7. The U.S. Postal Service is investigating after Alabama Senate candidate Scott Ortis had campaign mailers drowned and destroyed in a Greystone pond, an apparent act of political sabotage that disrupted his outreach efforts in the competitive race.

6. Former U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) blasted out-of-state special interest money in the HD20 race, with his State Representative James Lomax (R-Huntsville), saying gambling interests want casino gaming in Huntsville.

5. Operation Epic Fury is over, and Operation Freedom is paused as the U.S. stops escorting ships out of the Strait of Hormuz as talk of war being over spreads, even as the average price of unleaded gasoline in Alabama hits 4 dollars per gallon.

4. Objections to redistricting are becoming more and more unhinged, with State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) warning of the second coming of Reconstruction and the return of poll tax and Jim Crow era voter suppression tactics without Voting Rights Act Section 2 protections, and others to call it the love child of Jim Crow and unrepentant George Wallace, which no one really believes.

3. President Donald Trump’s revenge tour started in Indiana as he took out Republicans who failed to fall in line on redistricting, applying pressure to other states to secure more GOP seats ahead of the midterms, which Alabama is planning to do as State Sen. Chesteen (R-Geneva) pledges to do everything possible to gain two more congressional seats that are red.

2. Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter revealed that U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham), who sought the support of an organization that is accused of funding white supremacy, extremism, and racial violence, will see her seat up for grabs under Alabama’s redrawn congressional map, Attorney General Steve Marshall destroyed the argument that Alabama must hand Democrats a safe district, and Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) declared Alabama did not start the redistricting fight but we are going to finish it.

1. Alabama lawmakers moved redistricting bills through committee at full speed on the first day of the special session called by Gov. Kay Ivey as the state pushes forward with new congressional maps with 4 modified districts and a special primary on the table, meaning Alabama will be using a map with a 6-1 GOP advantage.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.