7. Alabama is the worst, according to a new report for CNBC, which lists the worst place to live in 2026, but people continue coming to most of the states this list ranks low, with their focus on inclusiveness, but wokeness is not really a metric most people rely on for quality of life measures in the real world.
6. Alabama Republicans are being attacked for supporting the $3.2 billion Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project funded by the 2021 infrastructure bill because they voted against the larger bill, ignoring the fact that you can vote against a bill and be in favor of things in it.
5. Longtime GOP U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a Sheffield native, released a health update revealing a fall led to his hospitalization, along with a mild case of pneumonia, stating, “Folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older,” while assuring constituents he continues Senate business remotely.
4. A Media Research Center study has found that Apple News and Google News suppressed at least 112 negative stories about “Maine Kampf,” Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner from November to May, with zero coverage of controversies, including his Nazi tattoo and offensive Reddit posts during a period when he appeared electable, prompting accusations of a “protection racket.”
3. Alabama Republican Party chairman Scott Stadthagen called it “disappointing but not surprising” that Democrat Party Vice Chair Tabitha Isner urged Democrats to vote in the upcoming GOP primary, stating it “underscores the need for our GOP-supermajority legislature to act by limiting voting in partisan primaries to those who are willing to identify with a party formally” and formally close party primaries.
2. U.S. forces launched a new wave of strikes against Iranian military sites, including IRGC targets, in response to continued aggression in the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran vowed retaliation and claimed control over the waterway, so it is Monday.
1. While some politically-brainrotted people are watching their souls die for social media clicks, Alabama’s congressional delegation mourned the sudden passing of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), with U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) calling him “a true and dear friend, a great leader, and a fierce advocate” and said he “possessed a rare combination of brilliance, acumen, and wit,” Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville stated “He loved this country and fought hard for what he believed in.”
Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.
