7. Looks like we have a new reason to cancel class now, crime. Following a weekend shooting that left a teen student seriously injured in Selma, Selma High School and Saints Virtual Academy/Alternative School transitioned to virtual learning. Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford indicated the shooting was retaliation and Selma City Schools Superintendent Zickeyous Byrd stated that virtual learning will continue until suspects are apprehended or until the increased police presence ensures safety.
6. Former President Donald Trump’s poll numbers have only increased since he was put on trial, with a new CNN poll showing Trump up 6 points on President Joe Biden and there is a pretty good reason these numbers are growing. 57% of Americans thinks Trump’s prosecution is a political persecution.
5. UAB football players, with head coach Trent Dilfer’s support, have joined Athletes.org union/players’ association, becoming the first Division I team to do so publicly. Dilfer convened a voluntary meeting in April to prepare the team for potential negotiations aimed at securing a larger share of their sport’s revenue, emphasizing the importance of ensuring the players have a voice in shaping the future of college athletics.
4. A group of Republican senators, led by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), expressed concerns over ideological bias at NPR and criticized CEO Katherine Maher after former senior editor Uri Berliner’s resignation citing her “divisive views,” highlighting their worry about NPR’s editorial direction. These Republican chumps think they can remake public broadcasting by funding them and then asking nicely. But they can not reform a taxpayer-funded organization that blasts anti-Republican/pro-Democrat propaganda and then ask them to stop being so biased.
3. A cease fire with Isreal/Hamas is not possible because Hamas wants all Jews dead. They have made that very clear but the Biden administration is being bullied by its left-wing base and they feel they must do something and the Israelis have again offered a cease fire. Hamas is considering a new proposal from Egypt that entails releasing up to 33 hostages taken from Israel in exchange for a temporary cessation of hostilities in Gaza and a “sustainable calm.”
2. Sane Democrats finally have seen enough, unfortunately there are not many of them, as only 21 House Democrats have now urged Columbia University’s Board of Trustees to end an “anti-Israel encampment.” But the deadline passed and the encampment remained with college students smashing windows and hanging “Intifada” banners. Citing safety concerns and potential violations of the Civil Rights Act and disruption of campus life, these Democrats are arguing that segregating students rather than addressing the root cause of the discrimination creates an unsafe environment for all, it doesn’t help them electorally either.
1. There are only 5 legislative days left on the calendar for the Alabama Legislature and that means that there are a lot of things they want to get done AFTER they pass record General Fund and Education Trust Fund budgets. Gambling, of course, is still on the table, there is a workforce development package, a ban on LGBTQ classroom instruction, laws to jail smut-peddling librarians, a bill allow illegals to go to college, an insulting legalization of slot machines with horse racing, desired money for summer feeding programs, a law that would require porn filters on phones, a bill to let the governor appoint the State Health Officer, and more.
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