7. Birmingham-Southern College may be dead but the Birmingham-Southern College baseball team is not, the team has now captured national attention with their remarkable run to the Division III College World Series, overcoming Denison University in the Super Regional. Now the team is being supported by community donations and a significant contribution from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
6. It is harder to unionize in states where a secret ballots protects workers, that’s why the Alabama Legislature passed a law ensuring the voters have them according to Alabama House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle). This strategy seems to be working following the recent decisive defeat of the UAW’s unionization effort at the Alabama Mercedes-Benz plant, which Stadthagen attributed to workers recognizing the UAW’s negative impact on communities and the empty promises they make to employees.
5. Unrequested, unwanted, ethics reform is not dead and if Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) has his way the effort to reform the state ethics law will be a priority for the next legislative session. Ledbetter commended State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) for his work on HB227, which aimed to replace the current ethics code with what they said stricter penalties for violations, and noted that while the bill passed the House, it did not make it through the Senate Judiciary Committee in time, but he believes it has a good chance of becoming law in future sessions.
4. Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 presidential election, marking the first time a former U.S. president has been convicted of criminal charges, a case the lead prosecutor said he could never make but changed his mind once Trump announced his candidacy. The charges stemmed from a $130,000 hush money payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, with the jury concluding that Trump falsified records to conceal this payment; Trump’s legal team plans to appeal the conviction, with sentencing set for July 11.
3. The media and their Democrats are gloating (maybe incorrectly) and demanding that you accept the verdict without question or you are attacking “democracy” and casting doubt on the “system of justice,” after spending years attacking the Supreme Court over flags, the childhood and their religion. And to further prove this is not a political prosecution, President Joe Biden is now fundraising off the conviction that he, of course, had nothing to do with, as he claims President Donald Trump will launch a campaign of “increasingly unhinged campaign of revenge and retribution” if elected as he talks about his Department of Justice’s conviction of his political opponent.
2. The conviction of former President Donald Trump is leading to windfall of donations, knocking websites offline, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other top congressional Republicans denounced it as a politically motivated act by the Biden Administration. Johnson labeled the verdict as a “purely political exercise” and a “weaponization of our justice system,” echoing sentiments from other Republicans like Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who described the trial as “corrupt” and aimed at aiding Biden’s campaign, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who called it a “travesty of justice.”
1. Alabama leaders have reacted to former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records by a New York jury, they are not happy.
Reactions from Alabama officials include:
- U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) called the trial a “political assassination attempt.”
- Speaker of the Alabama House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) said, “the real jury is the American people.”
- State Sen. Greg Reed (R-Jasper) described the trial as “election interference.”
- Governor Kay Ivey agreed with Trump’s post-verdict remarks.
- U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) verdict to the upcoming election, stating “the real verdict will come on November 5.”
- Attorney General Steve Marshall claimed the verdict would strengthen Trump’s reelection bid.
- U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) hoped Americans would “rectify this injustice on Election Day.”
- Secretary of State Wes Allen declared “This verdict will not stand!”
- U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) called the trial a “sham.”
- U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville compared the U.S. to “Venezuela or communist China.”
- U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) described the trial as a “kangaroo court.”
- U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) accused Democrats of weaponizing the court system.
- Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth expressed his support for Trump in November.
- Former Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) urged the Republican Party to replace Trump.
- U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) predicted the verdict would be overturned on appeal.
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