The administration's new rule attempts to further the environmental left's ambitious energy agenda by imposing costly new standards on washing machines. Marshall and the other AGs warn that Biden's regulations will only make it more expensive to purchase new washing machines continuing to...
Americans' attitudes about life after work have shifted some in the last two years as higher costs of living force them to reconsider retirement plans despite stable incomes and a healthy stock market. Wealth Enhancement analyzed Employee Benefits Research Institute data to illustrate how American confidence in retirement has changed amid rising inflation. The survey included responses from more than 2,500 Americans, roughly half of which were workers and the other half retirees. The good news...
With higher rates of inflation, you may find that common purchases are taking up a larger percentage of your budget. One cost that may have creeped up is your grocery bill. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, over the last year, the consumer price index for food has increased 2.2% as costs are still on the rise. While everyone is experiencing an increase in prices, some states provide more affordable options than others. To discover which states have the most affordable groceries,...
There are several electric cars with solar panels available today — some recharge the smaller 12-volt battery that runs your air conditioning, while others can top you up with a few miles of electric range — but at this time, no commercially available solar panels are capable of fully powering an electric vehicle (EV). That said, reports Edmunds, this concept isn't as far away as it might've been 20 years ago. Here's why. In theory, the dream of solar energy is an exciting one. You put a few...
On Tuesday, Kelvin Datcher won the special Democratic primary runoff over Frank Woodson in House District 52. "Thank you District 52!! WE DID IT!!!!" Datcher said on social media after the win. Datcher received 55% of the votes cast (831 votes); while Woodson received 45% (675 votes). Only 1,506 votes were cast. Datcher is the deputy director of community development for the City of Birmingham. He previously worked as a policy analyst at the Jefferson County Health Department, as Chief of Staff...
July 16, 2024 I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing former Congressman Mo Brooks yesterday to gain his insights regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Mr. Brooks, the target of a would-be assassin in 2017, told me in great detail about the ordeal. While practicing for the congressional baseball game, Brooks and his colleagues came under a withering barrage of gunfire that lasted ten minutes. With bullets whizzing through the air, Brooks, with no thoughts...
On Friday, Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced the arrest of a Montgomery County man on a charge of Human Trafficking in the First Degree for commercial sex acts involving a juvenile. Terrell Bailey, age 27, of Montgomery, was arrested on Thursday by Special Agents of the Attorney General's Office with assistance from the United States Marshals Service and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and taken to the Montgomery County Jail. Bailey was arrested on a complaint and warrant...
***UPDATED July 21 - President Biden has withdrawn from the race but will remain on as President for now at least. He has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for POTUS. President Joseph R. Biden slammed "elites" who were plotting against his getting the Democratic nomination for President and vowed to stay in the race. That did not stop the effort by top Democrats to retire the oldest President in American history. "I'm not going anywhere," Biden told Mika and Joe Scarborough on a televised...
Alabama allows towns to form their own school systems. In the case of some wealthy suburbs the city system has the best facilities, some of the highest test scores in the state, and the best teachers and principals available in Alabama. In the case of Bessemer, however, the city school system has been historically bad for decades and it has gotten so bad that Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey is considering the possibility of a state takeover. On Wednesday Bessemer school board members me...
On Wednesday Secretary of State Wes Allen (R), along with five other conservative Secretaries of State, signed a joint statement on election integrity and opposing the federalization of state election processes at the Republican National Convention yesterday. "I am always proud to stand alongside other conservative election officials to publicly call for strong, common sense election integrity measures," said Secretary Allen. "This statement emphasizes several areas of concern in election...
On Thursday, the state of Alabama executed twice-convicted murder, Keith Gavin, at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama: "Tonight, Keith Gavin was executed by lethal injection after having been convicted by a jury of his peers for the murder of William Clinton Clayton, Jr. in Centre, Alabama," said Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. "There is no doubt about Gavin's guilt for this heinous offense. In 1998, Gavin was identified by four witnesses, including his own...
On Friday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) announced that she will join a bipartisan Congressional delegation, led by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom. Farnborough is the largest biennial trade show in the world and will showcase aerospace manufacturers and suppliers from Alabama and across the globe. Last year, Alabama exports of aerospace products and parts jumped 23% to $2.1 billion. The industry...
On Frida, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) filed a 22-state amicus brief in support of Florida's request to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its law regulating sex-modification procedures while the district court's order enjoining the law is heard on appeal. The case is Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Like half the states in the country and many European nations, Florida puts age limits on sex-change procedures, prohibiting the...
The state of Alabama has made tremendous strides in getting broadband deeper into the interior of the state. Alabama's politicians liked to talk about rural broadband; but it was progressing at a snail's pace until the state got involved in an effort led by Governor Kay Ivey, former State Senator Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville), and Rep. Randall Shedd (R-Fairview). That effort – bolstered by hundreds of millions of federal dollars – is really starting to make progress as Alabama has gone fro...
On Sunday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) finally acknowledged what most Americans already knew and that he was increasingly a drag on the Democratic ticket and that they would have a better chance of winning the White House in November if someone else ran as the Democratic nominee. Republican Executive Committee member former State. Rep. Perry O. Hooper Jr. told the Alabama Gazette that everyone already knew that Biden was experiencing a sharp mental decline. "Joe Biden's decision not to run...
Democratic nominee Kelvin Datcher appears to be the winner in the House District 52 election after his Republican opponent – Carlos Crus – dropped out of the race. Datcher recently won the Democratic primary runoff over Frank Woodson. The Alabama GOP had an extremely short qualifying period in HD52 (ostensibly to avoid Crum having to face a primary opponent); so Crum won the Republican nomination without having to talk to voters as there was no need for a primary. Datcher, on the other han...
On Sunday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) released a written statement announcing that he is suspending his campaign to be reelected immediately. Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-Selma), a longtime Biden supporter, released the following statement expressing her admiration for Biden and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the successor to Biden. "President Joe Biden will go down in history as one of the most consequential and transformational leaders America has ever seen," Sewell wrote....
