7. The offer from Alabama A&M for the Birmingham-Southern College campus  was not enough and, according to Alabama A&M University’s vice president of government relations Shannon Reeves, the school will submit a second cash offer this month to purchase the hilltop campus of the now-closed college. The goal of the second offer is to eliminate all of BSC’s debt. “We intend for the land to be free, clear, and unencumbered of all debt,” according to Reeves.

6. The historical comparisons between persecuted former President Donald Trump are everywhere, some invoke Jesus, Cuba, and Russia, while others, like U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), is invoking black men in Alabama in the past. Bishop called it “rigged” stating, “It’s as bad as it was in Alabama in 1950, if a person happened to be black, in order to get justice. And, that’s what they did in New York. So, it’s fundamentally rigged, and the people who attack me for saying so can attack all they want.”

5. Big-time donor to the University of Alabama, Florida-developer, and Ron DeSantis for President supporter, Hugh Culverhouse Jr. has announced a $500,000 donation to former President Donald Trump’s campaign, criticizing what he called a “politically motivated” trial that led to Trump’s recent convictions in New York. Although not a supporter of Trump or President Joe Biden, Culverhouse argued that the U.S. justice system should remain impartial and not be used as a political tool to influence elections, a sign that the politically motivated prosecution is frustrating people who are not already enamored with the former president.

4. Testimony shows that Hunter Biden was mid-bender when he bought a gun to confront a drug dealer, slept on a car while smoking crack, and got his brother’s widow hooked on crack as an effort to expose his long-term drug addiction, which prosecutors argue was ongoing when he purchased a firearm in October 2018. This was all part of a newsworthy day in court that included talk about messages from Biden’s famous laptop where questions about tampering with the laptop were asked but Judge Maryellen Noreika limited that questioning, refusing to entertain Russian conspiracy theories in her courtroom.

3. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want Ukraine” and has “enough land” which seems to contradict modern history and Putin’s own remarks before the 2022 invasion, where he emphasized Ukraine’s significance to Russia and expressed regret over the historical transfer of Ukrainian territories. Tuberville’s statement, made during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s “War Room,” rightly criticized the Biden administration’s diplomacy, suggested that a summit with Putin should have occurred early in the conflict, and criticized the open checkbook policy of the U.S. on this matter.

2. Automobile manufacturing is expanding in Alabama and Gov. Kay Ivey showed she is pretty excited about it by saying, “Toyota has been a critical partner within Alabama’s growing auto industry for over two decades, launching multiple expansions that have increased the Huntsville facility’s production capabilities and its superb workforce.” The new investment project will add more lines for drivetrain products, creating over 350 new jobs and a $282 million investment, further enhancing Toyota Alabama’s role as the company’s largest engine producer in North America and comes after the failed United Auto Workers’ union failed to unionize a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance.

1. Alabama’s Republican congressional delegation criticized the White House after President Joe Biden announced new executive actions to address the border crisis, with U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) calling it a “gimmick” and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) labeling it a “dog and pony show.” U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) described it as “Biden’s grand reelection plan,” while U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) dismissed it as “election season spin,” and U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) noted the timing, highlighting that action was taken “five months from election day.”

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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 and from 10-11 a.m. on Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440, with a rebroadcast Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.